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rodwha
08-30-2017, 12:54 PM
No I don't mean those silly wooden shoes and the dance they do. This cigar is something like a 44 ring. I typically use a larger more standard sized punch but I decided to use the little one on my lighter that I typically use for smokes in the 30 ring and under sizes.

About halfway through I began to notice a harder draw until eventually it was becoming ridiculous. Not wanting to step off of my porch in the dark after having to deal with a baby rattlesnake the other day I found a lead that had been torn from the tree during the storm and used the end to kind of scrape off the tar-like buildup.

I used to use this small punch before I got a real punch and this was typically with 50 ring sizes, and I hadn't had an issue quite like this before when using it. Was I just a bit lucky in the past or was it the cigar?

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Brimy
08-30-2017, 02:28 PM
Yup, that's tar!
My experience like that resulted in me cutting the cigar with a guillotine cutter and it smoked much better after that.

rodwha
08-30-2017, 07:47 PM
Is it merely because the hole punched into it is small?

Bruck
08-30-2017, 08:08 PM
I think it's plume :)

Emperor Zurg
08-30-2017, 09:38 PM
I think it's plume :)

Lol!!

Old Smokey
08-31-2017, 12:43 PM
I agree with Brimy. Cut it, do a flaming purge and smoke slower.

Upstatemax
09-11-2017, 07:35 PM
Yup, that's tar!
My experience like that resulted in me cutting the cigar with a guillotine cutter and it smoked much better after that.

Same here!

I foind this happens to me if it's humid outside.

I simply cut it and get back to smoking.

Brimy
09-12-2017, 11:06 AM
Same here!

I found this happens to me if it's humid outside.

I simply cut it and get back to smoking.

Agreed!
I also only experienced this when I used a punch vs a guillotine.
I'm guessing since the punch restricts the draw more so than any other cut. As a result, when I do use a punch I will use the (for lack of a better description) "figure 8" punch. I guess a larger punch may also work.