What on Earth!? Tronquito backback?

[99call]

Love tronquito's, and have seen many in various sizes, but pretty much always round with varying size, never anything like this.

13 inches tall.......very odd.  I wonder what on earth went into this cool, incredibly rare, shoulder bag tronquito? 25 x Sancho Sancho maybe?

[slowsmoke]

where on earth do you find this stuff?!

[CaptainQuintero]

Awesome thing! Is it solid wood or a porcelain effort? 

Maybe DCs/Churchiy with a bit of cedar bulking that's got waylaid?

[99call]

As far as I am aware tronquitos are made with a cedar core. Then a compound similar to wood filler/two part resin is added to the outside, and then sculpted with a texturing tool. 

The most difficult part must be finishing the join, as the filler would naturally want to fracture and crack. 

[99call]

10 minutes ago, mtapia3 said:

What’s the relation between a tree trunk and cigars? Is there a significant meaning or were they just short on packaging ideas back then? 

I have no idea. But on the last part of your comment, I would argue the exact opposite. Take another look at how individual, crafted and inspired the tronquitos are, then think about how bland and souless today's offering are. 

[99call]

3 minutes ago, mtapia3 said:

I’m not disagreeing that these are beautiful works of art. I’m just trying to understand what a tree trunk has to do with cigars. Just seems kind of random to me. 

I will definitely agree with you on that. Maybe there is something in MRN's book about how they came to pass.  I personally have no idea about when they first came about

[GavLew79]

1 hour ago, mtapia3 said:

I’m not disagreeing that these are beautiful works of art. I’m just trying to understand what a tree trunk has to do with cigars. Just seems kind of random to me. 

I think I've got it...

Trees grow leaves. Tobacco is leaves. Cigars are tobacco. Cedar is a tree. Cigars are normally accompanied by cedar...so...

The tree trunk represents the expansion of the universe. Or it's phallic. I'm not sure.  

[CaptainQuintero]

If in doubt, always go phallic

[99call]

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[99call]

Saw another of these in the wild today so I thought I would give it a nudge. Anyone seen one of these with cigars?

[99call]

Just realised this would fit two bottles of rum perfectly. I don't think I would be able to turn that down as a Duty Free souvenir.

[El Presidente]

46 minutes ago, 99call said:

Just realised this would fit two bottles of rum perfectly. I don't think I would be able to turn that down as a Duty Free souvenir.

...you are a lateral thinker extraordinaire!

[ha_banos]

16 minutes ago, El Presidente said:

...you are a lateral thinker extraordinaire!

And a candidate for member deep dive! 😁 

[99call]

5 minutes ago, ha_banos said:

And a candidate for member deep dive! 😁 

[El Presidente]

8 hours ago, ha_banos said:

And a candidate for member deep dive! 😁 

Definitely 

[Chibearsv]

8 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Definitely 

Please be sure to talk politics 😁. I love his passion.