video of my first rolled cigar,,,,

[Chicken]

you'll have to ignore me mentioning another website,, i filmed it to be showed there,,,,

but i will share here also,,,

i rolled this thing 4 weeks ago,,, and this weekend me and my rolling buddy are going to try it,,,

it's all cigg. baccy so it will proablly be like a huge cigg...

...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP_0wFVYFXU

...

 

[FmGrowit]

Nice job. Bring that wrapper in a little higher case and it will almost wrap itself. Then as it dries, it tightens up the cigar. You've paid attention to a lot of details on rolling.

 

[Chicken]

^^^^ coming from you a avid cigar roller,,,thanks...

im gonna try my luck at doing some '' backwoods cigar'' type cigars,,,,

short and small....

i'll take your advice on letting the wrapper be in high case,,,

early in the morning is perfect for me,, i live near the river, and our nights are very dewey,,,,

my leaves are so soft in the mornings,,,, i go in and out of case daily,,,,and am glad for it,,,

 

[deluxestogie]

Chicken,
That was the most enjoyable cigar-rolling video I've ever watched. And your cigar looks like it came out pretty good.

Thanks for posting it.

Bob

 

[Chicken]

not bad for a FIRST-TIMER...

 

[dkh2]

Now that was a cool video !

 

[CaryNC]

Wow, that was a really good video. I never saw anybody roll a cigar before, I enjoyed the simplicity of it. Thanks for your effort.

I have a new-found appreciation for how cigars are assembled. I know nothing about cigars and will probably reveal my "newbie-ness" if I ask what the press is for?

Is it to hold it while aging? Added flavor? Make it look better?

 

[SmokesAhoy]

you have way more self control than me lol the first one i rolled i was on the deck with a propane torch keeping it going cause it was so wet haha.. great video

 

[deluxestogie]

CaryNC,
The cigar mold or press is used in cigar factories to turn out large numbers of cigars that are identical in circumference, and are perfectly smooth and parallel. (There are also molds for making figurado cigars.) After the binder (the first wrapper) is applied to the hand rolled bunch, the cigar is added to a mold. When the mold is filled--usually with 10 cigars--it is assembled with its top half, then pressed. Half-way through the pressing, it is opened to allow each cigar to be rotated 90º in the mold to smooth out the seam created by the mold, then pressed again. When they come out of the press, the final wrapper is applied by hand to the pressed cigar bunches.

At home, you'll do better learning to roll them entirely by hand, as Chicken has done in the video. Once you are adept at consistently rolling cigars that draw well, then you could consider using a press to make works of art to show off to your friends.

Bob

 

[Chicken]

i havent lit this cigar yet,,,,

....

By chickenhawk435 at 2011-09-15

 

[BaccaChew]

Cute puppy ya got! I love critters.

 

[Chicken]

i watched that video again, because it was mentioned in another, thread,

i need to update my video,,, ive gotten a lot better at making cigars,,,,

thanks to '' JOHN-LEE'' who sent me some '' real wrapper''

 

[bighoss]

Good video I like the deer in the background to!

 

[Chicken]

ive got another head on the wall,,,

since that video was made.

 

[BarG]

ive got another head on the wall,,,

since that video was made.

Nobody I know......? Oh ! You mean Buck.

 

[Chicken]

^^^^^lol

heres me holding a baby chick,,,,,but you can see the '' new head'' in the middle,

By chickenhawk434 at 2012-03-27

 

[BarG]

Ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[CoralReefs]

Hey Chicken,
Have you ever thought about marketing your own cigar line? "Chicken Cee-gars" I could see how that would have appeal if marketed correctly. Definitely would have character. Although, I would hold off on the "other ingredients you don't wanna know nothing about" in the glue.

 

[johnlee1933]

Hey Chicken,
Have you ever thought about marketing your own cigar line? "Chicken Cee-gars" I could see how that would have appeal if marketed correctly. Definitely would have character. Although, I would hold off on the "other ingredients you don't wanna know nothing about" in the glue.

Hadn't thought about that. That would make a fine cigar !

John

 

[Chicken]

ive learned since making that video,

i now have fruit pectin,