Hello all. just started my collection last december. The girlfriend picked me up a decent little 300ct cherrywood lined with spanish cedar. Im hard to buy gifts for so this was a weird gift but all in all i appreciate it more than any other gifts i have gotten in a long time. First things first, i went out and bought a little havana hygro meter which seems to be doing pretty well. trying to keep it around 70% which is hard at the moment due to small quantity of stogies.
Little did i know the real reason she got the humidor for me was because her dad is a huge collector and she wanted us to bond over a nice burn. so far so good. he showed me his collection and his make shift humidor which is quite impressive to say the least. I do have to share how he made his. An old friend of his worked for qualcomm at the time. He asked him if he wanted a Sealed dry storage container. they use these for over night holding in out door enviroment to keep the electronics dry (huge box, about 5 feet tall, 4 feet deep and 4 feet wide. He lined it in about 600 dollars of half inch spanish ceader.
Needless to say, after my first "bonding moment" with him and a nice aged AF shortstory cigar from his collection, i was hooked.
My question to you gentlemen is, what should i start off my collection with? ive picked up some small ones here and there to see what i personally like. so far im a fan of the gurkhas, the AF muduros and some hand made ones that her uncle made dubed "The Angel". Any suggestions?
Little did i know the real reason she got the humidor for me was because her dad is a huge collector and she wanted us to bond over a nice burn. so far so good. he showed me his collection and his make shift humidor which is quite impressive to say the least. I do have to share how he made his. An old friend of his worked for qualcomm at the time. He asked him if he wanted a Sealed dry storage container. they use these for over night holding in out door enviroment to keep the electronics dry (huge box, about 5 feet tall, 4 feet deep and 4 feet wide. He lined it in about 600 dollars of half inch spanish ceader.
Needless to say, after my first "bonding moment" with him and a nice aged AF shortstory cigar from his collection, i was hooked.
My question to you gentlemen is, what should i start off my collection with? ive picked up some small ones here and there to see what i personally like. so far im a fan of the gurkhas, the AF muduros and some hand made ones that her uncle made dubed "The Angel". Any suggestions?
