Actor Martin Kove Releases New Cigar

[JohnS]

Actor Martin Kove Comes Out With New Cigar

Smoke being made in conjunction with Paul DiSilvio of Casa Grande Cigars and Sanj Patel

Mar 6, 2025 - By David Savona

Veteran actor Martin Kove has been smoking cigars for more than 25 years. Now, he’s coming out with a brand of his own.

Kove, 79, is best known as the menacing villain John Kreese from The Karate Kid series of movies as well as the hit Netflix series “Cobra Kai,” where he often appears with a cigar clamped in his hard-set jaw. “Sweep the leg,” he famously said in the original film, instructing his student to play dirty and target an opponent’s weakness. “Mercy is for the weak,” his character advises.

Off camera, Kove is charming and pleasant, the polar opposite of his character. Cigars are among his favorite things. “It’s the height of my level of relaxation,” he says of his cigar smoking.

His new brand is called The Prodigal Son, named for an upcoming TV series. The cigar is being made in partnership with Paul DiSilvio, founder of La Casa Grande Cigar Factory in the Bronx, New York, and Sanj Patel, known for his SP1014 brand of smokes. (DiSilvio also worked with actor Chazz Palminteri on A Bronx Tale Cigar.) The cigars are rolled in the Dominican Republic and they will come in one size, a Toro measuring 6 inches long by 52 ring. Initially, they will only be available at a handful of retailers in late June, with a broader release expected in the fall. The cigars are expected to retail for around $14 apiece. 

Source: https://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/actor-martin-kove-comes-out-with-new-cigar

[Cigar Surgeon]

I'm hoping he'll make an appearance at the PCA tradeshow in April. 

[MrFolgers]

3 hours ago, Cigar Surgeon said:

I'm hoping he'll make an appearance at the PCA tradeshow in April. 

If he does, Sweep the leg...

[westg]

3 hours ago, MrFolgers said:

If he does, Sweep the leg...

But he will be disqualified.

[westg]

I would actually consider buying one if he called it No Mercy.

[MrFolgers]

1 minute ago, westg said:

But he will be disqualified 

MERCY IS FOR THE WEAK!!!

[painfreefishing]

Yes, sensi!

[painfreefishing]

Damn! A, that guy is 79 years old, and B, he married someone 35 years younger and outlived them. Cobra Kai never dies. 

[mikejh]

At my last job, we tried to do a bigger and better exchange and one of the items was a Martin Kove autographed headshot.

[BrightonCorgi]

When I read the title, I thought "Aston Martin has a new cigar." There has a been a little talk in the Aston Martin Owner's Club on releasing a "club cigar". Would be fun to do and possibly expand the membership of the club along with it.