Hutchmo
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Few more fresh sticks! Can't wait to try em out in about a month or so!
Hutchmo
Hutchmo
Pics of your sticks!! 2025
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How well do they draw?
Bob
Bob
Hutchmo
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Bob I haven't given them a cold draw yet and they are still a lil damp, but I have rolled some similar that have smoked quite well. I do like a lil bit of resistance or tighter draw due to some of my first sticks ever rolled were way to loose and drove me crazy. I am fairly new to rolling my own and my first 200'ish that I rolled were done using a tri-fold book method of bunching. Using this book method I did learn, during the binding process, how tight was too tight. However, I am even newer to the entubado style of bunching and hope they are not too tight. This is why I will only roll about 4-6 sticks and will a wait a few weeks to try at least one of em out and see. I will definitely report back once I give em a try though.
Hutchmo
WillQuantrill
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Just a revisit, finally smoked one today and Holy Cow. First off burn and construction were spot on. Draw was a little tight but I fixed it with my skewer.
The combination of Criollo and Sumatra was a very flavorful experience. Like tangy milk chocolate but when the ASP kicked in at 2" this stick stepped into a new realm. Body went from mild to medium+ with zero spice. No burn on the retrohale but Nicotine is at 11. I had just eaten lunch, halfway smoked my brain felt like gooey hot lava cake and 45 minutes after I slipped into a fuzzy Saturday afternoon nap. I may just try Sumatra single binder as the tang stayed in the forefront and add some Corojo on the next batch for some spice.
MadFarmer
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I'd like to thank WLT for this burn line. That's Sumatra binder on the outside.This short filler burned slow and cool until the very end. Too bad it was bland as all get out for the first 3rd, but then the Texas Cuban kicked in, and it shifted into slightly inharmonious. Texas Cuban tastes spicy to me in the way that cinnamon gum tastes spicy, it's in the finish. Blending aside, it were a perfectly acceptable gas station cigar. I still smoked it to the end.
GreenDragon
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Those look good for your first rolls! Only comment is it looks like your wrapper is inside out. Keep it up!
I just looked at em, your right, I was in a hurry to put all the knowledge I'd gleaned from FTT and you tube to actually pay attention- thanks for the encouragement!!
adamziegler
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cigarillofingers
Have a go roller
Those are cool labels!
WillQuantrill
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Dang, whole cabinet full! Good practice
adamziegler
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How long have you been rolling, and how long did that take you to bunch and wrap that group?
I've been rolling for about 2yrs now, both processes took all day.
WillQuantrill
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This is what I enjoy at the hobby level, I look forward to actually having the time to roll so when I get the opportunity I'm more focused on doing everything to the best of my ability.
Juxtaposer-
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These just got sliced up for pipe tobacco.
Juxtaposer-
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Well…. properly kept for the first half of their lives, I have often cut sections of the foot from one or two of these double coronas for snuff. These four have been sitting in a neglected humidor for the last twelve years. Instead of the painstaking chore of rehydrating them for smoking I thought a quick rehydration for cutting would do just fine. I had a spice jar with some coins from long ago. Put those in a pipe and I was so impressed that the decision was easy. I am a confirmed pipe smoker now.
