Just got my 7.75x50. It's a rather interesting 50: 46 on one diameter, 52 on the other. A very pronounced oval, with two high, straight sides. Of the 19 parejo molds I have, it's my only oval. I'm curious whether all/most of the parejo molds in this giant cache of molds is generally not cylindrical.
This photo shows a typical plastic parejo mold on top, very round. And a typical 50 wood mold on bottom, nearly round. And then the Big Oval in the middle. It is tightly shut: the black part in the connection is not space, it's a black plastic bevel.
Some thoughts thoughtful people might have after reading this:
1) Nat Sherman Oval jokes....
2) Yes, but won't this produce lovely nice cylindrical cigars after a rotation? Roll a few and tell us the results. (Pre-test, I have my doubts. A gauge difference of 6 is pretty substantial and the thing's gonna take quite some manipulation to get it to fit in there after the rotation. It'll be fun to find out whether a tightly-packed, cylindrical cigar can be achieved!)
3) After the rotation, wouldn't this tend to produce a loose binder?
4) Does this irregularity give us some clue as to how WLT pulled this giant score?