looseleaf Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hello. New member here. Childhood memories of delicious-smelling pipe tobaccos and the cigars smoked by my grandfather, even the humble De Nobili, American cousin of the Toscano. I remember Edie Adams singing “Hey Big Spender” for Muriel cigars on the black and white TV. Weird feeling when the Rembrandt-ish painting on a cigar box came to life and the men portrayed sang in harmony, “Step up to Dutch Masters and smile, brother, smile.” Te-Amo cigar signs in the candy stores. In high school, smoking in the lunchroom was not discouraged by the priests who ran the joint, so as freshmen my best friend and I smoked meerschaums. My grandfather taught me to rehydrate pipe tobacco by putting a slice of apple in the pouch. In college, Schimmelpennincks. In the 90's, the usual suspects: Fuentes with Cameroon wrappers, Cuba Aliados lonsdales, Tony Borhani's Bahia Gold, Temple Halls, Frank Llaneza's Troya Cetros, Henry Clay Breva a la Conservas, Bauza Jaguars, The Griffins, Nat Shermans, Ashtons, Avo. No. 9s, Paul Garmirians, Buteras, Davidoff Special T’s, Diana Silvius Diamond Vintage, and Oscar No. 500s. Firm believer in the poetic and entheogenic properties of offering tobacco. P.S. At an event recently someone handed President Obama a CC. Can someone i.d. the brand and vitola? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerryg05495 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Howdy and welcome. Great photo, I'm sure someone here can identify it. Thanks for the introduction also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laficion Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Hi there friend,and welcome to F.O.H.. As for the cigar, It looks a lot like a Monte-Cristo A ,which Is a very nice cigar bro.I hope he likes It. Guy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter1974 Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradbrennan Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 welcome nice intro you found plenty of source right here for your cc's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Looks like a pre-2008 Monte A. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sengjc Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 Thank you all for the welcomes. CannuckSARTech, I'm fascinated, how can you tell its a pre-2008? That's extraordinary Light brown band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor2118 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Actually c2006 or earlier. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RijkdeGooier Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Trevor is of course correct pre 2006. They are imo one of the best made Habanos, with the finest wrappers, great tobacco and best rollers making them. But pls keep in mind I know nothing about cigars ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJP Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Welcome mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanuckSARTech Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Thank you all for the welcomes. CannuckSARTech, I'm fascinated, how can you tell its a pre-2008? That's extraordinary Light brown band Actually c2006 or earlier. Thx, but as illustrated, the different band gave it away. I couldn't honestly remember when the band change happened, but knew it was at least 2008, so I threw that number out there. As Trevor corrected, ended up being at least 2006 instead. Some of us have a *couple* of years of cigar smoking experience under our belts. So, if you're a fan of a particular brand, and smoke enough of them over the years, certain changes like that (good or bad) stick with you. Regardless, remembering the change or not, for all of us, Trevor's / Alex's www.CubanCigarWebsite.com is a great resource to check those little nitty gritty things out. The different Monte bands are found right at the top of the Montecristo's brand main page: http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/brand.aspx?brand=Montecristo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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