Cigar keeps going out by itself

[Blackham]

Just came back from Cuba and bought myself a box of Cuaba Salomones. The sticks feel a bit soft on the touch so I let it sit for 2 weeks (at 65%) before lighting one up. I don't have a dry box so I wrapped the stick w/ newspaper (torcedor at Robaina farm taught me) for 2 days. Cut the cap for about 1 cm in and started lighting the tapered foot and the stick lit up without a problem. Taste was wonderful like what everyone have said and I keep puff interval in every 1 minute or so. On my 5th puff I noticed the taste/strength started to diminish.. 6th puff even less.. 7th it just went out completely and I had to relight. I tried to give a puff more frequently (30 sec) but it didn't work, it basically went on a cycle like this until the end, it just extinguished itself totally on my 5th-6th puff after each relight.

I'm still a newbie to this and to be honest I've only smoked 2-3 large vitolas in my life. What seems to be the problem with this cigar? Will aging them longer improve the burn? Should I invest on a dry box? Or is it just a bad luck that I smoked a defective stick?

[LeafLover]

My method of dry-boxing is just leaving it open to air, not necessarily in an rh controlled empty humi.

Works fine for me. I dry-box 12 to 48 hours. Living in So-Cal, the rh is below 65rh but not so far below and definitely not higher than 65rh like you might find in more arid states like Florida.

[thechenman]

To me it sounds like the cigar is still far too wet. Best drybox, but remember...dryboxing only works if the ambient humidity outside your humidor is lower than inside your humidor. Also depends on how humid the rrom is. If a cigar is say at a 75rh or a bit higher, but the ambient humidity in the room is 65rh...it will take a really long time for the cigar to dry out to an acceptable rh.

[Warren]

Just an observation and nothing to do with the problem of staying lit but I think you are cutting way too much off the cap of your cigars.

1 cm is quite a lot and will be completely removing the cap structure from the cigar.

I have found that this can have the effect of allowing the wrapper to unwind.

Try just clipping the very end of the cigar, about the first 3 mm.

Sometimes 1cm is all that's left of my cigars so don't waste all that good Cuban toobaco.

[Trevor2118]

Try just clipping the very end of the cigar, about the first 3 mm.

Sometimes 1cm is all that's left of my cigars so don't waste all that good Cuban tobacco.

Do you have some Scottish heritage in you Warren?

[Warren]

Do you have some Scottish heritage in you Warren?

As a matter of fact I do.

Murchie is a Scottish name.

[Trevor2118]

As a matter of fact I do.

Murchie is a Scottish name.

[kafreeman]

Just an observation and nothing to do with the problem of staying lit but I think you are cutting way too much off the cap of your cigars.

1 cm is quite a lot and will be completely removing the cap structure from the cigar.

I have found that this can have the effect of allowing the wrapper to unwind.

Try just clipping the very end of the cigar, about the first 3 mm.

Sometimes 1cm is all that's left of my cigars so don't waste all that good Cuban toobaco.

I like to just shave the cap off... only need to take the first 3 mm off, just as Warren said.

A lot of the time I'll just use a punch, especially with smaller vitolas, up to a 46 or 48 rg.

[Colt45]

I like to just shave the cap off... only need to take the first 3 mm off, just as Warren said.

A lot of the time I'll just use a punch, especially with smaller vitolas, up to a 46 or 48 rg.

For what it's worth, a salomón has a pointed head like a pirámide, and would need to be clipped a bit more than a typical cigar. I agree that the cigar

might have still been on the wet side. It could also be a matter of oil, or simply poor construction , which can mean poor combustion. How was the draw?

[maalouly]

Just an observation and nothing to do with the problem of staying lit but I think you are cutting way too much off the cap of your cigars.

1 cm is quite a lot and will be completely removing the cap structure from the cigar.

I have found that this can have the effect of allowing the wrapper to unwind.

Try just clipping the very end of the cigar, about the first 3 mm.

Sometimes 1cm is all that's left of my cigars so don't waste all that good Cuban toobaco.

I think you can comfortably cut between 0.5 to 1 cm off the salomones. Agreed Wouldn't do it on a non-pyramid shape cap though.