I pulled a bonehead move last night while enjoying a cigar watching the Kings hockey game. I picked out a cigar, clipped the head with a guillotine cutter, removed the band and dimmed the lights. After toasting the foot, I lit the cigar and started puffing away. It didn't taste right, not like I remember a LAdC Mi Amor... nor did it feel right.
I turned the lights back up and saw my mistake. I had lit the head of the cigar and was puffing from the foot!!! What an idiot...I had to trim about half an inch off the top, to get past the burnt leaves. But it was salvaged and except for the wrapper unraveling slightly at the new tip, it smoked fine.