Nasty Nub

[rodwha]

I received my Montecristo punch not long ago and noticed it was much larger than the one on my cheap lighter. Not a bad thing, but wouldn't work on small gauge sticks. It worked quite well on a 50 ring not long ago, but this time it seemed to have torn the wrapper a bit. Oh well, right? Later I noticed this:

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This had been over humidified at about 73%, but at 70% for about a week. Not sure if I was just a bit of a barbarian or it if the moisture made any difference, but the gauge of the punch is a bit big I'd venture to say (being a bit naive here). Maybe I'm just not quite refined enough yet...

It did smoke well and I ingested no tobacco so it's all cosmetic. And I'm more for function than form I guess unless we are talking Backwoods (yes I've smoked them a few times, but I don't usually talk about that anymore!).

[rodwha]

And yes there is a bit of slober as I was watering the grass, as well as a bit of bite on it.

[Nature]

It may have as much to do with the biting and slobbering. I find this happens to me when I'm clenching while doing other things, such as working in the yard. I tend to salivate /drool more then, especially when I'm stooped over and the smoke gets in my face. I like your attitude of function over form. Smoking a cigar isn't a beauty contest!

[rodwha]

Dadgum! And here I've been trying to look good while puffing! Ok, maybe not that much... It would be hard to make me look good while watering the lawn.

[stonecutter2]

Yeah, biting and slobbering will do that. I find that certain sticks for some reason make me salivate more than others, with an affect accordingly on the nub.

I see some people end up with nubs like that more often than others, though. I think it's just how some end up puffing on sticks :)

[Cool Breeze]

Yeah I don't try and punch the small ring gauges.

Straight cut for the smaller ones, punch for 50 RG and over.

And don't be ashamed of a Backwoods. I still pick them up when going to deer camp. I'm not going to breat out a $8-$10 stick around a campfire when I'm inebriated anyway and wouldn't enjoy it to the fullest.

[rodwha]

I think wrestling with the hose at times inadvertently caused me to chomp on it a bit. My nubs don't usually look like that.

Being cosmetic I'm not too concerned. Just glad I wasn't eating tobacco!

I must say I wouldn't use that large diameter punch on anything smaller than a 50 ring! I'm curious and so I guess I'll measure then one of these days.

[rodwha]

Maybe I need a wooden tip on my grass watering sticks...

http://i60.tinypic.com/51yqlz.jpg

Smoking ribs doesn't have quite the bite it seems...

[droy1958]

I received my Montecristo punch not long ago and noticed it was much larger than the one on my cheap lighter. Not a bad thing, but wouldn't work on small gauge sticks. It worked quite well on a 50 ring not long ago, but this time it seemed to have torn the wrapper a bit. Oh well, right? Later I noticed this:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2s7t4pu.jpg

This had been over humidified at about 73%, but at 70% for about a week. Not sure if I was just a bit of a barbarian or it if the moisture made any difference, but the gauge of the punch is a bit big I'd venture to say (being a bit naive here). Maybe I'm just not quite refined enough yet...

It did smoke well and I ingested no tobacco so it's all cosmetic. And I'm more for function than form I guess unless we are talking Backwoods (yes I've smoked them a few times, but I don't usually talk about that anymore!).

They should rename the punch to a twist. Twisting the punch works much better than pushing it in...

[rodwha]

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that next time (tomorrow as I'll be mowing again).

[rodwha]

Twisting worked well this time. Thanks again!