What do you do with your cigar labels?

Krieg

When I get done with my smoke, I usually like to keep the cigar labels and add them to my cigar dossier, with a short review and a rating system I like to use for each smoke. And it seems half the people I talk to don't really care about thier cigar labels (regardless if they liked the smoke or not). What do you do with your labels? Do you just throw them in a box, get rid of them or actually use for them for some other purpose, if so, what do you do?

Jetmech_63

At the moment i keep mine in a big jar if they are a good smoke, kind of a reminder to buy them again. If its a crap stick i throw it out. I've been saving them meaning to do what you are doing. Time hasnt been on my side lately though.

tshaw

Krieg:

When I get done with my smoke, I usually like to keep the cigar labels and add them to my cigar dossier, with a short review and a rating system I like to use for each smoke. And it seems half the people I talk to don't really care about thier cigar labels (regardless if they liked the smoke or not). What do you do with your labels? Do you just throw them in a box, get rid of them or actually use for them for some other purpose, if so, what do you do?

I do the same thing the first time i have a smoke good or bad, add it to the dossier and rate it myself, and i know i can trust it because the cigar companies dont advertise in my dossier

phobicsquirrel

tshaw:

Krieg:

When I get done with my smoke, I usually like to keep the cigar labels and add them to my cigar dossier, with a short review and a rating system I like to use for each smoke. And it seems half the people I talk to don't really care about thier cigar labels (regardless if they liked the smoke or not). What do you do with your labels? Do you just throw them in a box, get rid of them or actually use for them for some other purpose, if so, what do you do?

I do the same thing the first time i have a smoke good or bad, add it to the dossier and rate it myself, and i know i can trust it because the cigar companies dont advertise in my dossier

That's a good idea actually. I have been saving the good ones for when I get my bar build, then I'd like to lacquer over them. I think it would be a really cool thing to do. I saw something like that in a show on the HG network. Thought it was a really cool idea. Though I also like the idea of keeping a journel, I've been thinking about doing that as well.

Krieg

tshaw:

Krieg:

When I get done with my smoke, I usually like to keep the cigar labels and add them to my cigar dossier, with a short review and a rating system I like to use for each smoke. And it seems half the people I talk to don't really care about thier cigar labels (regardless if they liked the smoke or not). What do you do with your labels? Do you just throw them in a box, get rid of them or actually use for them for some other purpose, if so, what do you do?

I do the same thing the first time i have a smoke good or bad, add it to the dossier and rate it myself, and i know i can trust it because the cigar companies dont advertise in my dossier

What do you rate your cigars on? Just taste ? I like to rate/review everything about the cigar. The rating sheet I typed up has 4 main catergories. 1. Overall Appearence (20 points) 2. Lighting and Burning Properties (15 points) 3. Construction (30 points max) 4. Taste (35 points) And of course, a spot for my label If anyone is interested, I will be happy in sending a copy of my review sheet I use.

gmill880

Keep the ones I like-don't need to keep the ones I don't like as I have a good memory/ Will do something special with them but don't know what yet

tshaw

Krieg:

tshaw:

Krieg:

When I get done with my smoke, I usually like to keep the cigar labels and add them to my cigar dossier, with a short review and a rating system I like to use for each smoke. And it seems half the people I talk to don't really care about thier cigar labels (regardless if they liked the smoke or not). What do you do with your labels? Do you just throw them in a box, get rid of them or actually use for them for some other purpose, if so, what do you do?

I do the same thing the first time i have a smoke good or bad, add it to the dossier and rate it myself, and i know i can trust it because the cigar companies dont advertise in my dossier

What do you rate your cigars on? Just taste ? I like to rate/review everything about the cigar. The rating sheet I typed up has 4 main catergories. 1. Overall Appearence (20 points) 2. Lighting and Burning Properties (15 points) 3. Construction (30 points max) 4. Taste (35 points) And of course, a spot for my label If anyone is interested, I will be happy in sending a copy of my review sheet I use.

