How do you smoke a cigar?

[JStrider]

usually spend a few minutes picking out the cigar... sometimes i'll look em up on the net if its one I'm not familiar with, so I know to expect a light, medium, or strong cigar.

usually I light up by lighting around the edges first just holding the cigar, then i'll get the middle once the edge is lit all the way around... if its not lighting easily I'll puff on it while trying to get the light.

when I smoke at a bar I usually draw pretty unevenly, depending on whats going on... into a conversation, or playing shuffleboard or pool. when I smoke them other times like while reading or just smoking and thinking I usually draw more often and more consistently, and dont have to relight as much...

and I usually smoke it till its not good, and i'll try to help out the end of the cigar by slowing down how often I draw or try purging it...

and I dont have a fancy ranking system or a journal... just take note of the cigar I like and dislike.




and also I found this video of 420seth showing off how he smokes cigars
http://www.jschrodt.net/etc/smoke/Ho...0a%20cigar.wmv

[CoventryCat86]

I cut it (usually with a punch), light it (with whatever is handy) then I smoke it.

[cigar no baka]

I cut it (usually with a punch), light it (with whatever is handy) then I smoke it.

Ditto. I probably have some kind of style developed by now, but I don't really pay attention to it. The other day, someone pointed out that I have a penchant for holding my cigar high up when I am sitting, level with my head. I told them I guess so, I hadn't noticed.

[Chubbawubba]

How do I smoke a Cigar?

Well, first of all it has to be either a Friday night or a relatively boring/stressful situation where I can get away with it.

I go to my humijar (yay) and have a good sniff. Then depending on the situation choose. If I got the time and right atmosphere I go for a robusto, if not, a petite coronas.

I take me Cigar gear to somewhere like a table, cut my Cigar using either a single bladed cutter or a scalpel blade.

I used to torch the end, these days I am content to just toast it and puff gently to light it. I much prefere matches over anything else. I always let the phosphorous burn off first.

When I smoke I take a few small puffs like a kiss letting air mingle with the smoke. I dont like it to get too hot so I keep puffs to a minimum to get those nice hidden flavours.

Then when Its stale I let it die on its own in an ashtray so it doesnt cream out the place.

[Shagaroo]

I cut it (usually with a punch), light it (with whatever is handy) then I smoke it.

I'd give up cigars if I had to put as much thought and effort into it as some of you guys do.

[Shelby07]

I'd give up cigars if I had to put as much thought and effort into it as some of you guys do.

I guess it depends on what you are trying to get out of smoking cigars. There was a thread a while back that described why we smoke. To me, part of the enjoyment of smoking is the solitude. Stopping to think about what you're enjoying, and why, is enjoyable in itself. It helps to clear my mind of other things and occupies it with something that relaxes me. Kinda like stopping to smell the roses.

But, hey... if you get enjoyment out of cutting, lighting and smoking, then do it! To me that was kind of what it was like smoking cigarettes. There was no enjoyment in that. And I did eventually give them up.

By the way, I haven't had a cigarette since Jan 22 and I am to the point where I don't miss them at all!! Hooray for me!

[nhcigarfan]

crack open the humi, pick a stick, cut it ( I prefer a cut over a punch), fire it up with whatever is around and smoke it until it burns me or I decide to toss it.

On pcking the stick - I do put some thought into it but I am usually more concerned about the time I have over time of day, strength, etc.

I'll toast the foot of larger ring cigars but right now I'm going more for the smaller cigars that don't require the toasting.

[Shagaroo]

I guess it depends on what you are trying to get out of smoking cigars. There was a thread a while back that described why we smoke. To me, part of the enjoyment of smoking is the solitude. Stopping to think about what you're enjoying, and why, is enjoyable in itself. It helps to clear my mind of other things and occupies it with something that relaxes me. Kinda like stopping to smell the roses.

I can, and do, relax and unwind and thoroughly enjoy my cigars, I just don't have such a thought out process for doing such. I grab a stick, fire it up and park my tookis wherever I decide I am tired of standing. I fired one up before going out to mow the lawn and ended up sitting stretched out on the snapper rider in the middle of the yard for an hour enjoying a smoke I intended to smoke while working in the yard. Guess I just don't get the whole thought out proces to enjoy a cigar concept. At least not on a regular basis.

[Shelby07]

I can, and do, relax and unwind and thoroughly enjoy my cigars, I just don't have such a thought out process for doing such. I grab a stick, fire it up and park my tookis wherever I decide I am tired of standing. I fired one up before going out to mow the lawn and ended up sitting stretched out on the snapper rider in the middle of the yard for an hour enjoying a smoke I intended to smoke while working in the yard. Guess I just don't get the whole thought out proces to enjoy a cigar concept. At least not on a regular basis.

Ain't nothin' wrong with that!

[Shagaroo]

Ain't nothin' wrong with that!

You haven't seen me sprawled on a snapper!

[derivation]

I can, and do, relax and unwind and thoroughly enjoy my cigars, I just don't have such a thought out process for doing such. I grab a stick, fire it up and park my tookis wherever I decide I am tired of standing. I fired one up before going out to mow the lawn and ended up sitting stretched out on the snapper rider in the middle of the yard for an hour enjoying a smoke I intended to smoke while working in the yard. Guess I just don't get the whole thought out proces to enjoy a cigar concept. At least not on a regular basis.

For me, it's always a long thought out process because I tend to look forward to it for most of the day. I'll often find myself daydreaming about the process (what I'm going to drink, smoke, etc). But this is also because I tend to only smoke once a week, if I smoked more frequently I would inevitably not put as much thought into.