Buy Tobacco Leaf Online | Whole Leaf Tobacco

Pics of your sticks!!

Status
Not open for further replies.

deluxestogie

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 25, 2011
Messages
24,894
Points
113
Location
near Blacksburg, VA
Garden20200806_5344_cigar_CTBL01_600.jpg


Garden20200806_5345_cigar_CTBL02_600.jpg


Garden20200806_5346_cigar_CTBL03_600.jpg


This is really strong. And delicious. All the leaf began in medium case, so I had to be conscious of not wrapping it too tightly for such a tiny cigar. Draw is perfect, and the burn is excellent. Just the thing for my last smoke of the night.

Bob
 

deluxestogie

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 25, 2011
Messages
24,894
Points
113
Location
near Blacksburg, VA
The unfinished foot is where it's at!
And multiple, glowing embers in your lap will be where it's at. I agree that an unfinished foot looks charming, but I have a number of t-shirts, and fleece jackets that suggest the charming foot should be clipped at the time the head is clipped.

Bob
 

deluxestogie

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
May 25, 2011
Messages
24,894
Points
113
Location
near Blacksburg, VA
Today I tried and failed to make a beautiful cigar. I carefully rolled a cylindrical bunch, using a Dominican viso binder, then pressed it in a mold (conscientiously rotating it after 15 minutes). Using a Besuki Nota binder, I actually pre-trimmed a lovely wrapper strip, then wrapped the unnaturally shaped cigar. It was pretty tidy, but not tidy enough to have warranted all the extra work. It wasn't beautiful.

In robotics, there is the notion of the "uncanny valley". A complicated, sophisticated, but clearly mechanical robot impresses people with its clever engineering. But if its designers are too successful at making it look human, the real human brain instantly recognizes that it is not human, and the overly humanoid robot impresses people with how creepy it looks. The uncanny valley.

Well, I just couldn't bring myself to photograph my uncanny valley cigar. It didn't look creepy, but it didn't look like I spent a whole lot of time on it either.

Bob
 

MadFarmer

Well-Known Member
Joined
Aug 7, 2019
Messages
543
Points
93
Location
Arlington. TX
#5, #6, and #7 going right to left. They're all a ~ 50/50 mix of CV Dominican Seco and Peruvian Seco and wrapped in CV Seco. I used Bliss's all Corojo Seco roll video as inspiration. #7's wrapper was a thick leaf that to my untrained eye could have passed as ligero. The draw also seems a bit too tight, so that's progress.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_20200809_125525076.jpg
    IMG_20200809_125525076.jpg
    171.5 KB · Views: 22

webmost

Well-Known Member
Joined
Jan 21, 2013
Messages
1,908
Points
113
Location
Newark DE
Today I tried and failed to make a beautiful cigar. I carefully rolled a cylindrical bunch, using a Dominican viso binder, then pressed it in a mold (conscientiously rotating it after 15 minutes). Using a Besuki Nota binder, I actually pre-trimmed a lovely wrapper strip, then wrapped the unnaturally shaped cigar. It was pretty tidy, but not tidy enough to have warranted all the extra work. It wasn't beautiful.

In robotics, there is the notion of the "uncanny valley". A complicated, sophisticated, but clearly mechanical robot impresses people with its clever engineering. But if its designers are too successful at making it look human, the real human brain instantly recognizes that it is not human, and the overly humanoid robot impresses people with how creepy it looks. The uncanny valley.

Well, I just couldn't bring myself to photograph my uncanny valley cigar. It didn't look creepy, but it didn't look like I spent a whole lot of time on it either.

Bob


That's a shame. Would have l;iked to see it.
 

DePasta

Well-Known Member
Joined
Oct 27, 2018
Messages
51
Points
33
Location
Louisville, KY
So...I have had to kick production into high gear. I rolled some rough dolls and am working in building up my supplies. I have pretty much went away from molds and just use paper anymore for ease of production....it turns out fine cigars for my needs.

The chaveta on the left is the one I purchased from WLT when I started. The other day we were cleaning out our garage and my wife picked up my Dad/Grandfather's old handsaw blade and started to throw it out. I stopped her and explained that was for a project....of course she reminded me that I have had it for 3 years for a project. So I decided to cut a chaveta out of the portion where the nail holes was....only having a hand grinder it was a challenge. I got it cut and beveled it by hand and it has turned out to be a nice tool. It's in the right...

Blend is:
1 x 2014 Nicaraguan Seco
1 x nic habano viso
1 x nic habano ligero
Vuelte Abajo Binder
Soon to be wrapped with Camaroon

20200811_122626.jpg
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top