Well i have a box to describe the experience as a whole, what i liked, what i didnt like, the flavors and construction, then i say whether i would buy it again usually, then i have a seperate box for an actual number rating and i also record the brand, specific cigar, the size, where i bought it, the price, the time smoked, my last meal i ate, what i had to eat or drink with the cigar. i think as i smoke more and more, it will be nice to flip through the book see a forgotten label i liked, and buy the cigar again

PuroFreak

I actually save mine for the same reason as Phobic. Lay them out to cover the top of my bar when I build it and cover it all in some kind of clear resin. Either that or glue them all down on a big piece of poster board and frame it for the game room when my wife and I find a nice house later this year.

kuzi16

I used to save all of em. then the bag i was putting them in overflowed. so i got another. when that one got full i said to myself "self, why are you saving these?" i couldnt figure it out.


now i just throw the bands out.

Krieg

PuroFreak:

I actually save mine for the same reason as Phobic. Lay them out to cover the top of my bar when I build it and cover it all in some kind of clear resin. Either that or glue them all down on a big piece of poster board and frame it for the game room when my wife and I find a nice house later this year.

That's a pretty good idea, when I decide to finish my basement, I might try do something like this...I'm also still trying to convince the wife to let me turn the closet into my own personal walk-in humidor

kaspera79

kuzi16:

I used to save all of em. then the bag i was putting them in overflowed. so i got another. when that one got full i said to myself "self, why are you saving these?" i couldnt figure it out.


now i just throw the bands out.

My plan exactly...

cubbychubby

My backyard is my cigar label (and nub) graveyard.

bbc020

with as much effort cigar makers put into those bands...I'm wanting them to be used to make a piece of art.

Now I need to find someone with enough ingenuity and vigor to create a classic piece of art with them..maybe a mosaic type piece shaped like a cigar?

I don't know, but I have some very artistic people in my life that I think could pull it off, now if I could sell them on the idea, I don't know.

kuzi16

bbc020:

with as much effort cigar makers put into those bands...I'm wanting them to be used to make a piece of art.

Now I need to find someone with enough ingenuity and vigor to create a classic piece of art with them..maybe a mosaic type piece shaped like a cigar?

I don't know, but I have some very artistic people in my life that I think could pull it off, now if I could sell them on the idea, I don't know.

PM sent.

Rob1110

Been saving mine like a couple other people on here - to make furniture with. I was thinking either a bar or a coffee table that I could lay them over the top and make a nice little display piece.

rwheelwright

I keep mine in an Upmann box. At least the ones I remember to put in there. The rest are in the center console of my pathfinder waiting for me to not be lazy and put them in the box too.

chuckster121

I saw a guy take them and glue them to a desk top humi. It turned out really cool.

smokester

My girl friend for a birthday present took all the ones i have been saving and made a collage of them in a frame its really cool i think i will have to get her to do it on the new humidor that i have coming in.

madurofan

smokester:

My girl friend for a birthday present took all the ones i have been saving and made a collage of them in a frame its really cool i think i will have to get her to do it on the new humidor that i have coming in.

I've been saving all mine for a long time just for that purpose.

Krieg

that's also a good idea, to put them on a humi. I have a desktop humi 20ct that isn't being used atm, so I might take some of my labels and start decorating it.

Wafflebob

I was originally tossing them in an old hurricane lamp as I expected to get a cigar dossier. I haven't gotten one yet so now I just have a big hurricane lamp full of cigar bands. I had heard about a site where you can send in a bunch of bands and get stuff in return, like Marlboro miles and camel points, but I cant find the site back.

kaspera79

There is one that I know of called Band wagon USA, never used them, I just know they exist.

prs621

I got a coffee table and added all my labels to it, and every now and then I add more it turned out awesome.

Dude Love

I'm planning on making a cigar shaped mosaic with all mine...but with about 5 bands to my name, it's gonna be a while.

rdnstn

I was saving mine to do the "cigar log" thing with and paste them into the pages with the reviews but I am so far behind that I think I will do something else with them. I have a 50 stick desktop that a little cologne got spilled on and caused the varnish to bubble a little bit. Maybe I'll do a collage on it with the bands and refinish it. I've seen some for sale that looked like that but it was just a photo collage, not actual bands. I really like the bar idea but I'd have to wait until I'm done moving around with the military to do something like that. Of course that would give me a lot of time to save bands.