Celebratory Smoke.

[Dave_45]

Backwoods honey Berry are easy going enough.

However don't be dismissive of the health risks associated with the old hit by a bus tomorrow scenario.

 

[kes]

Life’s too short to be devoid of pleasure. Could be hit by a bus tomorrow.

Thats why I mentioned women ! All sorts, sizes and types even nationalities - however they can be damaging to your health in other ways!

 

[NoIDeer]

If I were you I would spend the money on some nice eat treats to go with the hip flask and good company.
Cigars and pipes smell much better than they taste.
Smoking is for idiots and the taxman.

I remember one Christmas just having the one cigar, by new year I was smoking 20 hamlet a day and back on the cigarettes a few weeks later!
I lost both parents much too early to smoking related health issues.

Enjoy your 40th.

 

[375win]

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[The Grouse]

If you’re not a regular cigar smoker something non Cuban would be my preference such as a new world cigar which is mild should fit the bill avoid anything that mentioned full or strong in the tasting notes imo.

As for a recommendation I find joya de Nicaragua’s to be nice smokes for the value. My advice is to pick a basket of smokes you like purely on looks alone then google the reviews after all the enjoyment starts with the eyes and nose before it’s even lit.

Something Dominican from Davidoff would be a nice mild cigar. Most of the sites will give "tasting" notes. Davidoff Primeros would be a good shout and if you find that cigars aren't for you won't have broken the bank either.

 

[Stalker62]

The cigar I would like some advice on. What do you suggest?

At the risk of stating the 'bleeding obvious' - don't start smoking.

I am both fortune and a hypocrite. I have never smoked cigarettes, but do enjoy a 'comedy' cigar once in a blue moon.

These 'once in a blue moon' cigars have never led me into smoking 'proper' - if you think that it may lead you down that path, then perhaps give it a swerve.

That said. Dodging buses etc...



You cannot go far wrong with either a Romeo y Julieta or a Hoyo de Monterey #2.

Be like Bill Clinton and 'don't inhale"...



I bought a box of ten R&Js about eighteen months ago, along with a couple of HdMs - I was having a BBQ and one of my pals smokes HdMs. Over a year later, and I still have all ten of the R&Js...






The other two are in the wee metal holder.






Apropos this metal holder.




This metal, two-cigar holder (on the right in the humidor) is worth about £5.

It was given to me as a gift by a young uniformed officer, when she came to me on 'attachment' to the office for a week. This would be the early 90s.

She was very young, very young in service and also (as it happens) gay. Not quite sure how or why, but after the week with me - she felt confident enough to 'come out' to her colleagues, friends and family and to 'openly' live her life. I am pleased, that in my lifetime, I have seen such matters become almost a 'non-issue' - and for that I am glad.

Unexpected and as underserving as it was, this cigar holder was just a small token of her thanks.

That £5 cigar holder is one of the most precious things I own.

This cigar cutter (Alfred Dunhill), was picked up for nothing at a car boot sale, and gifted to me by a friend - I absolutely treasure it.




In conclusion.

Enjoy your cigar, enjoy your day - just try not to make the 'smoking' a regular thing.

 

[kenbro]

Backwoods honey Berry are easy going enough.

However don't be dismissive of the health risks associated with the old hit by a bus tomorrow scenario.

You have a little more choice in whether a bus hits you than you have in avoiding being hit by a cancer from smoking.
Only saying that because I've not yet been hit by a bus and I'm not old enough to to smoke.
Ken.

 

[palmer_mike]

Sexist.

My wife has just popped out to get a pouch of Rough Shag for her pipe...

Hmmm, rough shag……….

 

[stubear]

I don’t smoke but have had the odd cigar and personally the best I’ve had was a cohiba esplendido

 

[Dunwaters]

Firstly, happy birthday,
Secondly, if you are not a regular smoker, pick something about 1/2 the size of the cigars being recommended to you, or even go smaller, you can get good cigars in cheroot size.

You WILL turn green and feel very unwell indeed if you tackle a #2.

Good cigars are virtually 100% percent tobacco and the nicotine hit alone will make you dizzy after a couple of pulls( anyone who tells you that you don’t inhale a cigar is a charlatan).

Personally I’d ignore the warnings of doom and eternal damnation as a result of the occasional indulgence, every single thing on this planet is trying to kill you and nobody has ever beaten the odds, you can afford to risk kicking your heels up once in a while on special occasions.

The best comeback I ever heard to a passive smoker….

PS “ how do you suggest I reduce my exposure to your second hand smoke?”
S. ” You could reduce it by 50% just by shutting your mouth.”

Wish I’d said that.

 

[Morkai]

( anyone who tells you that you don’t inhale a cigar is a charlatan).

I suppose you can inhale but the vast majority of cigar smokers, sellers and cigar related media will say not to.

Personally I don’t inhale them as theyre not cigarettes.

 

[Dunwaters]

I suppose you can inhale but the vast majority of cigar smokers, sellers and cigar related media will say not to.

Personally I don’t inhale them as theyre not cigarettes.

That’s a bit too Bill Clinton for me.
How else can you blow smoke out your nostrils or make smoke rings?
You‘re also missing out on the nicotine high you get from sucking that first fragrant lungful all the way down to your toes and holding it there til your head swims.

 

[Morkai]

That’s a bit too Bill Clinton for me.
How else can you blow smoke out your nostrils or make smoke rings?
You‘re also missing out on the nicotine high you get from sucking that first fragrant lungful all the way down to your toes and holding it there til your head swims.

I can both exhale through the nose and do rings without inhaling.

 

[Dunwaters]

I can both exhale through the nose and do rings without inhaling.

Lucky you.
How are you on the didgereedoo?

 

[Morkai]

Neither require an inhale, not difficult.

 

[Stalker62]

Re-post - for those who may have missed it first time around.


As a rule I do not smoke - however I do enjoy a cigar on my very rare, (rarer still) driven days.
About five years ago we had a day at Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire - it was our one day of the year.



Beautiful location, and birds were very well presented, and very high - too high for most of us.
On one drive because things were not difficult enough, I swapped over to my 1890 Damascus Hammer Gun (non-ejector)

I had the gun loaded, and shells interlaced in my fingers. I also (fatally) had a "comedy" cigar on the go.

The flush started. We were in a valley. The birds were driven over a steep cliff, which was itself, topped by high trees.

During the ensuing drive, and in the heat of the moment, I managed to stuff my Cuban down the right-hand barrel of my gun.

At the end of the drive, I picked up 54 spent cartridges (and one smouldering cigar) for no discernible result.

As a syndicate we average 2.5:1 On that day we were 10:1. The Keeper reported that is not unusual - just in case you fancy a trip to God's Own County.

Yeah. Cigars...

 

[Phil fox man]

just a word of caution as an ex smoker.
after the first cigarette of the day you will want to go to the toilet,mind you don't sh1t yourself .
phil.

 

[User00047]

If you go to Cuba can you purchase cigars and bring them home?

Yes you can.

 

[Stalker62]

If you go to Cuba can you purchase cigars and bring them home?

I had a colleague who would go to Cuba every year.

With the 'orders', for the cigars he brought back, it pretty much used to pay for his trip...

 

[devon deer stalker]

I had a colleague who would go to Cuba every year.

With the 'orders', for the cigars he brought back, it pretty much used to pay for his trip...

Planning on a holiday next year, Cuba on the list.
Looks like I could bring back 50 cigars without paying tax