Re-tying Cabinet Ribbons

[luvdunhill]

Just curious - when slow smoking though a 50 cabinet, say 3-5 cigars a year... do you re-tie the ribbons to make sure the now-slightly-smaller bundle stays together, or just leave the ribbon and cigars to their own devices?

[shlomo]

I leave them.

[luvdunhill]

I leave them.

I find that the cigars inevitable settle out to the bottom of the cabinet.... something like this



If I re-tie them, I can keep them in their half-wheel-esque structure better:

[LLC]

I leave them.

Same for me.


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[JZBdano]

I leave them as is with paper in place so when I get to a new row I can pull them up with the paper if they've nestled in tight.

[Stogieninja]

I cut them. Too much work to untie. Then I can just grab an end and pull if it comes to that.

[shlomo]

1 hour ago, luvdunhill said:

 

I find that the cigars inevitable settle out to the bottom of the cabinet.... something like this



If I re-tie them, I can keep them in their half-wheel-esque structure better:

 

Yep. 

[Winchester21]

I leave them to their own devices until they become a pita then they go in the trash. However they become useful if you have to combine boxes for storage issues

[OZCUBAN]

Leave 

[Sprouthog]

Leave


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[fabes]

When necessary remove the ribbon from the cab and use it to tidy up your customs. 

[garbandz]

no longer a novelty for me, I untie and remove.........

 

for those of you who are adventurous,I remember seeing several neat items made from box ribbons,including a smoking jacket.

[Fugu]

Either way - two nice boxes, you got there!

[Hedgehog]

18 hours ago, OZCUBAN said:

Leave 

Same.  Re-tieing is a whole other level of OCD.  No judgement. 

[TheLiquidGator]

I take the yellow ribbon and try to wrap it around the 100 year old oak tree in my backyard.

[Lotusguy]

Re-tie? Now why on earth would I want to do that? OCD indeed.

[luvdunhill]

Re-tie? Now why on earth would I want to do that? OCD indeed.

If you have ever taken the cigar out of the middle of a nice aged bundle of cigars, you know why. Maximize surface area contact, yo.

[Lotusguy]

If you have ever taken the cigar out of the middle of a nice aged bundle of cigars, you know why. Maximize surface area contact, yo.

If you're able to taste the difference, you should enter the blind tasting contest - you would crush it

For the record, I never open the ribbon at all - neither cut nor untie. Just pull out a stick at a time.

[LLC]

For the record, I never open the ribbon at all - neither cut nor untie. Just pull out a stick at a time.

This.



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[madandana]

8 hours ago, Lotusguy said:

 

If you're able to taste the difference, you should enter the blind tasting contest - you would crush it

For the record, I never open the ribbon at all - neither cut nor untie. Just pull out a stick at a time.

 

Same

[Fugu]

8 hours ago, LLC said:

For the record, I never open the ribbon at all - neither cut nor untie. Just pull out a stick at a time.

This.



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I'd venture to guess 99% of us do it that way.