Do you have a strong preference for ring sizes/gauge?
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I'm a robusto lover (50) but recently have truly enjoyed a wide variety of thicknesses and lengths. 
Given only one choice, a robusto....please. 
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Given only one choice, a robusto....please. PH
quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:
I'm a robusto lover (50) but recently have truly enjoyed a wide variety of thicknesses and lengths.
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+1
I enjoy lonsdales and panatelas, thinner but longer. Even robustos can be tedious.
However, the best cigar I've ever had was a double corona (Partagas Lusitania).
However, the best cigar I've ever had was a double corona (Partagas Lusitania).
quote:Even robustos can be tedious
No comprende??
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Too much girth for serious smoking. Maybe people who usually put such thick tubular shaped things in their mouth are more comfortable with them.quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:quote:Even robustos can be tedious
No comprende??
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quote:Originally posted by NolanE:Too much girth for serious smoking.quote:Originally posted by PurpleHaze:quote:Even robustos can be tedious
No comprende??
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...It is a cigar!
A 50 ring is too much?
quote:Originally posted by wineismylife:
A 50 ring is too much?
That is where I start!
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by wineismylife:
A 50 ring is too much?
That is where I start!
Exactly! Over 90% of my humidor starts at 50.
My only problem with the mega rings (nearing 60) is that if I grab the wrong cutter, I can only do a "partial" cut. Usually works out ok, but I wish all cutters sold would do a larger ring gauge.
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It's just preference. Most my my cigars are smaller ring gauge. I can smoke larger but at the height of my smoking I preferred thinner sticks.
Get your hands on a Partagas Lonsdale (discontinued in 99 I believe) and you'll see the virtues of a small ring.
quote:Originally posted by NolanE:
Get your hands on a Partagas Lonsdale (discontinued in 99 I believe) and you'll see the virtues of a small ring.
I have several of these from different vintages....a terrific cigar for sure but is not my size preference.
I have had several delicious small ring gauge cigars, but for me, it is an awkward size in my hand, feels flimsy and almost like a long cigarette to me.
My size choice is 46-54 ring gauge with exception to the BHK 56. Anything above 56-60 my jaw starts to hurt.
Length of the cigar is dependant on time for me...but majority of my sticks are robusto size.
quote:Originally posted by marcb7:
but for me, it is an awkward size in my hand, feels flimsy and almost like a long cigarette to me.
BINGO! We have a winner.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by marcb7:
but for me, it is an awkward size in my hand, feels flimsy and almost like a long cigarette to me.
BINGO! We have a winner.
I feel that way about lanceros for sure (though some are quite elegant, focused, and tasty), but the shorter coronas (like the Liga Privada Dirty Rat or Man 'o War Puro Authentico - both 5") seem to handle their small gauge in a more 'balanced' way.
If we're talking preferences, however, count me in the 50-52 crowd. 52 doesn't seem uncomfortable, and I really can't imagine a cigar feeling better in the hand than a Cohiba Siglo VI, My Father LE, or Montecristo Grand Edmundo - all 52 ring gauges and in the neighborhood of 6" long.
quote:Originally posted by stickman:
If we're talking preferences, however, count me in the 50-52 crowd. 52 doesn't seem uncomfortable, and I really can't imagine a cigar feeling better in the hand than a Cohiba Siglo VI, My Father LE, or Montecristo Grand Edmundo - all 52 ring gauges and in the neighborhood of 6" long.
I enjoy the 52 a great deal, just not as much as the 54 - 60 size.
I have a 54 ready to enjoy during my herb garden work this morning.
quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
I enjoy the 52 a great deal, just not as much as the 54 - 60 size.
I'd be interested in a recommendation or two for a 56+. I've got a few 54s I really like, but I've been left less-than-convinced by the few 60s I've tried.
On the other hand, I just received some My Father Special Robustos (5 x 50), and they seem small, for whatever reason. ?
52 - 56. When I smoke a cigar, I like it to feel like I'm smoking a cigar.
quote:Originally posted by Dunder:
52 - 56. When I smoke a cigar, I like it to feel like I'm smoking a cigar.
I understand!
quote:Originally posted by stickman:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:
I enjoy the 52 a great deal, just not as much as the 54 - 60 size.
I'd be interested in a recommendation or two for a 56+. I've got a few 54s I really like, but I've been left less-than-convinced by the few 60s I've tried.
On the other hand, I just received some My Father Special Robustos (5 x 50), and they seem small, for whatever reason. ?
Will do...
a passion I let go of...however, between 50-56 ring gauge, 54 spot on (robusto/magnum or double thereof). There are always exceptions; one of my all time favorites was the Hemingway Short story...what a great smoke!
quote:Originally posted by stickman:
I'd be interested in a recommendation or two for a 56+.
Padron 1926 #9. 56 x 5+ box pressed beauty. If you haven't tried one, you should. If you can't source one, you know how to find me!
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quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by Dunder:
52 - 56. When I smoke a cigar, I like it to feel like I'm smoking a cigar.
I understand!
There just seems to be something very freudian about all of this...
quote:Originally posted by KSC02:quote:Originally posted by wine+art:quote:Originally posted by Dunder:
52 - 56. When I smoke a cigar, I like it to feel like I'm smoking a cigar.
I understand!
There just seems to be something very freudian about all of this...
lolol, that's what i've been thinking the entire thread!
Just remember, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar....
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