Just curious how and what you use to light your cigar. X

Colibri Retro

Fav lighter..

Rolled-up $1 bills ... although I have used a few $5's when I was out of $1's

Good question, i was wondering if people still "toast the foot" i have just because its habbit now, but does it really make a difference?

and to answer the question i use a colibri single flame torch.

The famous cigar smoker Sir Winston Churchill once amazed those who had joined him for an after dinner cigar, by passing the flame several times up and down the cigar length-wise, then rotating the foot just above the flame until it was completely lit ... when asked why he did so, he replied that the proper lighting of a cigar was a lot like making love to a woman ... that each was best accomplished when the subject was properly warmed ...

I imitate that methodology and find it to yield wonderful results ... I highly recommend it to you.

What...warming up your woman first? X

when I'm not in a hurry, and not feeling lazy, I use matches and toast the foot, blow out through it once after that, and then roll it in my mouth as I light it. If I'm too lazy for the matches, I have a Prometheus lighter that works great

Ordinary wooden kitchen matches, usually. Had some of those cheap jet lighters and when the fuel ran out I never refilled them and now I don't even know where they are. Can always find the kitchen matches, though, They're in the kitchen.

SteveS --- try that with a torch (jet flame) lighter ... LOL! They're like a soldering torch.

I use a cheap Blazer knock-off for everyday use ... and my Trifecta on special ocassions.

Yes, most of the time I 'toast the foot', and that is how I light my cigars. That way, I am not 'blasting' the interior of my cigar with intense heat by drawing in the flame. The flavor will be different, if it is done that way ...

Steve, you are so rich!

I toast the foot too. It's easier to get the whole thing burning uniformly. (Especially with larger ring guage cigars)

Bic lighter at the bowling alley. Promethius at home and at the cigar bar.

I have a torch and a triple flame lighter I bought here for cheap.

Both are pretty effective. I use the triple flame when I am inside. I give the foot a nice toasting. I like to have the end glowing just before I apply the double flame. I get very few runs that way.

Outside I like to use the torch and get the foot glowing red.

I use a Colibri. Toast the foot, making sure the foot is just starting to glow. Then light it by turning the cigar in mouth while puffing to get it going evenly.

Slim ... you wrote:

SteveS --- try that with a torch (jet flame) lighter ... LOL! They're like a soldering torch.

Yep ... they are ... and I own more than one ... works quite well as I described ... in passing it up and down the length of the cigar, I am careful to keep the cigar out of the flame or it will be scorched ... then I rotate the foot slightly above the flame, bringing it to a bright glow ... blow gently on end to see if there are any unlit spots remaining, toast those again, blow gently again ... first puff on the cigar is OUTward ... the whole cigar is very slightly warm to the touch and the gentlest of inward puffs is far more pleasureable than if I'd just put the flame to the cigar and toked away ...

I know there are those who regard this as no more than some ritual ... maybe it is, but since I've found that it adds considerably to the experience, it's a ritual I faithfully observe ...again, consider Churchill's comparison and think about it ... it is an apt one ..

Steve,I have your method for my cigars as of late. I like it. Methinks I've found a new ritual,LOL. X

I use a mini torch lighter. Im surprised to see that someone else lights like I do(steves).

During the Olympics I throw on jogging shorts & sneakers, catch up with whoever is running with the Olympic torch & sneak a light! You may have seen me on TV(in jail). Hehehe!

Mag

Fire.

Whatever means is available.

I believe some cigar rituals developed from practical solutions to problems once a part of the production and marketing process, such as the band, if you allow that removing it can become a ritual. Like most rituals these have developed autonomous meanings that have little or nothing to do with the original solution. If it serves no practical or aesthetic purpose, then why do it? BTW, I use wooden matches in calm weather or a torch lighter in hurricanes.

I use a Colibri most of the time. I also use a Prometheus sometimes. I rotate the cigar and toast the foot (w/o letting flame directly touch the foot)until a glowing ring around then light it up the same way. Don't forget the gentle blow on the end and watch the nice orange glow.

Usually seem to get a nice even burn.

when I'm inside I use a butane lighter. When I'm out in the work shop I light pieces of spanish cedar and use them like matches. When I f#$% up and forget a lighter I bum a light of any one that has one and I'm not picky.