strange brands in MT (elsewhere?)

[bozone]

Hi, I'm new to this board, and started smoking cigars fairly recently. I recently moved to Montana and have a question about some of the cigars i've seen around here. At golf shops and some convenience stores i've noticed small humidors with 'sweetashcigar' stickers on them. There are usually several different cigars in them that say hand made, but I don't recognize the brands (e.g. dos reinas, spider, florentino, dynasty o' pintor, etc.). They appear to range up to $8 or so. Questions:

Do you know anything about them?
Have you ever seen or smoked them?
Do you have other cigars similarly available in your area?
Would you ever buy a cigar from something like this?

Thanks for any replies.

[bigpoppapuff]

florentino is a brand made for arango cigar...my guess is that he's buying from arango and adding a bunch o' dollars to the price....check out caminoviejo.com or rockyscigars.com and buy good cigars at great prices...life is too short to buy shit!!...

[SuperChuck]

They appear to range up to $8 or so.

Per box or per stick?

[bozone]

Per box or per stick?

Per stick.

[heftysmokes]

Holy shit, another Montana member.

Haven't seen anything like that around here, but I mainly purchase from internet, or at the local b&m.

I'm guessing by your screen name you're in Bozeman, are there any decent shops up there? If you ever make it to Billings, there is a nice shop downtown, Stogies, at 2717 1st Ave N.

Oh, and welcome to the board!

[bozone]

Holy shit, another Montana member.

Haven't seen anything like that around here, but I mainly purchase from internet, or at the local b&m.

I'm guessing by your screen name you're in Bozeman, are there any decent shops up there? If you ever make it to Billings, there is a nice shop downtown, Stogies, at 2717 1st Ave N.

Oh, and welcome to the board!

Ya, I'm in Bozeman. I've got an uncle in Billings, so I'm sure I'll make it over that way before too long and try to check out your shop. There is a place in downtown Bozeman called Poor Richards that seems to have a decent selection.

I guess maybe I'll just try one of these sticks sometime. I checked out the website from the humidor stickers (sweetashcigars.com), but several links are broken and there is very little info. It looks like they're imported from Nicaragua, but there aren't too many details. Looks like it's probably a regional deal, but not sure.

Anybody have anything like this in your area? They look like this.

[bigpoppapuff]

as i stated previously...it looks to me as if they're buying their cigars from arango....if you ask a question and i give a response and you choose to ignore it...then why ask the question??...

[bozone]

as i stated previously...it looks to me as if they're buying their cigars from arango....if you ask a question and i give a response and you choose to ignore it...then why ask the question??...

Sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you. I think you're probably wrong about Arango, but I hereby acknowledge your post. The website listed on the humidors (and linked in an above post) suggests that they are from Nicaragua, but the names on the site aren't familiar to me.

It brings up a question about how cigar manufacturing and branding work in general. I mean, it seems to me that many cigars look very similar and could easily have the same band placed on different makes (especially on the lower end). I could also imagine different bands being used on cigars from the same lot. I also wonder about the buying and selling of tobacco lots between mfgs. Any thoughts on this? Is there any control (apart from consumer feedback) on cigar manufacturers in Honduras or Nicaragua? Anyone have any experience with this industry?

BTW, I asked several questions, one of which was about the origin of the cigars...

[brian]

Hi, I'm new to this board, and started smoking cigars fairly recently. I recently moved to Montana and have a question about some of the cigars i've seen around here. At golf shops and some convenience stores i've noticed small humidors with 'sweetashcigar' stickers on them. There are usually several different cigars in them that say hand made, but I don't recognize the brands (e.g. dos reinas, spider, florentino, dynasty o' pintor, etc.). They appear to range up to $8 or so. Questions:

Do you know anything about them?
Have you ever seen or smoked them?
Do you have other cigars similarly available in your area?
Would you ever buy a cigar from something like this?

Thanks for any replies.

Welcome to the board