JY0 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 It's an outlier in the box, the rest have been perfect. It's 3 years old, stored at 65/65. Must be construction..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JY0 Posted June 4, 2019 Author Share Posted June 4, 2019 I give up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rcarlson Posted June 4, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2019 A lesser man would have quit. You showed that somabitch who's boss. 3 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovethehaze Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Like right now. Client gave me 2 and both exploded like this. Burn isn’t so bad considering and taste is semi earthy and pepper one dimensional all the way so far. They were free what can I complain about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JY0 Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 5 hours ago, JY0 said: Looks like a Barber Pole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HumidorJuan Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 6 hours ago, JY0 said: It's an outlier in the box, the rest have been perfect. It's 3 years old, stored at 65/65. Must be construction..... Was that a RASS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KavalanWhisky Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Is there anyway to save the stick? I've had that happen a few times and luckily once I've smoked past that point it's not unravelled like yours. I only find the unravel happens when I try to slide the band off and its glued to tight and I rip the wrapper and then it unravels when I'm trying to nub it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stogieluver Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 High humidity, Jeff? That’s what that looks like to me. Taking a cigar stored in the low 60’s rH out into 80 or 90% rH will blow up some cigars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward7 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 10 hours ago, JY0 said: Reminds me of pillsbury biscuit cardboard canisters that you pop open hahaha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Str8BlkCoffee Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I have had that happen to 3-4 R&J Wide Churchhills and a numerous from a particular batch of Drew Estate cigars and Avo Classics. I could hear the wrappers cracking like rice crispies! I thought it had something to do with my storage temps 70-72F @ 65%RH then rushing outside where it is 105-107F and lighting up. The humidity has been very low here so I thought that may have had something to do with it too. Last night I prepared a RJWC and prior to stepping outside I moistened the entire cigar. Low and behold no wrapper issues! I did have some tracking problems due to them being slightly under-filled, which has been the standard with this batch <shrug> oh well. Decent cigar otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PabloJr Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 Has happened to me a few times. Actually gonna smoke a JL2 today that is starting down that path. Actually have wide churchill in the bottom of one of my bins where the where the wrapper has completely disintegrated below the band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB83 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I have never seen that before. Some unravel from a bad cut or have splits, but not a burst! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickHendeson Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 Happens to me when I foolishly purge too hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grizzlee Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Karma is a b@^$h! So I read this thread and thought how great it was I've never had this happen to me. Well I didn't then knock on wood and obviously forgot to pay homage to the Cigar Gods or spit three times and turn around to erase the curse. Today, thought I would have a pre-birthday smoke of a well aged Lusi and the picture tells the story. After nursing a plug, using a PerfecDraw, and generally fighting through the first half, I got the exploding cigar gift. Don't tempt the Cigar Gods!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Str8BlkCoffee Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Oof! That is hard to recover from. Happy Birthday btw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugu Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 A construction flaw that occurs when the pupa has been made too large (thick) in the first place. Binder and filler are then becoming compressed too much in the mould. In the end, in the finished cigar, not the binder - as intended - but the wrapper alone is holding the cigar together. The heavily creased binder can't retain the pressure from the expanding filler upon smoking, and cigars are prone to burst. In particular when fresh and when the filler is still very elastic and resilient. Storage on the moister end is not helping either. That said, actually a rather very rare instance for me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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