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keithjjones said:
What's your process for making nice bands?
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I design'em in Photoshop and, for "final drafts" that I'm gonna give to friends, I print in glossy color at the local copy shop, buck a sheet for about 25 labels. For "first draft," meaning so I know what they are and they look good when I'm smokin'em on the lawn, I print'em out on my black and white laser printer. In either case I cut out the shapes by hand with scissors. I glue'em on with cigar glue. I have the blend info (and other secret stuff) printed on the back.
 
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blisscigarco said:
I design'em in Photoshop and, for "final drafts" that I'm gonna give to friends, I print in glossy color at the local copy shop, buck a sheet for about 25 labels. For "first draft," meaning so I know what they are and they look good when I'm smokin'em on the lawn, I print'em out on my black and white laser printer. In either case I cut out the shapes by hand with scissors. I glue'em on with cigar glue. I have the blend info (and other secret stuff) printed on the back.
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I have an automated vinyl cutter that does paper too. I was thinking of trying that when my product is more presentable. Lol

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keithjjones said:
I have an automated vinyl cutter that does paper too. I was thinking of trying that when my product is more presentable. Lol

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I researched the die-cut situation, but it was going to require a serious outlay, and I already had a pair of scissors.... takes me about a minute or less to cut out a label with a complex outline, and my typical cigar run is 6 sticks, so that's six more minutes of meditative hobby fun per run. ;)
 
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blisscigarco said:
I work strictly on an entubado basis, as seen in my videos, double binder, no "base leaf."
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keithjjones said:
What's a base leaf?

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Like when you start with a seco leaf in your hand as a "pre-binder" and lay that tube into it. You would then typically only use a single binder. Check this video, where you can see it in action:
 
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Like when you start with a seco leaf in your hand as a "pre-binder" and lay that tube into it. You would then typically only use a single binder. Check this video, where you can see it in action:
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Some of my leaf is to ragged to entubado. Usually ligero. This video is a neat method I didn't know about and might try.

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Not that it's necessarily better, but I've found I can still very loosely entube really ragged leaf. And I often have to. With very stiff, thick, ragged stuff like some ligeros, I sort of find a way to keep it all anchored together, with both hands if need be. If it's impossible then I bunch at first without it, and after I tear and stuff the tails, I then lay into the middle what I can salvage of the ligero. I did the base leaf method for about six months and often got good results, but not as good as without, in terms of burn, ash stiffness and length. I suspect its one of those things that are done for speed and ease, since the Cubans don't do it and they ain't getting paid by the unit. Dunno.
 
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