Hotel Nacional De Cuba ash trays

[CanuckSARTech]

I haven't seen any solely plain ones before.  The vast majority are all "Hotel Nacional de Cuba", some "Conde de Villanueva", or even the odd "Club Habana", and others I've seen in the past say just "La Habana, Cuba".  But none I can recollect with absolutely no engraving / paint in-filling, to the best of my memory.

 

[TomF]

OK, this begs the question; does anyone have one they want to sell...???

[SaintMickey®]

What are these knock offs based on? Was there a original/real design?

Havana Club Ashtrays

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xclub+havana+ashtray.TRS0&_nkw=club+havana+ashtray&_sacat=0

[CanuckSARTech]

I don't believe that's a "knock off", per say.  I think its just a replica of some promotional stuff from the 90's - it was either to do with Havana Club rum, or the Club Habana / old Biltmore beach club.

I've seen those ashtrays, and I've also seen the large porcelain cigar jars.

 

[Diamondog]

A lot of the hotels have similar marble ashtrays as the nacional except with their hotel listed....the nacional are the ones that get the attention...I was just there and they only had the small pipe shaped trays...

[madandana]

This is the only one they had on Jan 2 2017 . I picked it up for my BIL. Good thing he smokes a pipe.

[zeedubbya]

So last night I am rushing home to get Valentine's Day present to my wife and my neighbor (who I smoke with quite often) yells at me to stop over.  I knew he had been in Cuba for a week.  I get up on the porch and he says.."so you want your ashtray now or later?"  Haha!  He brought back the best souvenir of all for me!  It's a small one, but I love it!  

 

 

[Elvis]

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1 hour ago, zeedubbya said:

So last night I am rushing home to get Valentine's Day present to my wife and my neighbor (who I smoke with quite often) yells at me to stop over.  I knew he had been in Cuba for a week.  I get up on the porch and he says.."so you want your ashtray now or later?"  Haha!  He brought back the best souvenir of all for me!  It's a small one, but I love it!  

 

 

 

That is a beautiful ashtray!

[Lotusguy]

Nice! Now break that thing in properly!

[gmoney]

Now I wish I brought one back :/

[TheLiquidGator]

I really like the smaller example. It is great when smoking smaller vitolas.

 

[jrusso14]

Very jealous. I was there last week and they didn't have any at the time . Having big time regrets. Enjoy!

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[CanuckSARTech]

Zeedubbya, that's a nice one.  That style is getting very popular again, the pinkish-brown with the black.  It's nice to see all the colours they're getting the marble in now - I remember for many years it was only the beige colour, or grey.

 

[Nino]

Hahahahaha,

nice to see those ashtrays but the absurd memories from 10 days ago trying to take one out of Havana come back .... 

I found some ashtrays left on sale at the lobby and I bought two, a larger one, ca. 5 lbs heavy and a smaller one, ca. 2 lbs heavy.

While my suitcase was half empty, I carried 3 bottles of rum in it and was afraid the ashtrays would bounce around and break the bottles, so I put both in my carry-on bag.

Fast forward to HAV customs/security control at departure - the large ashtray was "confiscated" claiming to be a security risk, never mind the smaller one would fit better inside a fist to smash a head ...

It took me 45 minutes arguing with a bored to death supervisor, a furtive clandestine meeting in the men's room with an official and the re-arranging of my carry-on for it to be put in the aircraft hold with the ashtray ( but without my valuables which I carried in a plastic bag ) to finally get to keep the bloody ashtray.

Good thing was : nobody cared about my cigars - bad thing was : the whole issue kept me from smoking a cigar and having a few Cristals at the lounge

[Fuzz]

Coming back in November last year, I nearly had a bit of trouble with the ashtray I had. Keith kindly offered me to take off him a large grey ashtray he picked up earlier in the week but were then out of stock. Packed into my check in luggage and didn't really think twice about it, until check in. Counter lady informed me I was several kilos over weight (and here I thought I lost weight on this trip ) and asked if I had another bag to split my luggage. Was afraid she was going to tell me to go buy another bag, as she did with the couple before me, when she looked me over and said, "Don't worry Mr Lim, I will just mark your bag as 23kg" . Kindly thanked her several times, wished her a good day, and went off to join Rob to search for our plane.

[CanuckSARTech]

4 hours ago, nino said:

Hahahahaha,

nice to see those ashtrays but the absurd memories from 10 days ago trying to take one out of Havana come back .... 

I found some ashtrays left on sale at the lobby and I bought two, a larger one, ca. 5 lbs heavy and a smaller one, ca. 2 lbs heavy.

While my suitcase was half empty, I carried 3 bottles of rum in it and was afraid the ashtrays would bounce around and break the bottles, so I put both in my carry-on bag.

Fast forward to HAV customs/security control at departure - the large ashtray was "confiscated" claiming to be a security risk, never mind the smaller one would fit better inside a fist to smash a head ...

It took me 45 minutes arguing with a bored to death supervisor, a furtive clandestine meeting in the men's room with an official and the re-arranging of my carry-on for it to be put in the aircraft hold with the ashtray ( but without my valuables which I carried in a plastic bag ) to finally get to keep the bloody ashtray.

