El Presidente Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 I had an inquiry yesterday from a concerned member worried about the caps on his Behike cigars not being triple capped. Having looked at the photos they looked like every other Behike I have seen. Needless to say some people in the Florida cigar industry have called them fake.....bastions of Cuban cigar knowledge that they are .... Those with Behike handy...please post a photo of your caps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyfall Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Damn, I thought you were going to post a sale for Behike Hats "Caps". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cohiba Stevie Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 One from the LCDH in Varadero... Actually quite hard to tell! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion21 Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 2010 from Rob: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reevzy Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Damn, I thought you were going to post a sale for Behike Hats "Caps". I was hoping for that too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Festa Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Defo triple capped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 BHK 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianbeaver Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintsmokealot Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 bhk 52 purchased in Madrid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Hahahaha! Cute! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk05 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Ding ding ding! Winner winner chicken dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew11 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 2012 BHK 54 Purchased from Rob Flip side: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk05 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Look at that! Laguito and ERdM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 This is certainly not a basking exercise! It really is a learning one. let's look at the cigars in question and compare to your photo's. I don't normally pay attention to caps or bands etc for a couple of reasons. 1. I buy all my stock from PCC and 2. I have seen enough irregularities from general stock over the years to not worry about it. Still, this was a genuine inquiry without malice and it deserves some genuine analysis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 6, 2013 Author Share Posted August 6, 2013 Now for those that visited the El Laguito fabrica last November, they were rolling Behike (almost exclusively). Do you remember how they applied the final cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamus Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 56 54s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamus Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Does your 56 have a touch of mould on it or is it just glare from the camera? Definitely not mold as that one in particular saw a little abuse sitting in my travel humi a little too long. If anything its dry but I see what you're talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rob Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I took the following photos in November at El Laguito.... I'll let you decide what's going on.... a re-wrappering perhaps??? Oh, and a ton of those look like they have single, not triple, caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strada Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 Now for those that visited the El Laguito fabrica last November, they were rolling Behike (almost exclusively). Do you remember how they applied the final cap? Here is a photo taken by Tony(Tdolfo) at Laguito from last November's trip. Here you can see the behike getting dressed and you can notice these caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion21 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 His cigars look fine. He should stop worrying so much and "trust his source." Also, whoever is telling him they are fake need to learn a thing or two about Cuban cigars. The 52 I posted before was from the original release and clearly had a single cap (or a 3rd cap that covered the other 2). It was an amazing smoke. But some people will always be paranoid no matter who they purchase from . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lant63 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I just checked my 52s and 54s all had 3 caps, but it was very hard to distingush on some as almost all of the bottom caps were covered by a larger third one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oscar300 Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I will take a Cap many thanks....email sent to Di.... Oh hey hang on a mo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LLC Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 I just checked my 52s and 54s all had 3 caps, but it was very hard to distingush on some as almost all of the bottom caps were covered by a larger third one. Same for me on boxes bought in Havana the last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zim27 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 His cigars look fine. He should stop worrying so much and "trust his source." Also, whoever is telling him they are fake need to learn a thing or two about Cuban cigars. The 52 I posted before was from the original release and clearly had a single cap (or a 3rd cap that covered the other 2). It was an amazing smoke. But some people will always be paranoid no matter who they purchase from . . . First of all before you judge the source of information, you should know something about the source. These people have been in the cigar industry for 30 years plus. They have been to cuba and know quite a bit about the cigars. They are involved with 601, liga pravada and others own 8 retail stores in Florida. They have seen and tasted these cigars and had doubts. Rob just like you said, no malice intended. But to say they don't know Cuban cigars would simply be wrong. I myself have very little knowledge, which is why I asked the source. I appreciate the posts and information but not the flippant uneducated comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzboypro Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 This one is from LCDH at Hotel Nacionale in Havana, bought it 2 months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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