A few white whales

[El Presidente]

 

 

There are a few white whales in this old poster. Tad blurry but can you name them? 

 

[garifo]

I'll take that Partagas 8-9-8.

[Lucas Buck]

Too blurry for my old eyes. 

[Havanaaddict]

El Rey del Mundo Grandes de España

Rafael González Lonsdales

Cohiba Lanceros (had to really tell)

Davidoff No.1

Montecristo Montecristo No.5 (maybe)

Partagas 898

[Stevieboy]

Partagas 898 unvarnished I believe. Shorter box than the varnished version.

[Ford2112]

I couldn't read that even if it wasn't blurry.

[BrightonCorgi]

19 hours ago, Stevieboy said:

Partagas 898 unvarnished I believe. Shorter box than the varnished version.

I had a box of those where the first 2-3 were tent pegs. Wrote the box off for decade and figured I give one ago and the rest were perfect.

[Lucas Buck]

44 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

I had a box of those where the first 2-3 were tent pegs.  Wrote the box off for decade and figured I give one ago and the rest were perfect.

Age can do amazing things to tent pegs. 

[Puros Y Vino]

I think I may have smoked at least one of each of those. Only one, I'm not sure if it was the Unvarnished 898.

[Stevieboy]

5 hours ago, Lucas Buck said:

Age can do amazing things to tent pegs. 

Unfortunately, I've never found that to be the case with TPs. I've hung on to stuff for years and years and they've never improved.

6 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said:

I had a box of those where the first 2-3 were tent pegs. Wrote the box off for decade and figured I give one ago and the rest were perfect.

I only have an empty box from eBay. Never had one. How does it compare to the 898v?

[BrightonCorgi]

4 hours ago, Stevieboy said:

I only have an empty box from eBay. Never had one. How does it compare to the 898v?

Cannot remember what was different, sorry. Was over a decade ago. I think they are both slightly different sizes. Had the old blend before everything changed a bit.

For the varnished, I had only ever bought the 3-4-3's and that was a wicked long time ago.

[Lucas Buck]

4 hours ago, Stevieboy said:

5 hours ago, Lucas Buck said:

Age can do amazing things to tent pegs. 

Unfortunately, I've never found that to be the case with TPs. I've hung on to stuff for years and years and they've never improved

Can do - not will do. Hopelessly plugged is just that. 

As far as the 898 goes they are slightly different sizes and blends. Both wonderful cigars. Can’t decide which I prefer but I’ve had much older UV which are spectacular. 

[BrightonCorgi]

The Unvarnished 898's were a bit crude looking, I remember that.

[Lucas Buck]

2 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said:

The Unvarnished 898's were a bit crude looking, I remember that.

Rustic 😀

[Çnote]

17 hours ago, Lucas Buck said:

Can do - not will do. Hopelessly plugged is just that. 

Too tightly bunched can basically dry out over time. Badly bunched, there's no cure.

[Havanaaddict]

To me it looks like a regular Partagas 898 varnished box from the 70's as it has no Habanos seal and on the varnished box, the 8-9-8 is under the Partagas name on the front.

 

The Unvarnished has a very flat look to it, on the unvarnished 8-9-8 is on the top lid on the corner and lower right front, also says Cabinet Selection. 

 

[ha_banos]

According to my spreadsheet I have 1 unvarnished 898 left. I had no inkling they were a different blend/cigar. I thought they were just a different era. Now to find the bugger...

[Justins123]

Pictures for those interested. 

[Justins123]

[Havanaaddict]

Nice!

[Havanaaddict]

9 hours ago, Justins123 said:

Pictures for those interested. 

That is one sexy box😜

[gormag38]

13 hours ago, Justins123 said:

Pictures for those interested. 

Those are some beautiful boxes. Thanks for sharing the photos. I never realized that the unvarnished was a completely different size from the varnished. Great to see that laid out in the photos. 

[X-Man]

On 3/6/2026 at 11:21 AM, Justins123 said:

 

 

 

Baller...thanks for sharing👏🏼👍🏼 I envy you!😂