Was the CQ1 a box press? Can't remember now...Pete Johnson has said that a box press can change the cigar. I believe he stated this with the CQ1. Comparing it to the Little Boris. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Do box pressed cigars look weird to you?
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Looks like a marital aid...
Yeah, tastes great but freakishly thin.
They actually draw quite well. The box press though basically disappears as soon as you get past the first third, it just kinds swells back into a normal shape as you smoke it.
javajunkie
BoM July '12
tat TAA
anejo shark
fuente magR
oliva melanio
norteno
almost all cubans
WAAAAAY too many of my faves are at least slightly pressed for me to side anywhere other than FOR. that said, some can look weird, and some aren't made well, as far as the entire market. not every cigar should be, but some i cannot imagine without a press.
also, they don't like to roll off shit if you set them down somewhere stupid... i hope that's not just me that does that...
anejo shark
fuente magR
oliva melanio
norteno
almost all cubans
WAAAAAY too many of my faves are at least slightly pressed for me to side anywhere other than FOR. that said, some can look weird, and some aren't made well, as far as the entire market. not every cigar should be, but some i cannot imagine without a press.
also, they don't like to roll off shit if you set them down somewhere stupid... i hope that's not just me that does that...
Agentskull
BoM Feb 14
To be completely honest. I don't care how they are rolled or pressed. As long as the burn correctly and give me the experience I was expecting. Tat TAA is way to good of a smoke to be impacted by a small detail like that.
They make way to many great cigars to stay away from that shape. If they offered the same cigar in box press or round, I'd pick up the round one every time. But they don't, so I guess I'll just keep putting up with it feeling like I'm smoking a Twix.
Yes, a slight one.
HillbillyPyro
that's what she said
I wonder if tobacco rolled into a paper football would smoke...
THEMISCHMAN
SGT Hulka
Drew Estate Natural "The Egg"
There's always the Opus football (though not a triangle).
HillbillyPyro
that's what she said
Yeah i was thinking something flat-ish more like the paper footballs we used to flick at each other back in school
HillbillyPyro
that's what she said
Salomon press is ugly as crap...
I was thinking box pressed cigars though different, look normal enough, until I saw this!
I think in some cases a box pressing can have quite an effect on a blend. I think the MF Le Bijou 1922 Box Pressed Torpedo is just an amazing smoke, and while I do like some of the other round vitolas, they just aren't the same. This could also be a vitola thing, not a bp thing, or it could be the torpedo head.
Can't say I have any preference for one over the other.
Box press does have the nice feature of not rolling off of whatever I set it on.
Box press does have the nice feature of not rolling off of whatever I set it on.
THEMISCHMAN
SGT Hulka
Iconic Leaf makes a cigar line called Recluse. One of their special sizes is called the Kanu, it's a box pressed perfecto. It's a neat looking cigar though.
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Just looked it up on google. Pretty sweet, indeed. I didn't know a figurado could be box pressed like that. Definitely WAY more aesthetic than that quesada abomination.
I'm not proud to admit it but I've actually smoked one of those. Burned much better than I thought it would.