Snowblithe
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I do like the chisel. I’m fairly sure they have a custom mold. I have two of them and they are just so consistently smooth and identically shaped and tapered.
Pics of your sticks!!
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Snowblithe
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I just roll a terminated cone , less severe than a torpedo or belicoso and squeeze it in a drawer while I prep the wrapper.
MarcL
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Litto is live. I just had the question answered about the chisel. if you back it up 10 minutes, he answers the question as well as get into the construction a little, check it.
Snowblithe
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Managed to catch the answer, I guess I was correct.
MarcL
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Thats what I got.
MarcL
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Sounds interesting, I've not rolled 5 of any singular leaf into a cigar yet...might have to try this to see what happens.
How was it?
ChinaVoodoo
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The blend didn't make sense intellectually, but I only have so many bags of tobacco in my work truck. I was surprised that it wasn't completely imbalanced. The tobacco is good. I enjoyed the cigar. @Knucklehead had mentioned that the corona wrapper went well with viso leaf. I think he's right about that. I suppose I have come to see the corona wrapper as ligero itself, so the overall blend had all three primings.
ChinaVoodoo
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That looks like the wrapper I remember from the Zino Brazilian cigars.
I also used BA for the binder, the flavor is nice for sure, leaf width could be a challenge at times and had to double bind some of them but enjoying it.
MarcL
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Snowblithe
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Finally got a chance to smoke the first test stick of my first go at a blend. I don’t remember, not did I write down the proportions, but I am pleased with the results. ASD Nic. Ligero, Condega Nic Viso, Paraguay flojo sec Vuelta Abajo binder and Cameroon wrapper. It has nice burnt honey sweetness I didn’t expect which plays well with the other flavours; espresso and to a lesser degree leather. It started with a subtle white pepper spice which gets sharper and more like black pepper further into it. Aroma is a mellow cedar with background notes of cigar tobacco. 
Definitely high in nicotine, but without over doing it thankfully. I give it a B+
Definitely high in nicotine, but without over doing it thankfully. I give it a B+Observation of mentors
as well 3 pack on amazon for a steal of a price.
MarcL
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That is a lot of shredded tobacco in the background.Finally got a chance to smoke the first test stick of my first go at a blend. I don’t remember, not did I write down the proportions, but I am pleased with the results. ASD Nic. Ligero, Condega Nic Viso, Paraguay flojo sec Vuelta Abajo binder and Cameroon wrapper. It has nice burnt honey sweetness I didn’t expect which plays well with the other flavours; espresso and to a lesser degree leather. It started with a subtle white pepper spice which gets sharper and more like black pepper further into it. Aroma is a mellow cedar with background notes of cigar tobacco.
Snowblithe
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Yeah, but unfortunately badly out of case.
Snowblithe
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ChinaVoodoo
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1 CV Vuelta Abajo Habano ligero, 2 Criollo 98 viso, 3 Pelo de Oro seco, Habano 2000
do those numbers refer to half leaves? Doesn’t look large enough for 6 full leaves.
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