What did you smoke today (NC) II

Early Tuesday Morning. Flores y Rodriquez Canonazo Maduro...6.75x58. Good no nonsense cigar,lots of smoke once setalight.
Odd taste like.....Bubblegum & Straw,I was told. No wait...that was the wine. Never had any Bubblegum.
The bottle of French White that came first was really good.
Correction... the French White wine bottle looked ok. The French White Wine was very good.

Burn time: An Hour and Thirty Five Minutes...for the cigar.
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Originally Posted by steelman

I know that they are quite tasty Alan but are these sticks going to last your entire vacation????

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ALAN....Who or what is that .. spooky, hooded all in white figure with the "off white tail' in the backlground?
Do you have many like that vacationing in Oregon this time of year?
Don't often see tailed folk like that here abouts, think the wind blows 'em off of the Widowwalks.

If you manage to catch one, send it to RODWHA for classification.

Might be a new Albino variety of Ring tailed cat.

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Originally Posted by rodwha

Late last night the Weather Channel claimed I was getting snow so I grabbed a hand rolled cigar that I made and went to the garage:

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As you can see my second attempt (being the better looking of the two) wasn't too pretty. But it burned wonderfully for the first boring half. But midway it burned uneven and became a bit harder to draw. However it began to gain a bit of character. By the end I found that it wasn't very dense as it was a bit squishy.

The filler was Dominican Seco Criollo '98, the binder was Nicaraguan, and the wrapper was Ecuadorian Seco Shade.

The mold measures 48 x 4.9" and this one didn't fill the mold. I suppose it's not bad for a purely hand rolled stick, but I clearly didn't orientate the leaf correctly. I was focused on ensuring the veins were running straight down the length of the body. Watching the video again afterwards I see he places the leaf at a 45* angle so that's what I'll try next time. According to the dude in the video I could use 3-5 filler leaves. The first that was made with 5 and was a hard squeeze for the mold as he said was good. The second I tried 4. I'll not being that again quite yet.

The copper fitting that came with the kit doesn't cut a large enough cap. I'll be ordering, by recommendation of @Marc L , an Olfa 18 mm rotary cutting tool.

I had rehydrated some old 69% Boveda packs for my leaves. It's been a couple of weeks so I may try again soon.

With the lack of character I'm considering purchasing some Moduro wrapper leaves (1/4 lb?) from LeafOnly. Not sure if I'll just add the Ecuadorian Seco as filler, but was wondering about rolling them as intended and adding an additional wrapper. Or maybe I'll keep it for trying cigarillos with the scraps.

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Wow. Nice attempt, looks tasty. And thanks for the "run-through". Demonstrates what an art these things we smoke truly are.

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Originally Posted by AuTechCoM

A little New Job celebration!!!
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*Note to self* If you're gonna use your wife's Bobby pin for a nub tool make sure it isn't coated in hairspray.
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Congrats! That is an awesome combo!

More foot prints in the sand..
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Originally Posted by allusred

ALAN....Who or what is that .. spooky, hooded all in white figure with the "off white tail' in the backlground?
Do you have many like that vacationing in Oregon this time of year?
Don't often see tailed folk like that here abouts, think the wind blows 'em off of the Widowwalks.

If you manage to catch one, send it to RODWHA for classification.

Might be a new Albino variety of Ring tailed cat.

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The big question is whether or not they are edible. And then which wood to smoke them over. Any idea @AlanS ?

Second snow in less than 2 months, but was still able to enjoy a Four Kicks before the sun went down, and the temp. dropped.
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Originally Posted by rodwha

.... The copper fitting that came with the kit doesn't cut a large enough cap. ...

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LO's youtube channel has a vid showing to use the outer edge for the cutting edge. imagine rotating it to increase or decrease the size of the cap.

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Originally Posted by Marc L

LO's youtube channel has a vid showing to use the outer edge for the cutting edge. imagine rotating it to increase or decrease the size of the cap.

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I did use the outer edge. But it produces such a small cap (~50 ring maybe).