Good thing was : nobody cared about my cigars - bad thing was : the whole issue kept me from smoking a cigar and having a few Cristals at the lounge

 

Ouch. 

That's similar to the issue that Chris had when we transited / transferred between flights in Mexico City on our way home last year.

I think he still owes me a sexual favour for helping him out of THAT one! 

 

[CanuckSARTech]

43 minutes ago, Fuzz said:

Coming back in November last year, I nearly had a bit of trouble with the ashtray I had. Keith kindly offered me to take off him a large grey ashtray he picked up earlier in the week but were then out of stock. Packed into my check in luggage and didn't really think twice about it, until check in. Counter lady informed me I was several kilos over weight (and here I thought I lost weight on this trip ) and asked if I had another bag to split my luggage. Was afraid she was going to tell me to go buy another bag, as she did with the couple before me, when she looked me over and said, "Don't worry Mr Lim, I will just mark your bag as 23kg" . Kindly thanked her several times, wished her a good day, and went off to join Rob to search for our plane.

Yes, I was glad to help you out with that one.  Since there was a certain American traveler who scooped up FIVE of the giant / large ones ALONE, and loudly for the profess reason to re-sell them, even though we all asked him to leave at least the ONE for YOU, I figured I'd help you out.  Hey, I'm just as apt (as anyone can see on other sites) to pick up what I can of those, and help out friends with what I can, and re-sell the rest.  But considering all the details surrounding your trip and definitive want to grab one of those, and the repeated requests on our parts, most of us thought it was a pretty lame move to do that and screw you out of that.

So, I was definitely glad and willing to do what I could (hence our week-long re-visits to Margarite, and then getting you set up with mine instead when that didn't pan out).

You're welcome.

And yet...

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You STILL LOST MY GRAB BAG FULL OF CIGARS after the bar that one night!!!!! 

  

 

[madandana]

14 hours ago, nino said:

Hahahahaha,

nice to see those ashtrays but the absurd memories from 10 days ago trying to take one out of Havana come back .... 

I found some ashtrays left on sale at the lobby and I bought two, a larger one, ca. 5 lbs heavy and a smaller one, ca. 2 lbs heavy.

While my suitcase was half empty, I carried 3 bottles of rum in it and was afraid the ashtrays would bounce around and break the bottles, so I put both in my carry-on bag.

Fast forward to HAV customs/security control at departure - the large ashtray was "confiscated" claiming to be a security risk, never mind the smaller one would fit better inside a fist to smash a head ...

It took me 45 minutes arguing with a bored to death supervisor, a furtive clandestine meeting in the men's room with an official and the re-arranging of my carry-on for it to be put in the aircraft hold with the ashtray ( but without my valuables which I carried in a plastic bag ) to finally get to keep the bloody ashtray.

Good thing was : nobody cared about my cigars - bad thing was : the whole issue kept me from smoking a cigar and having a few Cristals at the lounge

Habanos Mike and I luckily avoided this issue in November.Bart had headed home a couple days before us and sent us a text.

"put ash trays in checked luggage " Otherwise I would have had it in carry on.

 

[Fuzz]

10 hours ago, CanuckSARTech said:

Yes, I was glad to help you out with that one.  Since there was a certain American traveler who scooped up FIVE of the giant / large ones ALONE, and loudly for the profess reason to re-sell them, even though we all asked him to leave at least the ONE for YOU, I figured I'd help you out.  Hey, I'm just as apt (as anyone can see on other sites) to pick up what I can of those, and help out friends with what I can, and re-sell the rest.  But considering all the details surrounding your trip and definitive want to grab one of those, and the repeated requests on our parts, most of us thought it was a pretty lame move to do that and screw you out of that.

So, I was definitely glad and willing to do what I could (hence our week-long re-visits to Margarite, and then getting you set up with mine instead when that didn't pan out).

You're welcome.

And yet...

...

...

...

...

You STILL LOST MY GRAB BAG FULL OF CIGARS after the bar that one night!!!!! 

  

 

Quite true, quiet true.

 

[saintsmokealot]

These look like the ones on ebay!

[jschrader510]

My sister was just in Havana over the weekend and she said they are currently sold out of the ashtrays, had to settle for 50 Alex customs instead.

[mbflash80]

I was able to buy the large grey one earlier this month...first day in Havana and they didnt have any when I went back a few days later.  It was a hassle getting it through both Cuban and US customs...Cuba wanted to seize it and then agreed to let me keep it if I checked the bag...US of A did a full test of it with the powder and everything (this was after going through customs and getting on a connecting flight)...so yea a pain but worth it for such a nice keepsake. 

[GotaCohiba]

There’s plenty of ashtrays currently in stock at the Nacional 

I managed to get 3 of the heavy bastids back, only chipping the one I intend to keep

 

[marquardt65]

I've wanted one of these since I started with cigars years ago, Just don't know anyone who goes to cuba. Damned Canadians.

[Gamehawker]

I would love to get one of the large round or square Hotel Nacional de Cuba ashtrays.