hydro-terp
Member
Been lurking for a few months and decided to register and say hi.
First off I want to send out a thank you to all here as Ive gotten a lot of good info during my lurking. Beads, retailers, humidor general knowledge etc.
I started a few years ago with H Upmann corono majors in tubes. Now my favorite list is topped by LGC wavell maduros, Partagas black label maximos, Onyx, HDM Ex No.1, and some AF's. I'm more of a $5 or less kind of guy. Robustos are my fav size also.
About a year and a half ago I got tired of having stuff dry up on me and bought a humi from Thompson. I got frustated with the humidification system it came with and lurked here and ended buying some 65% beads from Vern. Best money I ever spent. At some point I may add a coolidor for more capacity.
And for my first general info contribution....I was looking at Thompsons July catalog on the web (page 45) and I noticed they have a 3 pack of Xikar cutters for $65. They also list a two pack I believe for $50 where you can either get the regular cutter or the multi tool or a combo of the two. I know Thompson has a dubious rep but its still a pretty good deal on Xikar cutters.
I purchased Cigars for Idiots not long ago and it has a ratings form for sticks. I duped it into an Excel sheet. I keep a small three ring binder I like to call my little black book. It helps me keep straight my general opinion of sticks as I smoke them. If anyone would like it I'll e-mail it to them. Its kind of cool.
Thats pretty much it.
Russell
First off I want to send out a thank you to all here as Ive gotten a lot of good info during my lurking. Beads, retailers, humidor general knowledge etc.
I started a few years ago with H Upmann corono majors in tubes. Now my favorite list is topped by LGC wavell maduros, Partagas black label maximos, Onyx, HDM Ex No.1, and some AF's. I'm more of a $5 or less kind of guy. Robustos are my fav size also.
About a year and a half ago I got tired of having stuff dry up on me and bought a humi from Thompson. I got frustated with the humidification system it came with and lurked here and ended buying some 65% beads from Vern. Best money I ever spent. At some point I may add a coolidor for more capacity.
And for my first general info contribution....I was looking at Thompsons July catalog on the web (page 45) and I noticed they have a 3 pack of Xikar cutters for $65. They also list a two pack I believe for $50 where you can either get the regular cutter or the multi tool or a combo of the two. I know Thompson has a dubious rep but its still a pretty good deal on Xikar cutters.
I purchased Cigars for Idiots not long ago and it has a ratings form for sticks. I duped it into an Excel sheet. I keep a small three ring binder I like to call my little black book. It helps me keep straight my general opinion of sticks as I smoke them. If anyone would like it I'll e-mail it to them. Its kind of cool.
Thats pretty much it.
Russell