Smoked this puppy while I was on vacation. Pre-light aroma was simple tobacco, nothing out of the ordinary. Construction was good, no soft spots detected and I agree with the "rugged" appearance guado mentioned. Cut and light were not a problem, but the draw was quite a bit looser than I like. The burn started off o.k., but worked to uneven pretty quickly, within the first 1/2 inch or so. I slowed down to try to give it time to self-correct...but sadly, no go, so I touched it up at about 1" in and all was well from there. The ash was a dirty gray color and held on well, no flaking that I observed. The flavor was nice, earthy tobacco with the slightest hint of sweetness. I would put this at med strength, I smoked it very early in the morning with only a couple of do-nuts to eat and had no problems with the nic strength. All in all a solid smoke. I was able to nub it, but I had to significantly reduce my draw frequency during the last 1/3 or it just simply got too hot to draw.....but once I slowed down it was fine.