Not enough time but love the flavs... So cut in half?

[Ghabanos]

So. I'm sure many have experience the issue where time is limited and deciding what to smoke within the limited time we have versus what available in our stash currently.

Recently I have been experimenting with a few things in terms of smoking and the smoking expeience. One of which is asking myself... I really love the party lusi but I don't have the time... Why don't I cut it in half? Smoke half today and the other half tomorrow?

So I ask you the same question. Have u ever cut a cigar in half or to a diff length to accommodate time?

Maybe a silly question but I'm curious nonetheless as to the opinions out there.

I'm interested to also know why not...?

Do u feel it changes the flavor, the experience, or something else?

[MC4]

I've done it before but I don't think I'll do it again.

[Ghabanos]

Just curious. Why not?

I'm thinking of this mainly because I have no stock which accommodates my time slot. I think if I has a robusto I may not cut a double corona in half either.

[Ryan]

I know a few older smokers who do this with double coronas and A sized cigars. Nothing wrong with it really, smoke what you have time for.

The wrapper can unravel off the new "bottom half" of the cigar though as there's now no cap to hold it on. Maybe keep some cigar glue handy.

There could be flavour differences between the top and bottom half of a cigar I suppose but I'm not sure how many smokers could really tell difference, blind. Look at the blind taste test results, and they're different cigars, not 2 halves of one cigar.

There would be smokers who might say that a double corona is blended specifically for the length and that the flavour evolves along the length of the cigar as it warms up to provide to intended flavour experience. While there might be something to that, though I'm skeptical, I'm sure 2 halves of that cigar can be enjoyable.

I've never done it myself, yet. I try to keep a few shorter cigars around.

[Smallclub]

Do u feel it changes the flavor, the experience, or something else?

It changes everything. When you cut a DC or churchill you get 2 small cigars that won't offer the refinement, the balance, the evolution, the large spectrum, etc. The experience is not necessarily unpleasant though, and if you have a box of big cigars that you find disappointing, why not?

You MUST have some cigar glue handy, as the "new head" of the 2nd part will unravel immediately.

I have done it with RAGs, Boli CG and RJ Cazadores that were overfilled, and as a matter of fact all of the "halves" were smokable.

[garbandz]

Purge it,let it go out,cut off the burnt part,and finish it later.............

repeat as needed.

[Maplepie]

So. I'm sure many have experience the issue where time is limited and deciding what to smoke within the limited time we have versus what available in our stash currently. ?

Simply get shorter sticks

And this is coming from someone who uses cigars as pipe fodder.

Cigars are meant to be a method of time-independant relaxation - not to be chain smoked or fit into period of restrictions (it shouldn't be. Some people do, but I'm going to go on a whim here and assume that you want to enjoy your cigars the most)

I carry around a humidor that fits all sticks of all sizes. I always have a DC or Churchill and I always have cigarillos. Cigarillos last me half an hour which I can still thoroughly enjoy.

Again, you being on a cigar board and asking for help, I'm going to go with the wild assumption that you want to enjoy cigars and how to enjoy them the most.

Simply put: with temporal restrictions, you can't. But we live in the real world. Try and find sticks that are under an hour for you. OR sticks you won't feel badly about ditching them half way. Punch Coronations are on of my favourites for that.

Personally, I've cut DCs in half before. Found variable difference due to blend changes. I enjoyed them minutely. Will I do it again? Lord no.

Life's too short for this kind of stuff.

Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry.

[straizor]

what maplepie said

[RijkdeGooier]

Getting different sized sticks is the first thing to do when building a collection. Determine the approximate time-slots that you will smoke a cigar in and fill those with appropriate vitola's.

An example; my commute is 45 mins, so I smoke a 40 min stick in my car; a perla, a petit corona or a petit robusto.

Start small (you can always smoke 2), then go larger as you like.

By cutting a cigar you are breaking up the taste evolution that is was meant to have. As is posted this need not be a bad thing, but it is not the intended thing.

Cigars are usually rolled with the heavier tasting side of the leaves towards the end. This is especially true for larger vitola's like Julieta No. 2, Prominentes and Gran Corona's, which have a specific build-up.

[aes8]

There are so many things wrong with this. I've seen guys do it in lounges and I give them the stare of death. This is repulsive, cheap and ghetto. I will refuse to gift them anything or even herf with them ever again.

[Ghabanos]

Very interesting comments. Seems to be quite polar opposites of opinions...

So it also begs the question, as one response alludes to before, if u can't finish, do y'all cut it and save it for later? Isn't that the same essentially?

