03-05-2008, 03:05 PM
As I was cruising thru some of the threads here at SC that I don't really check as regularly as some of the others, something clicked in my head. It was a post from MikeD in the Habanos area:
And, as MikeD mentions, you don't smoke the bands, silly.
WHY NOT?
Why don't you smoke the bands?
The answer is simple...the bands are made of paper and would stink when on fire...
But what, I ask, what if the bands weren't made of paper?
Fuente does some pretty fancy things with their limited edition cigars:
(Image borroed from Moki @ vitolas.net)
http://www.vitolas.net/displayimage.php?pos=-1029
And let's not forget CAO and their intricate decorations....
Finally, anyone recall the TINY and intricate and perfect little etching on Oliva's MB2?
So my idea is a simle one:
CARVE THE BRAND OR CIGAR NAME DIRECTLY ON THE CIGAR, IN TOBACCO!
Let the smoker burn right on through.
It's something nobody is doing, and would catch the eye of even FOG cigar smokers.
And nobody is gonna counterfeit it.
Sam, are you paying attention? THIS is how you should mark your NUBs.
In trade for this innovative idea that will certainly propel your new cigar into the front pages of websites and magazines everywhere, not to mention your exploding bankroll that will most certainly result from the huge sales, all I ask for is a "JoeBob" cap and a NUB Cameroon (or two).
MikeD Wrote:I started wondering why the heck they have bands anyway. Can't you advertise and identify your cigars on the box itself? I guess when you're dealing in singles, nope you can't. We need a way to identify different cigars, and a band is the way to do it.Stands and Looks Back Wrote:i've never had the opportunity to try one, but something about the band makes them soooooo pretty lookingTrue...but you don't smoke the bands, silly
And, as MikeD mentions, you don't smoke the bands, silly.
WHY NOT?
Why don't you smoke the bands?
The answer is simple...the bands are made of paper and would stink when on fire...
But what, I ask, what if the bands weren't made of paper?
Fuente does some pretty fancy things with their limited edition cigars:
(Image borroed from Moki @ vitolas.net)
http://www.vitolas.net/displayimage.php?pos=-1029
And let's not forget CAO and their intricate decorations....
Finally, anyone recall the TINY and intricate and perfect little etching on Oliva's MB2?
So my idea is a simle one:
CARVE THE BRAND OR CIGAR NAME DIRECTLY ON THE CIGAR, IN TOBACCO!
Let the smoker burn right on through.
It's something nobody is doing, and would catch the eye of even FOG cigar smokers.
And nobody is gonna counterfeit it.
Sam, are you paying attention? THIS is how you should mark your NUBs.
In trade for this innovative idea that will certainly propel your new cigar into the front pages of websites and magazines everywhere, not to mention your exploding bankroll that will most certainly result from the huge sales, all I ask for is a "JoeBob" cap and a NUB Cameroon (or two).