Tight Cigar???

[Dickson]

Basil wrote in his birthday thread. That he clipped a cigar and it was a little tight. How does one distinguish this? Thanks guys.

[WOXOF]

Mornin' Dickson, you're up early. More than likely the pre-light draw was tight.

[Dickson]

Afternoon, Brother. So if I light a cigar with a tight draw. Putting it down and getting back to it, say in a day or so will fix it??????????

[nhcigarfan]

Afternoon, Brother. So if I light a cigar with a tight draw. Putting it down and getting back to it, say in a day or so will fix it??????????

maybe, if it was stored at a humidity that was too high, but if it was a tight roll then short of sticking a kabob stick through it (which I have done - it works ok) there isn't much you can do except fight through it.

[mauied1101]

For tight cigars, you might find a plug in the stick - and (I) try to massage it out. Otherwise, I put skewer through it to get it out.

[Tomahawk202]

My father always told me that when " grown folks talk, you shut up and listen". So when I first started smoking cigars, an old wise one called himself giving me some "tips".

I still remember almost all of them today. And one of the questions I had for him was, " What if after I light a cigar, I realize it has a tighter draw than I like?"

He told me to " massage it out" with my figner tips, up and down the stick, until it has a nice and even draw. A draw I like. So I still do this today, and find it works quite well. in extreme instances, i could poke something, like they said in an earlier post, a skewer through it, to save the stick.

Good luck sir. Happy toking.....Tomahawk202