I have a kit. I haven’t had the guts to try. But when I do I hope they look that good. I’ll post pictures when I finally get around to it.Well, here we go - first sticks ever. This is what I've made so far from the WLT kit:
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Each grouping is a different rolling session over the last 4 weeks. First ones I ever made on the far left, ones I made today on far right. I think they're getting more reasonable with practice. Capping is still something I need to work on.
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First ones ever - just fit in my cutter to clean up the end -so they're 1 inch diameter. Thought I 'had' to put one full leaf of each kind in. I also kept thinking "it'll squish down when I roll it up" but it didn't, haha!
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Did these today - on the left is a third attempt at entubado style bunching, which I'm liking very much. On the right is filled with various scrap wrapped in the Habano 92 binder leaf from the kit.
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I'd venture to say it looks halfway decent, even with the crazy pigtail
This has been such a ton of fun, and I'm excited to get better and do more - still have a good belit of leaf left. Might have to try paper molding next. I'll report back when I get around to smoking one.
Thanks for the inspiration guys!
If you stick with it and would like a lot more people to see your work you might consider checking out the FaceBook Cigar Rollers forum.Well, here we go - first sticks ever. This is what I've made so far from the WLT kit:
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Each grouping is a different rolling session over the last 4 weeks. First ones I ever made on the far left, ones I made today on far right. I think they're getting more reasonable with practice. Capping is still something I need to work on.
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First ones ever - just fit in my cutter to clean up the end -so they're 1 inch diameter. Thought I 'had' to put one full leaf of each kind in. I also kept thinking "it'll squish down when I roll it up" but it didn't, haha!
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Did these today - on the left is a third attempt at entubado style bunching, which I'm liking very much. On the right is filled with various scrap wrapped in the Habano 92 binder leaf from the kit.
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I'd venture to say it looks halfway decent, even with the crazy pigtail
This has been such a ton of fun, and I'm excited to get better and do more - still have a good belit of leaf left. Might have to try paper molding next. I'll report back when I get around to smoking one.
Thanks for the inspiration guys!
What kind of kit do you have? Definitely give it a go - It's a blast and I think you'll love it! As they say "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first"I have a kit. I haven’t had the guts to try. But when I do I hope they look that good. I’ll post pictures when I finally get around to it.
I’ll give it a look when I get homeWhat kind of kit do you have? Definitely give it a go - It's a blast and I think you'll love it! As they say "anything worth doing is worth doing poorly at first"
How did it go?I’ll give it a look when I get home
I still haven’t tried. Got skeered. Kit is unopenedHow did it go?
The only thing to fear is how steep that slide is… you will enjoy rolling and go down that slippery slope fast!I still haven’t tried. Got skeered. Kit is unopened