Why Did It Burst?

[rodwha]

Near the beginning all was swell, though you can see it beginning:



But later it began to crack:



And then about burst:



What happened here?

[pdq_wizzard]

from what I have found its humidity / wet cigar.

I have been able to power through when they are that early, but had to smoke it very slow to get it past the bee sting.

[Cigarer]

Had that happen to me and have to agree with the wet cigar post above. Until I stabilized my cigars at a lower humidity I left a cigar out of my humidor so I could smoke it later in the day or the next day, giving it time to adjust itself

[Bruck]

Could be from smoking in cold wx, if that was the case. Outside cold and dry, inside warm, moist, expanding = split.

[allusred]

Could be from smoking in cold wx, if that was the case. Outside cold and dry, inside warm, moist, expanding = split.

seems the consensus amongst cigar smoker I've seen or heard of is that the problem most often is due th too much moisture in the cigar.
But Bruce makes, I think, an excellent observation that smoking in the cold..."Outside cold and dry, inside warm, moist, expanding = split." may well be the explanation for the problem rodwha (Bob) had with that cigar. Have had the same problem with splitting when taking a cigar from the warm & moist air in a humidor, then venturing outdoors to smoke in cold and very windy weather.





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[TreySC]

What kind wrapper is on that? I've found Cameroon wrappers tend to be more prone splitting or tearing, especially in the cold

[rodwha]

Could be from smoking in cold wx, if that was the case. Outside cold and dry, inside warm, moist, expanding = split.

It was fairly warm today. At the moment (10:30 PM) it's 68* and 84% humidity. I didn't notice high humidity but it was certainly in the low 70's.

So that leads to a moist cigar. I've had it for about a week. Maybe it was kept at a high humidity. The small cigars I've bought and smoked at the same time have been fine though, but then they also weren't 50 ring.

[allusred]

What kind wrapper is on that? I've found Cameroon wrappers tend to be more prone splitting or tearing, especially in the cold

You're onto something there, the Quality Cameroon tends to be rather thin,delicate, pretty much the "Snowflake" of cigar wrappers.

[pdq_wizzard]

You're onto something there, the Quality Cameroon tends to be rather thin,delicate, pretty much the "Snowflake" of cigar wrappers.

true but looking at that (explosion) it could have been 100% cotton sock and spit like that

[Sir Lancerolot]

What kind wrapper is on that? I've found Cameroon wrappers tend to be more prone splitting or tearing, especially in the cold

Yep. That was my first thought. I can hardly get through a Cameroon wrapper in Phoenix, any time of year, because of the way they react to the change in humidity from humidor to real world.

Dry boxing might help, but I've never bothered with it.