"Can't Touch This"

[gersonmorelli]

It would have to be the 5 singles of Cohiba Sublimes. Bought them in 2004 and have been saving since.

[ramon_cojones]

I'd have to say my '02 box of H Upmann Sir Winstons. A close second would be my box of '06 cohiba piramide EL's. Oops I wanna make sure everyone know that I have smoke a few sticks out of these boxes. I mean why else would we buy cigars if not to smoke them, right.

This is great to hear, will be cracking my 02 sir wins soon.

[CanuckSARTech]

Rye's post made me think about it.

I'd have to say the LGC Deliciosos RE Cuba jar that I have. That's the only thing that sitting in my storage, untouched and cherished.

The only closest thing I'd have to that would be my Hamlet robusto extra customs from last summer's Toronto MegaHerf. But that's only because I don't want to smoke them all at once, and am trying to stretch them out, and only have one every six months or so to see what the development is like.

[jacktarnold]

I'll smoke everything in my collection, eventually. There are some boxes with the birth dates of my children, and my anniversary where I smoke only one a year but nothing is entirely off-limits. I didn't spend all this time and money tracking down stuff to let it go to my heirs

+1

[Ginseng]

Monarcas?

Wilkey, pics of the Tang. I want to see that ECA Nov02! Drooooooool

Your wish is my command.

Wilkey

[Colt45]

Each cigar could be my last cigar....

No doubt.......

Tomorrow is not guaranteed. No matter what happens to me today, the sun is going to rise and the world continue on it's way tomorrow.....

Imagine your last cigar being good, when you have an intact box of great - simply because you couldn't wrap your mind around twenty four

versus twenty five...

To each their own....

[Wil]

I take a bet each way - smoke some, save some. I mean, really, what are the odds that you are going to die tomorrow? A tad too risk averse for my liking

I have a few boxes (Boli GMs, CoRos etc.) that I am trying to preserve, although I have had a few of each over the years. Nothing wrong with saving a few smokes for a special occasion.

[craigos]

2.5 boxes cohiba sublimes (couple boxes of cohiba double coronas run a close second).

[ramon_cojones]

I take a bet each way - smoke some, save some. I mean, really, what are the odds that you are going to die tomorrow? A tad too risk averse for my liking

I have a few boxes (Boli GMs, CoRos etc.) that I am trying to preserve, although I have had a few of each over the years. Nothing wrong with saving a few smokes for a special occasion.

Agreed, that rhetoric is getting a bit tired. Nothing wrong with doing what you suggest.

[CaptainQuintero]

Pretty much everything I have is up for grabs if I want to. I do however have a box of Sir Winnies that I'm aging, plus who gets time to smoke a churchill in the UK nowadays! Have a box of bhk 52s for aging too, both simply for taste's sake not for any sentimental reasons. My boxes don't normally get too much action because if the size of my singles draw that I'm working through!

[Colt45]

I take a bet each way - smoke some, save some. I mean, really, what are the odds that you are going to die tomorrow? A tad too risk averse for my liking

How much are you willing to bet? I miss Chuck. Jack. It's more than not waking up tomorrow. Life situations can change everything for anyone. What's

Guy smoking right now? Smoke some, save some - do what you like.

Some things are certainly tiresome.

[charlesod]

Cohiba Millenium Jar. Only one left!

[Wil]

How much are you willing to bet?

People die every day. Most people don't.

Some things are certainly tiresome.

My humblest apology.

[Colt45]

My humblest apology.

You've absolutely nothing to apologize for.

[ramon_cojones]

Don't stress wil I believe that comment was directed towards me it's not the first time.

[mk05]

Thanks Wilkey. I see you prefer foil to Saran wrap.

I apologize for making you crack your foil wrap.

[maverickdrinker]

Awesome pics Wilkey!!! Thanks for sharing!

[Ginseng]

Thanks Wilkey. I see you prefer foil to Saran wrap.

I apologize for making you crack your foil wrap.

No worries. I had just re-wrapped those last winter so they hadn't been isolated for very long. And I "roll and wrap" which makes it as easy as pie to wrap and unwrap even cabs as large as a 50-SLB of prominentes.

I do prefer foil over any sort of polymer wrap, polyethylene (Ziploc), polyvinylidene (Saran), or multilayer laminates (Cryovac, FoodSaver). Simply, properly applied, it is a superior barrier. Now, that said, foil is easy to snag and tear so whenever possible I put the wrapped boxes in a zipper bag simply for physical protection. However, I don't like blown or extruded polymer film in long term contact with the boxes because of the additives, which can and will migrate out of the film over time.

The old polyethylene comic bags had exceptionally serious issues with this. In the worst of cases, you could actually wipe off a line of the additives exudate with your finger tip. Not something you want to keep your 9.2 grade X-Men #4 in. Additives migration is a fact of which I'm well acquainted having worked for years in the plastics industry. But if you're wondering if it's likely to affect the quality of bagged cigars, even over a 10-year time frame, the answer is probably effectively "no."

So, for me this particular choice for long term isolation is not really a point of debate. It's simply a the cheapest, most flexible, and effective engineering solution that works with my storage containers...and that satisfies my engineering sensibilities and hobby-based neuroses.

Wilkey

[mk05]

Thanks. I was just trying to BC of your lengthy dissertations on this subject in the past. No one really seemed to hop on the foil revolution, although you didn't really mention it being the ideal alternative more than once or twice, and not so directly.

I personally agree. HSA would have put those gold medals and fonseca consacos in actual foil if they had the money.haha

[Ginseng]

Thanks. I was just trying to BC of your lengthy dissertations on this subject in the past. No one really seemed to hop on the foil revolution, although you didn't really mention it being the ideal alternative more than once or twice, and not so directly.

Right. I've found that when I write in detail, either people's eyes glaze over (I'm imagining) or they read it as definitive. It's not really. Solutions are really only "best" in the sense of meeting your set of operational and aesthetic needs. For example, I'd love to have and use Nino's steel coffins, but it wouldn't fly practically for a number of reasons.

Wilkey

[CanuckSARTech]

Wilkey, I think the most interesting part of your post is that it appears that you just may have a 9.2 grade X-Men # 4.

Please adopt me.

[PigFish]

Right. I've found that when I write in detail, either people's eyes glaze over (I'm imagining) or they read it as definitive. It's not really. Solutions are really only "best" in the sense of meeting your set of operational and aesthetic needs. For example, I'd love to have and use Nino's steel coffins, but it wouldn't fly practically for a number of reasons.

Wilkey

Wilkey... I love you brother!

I have three thoughts on the matter. I miss the heady days of our intellectual masturbation on theoretical cigar science! Forget the empathy for the glossy-eyed, they have some excuse to overlook anything resembling cognizant and cogent writing, and never, I mean never... tell a pilot his won't fly... -LOL

Cheers. -R

[CanuckSARTech]

LOL.

[CBL]

My '03 Partagas 898 10-count box. Got it at the Club Habana store in Cuba and it's the first box I've ever had that had plume on the cigars. I still remember the smell when I first opened the box that had been sealed for 5 years. Can't touch it because it's the pride and joy of my humidor and I'm scared sh*tless that it might disappoint.

[ramon_cojones]

I'll test them out for you and break the news gently if they do LOL!!