The good, The Bad and The Ugly Cigar

[ValeTudoGuy]

Just watched the above film for the first time since the cigar interest bit me. Throughout the movie Clint smokes long thin cigars which are so long he cuts them into sections and pockets what he's not smoking for later.
Is this a true practice, or is it complete dramatisation?

Google search suggests the stogies were Virginians, but when I search that name nothing comes up.

At a complete guess I would estimate that they are somewhere between a Lonsdale and a Panatella in gauge but much longer before he cuts them. Is this the way cigars were sold in the olden days, was the customer expected to cut them theirselves? Are any cigars still sold that fit this archetype?

[butternutsquashpie]

Good question, Senor Herr Monsieur Guy!
The answer is a sure as day: no. Do not do that with any cigar that comes with a band. The master blenders make sure the tobacco is fermented accordingly and nicely packed so that it burns a specific way but also so that the burn affects the cigar as a whole in a specific manner. The pleasant smoke that erupts when the cigar is lit doesn't just get blown out the foot and into mother nature's nostrils. Rather, most of it is brought out through the chambers of the cigar itself and flavours the unburnt tobacco with the smoke (reason why a half lit cigar stinks up the place soooo much as it releases the smoke into your room, bag, carpet, table, etc) so that when that part of the cigar is smoked, it releases even more aromas to be picked up by not only your mouth, but the cigar as well. That run-on sentence up there is the reason why master blenders exist. They're the ones who know how the cigar will develop when more and more smoke is being taken on.
To cut a small part of the cigar off is to restrict the rest of the cigar from various aromas that it was meant to pick up PRIOR to being lit and thus changing the ENTIRE cigar experience. No one would dare publish a review if even a cm was cut off the cigar.. This includes when the cigar goes out half way and you have the urge to cut it. That's even looked down upon most of the time.

Are any cigars still sold that fit this archetype?

Not that i know of. Any of you blokes wanna chip in? Preferably ones who've been around the track a couple of times? Personally, i wouldn't mind cutting the CAO Double Corona in half and smoking that thing. I don't care who it disrespects, that cigar disrespected me!

[cj121]

As a side note, I watched a YouTube video review for a xikar cutter recently, where the guy demonstrated the efficiency by lopping a cigar in two, mid-length and said it could be used when "you have really long cigars and want to get two or three shorter ones" wtf

[Sligub]

http://www.mysmokingshop.co.uk/index2.php?mod=category&man=448&cat=106

Toscano cigars are designed to be cut in half.

The cigars he smoked were probably Marsh Wheelings, in his other films he smoked Parodi and other italian smokes. As to cutting other cigars in half, I know people that do it and while not ideal its not the end of the world.

[Puff Scotty]

Clint Eastwood first smoked cigars in a Fist Full of Dollars..
They were a virginia blend which he gave no name to..they were bought by him as a prop on his way to the film set.
He did not smoke other than when in character..

http://www.npr.org/2008/12/12/98181005/eastwoods-veteran-turn-in-gran-torino

[Maxsi]

Loved the trilogy, a little too much ......
'22 ....22 ....?'
'its ok, old man, was having trouble with my numbers, but its ok now'

[Simon Bolivar]

I have read previously that Clint reduced the size of his panatelas so with several takes ect & fiming some takes before others in the flims natural order, it wouldn't apear that he had a short cigar & a few moments later it had got larger.

[senor_robusto]

here's a 'wiki' link that gives a good idea:

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_cigars_did_Clint_eastwood_smoke_in_the_good_the_bad_and_the_ugly

http://www.puff.com/forums/vb/general-cigar-discussion/15594-clint-eastwood-cigars.html

http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/index.php?topic=2212.0

alex

[Puff Scotty]

That's why I put this link in Alex...from the horses mouth as such..his own words in interview..

http://www.npr.org/2008/12/12/981810...in-gran-torino

I wouldn't be brave enough to call Clint a fibber....

[senor_robusto]

That's why I put this link in Alex...from the horses mouth as such..his own words in interview..

http://www.npr.org/2008/12/12/981810...in-gran-torino

I wouldn't be brave enough to call Clint a fibber....

sorry dave, i never noticed that link!!

[Puff Scotty]

sorry dave, i never noticed that link!!

my fault entirely Alex, for not highlighting the link properly...it does look more like a signature rather than a link...

[fordi]

Good question, Senor Herr Monsieur Guy!
The answer is a sure as day: no. Do not do that with any cigar that comes with a band. The master blenders make sure the tobacco is fermented accordingly and nicely packed so that it burns a specific way but also so that the burn affects the cigar as a whole in a specific manner. The pleasant smoke that erupts when the cigar is lit doesn't just get blown out the foot and into mother nature's nostrils. Rather, most of it is brought out through the chambers of the cigar itself and flavours the unburnt tobacco with the smoke (reason why a half lit cigar stinks up the place soooo much as it releases the smoke into your room, bag, carpet, table, etc) so that when that part of the cigar is smoked, it releases even more aromas to be picked up by not only your mouth, but the cigar as well. That run-on sentence up there is the reason why master blenders exist. They're the ones who know how the cigar will develop when more and more smoke is being taken on.
To cut a small part of the cigar off is to restrict the rest of the cigar from various aromas that it was meant to pick up PRIOR to being lit and thus changing the ENTIRE cigar experience. No one would dare publish a review if even a cm was cut off the cigar.. This includes when the cigar goes out half way and you have the urge to cut it. That's even looked down upon most of the time.



Not that i know of. Any of you blokes wanna chip in? Preferably ones who've been around the track a couple of times? Personally, i wouldn't mind cutting the CAO Double Corona in half and smoking that thing. I don't care who it disrespects, that cigar disrespected me!

Jeremy I wish you lived in Sheffield fella.

EDIT: I wouldn't mind Canada thinking about UK weather!


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[butternutsquashpie]

Jeremy I wish you lived in Sheffield fella.

Love the weather here? come down! I've got a few Canadian REs with your name on them

[TJCoro]

Gran Torino...Love that movie, se?or puff-n-stuff!

El Perro

[TonyN]

Always thought he smoked the italian toscani cigars curiosity got the better of me so looked it up and i was right.


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