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Curly heads and unfinished feet (foots?)
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tailgater Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Oct 10 2002, 5:44 PM EST
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Seems many cigars out now are using the rustic, unfinished look as a marketing tool. Got me to thinking, since the head is snipped or punched anyhow, why would most cigar rollers bother with a neat cap? And I've found most cigars with the unfinished foot to light as well if not better than the typical square cut finished foot. Why, then, do they bother to finish them?
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#2 Posted: Thu, Oct 10 2002, 6:41 PM EST
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I wonder the same thing. I have watched some rollers and they spend time making the cap. Then the roller uses his cutter to chop off the foot when he is done. Why not chop the head smooth put the band on and save time.

If the foot is not cut you wouldn't be able to do the toasting ritual.

Sounds like a job for our Slim replacement to answer this question.
aberdeen Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Oct 10 2002, 8:02 PM EST
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the nice thing about these cigars and to a degree torpedoes is that you can clip off about all you want and not worry about the wrapper coming apart. I am working on a box of CAO cameroon and good night nurse if they don't have the worst caps, and a royal pain to clip. Though with the unfinished foot that look like someone stuck a firecracker in it, that can be a pain to get to burn even once lit.
Slimboli Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Oct 11 2002, 3:15 PM EST
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The men who put on the tobacco that caps a cigar are artists ... and the caps of genuine cigars, as well as most premium cigars should be without faults.

The caps of the counterfeits and poorly made cigars are often wrinkled, have a somewhat "off" color and are sometimes not at all tight fitting.

It's basically just the finishing touch on a well constructed cigar ...
Slimboli Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Oct 11 2002, 3:27 PM EST
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One other thing to note, is that the cap is there to keep the cigar wrapper from unraveling, as it is the only part of the cigar that is 'glued' on with vegetable gum. The wrapper usually is not ...

That is why it is important not to cut the cigar below the shoulder (on the straight part) ... so the wrapper will not unravel.
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#6 Posted: Fri, Oct 11 2002, 6:20 PM EST
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So why cant they glue a small ring of wrapper around the end of the cigar and chop right below it?
You would end up with the same thing as the cap and the rollers could make more cigars instead of caps. And we could quit arguing about which cutter is best.
BMW Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Oct 11 2002, 6:28 PM EST
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GYO,

Sharp, shiny things are cool!

Barry
tarheel4lyf Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2002, 7:39 AM EST
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What, may I ask, is the "toasting ritual"?
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#9 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2002, 8:21 AM EST
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People put a flame near the end of the cigar to heat it up before lighting. Many people now use torch lighters and put the fire on the end and turn it black before they light it.

I am sure there could be a big debate on the "proper" way to toast.
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#10 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2002, 8:25 AM EST
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People put a flame near the end of the cigar to heat it up before lighting. Many people now use torch lighters and put the fire on the end and turn it black before they light it.

I am sure there could be a big debate on the "proper" way to toast.
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#11 Posted: Sat, Oct 12 2002, 9:12 AM EST
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