My batch from yesterday after resting in the drybox overnight. My printer ran out of black ink and I just went with it on the bands.
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I prefer it without the black.My batch from yesterday after resting in the drybox overnight. My printer ran out of black ink and I just went with it on the bands.
I'm diggin it too. May have to print a bunch like this.
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Nix the black... the universe was showing you the cherry bomb was missing the cherryMy batch from yesterday after resting in the drybox overnight. My printer ran out of black ink and I just went with it on the bands.
~xox
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I'm officially starting to roll my first batch of 100 Scorpions today! I'm nervous... I've selected the 10 countries and leaves from those countries that I want to use... I've blended them according to the profiles I want to appear in each phase... now... to bless my hands and roll #0 of 100 Here's to breaking all the rules and to the power of innovation! Whoot Whoot!!!
Here's the end product for today:
I need to get better/faster at this. A couple hours before the kids get up in the am, then rotate periodically during the day, the wrap 'em up after everyone else goes to bed! My stinking alarm will go off in 4 hours and 43 mintutes, this can't happen this way often...
Hopefully they'll taste better than they look!
I need to get better/faster at this. A couple hours before the kids get up in the am, then rotate periodically during the day, the wrap 'em up after everyone else goes to bed! My stinking alarm will go off in 4 hours and 43 mintutes, this can't happen this way often...
Hopefully they'll taste better than they look!
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It's fresh tobacco... it will be delicious! Enjoy ~xox
Don't stress man, and definitely don't rush it. That's a hard lesson I've learned. Even if I have the time but my head isn't in it, the sticks stay in the mold an extra day. Break it up. Bunch one day, wrap the next. If you have enough time, bunch some more the day you wrap to have more to wrap the next day or day after that. Doing it this way I can pump out ten sticks a day most days if I have a few extra hours broken up throughout the day. That tobacco ages well though, no need to rush.
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Finally got the ReMix King Scorpion Cigar, the united nations blend... is done! 19 leaf blend from my top 10 pick of the worlds cigar producing nations!!! Broke every rule and created something spectacular... don't knock it till ya try it! Whoot Whoot!!! Tastes like a lil piece of heaven! ~xox
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That's a biggun!!! Hot damnFinally got the ReMix King Scorpion Cigar, the united nations blend... is done! 21 leaf blend from my top 10 pick of the worlds cigar producing nations!!! Broke every rule and created something spectacular... don't knock it till ya try it! Whoot Whoot!!! Tastes like a lil piece of heaven! ~xox
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8 inches long... foot 64rg tapering to 42-44rg at the mouth with the whistle press of 3/4 inch... made the blend in two strengths... med-full and full XXX lol... contains In NO specific listing order...Nicaraguan Seco Long Filler
Dominican Ligero Criollo 98
Indonesian Sumatra Seco
Dominican Volado Piloto Cubano
Ecuadorian Seco Shade Wrapper
Indonesian Kasturi Filler
Cameroon Wrapper
Mexican San Andres Wrapper
Ecuadorian Ligero Shade Wrapper
Ecuadorian Viso Shade Wrapper
Pennsylvania Viso Filler
Honduran Ligero Filler
Nicaraguan Wrapper
Ecuadorian Seco Filler
CT Premium Shade Wrapper
San Vicente Ligero
Pilato Cubano Ligero
Corojo 99 Ligero
Brazilian Mata Fina Filler
*** Whistle Press Wrapper: Havana Primed
ALL IN ONE FASCINATINGLY FANTASTIC CIGAR! This is my turducken of cigars
since I roll three blends monthly... this one transitions from my stallion strength at the first 1/3 to my matador at the 2/3 to the koi in the final 3rd... starts off a heavy hitter and transitions to a smooth semi-sweet wind down... the leaves are laid with exact precision to reproduce 100 ~xox
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So the person that ordered those crazy long sticks punked me and isn't responding to messages so I put a post out on Instagram and have had a pretty amazing response. The problem: most people don't want to smoke a 10"-12" long cigar. The solution: cut them in half and place a "flat cap" on the lower half allowing people to acquire them "2 for 1"
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Fortunately you got paid 50% upfront, ammarite?So the person that ordered those crazy long sticks punked me and isn't responding to messages so I put a post out on Instagram and have had a pretty amazing response. The problem: most people don't want to smoke a 10"-12" long cigar. The solution: cut them in half and place a "flat cap" on the lower half allowing people to acquire them "2 for 1"
Dude at the New Orleans Cigar Factory told me one of their local customers always buys the lancero and cuts it in half to get max value.
If you've got any proper 12-inchers there, someone could cut'em three ways. The middle 4 would be the $5 cigar, the foot would be the $4, and the head-end would be the $3. Some cigar inches are worth a buck; some more. Some less.
Unfortunately I was a dumbass and didn't ask for anything upfront because I trust people more than I should. In the end, I'm getting more per stick this way, but shipping costs are eating into that. Lesson learned, and next time someone wants a custom order I'm taking 100% upfrontFortunately you got paid 50% upfront, ammarite?
Dude at the New Orleans Cigar Factory told me one of their local customers always buys the lancero and cuts it in half to get max value.
If you've got any proper 12-inchers there, someone could cut'em three ways. The middle 4 would be the $5 cigar, the foot would be the $4, and the head-end would be the $3. Some cigar inches are worth a buck; some more. Some less.
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Word up.
Testing out the new San Andres wrapper Willy got in. It's tasty on this fresh roll
It's so pretty and darkTesting out the new San Andres wrapper Willy got in. It's tasty on this fresh roll
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These are from the mold. It's listed as a 52x7 mold but it's really a 50x6.75. These sticks are 6.25. The "Kentucky" one uses a wrapper from Big Bonner; the "Corojo" one uses WLT. The rest are Jorge CT Shade. I like the bright pale yellow of the Kentucky and I'm hoping it'll smoke now that I've given it 8 months of age. It was too young before. I've also been assured by three WLT people that the current Corojo Oscuro burns wonderfully, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. The disturbing thing about rolling torpedoes is it's a lot tougher to check the draw as you go. You basically gotta use the exact tech and leaf amount on a batch and then check the draw in 2.5 months. If it worked, do that thing again. Fortunately I can do that since I actually weigh my leaf. These are exactly 6g per priming, and each final stick weighs exactly 15g.
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