Uneven burn after ash

[craig]

The most common cause of the problem is moisture conditions. It is late winter in much of the world and it is dry in late winter.

Gary can't look at his local weather and tell us what the ambient RH is. Therefore we don't know if it is dry where he smokes.

This is a new problem, so it isn't Gary's smoking technique.

Thus, another possibility is Gary has an eBay-type special humidor with 'Spanish cedar' trays (veneer on pressboard). Uncello'd singles in such a humi could show that pattern - cello'd will take months instead of weeks for a similar impact. (Cello is porous as Badwhale says, but cello also slows the rate of transfer of vapour (and aging).)

In all cases the solution is the same - use a lighter and touch the cigar up ...

[garryyjr]

The most common cause of the problem is moisture conditions. It is late winter in much of the world and it is dry in late winter.

Gary can't look at his local weather and tell us what the ambient RH is. Therefore we don't know if it is dry where he smokes.

This is a new problem, so it isn't Gary's smoking technique.

Thus, another possibility is Gary has an eBay-type special humidor with 'Spanish cedar' trays (veneer on pressboard). Uncello'd singles in such a humi could show that pattern - cello'd will take months instead of weeks for a similar impact. (Cello is porous as Badwhale says, but cello also slows the rate of transfer of vapour (and aging).)

In all cases the solution is the same - use a lighter and touch the cigar up ...

?????

Smoked a BrickHouse Churchill last night, ( nice smoke) and it was good. Maybe it is just them. I know this one I was able to smoke, for sure slower than the rest of them.