Split Cigar, Piss Me Off

[Newfie]

I went to the golf course this morning and took 2 sticks with me. A Lonsdale bundled for the back 9 (lots of shelter from the wind) and a Punch Grand Cru Robusto to enjoy on the patio after the game.

The Lonsdale was in my humi at ~ 69-70%, and the Punch was in it's poly wrapper in a tupperdor. I clipped 'em both before I left and put 'em in the same Zip-Lock baggie (OK, where the hell did I put my case).

I took out the small one on the 10th hole. After the round, I took out the Punch and the foot was swollen and the wrapper split about an inch up. Once I lit it, the split just kept running and it burned like crap the whole way.

I put the hygrometer in the Tupperdor for a couple of hours when I got home and it reads a couple of % points below the Humi. Is it safe to assume a couple of points between two cigars in the same bag wouldn't do that???

WTF?

[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.

[stjohnroe]

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.

Had an RyJ (DR) Bully last night that tunnelled like a , i'ts been sitting in my humi with a variety of other sticks for at least a year and I haven't had problems before. Reason that I mention it is that when it finally corrected itself the area that burnt away below the tip seemed to have little white specks in it. I am guessing that they where small collections of oils but am not sure. Apart from that it was an acceptible but not exceptional smoke.

[cigar no baka]

Cigars are a hand-made product so I'll let it slide if once in a blue moon I get bad one. Even in full boxes of some of my favorties, i will have one that burns rather poorly, was rolled incorrectly or has a cracked wrapper. I just let it go, but if it happens more than once in a blue moon, then I start to question the integrity of the product and may not go back to it.

[Dickson]

You know the day after I read this it happened to me. Thanks Newfie!!!!

Seriously though, I had it happen to an Ashton and a AF Hemingway. The only two times it has happened in my young carrer as a cigar smoker. The Hemingway cracked as soon as I lit it in my truck after pulling it out of my coolerdor. Coincidence or inexperience?