btw, sketcha are they any good?

Beta,

For the $ they are great! I also bought a box of the maduros. I tried one OTT and wasn't impressed. The naturals, though are very nice. Tons of creamy smoke. Excellent construcrion. They also stay lit very well which is one reason why they're probably my favorite yard smoke.

well that's good to hear...i've got them in the box just resting, haven't tried one yet. What's OTT mean?

*laugh* grazie, marla 🙂 and thank you all for your comments and suggestions.

btw, "cavallo" is italian for "knight." so the "horse" in portuguese is kinda close. was a nick from back in my cop days -- kind of the sicilian "knight in shining armor" thing (tho i suspect it was given tongue-in-cheek!). 🙂

i'm very impressed with the folks here on cbid and look forward to hanging around for a long, long time -- at least to give marla plenty of opps to say "antonio." *chuckle*

know what's even more fun to say? ro-buuuuus-to!

and speaking of, what's your favorite size of stick, and what are its qualities?

i tend to like big, thick cee-gars like churchies or presidentes (tho i've only had one of those), but 898s, dub coronas and lonsdales look good too. the one size i was surprised to really like was the robusto, though. looking at one, you'd think it would be over with in 20 minutes -- just a short smoke. but nnnoooOOOoooo! the 2 i've had lasted nearly an hour each! don't know if that's par for the course with robies or if i just had good sticks, but i was pleasantly surprised -- didn't burn quickly, and the flavorfulness was amazing, big chewy mouthfuls of smoke from these babies.

antonio

beta,

"Off The Truck"

Check this out...

http://www.cigarbid.com/auction/forum/forum.cfm?action=list&forumID=1&messageDisplay=0000000009396 

Also, they DO benefit from age maybe more than some. 6 mos. is plenty though.

mmmmm... read up some more on that astral favorita. that DOES sound like a tasty cee-gar. i'm cadaver-flat-line broke, though, so no worries about me sneakin' on your auction bids for a good while. 🙂

antonio