What is the PRIDE and JOY of your COLLECTION?

[nikesupremedunk]

Pretty close to what I was going to write, so there is no need to repeat it.

I just don't look at cigars this way. It would be like asking me if I like my table saw better than my planer. I love chicken and beef, as long as it is well prepared and tastes good, I don't care which is for dinner. Each cigar is an individual, they all do their jobs and if they do it well they make the grade of my favorites. While I do covet cigars, I covet the whole set of them; the ones I love anyway.

I believe that I smoke at a high level of satisfaction. I have some favorites. Grandes de Espana, RG CE's, Monte 1, 2 Esp, Party SdC.... and of course Seleccion Privada, but while they are special, I guess I think all my cigars are special. There is no cigar too special to smoke. I no longer buy super expensive cigars for many reasons beyond not being worth the money. Being afraid to smoke one denies the entire purpose as I see cigars. Cigars are made to smoke. If your pleasure is defined by their rarity we have a different mindset. Mine is about acquiring the best cigars that I can afford in sufficient quantity to smoke them freely and share them freely with friends. I can make arguments about never having enough, but can't say that I have a pride and joy and pick one or two.

My favorite cigar is always the one that I am smoking! The best cigar that I ever smoked is always a memory. By my definition then a cigar cannot be my best unless I have smoked it already!!!! A cigars REAL value as well as its REAL purpose is denied it, until one has put a flame to it, smoked and enjoyed it. Cigars are not for collecting.

Cheers. -the Pig

Very well said and I couldn't agree more with you. Sometimes we get too caught up in "collecting" that we forget why we fell in love with something in the first place. Thanks for reminding me to some of the good stuff I've purchased and not let it sit in a box because it's too rare and precious to smoke. (Although I don't have any of those yet )

[ramon_cojones]

Can you guys stop waxing poetic and humor the original post?

Love my p1 jar.

[Yoruba Hacker]

Great topic.

Don't see what's wrong with collecting. Agree that one should love what one is smoking now, but some just make you smile when you go through your boxes, don't they (which was the ask of the original post)?

From a pride and joy perspective:

Trinidad Torre Iznaga (2)

Cohiba Sublimes Extra (2)

Cohiba Sublimes (3)

Cohiba Double Corona

Partagas Series C no. 1

Partagas (2000) and Cohiba (2001) Pyramides

Hoyo Pyramides (2003)

Monte C (3)

Cohiba Colleccion Reserva

Monte EL DC 2001

Monte Robusto 2000

Cohiba Siglo 6 Gran Reserva (3)

Partags D1 &2

'04 Trinidad Robusto Extra (3=36 cigars)

'04 Robaina Farm rolled and '04 Hamlet Salamone (1 cigar each)

Trinidad Fundadores various '98 (7)

Thanks for the excuse to buzz through the inventory.

[tmac77]

My stash of LGC Tainos and M d'O #1's

[Puros Y Vino]

For me. My LGC Jar and the few remaining aged cigars I have. 1982 Davidoff Dom Pergnom & No 2 Tubo, 1960 RyJ Cedros No1,

[Mr.T]

Great Post.

My pride and joy:

1. Partagas SD 1 EL 2004

2. Por Larranaga Magnificos

3. RA Belicosos 2005

4. Partagas SDC 1

5. El Rey Del Mundo Tainos 1997

6. H.Upmann Monarchs 2007

And I've got some Edmundo Dantes Conde 54s on the way.

[Orion21]

BHK 52 ( 1 per year going forward to celebrate my son's birth year)

Monte Grand Edmundo ( I horded these )

Ramon Allones Celestiales Finos

La Flor Dominicana Factory Press II

[pjansen]

A single PL Montecarlo from Nov 1991 because I was born that month and year.

[Dara]

It's a toss up between the 2 boxes of unopened R&J Duke EL (this has been my favourite smoke since it can out) and the 3 Monte Sublimes I have left from the original box of 10.

What i'd love to have in my humidor is some Partagas D4 Reserva....haven't managed to find any but the D4 is so good I can only imagine how good these would be!!