CoralReefs
Suburban baccy farmer
Greetings all,
I am happy to announce that I am just about ready to try my hand at rolling my own cigars. Johnlee was kind enough to send one of his extra molds to me and I just placed my first order with wholeleaftobacco.com. Definitely looking forward to that.
I have several very valuable suggestions already which I have take note of (have not checked out this famous video of Chicken's yet....). I am particularly interested, based on comments, in comparing cigars rolled with and without the used of a cigar mold. Interesting idea.
Couple of questions:
1) those who use cigar caps- any idea for a cheap cap cutter? I was thinking I might check the artsy craftsy store for tiny round circular cutters or something. But thought I would ask you guys first if you had a better idea. Dont know of too many cookie cutter that small- fondant cutters yes.
2) For cigar glue- its just pectin right? As in I can go down to the grocery store and pick up some fruit pectin for making jelly and mix it with some water? If so, why are people charging a bunch of money for it online?
3) How do you determine (approximately) how much filler to use? I imagine this just takes experience but if you have words of wisdom, I am all ears. My suspicion is you want it pretty uniform (nothing more annoying than a cigar that does not burn or draw evenly- except for rude neighbors who let their friends park in your spot).
I am happy to announce that I am just about ready to try my hand at rolling my own cigars. Johnlee was kind enough to send one of his extra molds to me and I just placed my first order with wholeleaftobacco.com. Definitely looking forward to that.
I have several very valuable suggestions already which I have take note of (have not checked out this famous video of Chicken's yet....). I am particularly interested, based on comments, in comparing cigars rolled with and without the used of a cigar mold. Interesting idea.
Couple of questions:
1) those who use cigar caps- any idea for a cheap cap cutter? I was thinking I might check the artsy craftsy store for tiny round circular cutters or something. But thought I would ask you guys first if you had a better idea. Dont know of too many cookie cutter that small- fondant cutters yes.
2) For cigar glue- its just pectin right? As in I can go down to the grocery store and pick up some fruit pectin for making jelly and mix it with some water? If so, why are people charging a bunch of money for it online?
3) How do you determine (approximately) how much filler to use? I imagine this just takes experience but if you have words of wisdom, I am all ears. My suspicion is you want it pretty uniform (nothing more annoying than a cigar that does not burn or draw evenly- except for rude neighbors who let their friends park in your spot).