[Review] Mizicke's Custom Special

[Mizicke5273]

Mizicke's Custom Special a.k.a. Fix What Your Dumbass Breaks!
[Ashton VSG Wizard from 2007]



Background
This VSG was purchased at Holts in September 07 when I was in Philly for work. This marked the first time I was at a BIG cigar shop and what would lead to many traveling cigar purchases when I am on the road for work. I always search for a local shop before I even leave home, that way I am prepared. I also picked up my first couple Opus Xs on this same trip from Holts. I was simply in awe at Holt's and walked away with about 20 cigars. I came home with more cigars than I left with. This was the pre-cooler era as well. In fact this was shortly after I first got into cigars, as my humidor had just been seasoned. Hell, I think I about doubled my stash from the visits to Holts on this trip. And what makes this VSG special is that it is the very last cigar I have from that trip. And that is part of the reason I didn't want to toss it when it was so damaged.

What the hell is a Mizicke's Custom Special?! And where I can I get one?
First off, you can't get these; this was a one of a kind. It's that "awesome"

A Mizicke's Custom Special, is the result of my dumbass dropping this fine cigar about 2 years ago. I was rearranging my desktop when I droppded this baby on the floor. The wrapper was cracked pretty badly and actually missing a big piece at the foot. I just couldn't bring myself to toss it, so I let sit in the humidor for another 2 years. So, in the mean time, my dumbass struck again. This time the casuality was a Cabaiguan Belicoso Fino, last summer. Again, I just couldn't toss it, though it was impossible to smoke, the damage was too severe. Well leave it to me to take a full 2 years or more to figure out this simple solution. Torcedor's glue. I've had a bottle for years, though I never thought about using a donor cigar to patch the VSG. Well, that idea finally popped in my head a few weeks ago. So I set out to take pices of the Cabaiguan's wrapper and glue them to the VSG.

The End Result


This piece of Cabaiguan wrapper barely covers the missing VSG wrapper portion. So yes, I did that good of job when I dropped the VSG.




This portion of the damage was a crack in the shape of a V; the one side was fairly wide but the other a little smaller.




Here you can see all the major damage. There were also a lot of smaller cracks and some little pieces of missing wrapper as well. For them I used the Torcedor's glue to try and "seal" the areas by applying a few layers. I would wait until the glue dried and then apply another layer to it. This all worked out fairly well; I was able to turn an unsmokeable cigar into a smokeable cigar.