I already have the spanish cedar for the interior and plan on using spalted hackberry for exterior. .
Why Spanish Cedar? I think the smell that permeates throughtout the cigar gives it uniformityPersonally, I would never put MY homegrown cigars in a humidor with cedar. I want to be able to smell and taste the unique characteristics of my tobacco!
I've seen the same damn thing in my buisness.{20 years doing it wrong disregardingI think someone might have mistakenly given you white cedar to smell and told you it was Spanish cedar. They look almost identical, but one smells like cedar and the other one doesn't. That's why all of the highest grade humidors are made with Spanish cedar....it has no smell to alter the taste of the cigars.
I went to the grocery store the other day and noticed in the fish case there were little tiny scallops (bay scallops) mixed in with the really big ones (sea scallops). I asked why they were mixed and the woman told me the little ones were sea scallops. I suggested they were mixed and she insisted they were sea scallops. I asked her how long she had worked the fish dept. and she replied "almost 20 years". I said "in 20 years you haven't learned the difference between a sea scallop and a bay scallop?" She said "Well, that's what the box said" I said " If the box said chicken wings, it would not make them chicken wings".
I have all kinds of red cedar here and I have some sawn up in lumber . It makes the best looking furniture and has a great aeromatic smell . It would probably make the cigars smell like the cedar .
I don't know but I would think that if you made a mold you would need to bake the mold in the oven to release the odors from about any wood .
A good friend gave me a mold . I made a few cigars with it for practice . The first one looked better than the others .
Looks like a great place to learn....I am in Michigan, and want to try growing some baccy....this year is out of course, so I have plenty of time to learn, scrounge up some seeds and get ready for 2013!
See ya around!
No way it would take that long. Lol just route out or chisel then use a sanding head. To shape along with a pre made cigar for fit just keep at it til its Cinderella, they have made them by hand forever before machinesI've been a carpenter for almost 30 years and I'd never even attempt make a cigar mold. You'd have to make jigs for every part and cut everything on a shaper. Your first mold would take a month to make, but the second one would take a few hours.
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