Nasty Nub

I received my Montecristo punch not long ago and noticed it was much larger than the one on my cheap lighter. Not a bad thing, but wouldn't work on small gauge sticks. It worked quite well on a 50 ring not long ago, but this time it seemed to have torn the wrapper a bit. Oh well, right? Later I noticed this:

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This had been over humidified at about 73%, but at 70% for about a week. Not sure if I was just a bit of a barbarian or it if the moisture made any difference, but the gauge of the punch is a bit big I'd venture to say (being a bit naive here). Maybe I'm just not quite refined enough yet...

It did smoke well and I ingested no tobacco so it's all cosmetic. And I'm more for function than form I guess unless we are talking Backwoods (yes I've smoked them a few times, but I don't usually talk about that anymore!).

And yes there is a bit of slober as I was watering the grass, as well as a bit of bite on it.

It may have as much to do with the biting and slobbering. I find this happens to me when I'm clenching while doing other things, such as working in the yard. I tend to salivate /drool more then, especially when I'm stooped over and the smoke gets in my face. I like your attitude of function over form. Smoking a cigar isn't a beauty contest!

Dadgum! And here I've been trying to look good while puffing! Ok, maybe not that much... It would be hard to make me look good while watering the lawn.

Yeah, biting and slobbering will do that. I find that certain sticks for some reason make me salivate more than others, with an affect accordingly on the nub.

I see some people end up with nubs like that more often than others, though. I think it's just how some end up puffing on sticks :)

Yeah I don't try and punch the small ring gauges.

Straight cut for the smaller ones, punch for 50 RG and over.

And don't be ashamed of a Backwoods. I still pick them up when going to deer camp. I'm not going to breat out a $8-$10 stick around a campfire when I'm inebriated anyway and wouldn't enjoy it to the fullest.

I think wrestling with the hose at times inadvertently caused me to chomp on it a bit. My nubs don't usually look like that.

Being cosmetic I'm not too concerned. Just glad I wasn't eating tobacco!

I must say I wouldn't use that large diameter punch on anything smaller than a 50 ring! I'm curious and so I guess I'll measure then one of these days.

Maybe I need a wooden tip on my grass watering sticks...

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Smoking ribs doesn't have quite the bite it seems...

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Originally Posted by rodwha

I received my Montecristo punch not long ago and noticed it was much larger than the one on my cheap lighter. Not a bad thing, but wouldn't work on small gauge sticks. It worked quite well on a 50 ring not long ago, but this time it seemed to have torn the wrapper a bit. Oh well, right? Later I noticed this:

http://i62.tinypic.com/2s7t4pu.jpg

This had been over humidified at about 73%, but at 70% for about a week. Not sure if I was just a bit of a barbarian or it if the moisture made any difference, but the gauge of the punch is a bit big I'd venture to say (being a bit naive here). Maybe I'm just not quite refined enough yet...

It did smoke well and I ingested no tobacco so it's all cosmetic. And I'm more for function than form I guess unless we are talking Backwoods (yes I've smoked them a few times, but I don't usually talk about that anymore!).

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They should rename the punch to a twist. Twisting the punch works much better than pushing it in...

Thanks for the tip! I'll try that next time (tomorrow as I'll be mowing again).

Twisting worked well this time. Thanks again!