Royal jamaica

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anyone know anything about these=
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330513970725&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:GB:1123

1 cigar comes with the box doubt its been kept in a humi will it still be ok

[Puff Scotty]

Sorry SG saw your post too late to comment...:smile:

[shooting-glasses]

Sorry SG saw your post too late to comment...:smile:

not Necessarily i won if it turns out to be pants atleast i have an antique looking
cigar travel case lol (http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.com%2Fdictionary%2Fnecessarily&rct=j&q=necessarily&ei=EqsnTZ38GY20hAeRyIzxAQ&usg=AFQjCNG8khNo3ufjIXyKYwLlF2_4PtbkHw&cad=rja)

[Simon Bolivar]

I was given a box of these Jamaican last year from a friend who had been there on hols.
I am not a fair judge to go by as I haven't really found any NC's I really enjoy but I found recorded this (which was in good condition), 'good amount of smoke, bitter after taste, left a large third'. Gave it only 70points.
Still I would have gone for the box too, looks interesting & useful.
With the weather in the background this shot could have been taken this January but it was last January.

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or any january thats the case!
tbh its only one cigar so not to bothered
the case looks handy

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this arrived today does anyone have any info on this ,age etc
on the box royal jamaica directors choice made from cedar by the smell .
sticker on the box has a map of jamaica with cornwall/middlesex/surrey could this be from when us british were there,maybe an idea to age ?
the single cigar is wrapped in old felty type paper the cigar feels a bit too spongy to moist .
how should i keep this will this come back to life if i place in my humidor ?

i like the box will make a handy antique travel case for 3 cigars ,should i also keep this in hummi to keep it at the correct RH?

[JimJamYaHa]

Reminds me of a KDT wrapped in rice paper.I think it would be an idea to take paper off and inspect the cigar if you haven't already and let us know how it smokes

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had a peek and it looks in good condition was a bit moist so needs some time in hummi before smokeing

[Puff Scotty]

No worries there SG the paper has no effect on the cigar whatsoever.. except to collectors..:smile: bit worried about the moist though - in comparison to what?

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no worrys now what i meant was it seemed to have a bit more pinch but since its been in humi it now has just the right give when squeezed , im dieing to smoke this but if its old i may hang onto it,dont really want to smoke it if its the last of a few made.
if its readily availabe no worrys about lighting it up was hopeing someone on here knew a bit more about these ,from what i have found on google seems these were produced in jamaica for the uk during the war if its one of these i may hang onto it but if its post war it can go up in smoke lol

[shooting-glasses]

finally gave in and smoked it
started of nice but halfway through it all went wrong and tasted like i was smokeing an ashtray full of bleach .
nice cigar holder to keep though lol

[patrickspark]

I was given a box of these Jamaican last year from a friend who had been there on hols.
I am not a fair judge to go by as I haven't really found any NC's I really enjoy but I found recorded this (which was in good condition), 'good amount of smoke, bitter after taste, left a large third'. Gave it only 70points.
Still I would have gone for the box too, looks interesting & useful.
With the weather in the background this shot could have been taken this January but it was last January.

i dont know about the cigar but you look rather dashing in that photo Simon !

[tippexx]

i dont know about the cigar but you look rather dashing in that photo Simon !


More like a Sicilian assassin pondering a hit you mean!

[Puff Scotty]

i dont know about the cigar but you look rather dashing in that photo Simon !

I would have said 'Lurking' rather than 'dashing'. :biggrin1: