Questions You Thought Too Stupid To Ask

[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.