What do you do with your Cigar bands?

[misterbulgarin]

I keep 95% of my bands , and stick them on my PC case in order of awesomeness, Im running out of space , and now that ill be ordering 200% more cigars, that space will soon run out.

What do you do with your bands? I was thinking of getting a large picture frame and sticking them on the wood, to make it more presentable. Kind of a work of art in itself.

Any other creative ways to display cigars bands?

[Seriesteve]

I keep most of mine, early days I used to write a wee note on the back of them in very small writing on how the Cigar was and when smoked, dont do that so often now.
Was always going to get a friend of mine who is very Arty, to do a Collage with them, something Cigar related

[Stevieboy]

I keep mine in a couple of glass vases...looks pretty nifty I think. One with only EL * Cohiba bands and the other with everything else


I keep 95% of my bands , and stick them on my PC case in order of awesomeness, Im running out of space , and now that ill be ordering 200% more cigars, that space will soon run out.

What do you do with your bands? I was thinking of getting a large picture frame and sticking them on the wood, to make it more presentable. Kind of a work of art in itself.

Any other creative ways to display cigars bands?

[TJCoro]

Actually, but don't tell anybody this...:spy:

...I carefully remove the bands and put them on cheap stogies that I sell to mexican vendors. Perhaps you seen some of my work? My trademark is the Glass-Top Box! :pound:

I'm just pulling your leg, mate. :laugh:

I save many of my bands and toss them in a vase that sits on my humidor. Not sure why I do this, but it's fun to quickly see the number a varities of puros enjoyed over the years.


:bandit: Names TJ, TJCoro, and as me pappy always said. "If it comes with a glass top, leave the shop!":41:

[Robusto]

I saw your big vase when you posted the pics of your humi a while back, TJ.

I keep all my old bands and tubes and shove them in a transparent dog-chew plastic jar in my cigar shack. It's filling up!

I smile at that jar a lot and feel very manly about my smoke triumphs. :cowboyic9:

[TJCoro]

I smile at that jar a lot and feel very manly about my smoke triumphs. :cowboyic9:


Yeah....what the:cowboyic9: UK Rapper said!

:bandit:

[TJCoro]

I saw your big vase when you posted the pics of your humi a while back, TJ. :cowboyic9:

So??? What's your point,:cowboyic9: big guy??? Trying to say I'm OVEREXPOSED??? :dontknow:

:bandit: Names TJ, TJCoro, and Iz posts 'em as Iz seez 'em!

[Robusto]

No. It's just good to collect pots.

[Big Al]

I throw them away.

[cohibaIV]

Bin them along with the nub...:rolleyes:

[Deano]

Currently have mine in the bottom drawer of the 'open side' of my double humi, but love the idea of a vase to keep 'em in. Will have to purchase me one. Or maybe a cigar jar of some sort - never see them on ebay though.

[Stevieboy]

Or maybe a cigar jar of some sort - never see them on ebay though.

The H Upmann jars come up now and again Dean but can go for over £50 depending on condition. I saw a Punch jar for the first time the other day...nice!!

[cohibaIV]

Internet geek is on the job Deano:hail:

[larrysputnik]

The Padrons come with two bands, one for the serial number, and I glue the serial number band to the bottom of the box they cam in. The other band goes into a bottle. I took the idea from somewhere one here, though I can't remember who deserves the credit. I put the red labels into a Jack Daniel's Single Barrel bottle, all gold labels go into an empty bottle of Macallan, blue and white labels go into an empty bottle of Crown Royal, and Black labels go into a different bottle of Crown Royal. I haven't figured out what to do with the rest. :mullet:

[cohibaIV]

The Padrons come with two bands, one for the serial number, and I glue the serial number band to the bottom of the box they cam in. The other band goes into a bottle. I took the idea from somewhere one here, though I can't remember who deserves the credit. I put the red labels into a Jack Daniel's Single Barrel bottle, all gold labels go into an empty bottle of Macallan, blue and white labels go into an empty bottle of Crown Royal, and Black labels go into a different bottle of Crown Royal. I haven't figured out what to do with the rest. :mullet:

Christ mate....You ARE a band collecting geek:hail:

:biggrin1:

[Deano]

The H Upmann jars come up now and again Dean but can go for over £50 depending on condition. I saw a Punch jar for the first time the other day...nice!!

If you see any let me know mate, ta

[cohibaIV]

If you see any let me know mate, ta

That's it now...Stevie will be up ALL NIGHT:pcguru::ranger:

[Lou3]

When I started, I bought a cigar tasting log that had a space for bands in each review section. For the first year or so, I logged every cigar I smoked and pasted in the band. After a while I didn't like wasting a slot on bad cigars, so now I log only smokes that I really like. Bands from everything else go in the trash.

[EvilNoodle]

I have an old A4 scrapbook that I am going to start putting them.

The plan is to break it up into sections for brands and glue a bunch of small ziplock bags into each one for different sizes/types to form a kind of collection. For the really awesome ones and first times I plan to glue them in directly on a page with some notes on when I smoked them, why and what I thought.

Dont know if it will be useful in recording what I like but after a while I am sure it will be both a nice reminder of past smokes and an awesome thing to leave on a coffee table in my flat :)

[TJCoro]

When I started, I bought a cigar tasting log that had a space for bands in each review section. For the first year or so, I logged every cigar I smoked and pasted in the band. After a while I didn't like wasting a slot on bad cigars, so now I log only smokes that I really like. Bands from everything else go in the trash.


:stupido:Keeping a log of you cigars and puros when you start out is a great way to learn and keep a record of brands and formats you like:thumb: and don't like.:eviltongue:

I did the the same the on a :typing:computer when I started out. Lot's of fun to go back now and see what I smoked and how I rated 'em.

Cheers!

:bandit: TJ

[cj121]

I took inspiration from other members on here and I keep mine in a glass vase I bought. Even my wife thinks it looks ok, which is a bonus.

However, someone's been busy
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On ebay if anyone is interested

[misterbulgarin]

Looks nice, howd you think they stick those on?

[Lascaux]

wow TJs cigar band pot looks like it belongs in one of those old school sweet shops,
TJ willy wonka, please can I have a golden cigar band? oh pleeease

[TJCoro]

wow TJs cigar band pot looks like it belongs in one of those old school sweet shops,
TJ willy wonka, please can I have a golden cigar band? oh pleeease


:pound:

Maybe when you reach 1,000 posts, chico! :849:

:bandit: TJ