Cigar Hording

So as I was re-organizing one of my humidors last night, I realized that I have a whole section of my humidor devoted to cigars that are, for the most part, unsmokable. These are cigars that somehow got torn or crushed and I throw them in my humidor thinking, well maybe if I cut off the top 3 inches of this I will be able to smoke what's left, or if I position my hand so that my finger is on top of this hole, maybe I will be able to get this one to draw. Despite the fact that I have plenty of delicious, in-tact sticks in my humidor, I just can't make myself throw the damaged ones away.

Does anyone else have this hording problem?

I don't know if you have hoarding a problem.

Sounds like you have more of a cigar destruction problem :p

Unlike you, it would seem, I'm careful with my cigars, so no. http://freeemoticonsandsmileys.com/a...ith%20poke.gif

That, and if I notice a ragged one, it's the first one I smoke.

Hey Hey Hey! Don't go pointing fingers at me. I am gentle as a mamma alligator with my sticks. I get these when they show up damaged to our warehouse and instead of throwing them away I RESCUE them. I am a cigar saint I tell you!

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

Unlike you, it would seem, I'm careful with my cigars, so no. http://freeemoticonsandsmileys.com/a...ith%20poke.gif

That, and if I notice a ragged one, it's the first one I smoke.

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I do the same thing, if I notice one that has some damage, I smoke it. Keeping the riffraff from cheapening the eye appeal of the others.

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Hey Hey Hey! Don't go pointing fingers at me. I am gentle as a mamma alligator with my sticks. I get these when they show up damaged to our warehouse and instead of throwing them away I RESCUE them. I am a cigar saint I tell you!

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If you have that much of a damage surplus, sounds like it is time to start making some cigar leaf pipe tobacco :pipe:

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Originally Posted by Branzig

If you have that much of a damage surplus, sounds like it is time to start making some cigar leaf pipe tobacco :pipe:

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Man, you and Dave are all about this pipe stuff. He wants to start carrying pipes and pipe accoutrements and pipe tobacco. That is all I hear about in marketing meetings!

The only cigars I hoard or collect is my LP collection. For the most part I have one of everything that I plan on keeping as a set. Extras get happily smoked. I never set out with that goal it just sort of happened and when I realized it I didn't want to smoke anything that would incomplete my set. Nothing else gets hoarded or collected just acclimated and smoked.

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Man, you and Dave are all about this pipe stuff. He wants to start carrying pipes and pipe accoutrements and pipe tobacco. That is all I hear about in marketing meetings!

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Makes total sense to me! With all your beat to shiz cigars, you can make your own house blend already to boot!

Resistance is futile :D

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Originally Posted by Branzig

Makes total sense to me! With all your beat to shiz cigars, you can make your own house blend already to boot!

Resistance is futile :D

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But I know nothing about pipes! In fact, we got samples of pipes from a vendor last week and I couldn't tell if they were damaged or if they were supposed to look like someone chewed on the stem...

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Hey Hey Hey! Don't go pointing fingers at me. I am gentle as a mamma alligator with my sticks. I get these when they show up damaged to our warehouse and instead of throwing them away I RESCUE them. I am a cigar saint I tell you!

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Wait a minute... are saying that you get...

FREE CIGARS?!?!?

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

But I know nothing about pipes! In fact, we got samples of pipes from a vendor last week and I couldn't tell if they were damaged or if they were supposed to look like someone chewed on the stem...

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Haha! I'm guessing if the stems look chewed they're estate pipes. Need to restore them up and sell them along side your new house blend.

Or sell them as is along with your broken sticks. Ding and dent center!

Have the mind please to consider, tobaccos essential need to carry our thoughts though its sacrifice. If having not the means for repairs in self, perhaps consignments. At least, please, .. the fire pit and a thought. Never throw away.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

Wait a minute... are saying that you get...

FREE CIGARS?!?!?

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Hahaha yes I do on occasion. Considering any new line we bring on in-house has to get my thumbs up, I smoke a lot of "free" cigars. In fact, when we were first trying to launch our house brand military cigars (At Ease) I went through probably 100 different blends to find one I liked enough to put our name on them.

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Originally Posted by Branzig

Haha! I'm guessing if the stems look chewed they're estate pipes. Need to restore them up and sell them along side your new house blend.