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Very interesting comments. Seems to be quite polar opposites of opinions...

So it also begs the question, as one response alludes to before, if u can't finish, do y'all cut it and save it for later? Isn't that the same essentially?

On the rare occasion something unforeseen comes up or I have messed my timing, thus stuck with an unfinished cigar in hand, I pitch it. I have tried relighting one when I first started getting interested with cigars and the resulting taste was quite repulsive... never again.

[Tino]

One of the fun aspects for me when building a collection is buying different sizes, imagining when I'll have occasion to smoke them etc. It's also great justification for boxes you don't need, "But in 5-7 years I'll be crying out for the ideal celebratory divorce double corona." Just kiddin' honey...

[ogus]

several cabs of shorts

[CUBANO]

Been smoking cigars since 1999 and have never done this. Smoke for time allowed.

[Sophistic]

thats a waste of cigar/money as you cant smoke the last ~3cm (unless you put the rest of the tobacco into a pipe).

[Ginseng]

Yes I have. Not regularly but I cut length for a number of reasons. I will take off a centimeter at a time from the overly head if it's tight there. I have cut longer cigars in half to enjoy part at a time and yes, time can be a factor. Sometimes it comes down to the fact that I don't have a Shorts in my ready-to-smoke cooler but I do have a Cazadores or SLR DC.

Keep in mind that you have less tobacco to smoke because now there will be two nubs instead of just one. But if the opportunity presents itself to smoke and you've got scratch that itch...well, it's like daily Viagra. You've just gotta be ready and go.

One thing to never do though and that is cut and save something you've already started smoking.

Wilkey

[Puros Y Vino]

They're your cigars, do as you wish with them. I personally wouldn't do it. If I can't fit a cigar in, I won't.

[Maplepie]

They're your cigars, do as you wish with them. I personally wouldn't do it.

That's what i've always said. Your money. Your cigars.

I don't care if you buy a full 1492 humidor, use them as enemas, and then feed them to gophers.

But if one comes on here asking if it's a good idea, then of course we would say it's not. Like I said earlier too:

I'm sure people are on here to know how to get the most out of their cigars. And cutting it like this is not getting the most of their cigars. In theory and in practice.

Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry.

[Grahamsant]

When I first started out I bought a cigar "keeper". So you could smoke as much as you wanted, put it in the keeper and save the rest for later. Saved the problem of having it unravel but the stale smoke that the cigar inevitably sits in until the next time you get to it does detract from the overall enjoyment. Don't use it anymore. Trying to make sure a variety of sizes are available so I don't have to worry!

[Maplepie]

Yes I have. Not regularly but I cut length for a number of reasons. I will take off a centimeter at a time from the overly head if it's tight there. I have cut longer cigars in half to enjoy part at a time and yes, time can be a factor. Sometimes it comes down to the fact that I don't have a Shorts in my ready-to-smoke cooler but I do have a Cazadores or SLR DC.p

Just asking.. please don't take this with any negative connotations. I'll try my hardest not to be snobby by asking :

Why don't you just not smoke?

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[Ginseng]

Just asking.. please don't take this with any negative connotations. I'll try my hardest not to be snobby by asking :

Why don't you just not smoke?

Sent by the Enigma on BlackBerry.

No offense taken.

It's simply this. A cigar is what I want it to be and what I need it to be when I want it to be so. I don't worship them. I take care of them and they exist in service to me. That's really all there is to it.

Don't get me wrong, I don't go haphazardly bisecting Behike, Tang, or Torre Iznaga. But there are an infinite number and class of cigar and smoking occasions and I celebrate and enjoy them all.

Wilkey

[subport]

nope, I've nver done it and most likely won't do it ever.

when I know I'm short on time but really wanna smoke - just ERdM Demi tasse. problem solved. When I got 10-15 min more, perla and so on up to DC's

[El Presidente]

I had to do it on a mass scale when fly fishing in Chile with Ken, Des, Macho and Greg. Outside of ken and myself, the others brought no cigars for the week

We were heading to Havana the week following....but for this week in Chile (remote area) I took stock of what we had.....and it wasn't pretty.

I cut my box of Partagas 898 varnished into 4:4.5:4's......OK we now had 50 cigars + a dozen mived PC/Corona Gorda/Robusto that I had. I shared them all around ....except for Ken...who refused to cut down his stash of SLRDC

We now each had a pack of 15 cigars to last 7 days until we hit Havana. It was a tight week

[Ghabanos]

accidental double entry