By golly i thinnk im getting good at hand rolling a cigar {pics}

[Chicken]

I MUST THANK BARg

for sending me a suitable leaf to roll a cigar with....

ive come to realize that the wrapper is very important,,,, my first cigar i rolled with my leaf, which totally wasnt suitable for a wrapper,

i even had my lady friend get me some FRUIT-PECTIN just 4 the occasion,

after this experiment, and sampling them,,, i may actually grow some wrapper, and filler baccy,,along with my cigg blend,,,

i placed the wrapper under a moist towel for some hours, before doing this wrapping,,,,it turned out so perfect,,, im impressed,,,,allthough i payed attention to '' DELUXESTOGIE'S thread stating to roll 2 a day until you get decent,,, 2 more you get a little better,,, 2 more youre getting it tighter,,,2 more and you got it down-pat<----

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[FmGrowit]

Getting better for sure. Good job

 

[Chicken]

Getting better for sure. Good job

i still got some leaf to roll more with,,,'' tommorows project with my daughter'' she wants to see one made,,,

i need to inventory my seed... to see if i have a good wrapper seed,, i know i got havana allready....

i really dont recall in my research that any of my seeds, are suitable for cigar purposes,,,

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i also am comtimplating making me a home-made cigar mold out of '' the right size bamboo''

perhaps one to hold 6 cigars at a time,,

i did some research on ct, shade leaf... growing it under a cloth,,,???

i think i got the perfect '' cloth material'' to cover them up good,, lots of guranteed shade,,,

 

[deluxestogie]

Chicken,
That long, thin reddish cigar looks like a Marsh Wheeling Deluxe Stogie, but with a nicer wrapper than Marsh puts on theirs.

For your location, I think Florida Sumatra is an obvious choice. It won't require 40% shade cloth and a ten-foot-high framework. Grown in full sun, FL Sumatra will give you a heavy yield of large, medium-brown wrapper.

Bob

 

[Chicken]

Chicken,
That long, thin reddish cigar looks like a Marsh Wheeling Deluxe Stogie, but with a nicer wrapper than Marsh puts on theirs.

For your location, I think Florida Sumatra is an obvious choice. It won't require 40% shade cloth and a ten-foot-high framework. Grown in full sun, FL Sumatra will give you a heavy yield of large, medium-brown wrapper.

Bob

i agree those bottom 2 turned out real good, and was actually the only 2 i rolled that night,,, the top 3 were prerolled with my leaf and covered with a better wrapper,,,

2 a night,,,,right,lol

tonight we do 2 more,,,,and then i'll proablly be out of this good wrapper,,,,

but yes i will get my hands on some of that florida sumatra, ive seen it's name many times,,,

 

[BarG]

Chicken , have you posted that casing recipe, for that smooth smoke sample you sent. That was a real nice blend, [recipe]

 

[Chicken]

Chicken , have you posted that casing recipe, for that smooth smoke sample you sent. That was a real nice blend, [recipe]

it is a smooth baccy for sure,,,,, i mix some of big- bonners burley with it,,,,,not a lot,,

and it's better than any store bought cigg's.

 

[Steve2md]

I just rolled my first cigar today with some leaves Larry sent me! what do you think?

 

[deluxestogie]

Looks like a decent cigar. How does it smoke?

Bob

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Some nice looking stogies there. I roll burleys and smoke right away and it's still good.... Wonder how awesome they would be if I had enough patience to store them in a humidor for a few weeks... lol i might never know that answer

 

[Tom_in_TN]

Nice looking cigars. Here is a good cigar rolling youtube vid that's about 7 or 8 - 1 minute steps that are easy to understand at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxYLY3-LXTY&feature=fvsr

 

[Steve2md]

Not sure how it will smoke yet, I'll let you know after it has rested in the humidor for a while. on a sour note...I got home from dinner and decided to clean my antique meerschaum pipe and broke the bit with an effing pipe cleaner! real amber! I super glued it back together and will try to re shape it with a little sandpaper tomorrow, since all the value as a complete original has been lost. bummer