MarcL
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yeah. I kid. rolling paper is what I really thought. not kidding about the paper molding tape use. I am proud of you though.
Pics of your sticks!!
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ChinaVoodoo
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Fiddling around with the sample of Ecuador Maduro which came in my last order. A couple 41s, and a 34.
Edit. The 34 is the rib half of a half leaf. That's why it's kinda chunky.
Edit. The 34 is the rib half of a half leaf. That's why it's kinda chunky.
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mbatini
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I've got 19 sticks + 'bunch' for other 2-3 from first kit. Smoked two after a week (those on the left) it ... sounds good! Obviously it's not satisfactory from a construction point ov view, but mold helps and the blend fits well on me.
On the right first 'batch' of 4 from Azucarado Oscuro.
I'm going to use the Black Friday.
On the right first 'batch' of 4 from Azucarado Oscuro.
I'm going to use the Black Friday.
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silksow
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Are those pretty wet? Or is the Ecuador Maduro really that dark? Gorgeous color
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mbatini
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Wrapper was wet and dark. I'll post pictures of same sticks in better light.
For the moment, thanks to resources of this forum, I've got 'my' bunching machine.
A little rough, but works
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nict
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House blend. 4 7/8x52. Corojo wrapper purchased years ago.
Snowblithe
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Latakia time! The corona I will try next chance I get and the imperfecto will be humidored for a good while to see how it ages. My rationale for making the perfecto is to seal in the Latakia aroma so it doesn’t bleed into the other cigars. I used Nic. Habano viso and Corojo seco as filler and wrapped them in Cameroon. There is maybe a gram or two of Latakia in the centre. I suspect I will want a little more for the next try, but we’ll see...
silksow
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I can't figure out how anybody can cut a good flag without a sharp blade, just a few passes on the whetstone made a big dif for me
I can't figure out how anybody can cut a good flag without a sharp blade, just a few passes on the whetstone made a big dif for me
Snowblithe
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I’m slowly working on finding he perfect sharpness/ edge angle. I’m nearly there, and every time I hit the whetstone I grind away at one corner of the chaveta so I have tighter curve on the one end for finer work.
ChinaVoodoo
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I've recently started wrapping on stone, rather than wood and it seems like the chaveta is twice as sharp as before.
for half as long
ChinaVoodoo
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Good thing I can sharpen a knife.
I'm sold on the stone. Wrapper leaf suctions right onto it. So much faster and easier to make a pretty cigar.
mbatini
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And with these my second WLT blend is over. Just in time for BF to reorder.
I stay on the entubado approach and it seems that I get better feeling on quantity needed per size (44 and 38 for the moment). Also using the 'waste not method' from @webmost (I think he is the one behind the video)
Critics and hints are obviously well accepted.
Mauro
I stay on the entubado approach and it seems that I get better feeling on quantity needed per size (44 and 38 for the moment). Also using the 'waste not method' from @webmost (I think he is the one behind the video)
Critics and hints are obviously well accepted.
Mauro
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silksow
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Glad I showed up for my metaphorical 2nd day at the Habanos S.A. factory, best freehand yet
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Snowblithe
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38x7” and 48x I didn’t measure, so a Churchill (?) and a toro sorta thing. Filled with Corojo seco, Honduran wrapper, and 1/2 of an ASP Nic. Ligero. Wrapped in Corojo oscuro. The wrapper is bit water stained because I made these on a whim and rushed getting it into case, which if I’m honest is how I usually operate... I’m going to need a bigger humidor as I am making these way faster than I can smoke them. 
ChinaVoodoo
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Looks more like a Lonsdale and a Toro to me.
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale. [Nat. Portrait Gallery, UK]
MarcL
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Some freehand.
Snowblithe
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https://collectionimages.npg.org.uk/large/mw301546/Hugh-Cecil-Lowther-5th-Earl-of-Lonsdale.jpg Yeah, that's the one.
Yeah, Lonsdale is more like it. I don't know my vitolas.
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