the 'NUB' -- clip, poke, or pinch?... What's your favorite way to nub??

[The Squiggler]

just a little tip for those who like to 'nub it'... peel the band free, choke down, and use it as a belt for a burn-free nubbing experience:

This is one way to do it (obviously works better with a thinner band, but not a bad resource regardless of what you're working with)... what's your favorite way to nub??

[IanMcLean68]

Thanks for the tip! My usual method is to hold the cigar with the very tip of my fingers and keep smoking until I burn my fingers and possibly get a blister. Then, I voice an expletive and drop the cigar.

[nKostyan]

With Nub (short big RG cigar or real nub) never had a problem, big RG to hold comfortably with your fingers.

Thinner formats: mouthpiece, toothpick

 

 

 

[Islandboy]

This is me, most evenings, with my Perfectdraw tool. Rarely used for anything else, but perfect for the nightly nub. 

[Chibearsv]

10 hours ago, IanMcLean68 said:

Thanks for the tip! My usual method is to hold the cigar with the very tip of my fingers and keep smoking until I burn my fingers and possibly get a blister. Then, I voice an expletive and drop the cigar.

Yes, your method is the correct one except for the tiny detail of when dropped, it must be dropped into your lap followed by jump-jump, pat-pat,  #$@%!   #$@%! 

[La_Tigre]

I pinch and do the same thing using the wrapper.

Let’s be honest; I’m not gonna have a proper tool to use and will otherwise try to make use of an acorn, blades of grass, a water spigot, a feral cat or any other useless item in my line of sight. ? 

[Str8BlkCoffee]

I use my PerfecDraw. I have been known to use two keys like we did back in the day...?

[Smokecigareveryday]

pinch

[Smalls]

I actually use a stingray barb.  It has serrations so it holds the nub securely.  It's also not bad as a draw tool.  It's fairly flat, and the serrations act similarly to a perfect draw.  I'm sure it isn't nearly as efficient, but it has worked well for me.  The main drawback is that it tapers so you can't insert it nearly as far as you can a regular draw tool.  

[MigsG]

On 5/6/2020 at 11:32 PM, Islandboy said:

This is me, most evenings, with my Perfectdraw tool. Rarely used for anything else, but perfect for the nightly nub. 

The nightly nub? Man, you must be smoking really great cigars! ?

[Islandboy]

45 minutes ago, MigsG said:

The nightly nub? Man, you must be smoking really great cigars! ?

Considering the source of most of my collection, I am. ?

Duds show up occasionally, but life’s too short to soldier through a bad cigar. They get replaced quickly. 

[The Squiggler]

On 5/9/2020 at 7:06 PM, Smalls said:

I actually use a stingray barb.  It has serrations so it holds the nub securely.  It's also not bad as a draw tool.  It's fairly flat, and the serrations act similarly to a perfect draw.  I'm sure it isn't nearly as efficient, but it has worked well for me.  The main drawback is that it tapers so you can't insert it nearly as far as you can a regular draw tool.  

totally bad@ss ?

[OZCUBAN]

Could do with a tool of some sort have had a few of these of late. happy nubbing one and all 

[Meklown]

Stick it in a pipe

[StogieSteve23]

All depends on how hot the cigar gets. If I can nub it in my fingers I'll just do that. If not, PerfectDraw. I like the band tip from @The Squiggler though.  Might have to give that a try! 

[JR Kipling]

I’ve been using something new lately. It’s a miniature pair of vise grips that I bought as part of a set from Harbor Freight Tools several years ago, There’s a screw adjustment that I can set perfectly to hold the cigar without overly squeezing it. It’s about 4 inches long overall, so isn’t too bulky to use. But there’s enough metal in it to absorb heat so your lips don’t get scorched as the cigar burns to the end.

[Chibearsv]

Some of you guys aren't nubbing your cigars, you're roaching them.  If I can't hold on to it anymore, I'm either done or it's time to fire up a new one.  Is there really enough good flavor in any cigar to worry about getting into that last 1/2 inch?

[throberto]

Perfecdraw all the way. I use it more for that than its intended purpose.

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[crasmith]

Yep!

4 hours ago, throberto said:

Perfecdraw all the way. I use it more for that than its intended purpose.

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[JR Kipling]

Another big fan of the PerfecDraw, though I’m needing it less since bringing down RH on my cigars. I don’t use it as a nubber very often.

[Habana Mike]

Martini olive pick

[Sancho Panza]

Grind up for pipe tobacco.

[shadowACE]

I rarely smoke a cigar past the band. I find the flavors get too washed out at that point. A friend of mine, however, will smoke it down to the shoulder if it stays lit. He just holds it in between the blades of a cheap guillotine cutter. Seems to work well for his purposes.

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[BellevilleMXZ]

Modus ....works great! It does have a have an barbed poker on other end similar to PerfecDraw, but  PerfecDraw  works a little better.

[BellevilleMXZ]