Or sell them as is along with your broken sticks. Ding and dent center!

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Nope, turns out the shipping box rubbed against the stems and scuffed them all up

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Originally Posted by Marc L

Have the mind please to consider, tobaccos essential need to carry our thoughts though its sacrifice. If having not the means for repairs in self, perhaps consignments. At least, please, .. the fire pit and a thought. Never throw away.

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Fire pit OOOOOOOR cutter testing experiments!

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Hahaha yes I do on occasion. Considering any new line we bring on in-house has to get my thumbs up, I smoke a lot of "free" cigars. In fact, when we were first trying to launch our house brand military cigars (At Ease) I went through probably 100 different blends to find one I liked enough to put our name on them.

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It's a tough job but someone has to do it!

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Originally Posted by HIM

The only cigars I hoard or collect is my LP collection. For the most part I have one of everything that I plan on keeping as a set. Extras get happily smoked. I never set out with that goal it just sort of happened and when I realized it I didn't want to smoke anything that would incomplete my set. Nothing else gets hoarded or collected just acclimated and smoked.

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Just curious - do you rotate your sticks out of your set if you acquire a second one? So if you have a vitola that is in it's prime (say two years old), and you acquire a second one - which one do you smoke?

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Originally Posted by AlanS

It's a tough job but someone has to do it!

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Normally, I don't complain about smoking free cigars, HOWEVER, some of those unbanded sticks were absolutely painful. You'd be surprised how terrible unbanded sticks can be, the quality control of SOME of these just go out the window since the company that makes them aren't putting their names on them

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Fire pit OOOOOOOR cutter testing experiments!

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How about cutter testing experiments then, the fire pit and, a thought?

Kayla I think I know where to send the DogRockets!

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Originally Posted by ChiefIlliniwek

Just curious - do you rotate your sticks out of your set if you acquire a second one? So if you have a vitola that is in it's prime (say two years old), and you acquire a second one - which one do you smoke?

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I really like the way LPs smoke in their first year so I smoke them young. The ones Ive saved Ive had for a while at this point. Im sure they're still good but mellowed more than I like. The exception being FFPs and L40s, those seem to age better than the others IMO.

Take a deep breath....and a glass of rum (zaya's a good one) gather all those poor rescued souls up in a box and ship them to Branzig. :) Problem solved and he can start a cigar leaf pipe tobacco project.
Then sit down, have another glass of rum...maybe switch to Bourbon (Booker's now) and light up one of your finest as a tribute.

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Originally Posted by R1100RS

Take a deep breath....and a glass of rum (zaya's a good one) gather all those poor rescued souls up in a box and ship them to Branzig. :) Problem solved and he can start a cigar leaf pipe tobacco project.
Then sit down, have another glass of rum...maybe switch to Bourbon (Booker's now) and light up one of your finest as a tribute.

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Ooo I like that idea!

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Normally, I don't complain about smoking free cigars, HOWEVER, some of those unbanded sticks were absolutely painful. You'd be surprised how terrible unbanded sticks can be, the quality control of SOME of these just go out the window since the company that makes them aren't putting their names on them

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Be careful with those dog rockets. Next thing you know some pompous, self important douche bag with a cigar review YouTube channel will be cutting them apart and accusing you of selling 'fake' cigars.

Just sayin'

I tend to hoard my high-end sticks. I just can't get myself to smoke a $20-30 cigar on an average Tuesday after work. So I save them for a "special occasion" which seemingly never comes so I have a lot of premium stuff that I never smoke.

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

Be careful with those dog rockets. Next thing you know some pompous, self important douche bag with a cigar review YouTube channel will be cutting them apart and accusing you of selling 'fake' cigars.

Just sayin'

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Hahaha. Sadly enough, when I look at our sales records, the dog rockets are the MOST POPULAR cigars. I try to make awesome cigar samplers with high end sticks... nobody buys them. I put together 10 mixed filler crap sticks that I can't stand, we sell out.

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Hey Hey Hey! Don't go pointing fingers at me. I am gentle as a mamma alligator with my sticks. I get these when they show up damaged to our warehouse and instead of throwing them away I RESCUE them. I am a cigar saint I tell you!

