Quote Originally Posted by Eville View Post
I am 100% certain it is not legit. It has the raised lettering and dark brown color of the old band, with the FdL of the new band. Second opinions?
I'm no authority by any means and am just trying to help so bear with me.

I recently purchased a newbie sampler from a fellow Canadian who's a member here. The sampler included a Montecristo Torpedo which I smoked while out camping last weekend. I grabbed the band out of my collection and had a very close look and compared. I did try to take a pic to post for you but my stupid camera can't take one that close that is clear.

I compared everything I could and the one in the picture matches in every way except that the color is a little redder than the one I have. But that could easily be lighting. Mine matches the one from the link I posted exactly. I compared the logo, the font, where the lines on the side meet up in comparison to the lettering inside and it all looks identical to the one I have. If that is a fake, the band is a very good fake!

If you'd like, you could send a copy of the image you have to the fellow who runs the tobacco store I do most all of my business with. I trust Chris, and if you're interested in getting him to have a look, here's a link to his store's website:

http://www.tobacconist.ca/

Chris is the dude in the middle with the cigar in his mouth. There's an email link direct to him at the bottom right. He travels a lot so you may not get an immediate answer but I know he does have Monte's in the walk-in so it would be easy enough for him to compare. You could probably send your box info to him as well.