Cigars don't always combine well with a hoarding nature.

[Coolhand]

So my primary humidor sprang a leak, which I've patched. Had the cigars rehabilitating in tuppers until I got the humidor fixed and was confident it'd hold humidity, then re-seasoned it. So spent the last hour or so organizing my cigars (why is it I'm incredibly anal retentive about my flies and my cigars, but everything else is a damn mess?) ...

And realized what an utterly mind-boggling variety of singles I have. From bombs, trades, brown bag samplers and two different "cigar of the month" memberships I was bought as gifts, I have a good 250 cigars where I have 1 - mmmmmmmmmmaybe 2 - of the stick and no more.

Of course I've got the stuff I've come to like that fits my budget, which I'll smoke daily, and that's grand, and I keep myself stocked up ...

But if I have, say, ten each of a 5 Vegas Classic, 5 Vegas Series 'A', Oliva Serie G, and Oliva Serie G, and then a single Torano Signature, you can bet your ass I won't touch that Torano. Because I have this sense of "I only have the one, got to save it for the right time." But I never seem to hit quite the right time - when I do want a special smoke, I have a few that I can pick up and enjoy, but I don't experiment.

Why am I doing this? Some of these aren't super-premium sticks by any means; the first one I looked at was the aforementioned Torano. I'm sure it's a fine smoke; all the Toranos I've had have been very pleasant. But it's not priced far beyond my daily stuff, or anything. But the second was a Sol Cubano Artisan, which looks to be a $20+ cigar.

... I'm going to just have to force myself to get out of my routine and enjoy some of these singles. Take some notes on them, for chrissakes.

... might have to hang onto that Artisan though.:cbig:

Must ... stop ... hoarding ...

 

[AlohaStyle]

Too funny! Just take the plunge then you will know what you like and don't like...

 

[Coolhand]

Yeah, I have to. I'm too much a creature of habit. I have found a few labels and profiles I like and I enjoy the living hell out of them, but I don't experiment often enough. That said I've smoked at least a hundred singles that BOTLs sent me ... and this is what I have left. You folks are killing me with kindness over here.

 

[GoingPostal]

That sounds like a horribe problem there. I don't have that much stock yet but may i suggest a poker night and/or BBQ to help thin out those singles. but be careful you may wind up with more singles than you started with.

 

[Coolhand]

That sounds like a horribe problem there. I don't have that much stock yet but may i suggest a poker night and/or BBQ to help thin out those singles. but be careful you may wind up with more singles than you started with.

See, here's the deal with that. I buy 5 Vegas - I've liked their regular labels, and loved the Cask Strength ... like pretty much all their labels EXCEPT the Golds. They're not bad smokes, they're just ... bland, to me.

Thing is, if you buy 5 Vegas in any quantity, you're getting the freebie or the 12 for $5 or whatever to sweeten the pot. So I have Golds coming out my ears. That's what I hand to my buddies on poker night. None of the enjoy cigars like I do, so they think they're just the greatest things on earth. If I handed one of these fellows a Tat his only remark might be "it's stronger than those other ones."

So I just cringe at the thought of doing that.:rolling: Got a dozen Golds right now!

 

[GoingPostal]

See, here's the deal with that. I buy 5 Vegas - I've liked their regular labels, and loved the Cask Strength ... like pretty much all their labels EXCEPT the Golds. They're not bad smokes, they're just ... bland, to me.

Thing is, if you buy 5 Vegas in any quantity, you're getting the freebie or the 12 for $5 or whatever to sweeten the pot. So I have Golds coming out my ears. That's what I hand to my buddies on poker night. None of the enjoy cigars like I do, so they think they're just the greatest things on earth. If I handed one of these fellows a Tat his only remark might be "it's stronger than those other ones."

So I just cringe at the thought of doing that.:rolling: Got a dozen Golds right now!

sounds like you might have to get a contest going, or maybe a couple of bombing runs, or put them on the market, just a couple of options.

 

[Bowhnter]

I though it was just me that did that. I can almost never bring myself to smoke a single when I have 2 or more of something else. I am afraid 'then I won't have any more'.

 

[kafreeman]

I though it was just me that did that. I can almost never bring myself to smoke a single when I have 2 or more of something else. I am afraid 'then I won't have any more'.

:dance: Im guity as well!!!!!

 

[Soundwave13]

I have succesfully thinned the herd - now I feel empty inside.