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Oh, I see. Like the cat lady of cigars! Taking in all the strays.

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Originally Posted by Nature

Oh, I see. Like the cat lady of cigars! Taking in all the strays.

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I prefer dog lady, but okay

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Hahaha. Sadly enough, when I look at our sales records, the dog rockets are the MOST POPULAR cigars. I try to make awesome cigar samplers with high end sticks... nobody buys them. I put together 10 mixed filler crap sticks that I can't stand, we sell out.

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I can see that happening. Same way people buy cheap, disposable crap from China over quality American made products. Price is all that matters.

Well Kayla you answered that question for me.

My brother is presently incarcerated for some problems with hitting the bottle too hard after a nasty divorce and I send him some cigars every now and then.
They don't have alot of time to smoke so he tells me he breaks them up and the re-rolls them, basically like joints, so they can have a quick smoke.
He's never smoked cigarettes or cigars but I guess with time on your hands... and he doesn't like the rolling cig tobacco and so I've sent him stogies and he's also tried some pipe tobacco but cigars seem to be the best for these re-rolls (as he calls them).
So one day I tell him I sent him some smokes and he says he doesn't want to take my good cigars - "what do those companies do with the broken cigars they get in" ?

Now I have the answer - they reside in Kayla's humidor !

So to answer your original question - I'd send them to my bro. I haven't had many broken yet, but I have enough other sticks I've tried and not loved so I always have stuff to send to him.

Why'd you have to mention those At Ease you sneaky devil - you know that we are all going to go check those out now.........

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Originally Posted by WNYTONY

Why'd you have to mention those At Ease you sneaky devil - you know that we are all going to go check those out now.........

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Well you can't they are in the process of being re-blended (the place we bought them from went under so the blend disappeared). Sorry!

But that is a great idea for what to do with my broken sticks!

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

Well you can't they are in the process of being re-blended (the place we bought them from went under so the blend disappeared). Sorry!

But that is a great idea for what to do with my broken sticks!

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Whew - dodged that bullet !
I'm sure you'll keep us informed when they are ready for us to try

Yes - the new Cheap Humidors Prison Pack LOL.
I've never heard of anyone else doing that but then again he has some really interesting stories. Those guys are pretty creative.

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Originally Posted by WNYTONY

Whew - dodged that bullet !
I'm sure you'll keep us informed when they are ready for us to try

Yes - the new Cheap Humidors Prison Pack LOL.
I've never heard of anyone else doing that but then again he has some really interesting stories. Those guys are pretty creative.

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I bet they are, with that much time on their hands, what else are they going to do?

Have you tried some cigar glue to pull back some of them from the grave? I recently bought some and it works really well. I'm sure you could even glue patch leafs over tears/cracks.

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Originally Posted by BMack

Have you tried some cigar glue to pull back some of them from the grave? I recently bought some and it works really well. I'm sure you could even glue patch leafs over tears/cracks.

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I use fruit pectin for the ones that look fixable.

My dog killed one of mine Dirty Rats ( i only had 2 )... i wanted to cry... i think i may have to hold on to it just in case. So i maybe on my way to hoarding :)

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Originally Posted by Kookla

My dog killed one of mine Dirty Rats ( i only had 2 )... i wanted to cry... i think i may have to hold on to it just in case. So i maybe on my way to hoarding :)

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Oh man! That dog's cuteness factor better outweigh its destruction factor!

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Originally Posted by cheaphumidors

I am gentle as a mamma alligator with my sticks.

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I'm no expert, but how gentle can momma alligators be? I feel like there are other mommas in the animal kingdom that might provide a better analogy.

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Originally Posted by Rocket Scientologist

I'm no expert, but how gentle can momma alligators be? I feel like there are other mommas in the animal kingdom that might provide a better analogy.

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Well, I am an "expert" (not really)on the topic (my life long dream was to be a herpetologist and therefor I spend a lot of time reading journal articles on alligators) and mamma alligators are exceptionally gentle with their babies. In fact, alligators spend the first 2 years of their lives under their mom's protection. When they hatch, she comes and digs them out of their nest and gently carries them to the water with a level of grace and dexterity that is shocking given their immense size and power.

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