Was Perusing MRN Today....

[bpm32]

.....smoking a Norteño, and I came across the Punch Triunfos. I know it’s a machine made and has been discontinued for 40 years, but something about that 109 head and a 42 gauge really does it for me. Even the name is fantastic.

Random post, I know.

[Çnote]

I'll probably dream of this tonight 

[dicko]

Yes that would have been a very cool vitola

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[99call]

Personally I don't get it.......it's seems like every man and his dog these days thinks that anything with a 109 drop head equals a great cigar.

[Lotusguy]

Personally I don't get it.......it's seems like every man and his dog these days thinks that anything with a 109 drop head equals a great cigar.

Well, a lot of them have been recently.

I agree, however, that there is a rather weak correlation between the shape of the head and the flavor

[bpm32]

41 minutes ago, 99call said:

Personally I don't get it.......it's seems like every man and his dog these days thinks that anything with a 109 drop head equals a great cigar.

Not “great”, just great looking. If they came out with these again my reaction would be:

[99call]

1 minute ago, bpm32 said:

Not “great”, just great looking. If they came out with these again my reaction would be:

Haha, what ever floats your boat dude. 

I enjoy the go......not the show.     To each their own, I can see the interest, it just doesn't feature that highly for me.

[bpm32]

1 minute ago, 99call said:

Haha, what ever floats your boat dude. 

I enjoy the go......not the show.     To each their own, I can see the interest, it just doesn't feature that highly for me.

I know myself--maybe it's my Asian-ness, but I'm particularly susceptible to marketing. Hell, if they put them in a nice box with nice bands they could charge me a lot more--I'd buy a cajon of them. And even if they tasted like crap I'd tell myself "just 30 more years and these'll be fantastic."

[Andy04]

If you obsessed with machine made 109's with a decent RG, go grab a box of Arturo Fuente Curly Heads!

[Smallclub]

9 hours ago, 99call said:

Personally I don't get it.......it's seems like every man and his dog these days thinks that anything with a 109 drop head equals a great cigar.

I agree and I'll add this is not even a "109" head", it's the typical MM'head of yesteryear… 

[Fugu]

38 minutes ago, Smallclub said:

I agree and I'll add this is not even a "109" head", it's the typical MM'head of yesteryear… 

you're taking the words out of my mouth - standard machine-made head, nothing special.

 

[NSXCIGAR]

I agree, 109s get a lot of love because HSA has done a particularly good job with all of the 109 ERs. 

I suggested a 109 in the ER ideas thread for that very reason.