So your a collector, now what?

[cohibaIV]

I myself will age what I can and keep my cigars for as long as I can....BUT! They are for smoking, and at some point in there life or mine, WILL be smoked.....

That's why I don't buy the fancy, expensive collectors boxes with a few great cigars in... I want to smoke them...

[Boss Hog]

Being a collector by nature, I find it hard to stop buying them. I know I will aquire more than I will ever be able to smoke, but part of my cigar enjoyment is finding them and collecting them

My wife is instructed to contact you Mark if anything happens to me lol

Thanks, I'll take good care of those nub holders for you. She can keep the cigars!

[Lee Nub]

Being a collector by nature, I find it hard to stop buying them. I know I will aquire more than I will ever be able to smoke, but part of my cigar enjoyment is finding them and collecting them

My wife is instructed to contact you Mark if anything happens to me lol

[jdawg]

Damn, I need me one of those mexican cabinets!!!

I am certainly at the point where I have more cigars than I could possibly smoke in a lifetime. I seriously need a cabinet or a walk-in. I have a spare bedroom in my finished basement that I am seriously thinking of converting into a walk-in.

[TJCoro]

A Nice Hobby!

First....get yourself a big box (see attached).

Next, save the last two puros from each box, label them with date, factory code, etc., and put them away for aging.

TJ has been doing this for some time and currently has about 100 puros in aging - the oldest being a 2002 bolivar royal corona.

[Cigar-aficionado]

Sometimes bought boxes to store and age and then decided a few years down the line that they will never get smoked so have sold them on to finance something else that I will smoke...very rarely lose money on aged cigars

[crslaytor]

well in that case you can always put me and some other young newbie in your will

I have got a few, nothing that special, but the whole idea makes me wanna enjoy them when the time comes...
for example I have smoked a few (well, about 12) esplendidos last week on my brother's birthday (here is the moment to say the event lasted about 3days hehe)
and my birthday is coming in May, so I am not gonna be able to save anything that much
That's why we are emptying our wallets from time to time!

[tippexx]

No answer to that one Boss. Well, not unless you've calculated your daily 'gar requirement, picked a date to do a sideways and aren't gonna want to try out any new 'gars in the meantime.

Some things maybe are best left unknown!

[Boss Hog]

Most people on here including myself may have a number of cigars kept by for special occasions or because they just want to collect and keep them.
Then what?
Do you then just keep them and hope they age well? do you decide a date when your going to smoke them?
If not there must be a point at which you have to smoke them before you die and someone else comes along and smokes your prize collection and stubs it out because they cant appreciate it.

There must a point where you reach a critical mass and have more cigars than you could ever smoke?