The Cuban Crush... a silly but sometime effective means to cure a tunneling cigar

[PigFish]

I call this the Cuban crush, or the smash technique. Before you pitch that marginal cigar that tunnels give it a fighting chance and push the combustion back to the foot where it belongs. By crushing the 'tunnel' you can force the cigar to burn again on the foot at the cross-section instead of just burning axially up the core.

 

 

Cheers! -Piggy

[nsills]

42 minutes ago, PigFish said:

 

 

The first minute of video was most satisfying to watch. Awesome intro 

[LGC]

Yup, I’ll always do this when I get one of those “draw machine” quality rolls. I usually can tell when one of those “newer” sticks will perform as such... when it feels like balsa wood while handling by the foot.

 

[mike74]

Thanks for this!

[stogieluver]

Great to have you back with us. Been missing you. 

 

[SMQQKIN]

Interesting. Thanks for the tip.

[ayepatz]

So, when it gets soft, squeeze? ?

[Fugu]

Thanks Ray, far more needed these days than a cigar-"reamer" (for the two of us anyway...). Good to hear from you, mate!

[PigFish]

4 hours ago, Fugu said:

Thanks Ray, far more needed these days than a cigar-"reamer" (for the two of us anyway...). Good to hear from you, mate!

Yeah my friend, feeling is mutual. With how dry I store, I never really had the problems of some our mates. I have only had a handful to truly plugged cigars in my life. I would take the risk on those any day verses what the alternative is today.

Cheers amigo! -Ray

[RickHendeson]

LOL you look and sound nothing like I ever pictured  

[PigFish]

3 hours ago, RickHendeson said:

LOL you look and sound nothing like I ever pictured  

... I've changed!!! -LOL

[joeypots]

18 hours ago, PigFish said:

Yeah my friend, feeling is mutual. With how dry I store, I never really had the problems of some our mates. I have only had a handful to truly plugged cigars in my life. I would take the risk on those any day verses what the alternative is today.

Cheers amigo! -Ray

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[smokeyjoe01]

I want a Monte 5 now!

[PigFish]

30 minutes ago, smokeyjoe01 said:

I want a Monte 5 now!

... I have some with this lovely, nice easy draw for sale!!! -LOL

-tP

[LGC]

... I have some with this lovely, nice easy draw for sale!!! -LOL

-tP

No need for the draw machine when they are rolling 40 RGs that draw like straws

[PigFish]

2 minutes ago, Brandon said:

No need for the draw machine when they are rolling 40 RGs that draw like straws

... they should try 'flaw' machines instead. 

Man or woman, IQ over 40, has smoked cigars for 1 year or more and has a tactile sense better than a granite slab!

[slowsmoke]

Gotta give this one a bump, it saved the last third of my afternoon smoke.  Great little trick.  Thanks.

[Kaptain Karl]

Nice! I've 'smashed' in the area that I believe is tunneling with good success, but this looks more comprehensive. I'll definitely give it a try!

[unclepauly25]

On 6/28/2018 at 8:14 PM, PigFish said:

I call this the Cuban crush, or the smash technique. Before you pitch that marginal cigar that tunnels give it a fighting chance and push the combustion back to the foot where it belongs. By crushing the 'tunnel' you can force the cigar to burn again on the foot at the cross-section instead of just burning axially up the core.

 

 

Cheers! -Piggy

Thanks for the advice, had a H.Uppman royal robusto that did this recently, I’ll give it a try, hopefully I don’t get another one!

[MooseAMuffin]

Great info as always, Ray! I'll give this a shot in the future.

[Philc2001]

Thanks for the tip Ray. I hadn't had this problem for years, and then bam, I had two in the past month or so that required crushing. One of the two corrected itself after the crush and smoked fine after that. The other worked for a few puffs after crushing and then tunnelled again and again until I put it down out of frustration. 

 

[BinBin]

Thanks the tip. Was told it’s great for those plugs too

[clickbangdoh]

I'm literally having to do this now with a Trinidad Vigia. So annoying to have these sorts of quality issues on a cigar like these, but at least this makes it smokeable.

[Lotusguy]

I'm literally having to do this now with a Trinidad Vigia. So annoying to have these sorts of quality issues on a cigar like these, but at least this makes it smokeable.

Happens all to often these days, particularly with Vigias

[RijkdeGooier]

3 hours ago, Lotusguy said:

Happens all to often these days, particularly with Vigias

You do know that the tower in Trinidad is also hollow inside right?