Real or Fake Cuban with pic

[bharrington423]

Got this from a customer today. Wondering if anyone knows more about it than I do. My first guess is that it is old...very old but fake. First strike is that it states "made in havana cuba" rather than something like "hencho a mano en Cuba" or something like that. There is actually no spanish words on the cigar or tube. Maybe I'm way off base. Either way I probably will revive the cigar and then smoke it but probably wont check the forum until I smoke it just so my disappointment doesnt ruin it.

[FatSmoker]

Let me preface this by saying that I am a fairly new smoker and don't have any experience authenticating Cuban cigars. That said there is a great website that I've been reading whenever I have a question regarding the history of Cuban cigars.

http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com

There are pictures of this cigar on their website, and they match what you have posted on first glance. Doesn't mean they're real, but at least the wording checks out. Apparently these were machine made, a pre-1960 release and were discontinued in 2003.

Some pics they have of the tube and band

http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/ima...cigar_orig.jpg

http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/ima..._band_orig.jpg

Hope that helps, and gives you some hope

[bharrington423]

Thanks, that helps quite a bit. I really wouldnt have guessed. I think I'll sit on it for awhile now. Im not sure that after its many years of aging that it will be anything special anyways.

[Grey]

You know, it looks quite real.

[Paddy]

Even if it is real, it's a cheap machine made cigar. hardly worth the effort.