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Recently I have been smoking a very good box of Cohiba Siglo III's and after smoking

about 5 or 6 sticks the 6th stick gave me pause for thought. So far the Siglo III's

have had not one problem. Draw great, volume of smoke outstanding and taste

boarding on fresh tabac w / coffe bean and woody taste towards the end.

This smoke was never harsh very balanced toward the end. My question is;

right after I pulled the 6th smoke from my humidor I felt a hardness toward

the head of the stick. The rest of the stick was very supple to the touch.

All through the smoking experence the head remained hard to the touch and never felt

like the rest (3/4's) of the stick. This situation has happened a few times in my cigar

life with other brands but note on a often note. It has come up again

so I thought I'd throw this out to the FOH pundits. Any thoughts and ideas / theories

would be much appreciated.

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I've noticed what you've described many times over the years with different cigars. It doesn't seem to be marca or vitola specific, and, thankfully, it hardly ever seems to indicate or result in a tight draw. Curious about the cause and other's opinions.

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I've heard many people talk about it and ask rollers etc but no one seems to really k ow or get a straight answer, I guess it might be something to do with the leaves getting thicker towards the head of the cigar slightly (The tip of the leaves go towards to foot while the stem end go towards to head).

Maybe some rollers bunch the tobacco together and based in how they hold the bunch, they only feel the foot end to judge if enough tobacco is in the roll before placing the cigar in the mould then press, because they are gripping the head end? So the head end of the bunch is slightly overfilled due to the thickness of that part of the leaf?

Probably just poor bunching skills

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For me fairly standard. I've really only given it thought when there's a twist (plug) near the head. As CQ mentioned, it might be stem end. I also wonder if it might be having to build up extra tobacco to keep a cylinder (leaves being crescent). But then again, I find the same with tapered head cigars......

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You say it's hard at the head but did you notice if it was tight, in other words, was it harder to draw smoke at the end?

On another note, are Cohibas still only rolled by women?

You say it's hard at the head but did you notice if it was tight, in other words, was it harder to draw smoke at the end?

On another note, are Cohibas still only rolled by women?

i think you have been listening to too many urban myths. or perhaps watching too much carmen.

certainly not the case and if it ever was, a very very long time ago. in fact, well before our lifetimes.

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i think you have been listening to too many urban myths. or perhaps watching too much carmen.

certainly not the case and if it ever was, a very very long time ago. in fact, well before our lifetimes.

apols, i misread your post - i missed the cohiba reference. but that said, i still think not so. after all, the original cohiba came from a bloke.

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Considering all the variables to make a good hand rolled cigar some inconsistency between cigars is not unexpected. Actually I'm amazed at how consistent hand roll cigars are. Consider variables from tobacco leaf to tobacco leaf, variable in amount and type of tobacco grabbed by the roller for the same blend. Variable in the rolling process. IMO, it's unrealistic to expect an exact science in a product that is more art and so dependent on the human factor.

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Friends the cigar(s) in question all had decent if not better draw. Maybe this was the begining of a plugged smoke

but because of the great quality of the tabac and great craftmanship it never ever got to that stage. They all smoked

very well. Remember only one Sig. III a couple of day ago. The others can't remember the brand just the

head be very solid. This was over a couple of years in the making.

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