Pics of your sticks!!

[Yvan the terrible]

If only such wrapper actually tasted like coffee and chocolate... ... wouldn't that be lovely?

.... and Scotch .... . Agreed on the nice colour.

 

[Jvergen]

Rolled this about 3 weeks ago filler WLT corojo 99 and wrapper/Binder WLT Dominican binder. Currently smoking it very smooth and mild. I'm currently evaluating glue this was cmc, looking at gum acai plus a small amount of cmc to make it less sticky looking for something which will set fast for the whole roll and smoke.

 

[tullius]

#31 test burn. Corojo ligero, sumatra bind, corojo wrap, 46x6.

 

[tullius]

Verdict: very good. Cedar, orange, cinnamon and white/black pepper on the front, leather and spicy cedar pencil shavings towards the end. Elegant, almost floral spanish cedar nose. Strongly reminiscent of hoyo excalibur no. 3's. Not at all overwhelming for an all ligero filler cigar.

WLT corojo 99 ligero is significantly milder with much better flavor than the piloto viso in my opinion, and I've smoked both straight.

 

[Jvergen]

Big bonner aged burley wrapped in a corojo 99. This continues my tasting of the tobacco I got so far very nice

Jeff

 

[Jvergen]

Yes I know this was quick second tasting for today is BB Black Mammoth in a corojo wrapper. Getting better at the quick stogie and I think I found the right quick cure glue with acacia gum and cmc. Need to work out the exact ratios easy enough will post it when I'm sure

Jeff

 

[Damanadaplaya]

I will be busy with my home grown and kilned, MD 609 V,S, and L.... I know it’s not a “blend” and I’m no expert; but, it actually makes a pretty decent, smooth cigar. It’s been a fun project.

 

[waikikigun]

I will be busy with my home grown and kilned, MD 609 V,S, and L.... I know it’s not a “blend” and I’m no expert; but, it actually makes a pretty decent, smooth cigar. It’s been a fun project.

What do you imagine the word "blend" means, cigar-wise?

 

[Damanadaplaya]

What do you imagine the word "blend" means, cigar-wise?

It’s not a blend of different tobaccos? It’s V, S and L though...

 

[deluxestogie]

Ask me if I know what the 'V' word, the 'S' word and the 'L' word mean, without trudging backwards through a bunch of posts. But if you take one "letter", and add a second "letter", I think you have blended "letters".

Bob

 

[waikikigun]

It’s not a blend of different tobaccos? It’s V, S and L though...

E.g. 3L is a different blend than 1S2V.

 

[CobGuy]

Ask me if I know what the 'V' word, the 'S' word and the 'L' word mean, without trudging backwards through a bunch of posts.

V = Viso
S = Seco
L = Ligero

 

[deluxestogie]

V = Virginia
S = sand lugs
L = Lancaster Seedleaf kilned, and aged for 3 years

Bob

 

[Damanadaplaya]

V = Viso
S = Seco
L = Ligero

That’s what I meant. Does V, S, & L mean something else? I don’t know, I’m really new to this.

 

[CobGuy]

Does V, S, & L mean something else?

Nope ... in context it made complete sense.
Forums are full of abbreviations and, for the most part, make sense when applied to the topic at hand.
Kind of like saying MM Country Gent instead of spelling out Missouri Meerschaum Country Gentleman every single time.
Once you've spent enough time in online forums it becomes a second language!

~Darin

 

[deluxestogie]

Sorry for the fuss. But I honestly had no idea which of the gazillion tobacco terms he meant. Once you've spent enough time with tobacco, ambiguous abbreviations begin to swirl. I use abbreviations in my posts all the time, but when there might be any confusion, I precede the first use with spelling out what I'm talking about. Of course, we can just assume that the reader will guess the proper context in which the abbreviations are meaningful.

Bob the Slow

 

[tullius]

Back to the sticks!

My youngest and largest brother complained his last sabroso sized smoke was good but gone too quick. He'll enjoy a terrible early rolling effort from me tomorrow.

#7 for the seventh son.

~64 x 6

 

[tullius]

 

[deluxestogie]

Very nice stick. Be warned, if you become proficient without a mold, you'll be spoiled for life.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

WLT American Connecticut wrapper and homegrown Goose Creek.

I'm writing a novel about a fictional American who moved to Canada in the 1880s to grow tobacco. I was thinking what would they smoking.