Setting right what once was tight

[LawDog2006]

It's usually not at the cap but towards the lit end that is unwraps. Sometimes I've noticed a split in the wrapper that then unravels, however this has been with both fresh from the humi sticks as well as dry-boxed ones.

[ashauler]

It's usually not at the cap but towards the lit end that is unwraps. Sometimes I've noticed a split in the wrapper that then unravels, however this has been with both fresh from the humi sticks as well as dry-boxed ones.

Splitting after the cigar is lit is "generally" due to over-humidification or "un-even" humidification. How recently have you calibrated your hygrometer? How long are you dry-boxing before smoking? Kinda unusual, in my experience, for dry-boxed cigars to split from swelling.

[LawDog2006]

Uneven humidification??? I'm going to take a picture off my setup over lunch today so that might shed light on some things. I was dry boxing them for about 2-3 days.

Part of the difficulty is that there is no particular scenaro that keeps happening. The wwrapper comes off a different way almost every time. I've got a Gurhka that's in humi and when I picked it out of the humi I noticed that part of the bottom/bottom half wrapper was coming off.

[ashauler]

Uneven meaning the middle of the cigar is more moist than the wrapper.....as the cigar burns, the moisture in the middle creates steam, which expands until the wrapper can't stretch any more and then POP splitting of the wrapper happens.

If they are beginning to unravel while just sitting in your humi, I don't know what would cause that.??? Do you keep them in or out of the cello in your humi? Could some of the cigars just be getting "nicked" up from handling/storage and then splitting when lit?

[LawDog2006]

THey may very well be getting kicked or scratched sometimes. I keep cigars in the cello if they came that way.