help for an new smoker

[Monk]

it also came with a cheap guillotine cutter. i seem to have a problem with unraveling. is a punch easier to use in that respect (i dont really understand the operation of a punch)?

lots of questions
help a new smoker out please

Hi Kirkus, welcome to the boards... I would suggest posting a "hello" post with some more information about you, how you got into smoking, what you are studying, etc.

I won't address the things CC has already done so I'll take on these two...

first off: unravelling... what is the exact problem? Is it unravelling as you smoke the cigar? is the end where you cut it unravelling? give us the scenario and we can probably identify the issue

second: Punch cutter.. you basically use it to punch a hole in the center of the "cap" at the smoking end of the cigar. Many people dislike a punch because 1. It tends to make it harder to properly draw on the cigar and get nice airflow. and 2. because it tends to concentrate the heat a bit to much making it more likely to get a hot draw as the cigar burns down, also tends to concentrate the nicotine at times resulting in a harsher flavour.

Feel free to ask away, and the search function will also turn up lots of answers and good information. Enjoy!

-W.

[nhcigarfan]

One good thing about the old cigars is that you can pass them out at a college party and no one will be the wiser.

(almost no one - sorry to the guys here in college, I don't mean you I mean the other guys)

[Monk]

One good thing about the old cigars is that you can pass them out at a college party and no one will be the wiser.

(almost no one - sorry to the guys here in college, I don't mean you I mean the other guys)

And when they get sick you can blame the beer funnel instead!

-W.

[Jonsey5484]

One good thing about the old cigars is that you can pass them out at a college party and no one will be the wiser.

(almost no one - sorry to the guys here in college, I don't mean you I mean the other guys)

I agree with you, even though you might not be able to restore your cigars to a smokable state for someone who smokes cigars regularly, you should still hang on to them for when you have friends that want to mooch on your collection. Give them one of those, they will never know the difference.

As for a cutter, I first started using a gullitine cutter that someone had given me, I used it a few times and then bought a Xikar cutter. I love that cutter!! I can't use anything else. They are a lot lower cost than when I bought mine. I think I saw a special somewhere to buy two for the price that I paid for one.

[brian]

I have been using a $3 gullitine cutter that I bought during this time lastyear in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Cuts pretty good for a year old cheapie. lol

[ukyfan]

I have been using a $3 gullitine cutter that I bought during this time lastyear in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Cuts pretty good for a year old cheapie. lol

Hey, another KY boy and just down the road from here at that!

And kirkus, be sure to listen to these guys. Some might be old as dirt *cough George cough* but they know their stuff!

[brian]

Hey, another KY boy and just down the road from here at that!

And kirkus, be sure to listen to these guys. Some might be old as dirt *cough George cough* but they know their stuff!

Yea, will be living in Winchester by the end of June or early July. I have family up there that I will be staying with until I finish going to college. I will be applying to the Lexington Communitty college,was looking at Criminal Justice to help with my career goal of becoming a trooper, but will most likely go to the Winchester campus that is part of the Lexington college so I won't have to deal with all the traffic everyday, plus the Winchester campus is only 10 miles away from my sister's house. Probably take two years of History or something, just becuase I need a minimum of 2 year degree to apply for the KSP.

Sorry if this has gotten the original topic of the thread off on a tangent

[kirkus949]

awesome to meet some fellow smokers from the area.