I need some help!
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usmcpurcell
Dutch
Haha nice! Well I put one of my perdomos in a dry box last night and I know this may sound stupid but I'm actually timing my puffs and I'm half way through this robusto and I couldn't ask for a better burn so I'm def going to drop all my humis to 65% thanks a ton guys!
I am surprised no one mentioned this but I think you have a seperate issue from humidity, or storage or how fast or slow you are smoking. I think you are lighting you cigar the hollywood way. In the movies, you see guy taking a a flame directly to a the foot and they regin puffing. BIG FLAMES... LOOK LIKE BIG MAN. Survey says? eeeeehhh
If you are drawing in heavily to get the cigar lit you are drawing flame right down the middle. You need to take the lighting process a bit more slowly. When using a torch, you can hold the flame 1/2 inch away and watxch the tobacco toast or char evenly. then as it get hot, your cigar will look like this.
at this point the cigar can be smoked and you never had to puff while lighting it.
if you are using a BIC or other soft flame, be sure the edges/wrapper are lit or charred before puffing on it. This way you are starting off on a even burn and not begining with flame right down the middle.
If you are drawing in heavily to get the cigar lit you are drawing flame right down the middle. You need to take the lighting process a bit more slowly. When using a torch, you can hold the flame 1/2 inch away and watxch the tobacco toast or char evenly. then as it get hot, your cigar will look like this.
at this point the cigar can be smoked and you never had to puff while lighting it.
if you are using a BIC or other soft flame, be sure the edges/wrapper are lit or charred before puffing on it. This way you are starting off on a even burn and not begining with flame right down the middle.
usmcpurcell
Dutch
No I'm using a torch I don't let the flame touch and I kind of go in a circular motion from the outside to the middle like a spiral? Is that wrong?
I was thinking it may be your lighting technique too. Toast the foot slowly and thoroughly before taking your first draw. You should be able to blow on the foot and see the entire foot glowing red before you take your first draw.
smokingIsh
BoM July '09
Your cigar should be burning evenly before you take a puff. Or in Dave's case you could just take your cigar into space and reenter the earths atmosphere foot first, that would ensure an even light.:smokingbo
at this point the cigar can be smoked and you never had to puff while lighting it.
yeah that sounds good. Just make sure the wrapper is lit, so it does not have to catch up.
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HUH? I find the opposite is true. When i say tunneling I mean the filler burns more quickly that the wrapper. Smoking too fast will do that, cause the filler to burn more rapidly. Are you saying smoking too slow makes the filler burn faster?
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