Adventures in home rolling

[webmost]

Cripes, we got Marc, Waiki, the whole FTT crowd invading this place. Hi guys. I went halfway thru this thread last night, got up this morning, and had to hit the rest of it right away. It's kewl.

Great thread BH. Thanks for alerting me.

 

[PJoyce85]

I have posted a new super longform video of how I make triple caps, with a couple small modifications to my previous technique and more in-depth chat about the geometry I'm shooting for.

Perfect timing. My capping sucks (as you can see in the photo) and I normally just do a pigtail or a fan. Thanks for the guide. I hope I can get the hang of it.

 

[CaptainRon]

I have posted a new super longform video of how I make triple caps, with a couple small modifications to my previous technique and more in-depth chat about the geometry I'm shooting for.

That was an awesomely detailed video on capping. Thanks so much for making and posting it. I'll be adjusting my capping technique for sure. And I'm going to add that final part of the triple cap as well. It really adds polish to finish off the cigar.

 

[HIM*]

I heartily disagree. You can easily cut your cap out of what's left of your wrapper. Binder, wrapper, and both caps can all come out of half a wrapper leaf. That's a poor excuse for giving up. If your cap is ugly, wet your leaf good and cut the cap smaller. It's so easy. No. I disagree. Details are so important to art. Caps are important and also easy. Keep trying.

I think I'll keep doing what works for me. I dont get paid for any of this, I'm not asking anyone to judge the aesthetics or technical merits of my cigars, and they smoke more than fine. FWIW my entubado technique isn't by the books either.
I figured out a while ago brewing my own beer not everything you do is going to be "correct" and that results are most important. I waste less wrapper by not chopping them up for caps. It's just what works for me. Whoever wants to cap their sticks more power to them.

 

[Marc L]

Cripes, we got Marc, Waiki, the whole FTT crowd invading this place. Hi guys. I went halfway thru this thread last night, got up this morning, and had to hit the rest of it right away. It's kewl.

Great thread BH. Thanks for alerting me.

Hey Mr Davis, good to see you here! I think that's the first time I've seen somewhat of a binge posting?

 

[PJoyce85]

Rolled these last night. Sat in the mold overnight, one day dry box and I'll wrap them tomorrow.

 

[nayslayer]

as others have said, love this thread. May ask Santa for some supplies

 

[PJoyce85]

I've had much better days. Note to self, the order goes roll, then drink ha

 

[waikikigun]

the order goes roll, then drink ha

Speak for yourself, bro.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

I've had much better days. Note to self, the order goes roll, then drink ha

What are you bitching about? Those aren't bad at all! Way better than what I was putting out when I was starting. What wrapper leaf is that?

 

[PJoyce85]

What are you bitching about? Those aren't bad at all! Way better than what I was putting out when I was starting. What wrapper leaf is that?

Thanks man! Sometimes just seems more difficult/frustrating than previous times.

That's PA Oscuro. It's the blend you sent me with those changes I told you about. First time using the Dominican cap. Way easier for me.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Thanks man! Sometimes just seems more difficult/frustrating than previous times.

That's PA Oscuro. It's the blend you sent me with those changes I told you about. First time using the Dominican cap. Way easier for me.

Love that wrapper leaf. You can really stretch the crap out of it until it shines. It's tasty too! Let us know how they smoke when you burn one.

 

[Sprouthog]

I've had much better days. Note to self, the order goes roll, then drink ha

Those look good.

 

[CaptainRon]

Smoking one of my homerolls from my marathon session last weekend. I've had a couple of them already and they seem to be getting better day by day. Of course the pack is getting better day by day as well because I started smoking the lousiest packs first - I think this is the last of the really loose rolls. I think.

 

[whodeeni]

That is awesome! I have always thought this thread would be really cool if I could just get one more person in the hobby. I'm passionate about my hobbies and like to be able to make things myself. With as much as I love cigars, it made sense to roll my own so I could have a better understanding of the cigars I smoke. Keep it up!!

You should be up for brother of the year!

 

[whodeeni]

All of them do! It's called petune!

So, I was watching some rolling videos on You Tube. I ran across one from Tim Torres where he mentions cigar rollers spraying the sticks with flavoring. He mentions a couple of flavors and gives a "yeah right" look. While I was looking in to some other tobacco issues I found other references to the practice. It seems that it is actually a practice that goes back to at least the late 1800s.

I'm wondering how much of this is still done in modern cigar manufacturing? It wouldn't be hard since you have to moisten the leaves to work with. Plus, even RJ Reynolds was working on flavorings for cigars. So, it had to be something that was thought to be easy to accomplish on a massive scale. Just another turn in the road, or something to pursue?

A book I ran into on another forum during my search.
http://www.leffingwell.com/download/TobaccoFlavorBook.pdf

The word for the process is petune or petuning. Apparently it goes back to at least the 1500's when Indian societies in Central and South America would add citric acids from fruit peels to their tobacco. It has also been used in Cuban cigar manufacturing. No, this isn't infusing like an acid or goopy topping like your favorite Pina Colada cigarillo from the 7-11.

http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc6321/m1/8/
Page 8

 

[whodeeni]

These were sitting in the mold the last couple days so I finally wrapped them tonight. Had a little bit of an aha moment tonight finding that a 2" wide strip of wrapper is easier to work with on these small perfectos instead of a wider piece of leaf. Same blend as last time. Just ordered some more corojo seco today so I can roll more of the toasted marshmallow blend.

I would love to try one of your cigars! Especially the toasted marshmallow blend.

 

[whodeeni]

Finally got around to getting the leaf that @USHOG grew and bombed me coming up to case. Excited for the criollo as that's one of my favorite strains. I'm hoping I can get wrappers out of most of the Sumatra and the Gold Leaf Havana filler looks and smells intriguing but not too sure what to expect as I haven't been able to find any info on the strain online yet. Will probably roll a small cheroot out of it in the morning to get a feel for it

You guys are living the life!

 

[PJoyce85]

Had this earlier. A home roll from Thursday with @BrewinHooligan's toasted marshmallow blend. Great blend!

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Had this earlier. A home roll from Thursday with @BrewinHooligan's toasted marshmallow blend. Great blend!

Did you get any toasted marshmallow from yours? I need to roll more of those myself...