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Mrs. dpnewell Offline
#1 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 4:41 PM EST
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I know we joke about cigars we have to relight over and over again as being fireproof, but I had one today that really was. It was a La Aurora 1495. When I tried to light it, all I got was a little white ash and black soot. No matter how long I kept my quad jet lighter on it, it refused to glow. After multiple lighting attempts, I would snip off an inch or so of the foot and try again, but with the same results. Finally, I just pulled apart what was left but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I smoke approximately 1,000 cigars a year (12k - 15k lifetime) and have never experienced anything like this before. I have smoked over 200 of the LA 1495 and have found them to be extremely consistent. Weird.

David
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#2 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 4:54 PM EST
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Soak the cigar in gasoline and then try it again. jester

(Just kidding, don't do that).
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Stogie1020 Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 6:00 PM EST
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That sounds crazy. Do you have any others from that box of cigars to try?
clintCigar Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 6:14 PM EST
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damn that is weird. did you remove it from the water is was soaking in?
corey sellers Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 6:44 PM EST
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Never use gasoline on a cigar it burns to fast and hot use diesel burns alot slower more time to enjoy the smoke.
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#6 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 7:05 PM EST
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corey sellers wrote:
Never use gasoline on a cigar it burns to fast and hot use diesel burns alot slower more time to enjoy the smoke.


Kerosene has a much better aroma when burning though. Having been in the service diesel smoke brings some very unpleasant memories associated with that smell to the surface. Don't want those when I'm smoking a cigar, especially when holding a cigar. Brick wall
corey sellers Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 7:17 PM EST
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How about citronella keeps the mosquitoes away also.
Pudding Mittens Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 7:49 PM EST
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corey sellers wrote:
Never use gasoline on a cigar it burns to fast and hot use diesel burns alot slower more time to enjoy the smoke.

Diesel cigars are pretty darn good after they sit for years. 5+ makes some of them amazing.

But that's the brand Diesel. Using the actual fuel is not recommended. Herfing
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corey sellers Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 8:03 PM EST
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Yeah I have 4 boxes aging that are 3 years now had a box of man of wars that were really good after 3 years they are gone now.
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#10 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 8:08 PM EST
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Mrs. dpnewell wrote:
I know we joke about cigars we have to relight over and over again as being fireproof, but I had one today that really was. It was a La Aurora 1495. When I tried to light it, all I got was a little white ash and black soot. No matter how long I kept my quad jet lighter on it, it refused to glow. After multiple lighting attempts, I would snip off an inch or so of the foot and try again, but with the same results. Finally, I just pulled apart what was left but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. I smoke approximately 1,000 cigars a year (12k - 15k lifetime) and have never experienced anything like this before. I have smoked over 200 of the LA 1495 and have found them to be extremely consistent. Weird.

David

You’ve just been lucky. Finally got a dud.
Wrapper might be too thick, combined with weird roll and bad binder?
Sunoverbeach Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 8:11 PM EST
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Bummer. LA always seemed to have good QC in my experience. Though I did have an Escogidos burn weird on me once. Ash split into three directions like flower petals
tonygraz Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 8:29 PM EST
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Weren't there some maduro 5 Vegas cigars that had asbestos wrappers several years ago..
corey sellers Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 8:52 PM EST
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Didn't they all have asbestos wrappers
Mrs. dpnewell Offline
#14 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 9:41 PM EST
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Stogie1020 wrote:
That sounds crazy. Do you have any others from that box of cigars to try?


It was the last a lot of 12 that I got from here in Dec. The other 11 where fine.

David
Mrs. dpnewell Offline
#15 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 9:47 PM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Weren't there some maduro 5 Vegas cigars that had asbestos wrappers several years ago..
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Yes, I remember those. Thankfully I only won a five pack before I found out that they required multiple relights. You know how when you light a cigar and the tip glows orange? Well this one never developed the orange glow. Every time I tried to light it, I just ended up with some white ash and black soot. Thousands and thousands of cigars and this was a first.

David
jjanecka Offline
#16 Posted: Wed, Feb 19 2020, 9:49 PM EST
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I had a similar issue with the Zino Houston,TX Art cigar that they made a few years ago. Could smoke it down about halfway and then it just died impossible to relight.
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