Cigars :: A beginner's buying guide.
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If you've never had your boss, client or friend open his or her humidor to offer you a cigar, if you're a man, one day you will. It's the subtle details that will tell you if you are taking a $5 dollar gift or a $20 treasure.
There are several cigar social hurdles from clipping to lighting to dealing with the ash, and, regardless of your level of interest, the devil is in the details.
However, if your ready to begin on the pleasurable experience of enjoying the pleasures of rolled tobacco, you've found a great place to start.
As a woman, I miss the days of elegant, suave masculinity. Cigar smoking, and pipe smoking, are one of the signs of that spirit still being alive.
Smoking: The Art of the Gentleman's Gentleman
New Archaeological Find in Jamestown
Pipes made for the who's who in America have been found in Jamestown!
- 400 Year Old Pipes Found in Virginia
- RICHMOND, Va. -- Archeologists at Jamestown have unearthed a trove of tobacco pipes personalized for a who's who of early 17th century colonial and British elites, underscoring the importance of tobacco to North America's first permanent English settlement.
The white clay pipes - actually, castoffs likely rejected during manufacturing - were crafted between 1608 and 1610 and bear the names of English politicians, social leaders, explorers, officers of the Virginia Company that financed the settlement and governors of the Virginia colony. Archeologists also found equipment used to make the pipes.
Cigars :: Best choices for beginners
Two resources to help you with your choice
- Gifting cigars: sticks you can't go wrong with
- This article contains a list of cigars that you can buy blind - they will please you and your cigar-smoking friend if it's for a gift. Great read.
- Cigar Stash : cigars price comparison engine
- Once you selected the cigars you'd like to buy, head over to CigarStash.com in order to compare prices and check availability. The site aggregated offers from around 20 retailers so you'll be sure to find the best price.
Cigars:: Rolled on the Thighs of Cuban Beauties?
A Tourist Shows Cigar Making in action.
Cigars :: Reviews and ratings
Resources about choosing your cigars
- Cigar Inspector
- Cigar Inspector offers regularly updated cigar reviews and news from the cigar industry. Both Cuban and non-Cuban cigars are featured as the authors are from all over the world.
- Cigar Aficionado | Your Home for Cigars On the Web
- Features searchable databases of cigar ratings, cigar friendly restaurants and tobacconists around the world. Will require registration to access the free ratings database. A paid subscription will be required to view the entire datbase.
- Cigar Rankings & Ratings
- CigarCyclopedia.com is an on-line, all-in-one news and commentary site on cigars including brands such as Cohiba and Cuba cigars, humidor info, cigar retailer prices and ratings continuously updated by the publishers of Perelman's Pocket Cyclopedias of Cigars.
Cigars :: Education
- Cigar :: FAQ
- THE CIGAR SMOKER's FAQ compiled by Bob Curtis, Internet Cigar Group - a comprehensive guide to cigar smoking compiled from online resources including the newsgroup alt.smokers.
- Wikipedia | Cigar Page
- History, styles, flavors - if it's cigar history or lore you want, it's here.
Yes, cigars in the news...
Okay, all the stories may may not be good, but then again, you weren't looking at cigars as a pre-requisite to becoming an altar boy now were you? Hmmmm?
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Cigars :: Recommended Retailers
- CheapHumidors.com
- One of the best online retailers when it comes to cigar accessories.
- BNB Tobacco
- This shop used to only carry small cigars, but now has a wide range of premium top notch sticks as well. Great customer service.
- Stogie Boys
- A fast-growing online operation with a wide choice of premium cigars.
- Cigar.com
- Cigars, Humidors, and Cigar Accessories.
- CoronaCigar.com
- Cigars, humidors, cutters and cigar accessories can be found at Corona Cigar. Choose from premium, flavored and famous brand name cigars including Acid, Punch, CAO.
- JRCigars.com
- JR Cigars is the World's Largest Cigar Store. JR sells premium cigars such as El Rey Del Mundo, Partagas, Cohiba, Arturo Fuente, Montecristo, Ashtons and many more. JR Cigar is the only authorized seller of over 50 brands.
- Famous Smoke
- You'll find LOTS of support, supplies and information here!
Smoking Accessories
Fantastic Gentleman's Smoking Accessories
Some INTERESTING Tobacco Products
By the way...
Have you thought about growing your own?
It could be a decent cash crop locally, or a good alternative in difficult times!
Did you need a smokeless alternative? There's a terrific one here that isn't chew.
It could be a decent cash crop locally, or a good alternative in difficult times!
Did you need a smokeless alternative? There's a terrific one here that isn't chew.
How do you like this page? Tell us your Cigar Stories!
Lots of us have Dads, Granddads, Uncles who loved cigars...
Tell us your stories, your favorites, your favorites and your best connoisseur advice here!
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ZazzleAtHome
Dec 27, 2011 @ 10:41 pm | delete
- Nice lets,
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filmic
Aug 18, 2011 @ 4:41 am | delete
- Blowing cigar smoke into a glass of cognac or brandy and watching it sit ON the liquid and within the glass is a thing of beauty. Nice lens by the way.
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- Great Lens, Great information.Please check out myCigar Guide Lensfor some more wonderful Cigar knowledge
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- mmm a Single Malt Scotch and a Cigar. What more does one need?
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