tailgator: i love the smell of leather and aluminum in the morning. if you want to keep the cigars fresh longer in either case (pun intended if anyone noticed) buy some of the zip locks that are 2" X 8". put your cigars in the zip locks (yes it does sort of look like them) and than put them in you case. the extra drama of opening your case, withdrawing your cigar, sealed in it's own ziplock, opening the zip lock, folding it and putting it back in the case, is an extra bit of cool on your part. i just reread this post and i don't know why, but it seems dirty.