I am new (trying this again).

**aainstigator** · 12-09-2006, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Dru Lee Parsec

Welcome back. We're glad to have you here.

Now THAT is the perfect reason to smoke a cigar. I'm still kind of a loner out here in the woods. I have yet to sit on the porch or on my deck and have a cigar with a friend. Nobody I know smokes. I'm in California so statistically the odds of knowing a smoker are pretty slim.

Regarding cheap cigars: On one hand, yeah, the cheap ones can be disgusting. However, there are places where you can get decent cigars for less than $5 a stick. Check out Cuban Crafters at http://www.cubancrafters.com and try some of their 5 cigar samplers. In particular I like the Don Kiki Red Label, the Don Kiki Brown Label, the Cuban Crafters Cameroons, and the Cuban Crafters Cabinet Selection. Each of their 5 cigar samplers ends up being between $3 and $4 per stick.

I hesitate to mention the devil site because it becomes addictive so quickly. But www.cigarbid.com is a wonderful and dangerous place to hang out. You can find 5 packs in the $2 to $4 per stick range that are really good.

Small world. I bought my humidor from cubancrafters. I ended up getting the small travel size. The reason is because I don't want to end up with 100 sticks in a box sitting in my house. This will force me to use them before buying more. I don't know if this will work but I am trying to plan ahead.

I went to a cigar store in Kentucky (lower taxes there than Ohio) and picked up a few of the recommendations given me here. You guys are awesome! The first one I tried tonight was the Romeo Y Julieta Reserva Real torpedo and it was smooooooooooth! Nice! I have a few others that I will try soon. I knew I should have asked for help here. I have gotten good advice. Thank you all!!!

Dru you are so right about having a smoking buddy. Our wives do not want us smoking but as we band together we can make it very enjoyable. We also do hiking in the forests here in southern Ohio and having a smoke while on a hike will be excellent. We have not tried it yet but we are talking about it.

Scott

**derivation** · 12-10-2006, 12:42 AM

Glad to hear that it sounds like things wound up OK for you here.

And I completely understand what you mean about having to band together to deal with the wife