Pics of your sticks!! 2021

[FrostD]

Had some fun testing out the molds picked up from WLT!

A before and after. I will say that overall, an area of improvement will be the spongy head in the round head molds. The torpedo turned out just right! I let them sit overnight to dry up a bit. It was fun bunching that 60 ring gauge! I felt like a chef adding a little bit of this and that. It definitely takes more filler than I initially anticipated, but that’s ok! Live and learn! Not to mention, it got my thought juices going as to how a larger ring gauge could allow for some more complexity in filler choices that I have previously not have thought about. I think I’ll focus on the round head 52 ring gauge for the time being...

W-Corojo Oscuro
B- Dom Olor on 58 & 59
B- Vuelta Abajo on 60 & 61

F- Nic Seco 2014
F- Corojo 2006 Ligero
F- Peru Ligero

*Fingers crossed*

Time to set the timer to rest em up for a little bit.

 

[Biglizard1]

Bound last night and wrapped this morning. Dominican Volado Piloto Cubano and Dominican Criollo seco, with Dominican binder, Nicaraguan Habano wrapper, and Nicaraguan Connecticut shade wrapper.

 

[FrostD]

A little before and after.

Some super bowl sticks for this weekend. Kept the filler and wrapper the same and made 2 of each with a specific binder. 5 different binders total.

Wrapper is the Brazil CT Shade 2013. Suuuuuper thin but it is fun to work with. The smells of aged leather and a sweet mustiness. Reminds me of a well aged Paul Garmirian Gourmet Series. Excited to try!

 

[JayT]

Been a while with work, sadly hadn't rolled alot with being on travel- back home for a while and getting back at it. Out of practice but knocked a couple out to refresh my memory.

 

[FrostD]

Been a while with work, sadly hadn't rolled alot with being on travel- back home for a while and getting back at it. Out of practice but knocked a couple out to refresh my memory.

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Look like little cocoa bombs! Nice!

 

[FrostD]

A couple scrap filled hand rolls with a newspaper couple hour binder hold.

Wrapper was a straggler Brazil CT Shade ‘13.

 

[Biglizard1]

Just a handful tonight. Unwinding and de-stress. Afterwards, went to the dry box and grabbed a nice robusto I rolled a couple weeks ago.

 

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[Biglizard1]

Tres rocks? Third Rock? Lol. They look great sir!

 

[Knucklehead]

Tres rocks? Third Rock? Lol. They look great sir!

Tres Amigos - from the back.

 

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Tres rocks? Third Rock? Lol. They look great sir!

Rock?
A row of Peruvian cholas sitting on a stone wall


That what you're talking about?

 

[JamarCigar1911]

Ecuador Cameroon wrapper

 

[deluxestogie]

"Panoramic photograph of Quechua indigenous women in traditional clothing with a boy sitting on an ancient Inca wall in Chinchero, Cusco Province, Peru."
[©Shutterstock]

 

[Biglizard1]

Rock?
A row of Peruvian cholas sitting on a stone wall
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That what you're talking about?

Yup, but all I could see was the blankets on the stone wall. And three of them. Now context, that helps a guy like me.

 

[Snowblithe]

It has been way too cold to smoke here but I thought I’d share what I’ve been doing over the last week or so. The first is a long and rough long filler wrapped in San Andres. I was trying to keep myself honest in how smokable my cigars are rolled. I’ll share the results when I get the chance.
The second is jus a basic short filler scrap jobbie. Bound with Ecuador corona and wrapped in Ecuador Cameroon.
The third one I used what @deluxestogie aptly calls “long scrap” to make a cheroot using dark fronto as the wrapper-binder. I haven’t a clue what the filler actually is, but I’m hoping the fronto burns nicer than the the rather thick Kentucky/Tennessee fire cured I’ve been using thus far. @FmGrowit kindly provided me with samples of the ‘dark fronto’ with my last order from WLT, so I am pleased that I don’t have to invest a lot into this experiment.

 

[Biglizard1]

Nice night to decompress and relax for my long weekend.

 

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"Panoramic photograph of Quechua indigenous women in traditional clothing with a boy sitting on an ancient Inca wall in Chinchero, Cusco Province, Peru."
[©Shutterstock]

How bout dat?
I stole it here:

Peru

www.idbinvest.org

I like that pic.
Here's from the other side:

 

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This Bronceado wrapper from WLT shrinks down tight and dons a rich chocolate color:


Go get ya some

 

[FrostD]

A little messing around. 2x sticks per wrapper. 5 different wrappers, Sumatra binder, and a filler recipe to try out.

 

[FrostD]

A few sparked up last night and tonight.