Pics of your sticks!!

[deluxestogie]

Welcome to the forum, coachmike554. Feel free to introduce yourself in the Introduce Yourself forum.

Bob

 

[Chacocii]

7.5X47 rosado wrapper, Dominican seco binder, CV criollo ligero, T13 viso, and mata fina fillers.

 

[Lumberjack]

I rolled 20 this weekend. I am moving on from free-hand to using the mold. One of these days, I'll tackle the cap technique.
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Those look nice

 

[waikikigun]

7.5 x 42 lancero / corona ultra.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

7.5 x 42 lancero / corona ultra.

Do you use a different size of cap for differing ring gauges?

 

[waikikigun]

Do you use a different size of cap for differing ring gauges?

Yes. Always going for 3/8 inch total height of the three caps, divided into 1/8 inch each. So the top cap viewed from the side is 1/8 inch height. So I try to cut a cap that'll do that for the given gauge.

 

[deluxestogie]

Always going for 3/8 inch total height of the...

While that seems obsessive, your cigars are consistently beautiful. That lancero displays a character that reminds me of the superb craftsmanship of Flor de A. Allones cigars--serious cigars made right.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Yes. Always going for 3/8 inch total height of the three caps, divided into 1/8 inch each. So the top cap viewed from the side is 1/8 inch height. So I try to cut a cap that'll do that for the given gauge.

Thank you. Are you free hand cutting the final circular one, or do you use a tool? What diameter?

 

[waikikigun]

Thank you. Are you free hand cutting the final circular one, or do you use a tool? What diameter?

Sometimes I freehand the cut with the chaveta, but more often I use one of my two cutters, which are 42 and 50. With those two I can cut pretty much all the diameters just by expanding or contracting the roll of the cutting edge along a circular-ish path.

Could I ask, since you are a moderator: it doesn't seem like there's any way to navigate to this Pics of Sticks forum section by clicking down through forum heads/subheads, as there was before the update. It used to be listed under How to Roll Cigars. That's still where it "is," but it's not listed there. Would it be possible to re-add it?

 

[Charly]

7.5 x 42 lancero / corona ultra.

Beautiful cigar and beautiful picture !

 

[deluxestogie]

it's not listed there.

It was. But it moved around with the date of its latest post. I've now "stuck" the thread. So it should be quite easy to locate it near the top of How To Roll Cigars.

Bob

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Thank goodness Bob stepped in. I was like a deer in the headlights with that request.

 

[Chacocii]

First and probably last time I try this shape. Even using a mold it's a bit beyond my current skill level. Should be smokable, ugly tho. If anyone is looking for a 4 3/4 X 60 mold in this perfecto shape I'm probably not going to use mine again haha

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

First and probably last time I try this shape. Even using a mold it's a bit beyond my current skill level. Should be smokable, ugly tho. If anyone is looking for a 4 3/4 X 60 mold in this perfecto shape I'm probably not going to use mine again haha
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Pretty cool, regardless.

 

[deluxestogie]

Here's one thread on wrapping a figurado. There are others. Once you figure out the trick, it becomes far easier.

http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/wrapping-figurados.5324/

Bob

 

[Charly]

They don't look ugly at all for me

 

[Chacocii]

Here's one thread on wrapping a figurado. There are others. Once you figure out the trick, it becomes far easier.

http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/wrapping-figurados.5324/

Bob

I watched a video on YouTube by bliss cigar company (who is Waikikigun here I think) on how to do the binder and wrapper. It worked well but I think I'd just rather stick to the parejo. Very helpful video tho, I'd have had no idea without it.

 

[waikikigun]

I watched a video on YouTube by bliss cigar company (who is Waikikigun here I think) on how to do the binder and wrapper. It worked well but I think I'd just rather stick to the parejo. Very helpful video tho, I'd have had no idea without it.

For sure the hardest shape to learn, imho. A real joy to hold in the hand, tho...

 

[jonny]

i cant seam to role consistently. Lol i need more practice.

 

[deluxestogie]

Jonny, you'll never get a low wage job at a cigar factory in a Third World country, unless they're consistent. I find rolling a long and thin cigar trickier than rolling a nice, fat one.

Bob