Haha - I had a moment of non-clarity this weekend when I handed someone a La Riq #4...

I wish I had given the guy a 5V gold instead - he only smoked 1/2 of it then left it in the ash tray - he was polite, and it was a gift so I let it go, but the image of that pretty little stick left in the ashtray to die haunts my waking thoughts...

 

[Jfire]

Not me I will often pick up a Tat Black cause its Wednesday or a Frank because it Tuesday. I've been out of sticks a few times to never get them again due to scarcity. But I dont regret it one bit. I like when someone asks. "Your bday today?" "Nope but its Tuesday and I'm off work, good enough"
Justin

 

[kafreeman]

I have succesfully thinned the herd - now I feel empty inside.

Haha - I had a moment of non-clarity this weekend when I handed someone a La Riq #4...

I wish I had given the guy a 5V gold instead - he only smoked 1/2 of it then left it in the ash tray - he was polite, and it was a gift so I let it go, but the image of that pretty little stick left in the ashtray to die haunts my waking thoughts...

My brother in law does that.... he picked up some ISOM's when he was in Columbia, brought a few over to my house on Christmas Eve I think it was... smoked half.... then he was done...

 

[twenty5]

Not me I will often pick up a Tat Black cause its Wednesday or a Frank because it Tuesday. I've been out of sticks a few times to never get them again due to scarcity. But I dont regret it one bit. I like when someone asks. "Your bday today?" "Nope but its Tuesday and I'm off work, good enough"
Justin

Good mentality, wish I could do the same.... I am a terrible hoarder w/ cigars lol... If I have one, esp rare I wont smoke it, if I have 2, they look nice together if I have 3 lol, one of them is getting burned lol.... I have been trying to change, we will see.... It is a lot easier for me to bomb someone with something that I have never tried and will most likely never get again than it is for me to actually smoke it! I have sent out tons of cigars that I will never have the privilege of trying myself. :assaultri

 

[jre]

I only have a hard time smoking the rare tats/htf fuentes and such. I do it eventually, but it has to be on a rare occasion when I have a couple hours to myself. Everything else is fair game anytime.

 

[dpmrpa]

Hey Coolhand I feel your pain. I am the same way. I have sticks in the humi that have been thee for a while but only smoke what I beleive I will really enjoy. WTF. I got some of the singles from gifts but most is from shopping and thinking I want to try something new. I always seem to gravitate back to what I like annd never pick up the new stuff.

 

[srduggins]

I kind of have the opposite problem. Since I've only been seriously smoking a couple years, I've been trying new sticks all the time. When I like something, I'll buy a 5er, 10er or occasionally a box. Then I end up giving away more of the stuff I like than I smoke as there is always something different around to try. I'm starting to change and getting around to smoking what I've enjoyed in the past, only to discover it doesn't taste the same as when I bought them. Not always better or worse, just different.

However, I do have a few of those singles laying around waiting to be smoked that just seem extra special like ESG, 40th Anni, Small Batch, etc. Don't know if I'm hoarding them, there's always something else I feel like smoking.

 

[Andytex]

heres what I do to get rid of singles. I always take two cigars to work with me everyday. when i can't decide or I have a lot of singles around I ask my 8 year old daughter to go pick out two for me. It lets her be involved in my hobby and she gets to go into my humi which mom isn't even allowed to go. i know she can't really miss and I keep any specials in a seperate desk top. Hope this helps.

 

[jwintosh]

Brad, i'm the same way! lot's and lot's of individuals that will be gone if i smoke them! next time you go out for a few days, only pack the singles. you'll smoke them, i promise!!

 

[Coolhand]

I am heading up to the Fly Fishing Retailer's Show in Denver - leaving in a few hours - and will be killing some time at a cigar bar there. I would've sent a shout-out on the meetup board but I pretty much have my dance-card punched and don't want to offer someone a chance to become a fifth wheel. We will have another time to do it properly.

However, I loaded up my 15-count humidor with 15 singles none of which I have ever smoked before.

LET THE PURGE BEGIN! :cbig:

 

[jwintosh]

just remember to remember the ones you like!! have fun!!

 

[CWS]

Same problem here and I use Jeff's idea. I have a cigar after lunch and try and pack a single each day I have not tried or not tried in a while. I would say that works 2 days a week as and old fav ALWAYS seems to end up in the travel humi at the same time.