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Football Cigar

bfreebern

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I was browsing around Cigar Family and found this little cigar. Very unique to say the least:

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Taken from this article on Cigar Aficionado:

The Football

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And here are some others :0


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The cigarsmakers of the Caribbean and Central America are artisits, working in the medium of tobacco, rather than clay, oils or stone. Turning leaves into masterpieces, such as these specially made (and commercially unavailable) Fuente Fuente OpusX and Arturo Fuente cigars, is something only the most gifted of rollers can hope to accomplish. These intriguing shapes are made with up to four wrapper leaves, from candela to maduro

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One of the most popular custom cigar shapes is the baseball bat, exemplified here by Tabacalera Tropical (far right, with maduro strips on the grip) and Arturo Fuente. The football was specially crafted by Fuente for gridiron star Dan Marino. Like every cigar in this feature, it can be smoked

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Some shapes are simply odd, like the bulbous Drew Estate Egg from Nicaragua (shown on the frame and in its box, containing a nest of tobacco), a custom pipe rolled by Tabacalera Tropical, and the commercially available Chisel from La Flor Dominicana, which presents a fresh way of crafting a figurado.

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Culebras begin as simple panetela cigars, but become art when twisted to take on their snakelike shape, whence they get their name. Clockwise, from top left, a Partagas from Cuba, a Davidoff and a La Flor Dominicana from the Dominican Republic, the last braided with a black maduro cigar, and a custom-made Arturo Fuente with its zebra stripes of various wrapper leaves.

All were taken from Cigar Aficionado. I like the ones in the last picture. They are so beautiful!!! http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Ar...22,1426,00.html
 
STOP TAUNTING ME WITH PICTURES OF THE FOOTBALL!!!!
 
I wonder how much the bands cost? You get no economy of scale when you only make 50 bands. Are these embossed too Moki?
 
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