Split Cigar, Piss Me Off

[bigpoppapuff]

i too,was at the golf course this morning........i hit two beautiful balls.......




















i stepped on a rake......

[cinda]

...was that a personal assessment or did you get someone opinion on their beauty? on second thought don't answer that question.

[valuman]

Okay Newfie, I'll try to help you with this one (damned newbies ).

What usually causes a cigar to split is when the filler and binder are more moist than the wrapper. This would usually occur if the cigar was a a higher humidity before being moved to a less humid enviornment and smoked prior to the entire stick having time to reach the same lower humidity, although there are exceptions to this.

I suspect that your Punch was exposed to very dry air between the time that you took it out of your humidor and when you got ready to smoke it after your golf game. Was it a dry day? Did you have the cigar in a tube of a humidified cigar wallet while you were golfing? I would guess, not.

[CoventryCat86]

...was that a personal assessment or did you get someone opinion on their beauty? on second thought don't answer that question.

LMFAO!

[Newfie]

Valuman:

I took it out of the poly wrapper long enough to clip it and then it went in the baggie with the other within seconds. I opened the bag long enough to take out the Lonsdale, then resealed the bag and put it in my golf bag again. When I removed it from the bag, it was already split.

I know that usually if a cigar is placed in a significantly more humid enviroment, the filler and binder will absorb moisture faster than the wrapper and will swell.

I'll just write it off as a bad experience but I want to get at least a couple more of those Punch. In spite of the shitty burn and the split, the smoke seemed worthwhile.

[mauied1101]

I have an anti-split experience. My humi sits around 68-71 and I picked up a RyJ Corona yesterday to smoke it. Felt a little moist, didn't think too much of it, lit it, smoked it. At the 1/2 inch point, it went out; I relit it, at the inch marker, I just quit. It tasted worse by the puff. I'm thinking it just absorbed more moisture than the other sticks. But how the heck did it do that? I have a box of the same and haven't had the problem before. So I don't know what's worse - having it split on you or having it douse itself out five minutes after initial lighting.

[Shelby07]

I have an anti-split experience. My humi sits around 68-71 and I picked up a RyJ Corona yesterday to smoke it. Felt a little moist, didn't think too much of it, lit it, smoked it. At the 1/2 inch point, it went out; I relit it, at the inch marker, I just quit. It tasted worse by the puff. I'm thinking it just absorbed more moisture than the other sticks. But how the heck did it do that? I have a box of the same and haven't had the problem before. So I don't know what's worse - having it split on you or having it douse itself out five minutes after initial lighting.

Well, this is just a guess, but I've read somewhere that if the cigar is not rolled evenly it can absorb moisture unevenly.

[mauied1101]

Well, this is just a guess, but I've read somewhere that if the cigar is not rolled evenly it can absorb moisture unevenly.

this must have been the worst fat-finger rolled cigar by a drunk blindfolded mule sitting in a merry-go-round on a moonless night. some parts of the wrapper didn't burn - they had a little "bubble" if you could call it that. and, there were little white specks in the ash - anyone know what they are? never seen them before.