FOOT Picture

[Montaigut]

This is the first time I see such a clear bunching of leaves in the foot of a cigar. And the picture does not do justice to the real thing (my shortcoming as a photographer). Have you run across something like it before?

From a Short Edmundo...

[Smallclub]

…err… yes.

[iGrizz]

Looks like the foot of a cigar to me...

[Montaigut]

…err… yes.

Well it was a first for me; up to now what I have seen was much more homogeneous mixes.

[Montaigut]

Looks like the foot of a cigar to me...

I guess "shortcoming" as a photographer is a tad of an understatement...

[Ghabanos]

What am I look at?

[Montaigut]

What am I look at?

What a better photographer would have been able to show is that the bottom half of the foot is almost black compared to the top half.

Wish I could try for another picture but I intended to do a review of the cigar; all I have left are a bunch of ashes. The foot appearance was the only interesting part of the cigar... but that is another story.

[Scdalak]

I see Dead People.....

[Sutton]

Yeah i see 4 distinct color changes for sure.

[pjansen]

I'm color blind.... Oh well...

[Colt45]

For me, this is fairly normal ("blend dependent"), and a good visual representation of the different leaf primings -

volado, seco, ligero. Though I guess it could also be a matter of leaf processing.

[Ghabanos]

What a better photographer would have been able to show is that the bottom half of the foot is almost black compared to the top half.

Wish I could try for another picture but I intended to do a review of the cigar; all I have left are a bunch of ashes. The foot appearance was the only interesting part of the cigar... but that is another story.

oic.... thanks...

[rcarlson]

Tough crowd.

[wkoti]

Slivered almonds? That sounds mighty tasty, make sure you toast the foot, bring out the oils in the almonds!

WKOTI

[mk05]

Looks like entubar?

[ajgagnon]

Looks good... smoke it!

I'd say it looks like the bottom/bottom-right hand side was against the roller's palm, and the light brown (volado) and medium brown (seco) were added to the bunch and then wrapped in his/her hand before adding the binder and wrapper (just guessing). I'm not sure which brands have exaggerated differences in leaf colour in the blends, but I have seen this too.

Good photo. Makes me want to toast one up!

[Duane]

some of those leaves look to be a bit on the green side, was it bitter to smoke? didnt look aged enough.

[Dbone]

You have a foot fetish too Dan?

I took these pictures a few months ago when I was enjoying a box of Hoyo Regios LE. Construction was outstanding, I had to take a picture of perfectly bunched tobacco at the head, and a follow up shot of how well it smoked. You can notice it produced a perfect reverse cone ash with 3 or 4 combustion points (air inlets) near the wrapper (the small dark dots). I can appreciate excellent construction, it's rare to this degree.

This cigar doesn't have the color variances like yours, but I have seen those too from time to time. I believe the last one I saw was from a box of BRC.