Crystalline 'chunks' of plume on an OpusX ...

... the REAL deal.

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I'm used to seeing it more evenly dispersed but despite that, it still looks delicious.

Slim, I'm not sure about that one, but I'll give you the benifit of the doubt.

now i do not know about the arturo fuente i smoked 2 weeks ago...tough call.

I had a Perfection X the other night that absolutely glistened with crystalized oils under the cedar sleave. I doubt my camera skills could give it justice. But I have to say it was delicious.

yea....I Don't think so ya old koot

Maybe, left it out while painting the cieling? LOL

looks like a couple of cracks up top...and the bottom inch of the foot looks very suspect, as well.

I'm suspect to this photo . . .

Looks like the background was shopped out with the "Black" . . . the white spots look "too" white . . .

That's plume. This photo was taken by Moki. He doesn't post here, but he knows his ****! Good pic Slim!

7. Author: pablo Date: 03/24/2006 11:50 AM Reply

yea....I Don't think so ya old koot

LMAO

ok.. i need some help here...

i have learned what plume is.. but why is it a good thing.. why would you want this unsightly stuff on your smokes?

possibly an ignorant questions. but a question non the less 🙂

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It's just a sign of proper storage and aging. It also signifies that the plumed out cigar is/was rich in oils. It's no big deal, and does NOT guarantee that the cigar will actually be good.

thanks.. i was just curious what all the fuss was about.

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Thanks for clearing up where the photo came from, echo4alpha ... I purposely did not state that the picture was 'borrowed' from photo's that Andrew (Moki) posted at the CF forums ... just to see how many people would debunk it.

As Andrew (Moki) stated in his post about it ... this is a rare case, where the plume forms hard raised crystal patches on certain cigars. He goes on to state, "I realize the above picture looks somewhat like the mold pictures shown previously ... I wish I'd taken a better picture, the characteristics of it were entirely different. It was solid, not spidery."

Whoops! Sorry Slim. I just wanted everyone to know this IS plume, NOT mold - and that Andrew is at the top of the game. As I stated before... this is a fine example.

....still looks weird to me....better send it over to my place for a closer inspection!!!

It's not that I am totally doubting you, but the picture isn't of clear quality . . .

Hard to make a slam dunk case with inconclusive evidence . . .

Yes, better photograghy could display this much better.