Questions You Thought Too Stupid To Ask

[Cameradude]

I'd say 95% of the time, after my first ash drops, my cigar burn line goes awry. Doesn't matter if I let the ash drop naturally, or if i tap the ash in my tray. One side of the cigar goes ape shit and burns down one side and not the other. But before the ash falls, it's razor sharp. The rest of the cigar I seem to be having to do maintenance on the burn line to keep things nice and even. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal and I am just paranoid about an even cigar burn line?

[Cardinal]

I'd say 95% of the time, after my first ash drops, my cigar burn line goes awry. Doesn't matter if I let the ash drop naturally, or if i tap the ash in my tray. One side of the cigar goes ape shit and burns down one side and not the other. But before the ash falls, it's razor sharp. The rest of the cigar I seem to be having to do maintenance on the burn line to keep things nice and even. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal and I am just paranoid about an even cigar burn line?

I like a straight burn too. First, I try to let the ash fall naturally, or with a tiny tap when I can tell it's about to go. I also habitually give a little purge (blow out rather than sucking smoke in) after the ash falls, which heats up the cherry and tends to keep the edges of the wrapper lit. YMMV.

[MataFina]

What I have recently started playing with is to adjust my puff (is that a 4 letter word now?). as soon as the ash fall, whether it's on the ashtray or my lap, I'll take a long and slow "draw" to make sure the amber lights up the binder and wrapper edges, seems to be working so far.

I'd say 95% of the time, after my first ash drops, my cigar burn line goes awry. Doesn't matter if I let the ash drop naturally, or if i tap the ash in my tray. One side of the cigar goes ape shit and burns down one side and not the other. But before the ash falls, it's razor sharp. The rest of the cigar I seem to be having to do maintenance on the burn line to keep things nice and even. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal and I am just paranoid about an even cigar burn line?

[garublador]

What I have recently started playing with is to adjust my puff (is that a 4 letter word now?). as soon as the ash fall, whether it's on the ashtray or my lap, I'll take a long and slow "draw" to make sure the amber lights up the binder and wrapper edges, seems to be working so far.

I've had similar problems and that's a really good idea. I've been consciously trying to adjust my puff technique to help my cigars burn better and that's a nice trick to add to my arsenal.

Another observation I had is that the cigar that has burned the best for me also seemed to be packed pretty tight (CAO MX2). That may be worth noting when you smoke a cigar to try to guess how it will burn and what sort of attention it will need.

[DarkKnight]

I haven't been smoking cigars that long, but what I've found is the rh used to play havoc on my burn. I started off maintaining my humidor at 70rh and had constant relights, and uneven burn lines. Once I dropped it down to ~65rh, the relights are rare, and my burn lines across different brands have been MUCH better. Of course, YMMV.

I'd say 95% of the time, after my first ash drops, my cigar burn line goes awry. Doesn't matter if I let the ash drop naturally, or if i tap the ash in my tray. One side of the cigar goes ape shit and burns down one side and not the other. But before the ash falls, it's razor sharp. The rest of the cigar I seem to be having to do maintenance on the burn line to keep things nice and even. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal and I am just paranoid about an even cigar burn line?

[Kookla]

I'd say 95% of the time, after my first ash drops, my cigar burn line goes awry. Doesn't matter if I let the ash drop naturally, or if i tap the ash in my tray. One side of the cigar goes ape shit and burns down one side and not the other. But before the ash falls, it's razor sharp. The rest of the cigar I seem to be having to do maintenance on the burn line to keep things nice and even. Am I doing something wrong? Is this normal and I am just paranoid about an even cigar burn line?

I find rotating cigar a bit after every puff helps a lot to keep the burn line sharp. I also do fancy an even burn line

Thank you for bringing this post over @HerfNTurf!!!

[allusred]

I find rotating cigar a bit after every puff helps a lot to keep the burn line sharp. I also do fancy an even burn line

Thank you for bringing this post over @HerfNTurf!!!

Some will self correct, the razor sharp/even burn line always nice, smoked my first Quesada Reserva Privada 4.75x52 size, when the burn line wavered it self corrected quickly,looked like a little pin point dot of fire circled around the cigar.A nice touch likely indicative of good construction, tho it could just as well been a little LSD like effect triggered in the smoker,did look nice.Might not have noticed if I'd not been concentrating on trying to pick up flavours .