Pics of Your Sticks
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They're not stems. They're leaf rolled up, just like a pigtail on a cigar. I just take some wrapper leaf and put some pectin (glue) on it and roll it really tight. Just roll it with the palm of your hand on the table like you would roll kid's Plasticine into a skinny string. You should roll it parallel to the veins just like you roll the wrapper onto a cigar so that the veins are lengthwise on the string. You can make skinny ones or fat ones. You can use them for all sorts of creative purposes. Lots of glue to keep them together or to stick them to your cigar.
I'm not good at rolling but I find rolling "standard" shapes to be a bit boring. Rolling is fun to me so I try to be creative.
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Gosh. I think I might know what the T. stands for now. Your last name is one letter off mine.
4 X 60
from the center, 1 Cibao Vuelta Abajo Ligero, 1 Condega Viso, 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco fillers. Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Criollo 98 and Jalapa Rosado Wrappers.
from the center, 1 Cibao Vuelta Abajo Ligero, 1 Condega Viso, 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco fillers. Corojo 99 Seco binders with, Criollo 98 and Jalapa Rosado Wrappers.
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I use a mold 4 X 60. >> https://www.botl.org/threads/pics-of-your-sticks.86118/page-270#post-2151787
I have some more pix if you like.
I did make these without a mold before I had one though. you can do this.
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Way too much time on my hands. I made myself a mold for a box-pressed torpedo (my favorite shape). I've made box-pressed without a mold in the past but I could never get a torpedo shape freehand. I tried the mold out and then got carried away with an attempt at some cigar art. Three are torpedo and one is a standard pigtail.
@Nate Esq .. the width across my palm is almost four inches. I have a 7 inch bamboo skewer marked at 4, 5, and 6 inches I'll use to get started. It will stay in the center as I bunch, the bottom even to the bottom of my palm to use as a tearing point.
I'll bunch from the center with stronger leaf first. Even at the top of the palm, overhang at the bottom, tearing the access and moving it up in. Then, rotating the bunch as I add lighter leaves as i keep rotating. Foot is at the top, head at the bottom. I'll say total leaves in bunch are two and a half or so.
The binder has already been set on the board at an angle. It has been cut at an angle and doubled because the bunch four inches short. There is close to no scrap.
I'll bunch from the center with stronger leaf first. Even at the top of the palm, overhang at the bottom, tearing the access and moving it up in. Then, rotating the bunch as I add lighter leaves as i keep rotating. Foot is at the top, head at the bottom. I'll say total leaves in bunch are two and a half or so.
The binder has already been set on the board at an angle. It has been cut at an angle and doubled because the bunch four inches short. There is close to no scrap.
4 X 60
from the center, 1/2 Cibao Vuelta Abajo Ligero, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1/2 Cibao Valley Corojo Viso 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco, fillers. 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with Criollo 98 Wrappers.
from the center, 1/2 Cibao Vuelta Abajo Ligero, 1 Criollo 98 Viso, 1/2 Cibao Valley Corojo Viso 1/2 Criollo 98 Seco, fillers. 1/2 Corojo 99 Seco binders with Criollo 98 Wrappers.
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