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?