Opus X Storage / Aging question.

Do you store your opus x with cello on or off

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budkole

Young Ape
Just curious to see how many people who by the opus x actually leave the cello on or take it off. I myself take the cello off and store them in a very well built cedar cigar box. Inside the humidor of course.
 
DonnieW said:
Points for evolution of a tired discussion. :tu
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As Jerry would say: "Good luck with all that."

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The reason that i ask, is because some of us have different reasons for buying the opus. Some buy it to smoke, others buy it to sell to someone else at a higher price. So. if you dont want to to contribute to the conversation, then dont, but dont be a smarta@# about it.
 
budkole said:
The reason that i ask, is because some of us have different reasons for buying the opus. Some buy it to smoke, others buy it to sell to someone else at a higher price. So. if you dont want to to contribute to the conversation, then dont, but dont be a smarta@# about it.
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Given Opus and it's elusiveness (and price) I believe this has much more legitimacy than the usual cello questions.
 
budkole said:
The reason that i ask, is because some of us have different reasons for buying the opus. Some buy it to smoke, others buy it to sell to someone else at a higher price. So. if you dont want to to contribute to the conversation, then dont, but dont be a smarta@# about it.
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He is not being a smart-ass, as you put it. If you use the search tool at the top of the page, you will find many threads that discuss the topics of storing cigars with and without leaving the cello on it. And as the way of the Jungle here, trying to turn a buck on another Gorilla isn't a normal practice.

-Mike
 
Mikepd said:
He is not being a smart-ass, as you put it. If you use the search tool at the top of the page, you will find many threads that discuss the topics of storing cigars with and without leaving the cello on it. And as the way of the Jungle here, trying to turn a buck on another Gorilla isn't a normal practice.

-Mike
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The question is about a certain cigar, not all cigars in general.
 
budkole said:
The question is about a certain cigar, not all cigars in general.
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Seeing you're talking about a specific cigar, tell us why you store yours without the cello. Have you noticed the Opus X's benefit moreso without the cello wrap. Kidding aside, I personally find there are a few sticks that benefit from being taken out of the cello - some because they seemed to plume faster than ones with the cello on. That's not the case for all cigars, but specific ones I have in my cab.
 
budkole said:
The reason that i ask, is because some of us have different reasons for buying the opus. Some buy it to smoke, others buy it to sell to someone else at a higher price. So. if you dont want to to contribute to the conversation, then dont, but dont be a smarta@# about it.
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So whether you want to smoke it or sell it decides on how you store it? :confused: :confused:

BTW I store mine the way I receive them
 
You can always tell when a recent shipment of OpusX arrives. :r :ss

OK, I am going to take this question seriously, I prefer to leave the cello on for OpusX. When I first started, I took everything out of the cello, so I have a 100ct desktop that has singles from 2006 all without the cello (just a couple of opusX in there).

The opusX wrapper gets very oily as it ages. So the opusX are often sticky and have actually discolored the bottom of the humidor a little. You can see little balls of oil on the wrapper.

For this reason, for the couple of opusX I have aging, I have them in the cello in a separate box of just opusX. Even in the cello, you can still feel the oils. The cello is actually sticky as well.
 
montecristo#2 said:
You can always tell when a recent shipment of OpusX arrives. :r :ss

OK, I am going to take this question seriously, I prefer to leave the cello on for OpusX. When I first started, I took everything out of the cello, so I have a 100ct desktop that has singles from 2006 all without the cello (just a couple of opusX in there).

The opusX wrapper gets very oily as it ages. So the opusX are often sticky and have actually discolored the bottom of the humidor a little. You can see little balls of oil on the wrapper.

For this reason, for the couple of opusX I have aging, I have them in the cello in a separate box of just opusX. Even in the cello, you can still feel the oils. The cello is actually sticky as well.
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Now that's a very good point around a specific cigar. I did not know that about Opus X's.

"WTB: Discarded Opus X wrappers" :r
 
madurolover said:
So whether you want to smoke it or sell it decides on how you store it? :confused: :confused:
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example...if you (by you, i mean anyone) were buying one from someone and it didnt have the cello on, you may be more prone not to buy it because you may not trust the way it was stored, ie in the correct environment.
 
I leave my cello half on. That way I when I smoke I can taste the difference between the first half and the second half.


Ok not really but I wanted to post an original answer to the question.
 
DonnieW said:
Seeing you're talking about a specific cigar, tell us why you store yours without the cello. Have you noticed the Opus X's benefit moreso without the cello wrap. Kidding aside, I personally find there are a few sticks that benefit from being taken out of the cello - some because they seemed to plume faster than ones with the cello on. That's not the case for all cigars, but specific ones I have in my cab.
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I do find that they age better without the cello, more than others do.
 
budkole said:
example...if you (by you, i mean anyone) were buying one from someone and it didnt have the cello on, you may be more prone not to buy it because you may not trust the way it was stored, ie in the correct environment.
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Not necessarily, I mean I can store Opus in the cello in my nightstand drawer for the next 2 years and ones not in the cello can be in my humidor at 65%.
There are many people here who take the cello off their cigars and I would trust each of them to have taken excellent care of them. :2
 
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