Cigar construction

[Kickback]

83A9E48A-76D9-4974-A80B-A510692669DB.jpegAnyone else looks at the cigar foot to see how it’s been constructed?
can you tell how it’s been rolled or whether it will smoke well just by looking?

[ShaazK]

Wow.. I’ve never ever thought of this. I’m sure some of the resident experts here will shine a light on this and we’ll all be staring at the foot of our sticks for hours on end 🤣


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[PeeJay]

I do this all the time because I toast the foot before I cut it.

[Kickback]

I mean, can you tell by looking if it’s entubar, accordion, book or other bunching method?
if so what method was used to construct the cigar in my picture?

[Niela]

Would have to be rolled really bad to Spot a problem from the foot. But still always nice to look at for me.

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[Simon Bolivar]

Most plugs occur around the band area, can't really recall many at the foot, does happen & then it's loos tight, no space for air to flow & you have an impossible smoke right from the start.

[Kickback]

I was more thinking whether entubar could be identified from the foot.
However the foot of my last Bolivar looked fine but it’s absolutely plugged from head to mid cigar. Solid as a stick. It’s being dry boxed to see if I can get some air through it.

[Ditchboy81]

Is it more likely on a higher ring gauge stick? I haven’t had anything on the larger side but haven’t been unlucky enough to have one plug on me yet.

[Stratos]

I do this all the time because I toast the foot before I cut it.

any specific reason for doing this?

[Kickback]

I think it’s probably more likely on thinner ring gauges (lanceros) where they can be twisted when rolled, but also had problems with robusto and corona where they’ve simply rolled too tight (I.e. ring gauge supposed to be 50 but they’ve rolled it to 48).
I was surprised at the variation in ring gauge from a box of Monty 4 I got a couple of years ago. Could tell which ones were going to be a problem by looking.
Cuban quality control.

[simwells]

I think it’s probably more likely on thinner ring gauges (lanceros) where they can be twisted when rolled, but also had problems with robusto and corona where they’ve simply rolled too tight (I.e. ring gauge supposed to be 50 but they’ve rolled it to 48).
I was surprised at the variation in ring gauge from a box of Monty 4 I got a couple of years ago. Could tell which ones were going to be a problem by looking.
Cuban quality control.

Or Cuban Figurado’s particularly or anything made by Cuaba there’s always a fairly high chance of being plugged where the roller has tried to squeeze too much tobacco into the foot


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[ha_banos]

I do look at a cigar before lighting it up. They all look the same to me from the foot though. So none the wiser. Even a really t hard to the touch cigar can smoke well. Find this with PC size. So long as it feels even shopping the whole length. No guarantees though unfortunately. Don't see why most knots would be say near the band.

But on the whole for me issues are rare.

OP picture looks bunched and rolled?

[PeeJay]

any specific reason for doing this?

You don't suck the ignition fumes up through the cigar

[Kickback]

Looking at how rollers bunch the leaves, the band area seems to be where they place and hold the leaves also when ripping the ends off to place inside the cigar seems to coincide with a third the way down or up the cigar.
So maybe a combination of extra leaves at that point and possibly where it’s between the rollers two hands which could cause a slight twist (assuming not using a rolling machine).
Finally I cut my Bolivar PC in half today right where the main blockage was. I measured the ring gauge at the foot where it wasn’t blocked. It was 36. Where the blockage was the wrapper split until the tobacco had expanded to a size where it wasn’t too tight anymore and measured 42.
Looking at the correct ring gauge it should have been 42 all along. Seems that too much tobacco leaves had been added at the blockage and not enough at the other ends. The distribution of the leaves was not even across the cigar. It was then rolled to a 36 gauge throughout.
A really badly constructed cigar which should have been picked up by gauge checking and air flow checking, if those quality control checks are even done.

[Romeo Allones]

I've found the 4 40 size to be the least likely to have draw issues, esp among Cubans, over the larger sizes.