joemelon
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Just wanted to share an experience I'm in the midst of having. About a month ago I picked up a cigar from a friend who had come into an excess of cigars and was looking at getting rid of some. He had an Arturo Fuente Churchill that caught my eye, said the cigars had around 10 years age and this was one of several I had chosen. Was it ever a good pick, excellent smoke (wish I knew which Arturo Fuente it was).
Wanting to at least hear a whisper of how extraordinarily mellow that cigar was just one more time, I saved the cap. Today, loading a Savinelli 906 EX with some McClelland 5100, I figured now would be the time to use it. Packed the pipe and then took the cap (along with some strands of tobacco that came loose from last night's Padilla 1932) I topped the bowl and proceeded to light. From the first puff, what an experience. Around five minutes of that mellow cigar taste before noticeably transitioning to red Virginia.
I know there are those among us that chop up cigars to mix in with pipe tobacco, others who top pipes with nasal snuff and so on. Any of you save or use cigar caps as a pipe topping?
Wanting to at least hear a whisper of how extraordinarily mellow that cigar was just one more time, I saved the cap. Today, loading a Savinelli 906 EX with some McClelland 5100, I figured now would be the time to use it. Packed the pipe and then took the cap (along with some strands of tobacco that came loose from last night's Padilla 1932) I topped the bowl and proceeded to light. From the first puff, what an experience. Around five minutes of that mellow cigar taste before noticeably transitioning to red Virginia.
I know there are those among us that chop up cigars to mix in with pipe tobacco, others who top pipes with nasal snuff and so on. Any of you save or use cigar caps as a pipe topping?