Oh wow, you actually ignite these things? All this time I figured the only way to get all those exotic flavors that CA describes to chew the entire cigar. Looks like I may be in for a special New Years Eve treat. I'll need to re-read this thread for instruction...

Mongo style...cigar in mouth, lean torso into campfire, puff for a few seconds, retract lit cigar/torso from fire. Perfect everytime

JJ

Ok, I have a NEW favorite cigar poster!

Me like Mongo!

Steve, I'm now running the flame over the length of the cigar per your instructions/suggestion....I'm a convert. Way to go man, it is better!

very interesting... this running the flame thingy. I have never done so. I would assume that this would dry the wrapper a bit. I would be afraid it might make the wrapper prone to "unraveling" while smoking it... have you ever experienced this?

Other than that, i like the idea of your own little ritual. if it adds pleasure to your smoking experience, i'm all for it. i'm going to take only the first part of churchill's suggestion, however, and just stick to warming up my woman before i smoke her.

don't scorch the wrapper ... just warm the cigar ... after all, it warms itself while on fire anyway ... warming it before lighting adds, IMO, to the taste AND to the smoothness of the cigar from the outset ... but hey, it's YOUR cigar ... do what makes YOU happy with it ...

AND ... before you dismiss this idea as meaningless ritual, read and consider the current thread entitled "If only the first half" ... my experience tells me that there is a strong relationship in proper lighting and more complete enjoyment ...

Have tried many methods to lighting cigars to get the full enjoyment of the experience. Have heard of this before SteveS but did not do it correctly I'm sure. Will try again. As for lighting usually use a torch lighter, but when out have been known to use whatever the person I ask for a light has..lol. Recently while in New Orleans picked up a couple double torch flames "V" shaped flames and like them alot.

Yes, running the flame up and down the cigar excites or wakens the the flavors of the cured tobacco. It definitley make a difference in the way the whole cigar smokes and tastes when the whole body is warmed with the flame. If you are unable to warm the whole cigar with a flame you can also take an intern and insert the cigar into uhhhhhh oh nevermind I think yall have heard this one already.

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How do you guys get your Colibris to actually light?

I wish mine did.

I toast the foot and I do so with a cheapo mercury double flame I got here on c-bid. 2 for 9 bucks.

Expensive lighters are over-rated.

all my Colibris borke or no longer hold fuel so I use matches.

Eventually I will purchase a new lighter but all the shops I visit refuse to recommend one.

I keep trying to tell you guys the best way....Cut down a small Cedar tree.....very gently shave off the bark, then whittle shavings no bigger than a toothpick, Set aside.....Then use a flint stone(very important no flavor) to ignite the shavings....then light your cigar.....no more worries about fuel, lighters, flavors, or any more costs!...if you want to heat your cigar, just use more shavings!

I use a blow torch. It lights them very fast and in a pinch you can weld with them. Only problem is that they tend to not last as long as when I use a lighter. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong? After I almost burned my nose off, I realized that I couldn't light the cigar while it was in my mouth. Did help the nose hair problem.

I'm not sure why it is important how you light a cigar. You should only have to light one in your lifetime and just keep lighting new ones with the one you are about to finish.

Cigarbid matches are the best for lighting cigars. If they tossed a few boxes in each order we would never have to have this discussion.

Otherwise...I just go through a series of $2-$4 dual flame lighters I get from here.