How to smoke a torpedo?

[zmdegeor]

I recently decided to try a torpedo at a shop that I smoke at regularly and was not that impressed with it. It was an Ashton and I had smoked many other cigars of the same brand and was expecting more of the same good results but was left dissapointed. The main thing that I look for in a cigar is draw and resistence, and this was had a very high resistance with very little draw. I tried cutting the tip a little farther but it didn't help much.

Me and my friend were having a few of his cigars tonight and he decided to try a torpedo that he had and he had alot of the same problems. He was having to fight the cigar and was not getting much smoke.

Just wondering if theres a trick to torpedo's or something that I just don't know.

Thanks.

[Bigwaved]

Hmmm. If you attempted to increase the opening by cutting it further, it sounds like they may have been tight/plugged or maybe even a little too wet. Did you try to use some sort of unplugging technique like feeling for stiffness and gently rolling that spot in your fingers or a draw tool?

[Bridges]

I recently decided to try a torpedo at a shop that I smoke at regularly and was not that impressed with it. It was an Ashton and I had smoked many other cigars of the same brand and was expecting more of the same good results but was left dissapointed. The main thing that I look for in a cigar is draw and resistence, and this was had a very high resistance with very little draw. I tried cutting the tip a little farther but it didn't help much.

Me and my friend were having a few of his cigars tonight and he decided to try a torpedo that he had and he had alot of the same problems. He was having to fight the cigar and was not getting much smoke.

Just wondering if theres a trick to torpedo's or something that I just don't know.

Thanks.

Don't know if there's a trick? I started on torpedos and have been fine. Keep trying is all the advice I can give you. :cb

[Tour De Cigar]

no trick to it.. you did right by cutting more down to get better result.. like what was mention above it probably just was a tight rolled cigar/plugged up.. sorry for the bad experince especially :ss :ss

[longknocker]

no trick to it.. you did right by cutting more down to get better result.. like what was mention above it probably just was a tight rolled cigar/plugged up.. sorry for the bad experince especially :ss :ss

If you have a plugged cigar, you need a Henry's tool. See www.heartfeltindustries.com (http://www.heartfeltindustries.com)

[mustang1]

Cutting a torp takes some practice to do properly. If the draw's tight, cut more. If you cut too much the wrapper might start to come off. Some cigars are just tight. Use a tool (I use a bar-b-que skewer), live with it or toss it. Smoking stogies is supposed to be a relaxing thing, you should'nt have to work at it. IMHO.:ss

[JMAC]

Someone in a recent thread suggested cutting torps at an angle.

I tried it this weekend and it worked beautifully - you will get A LOT of smoke this way. :tu

[zmancbr]

Usually when I have an issue with a tight draw on a torp I cut some more off. I smoked one this last fri and cut a bit off it smoked great. About half way through it became tigher and had a bit of tar build up so I clipped it a bit more and worked great down to the last inch!!:tu

[mostholycerebus]

Whenever I smoke a torp I end up cutting so much off I might as well have bought a Toro-size. The draw just seems too tight if I don't.

[gnukfu]

Someone in a recent thread suggested cutting torps at an angle.

I tried it this weekend and it worked beautifully - you will get A LOT of smoke this way. :tu


I cut everything at an angle 50% of the time - I must be deficient in some vitamin or something. :D