Weird Question

Sasquatch

I was sitting in my B&M yesterday lighting up a WOAM. You know the perfecto sized, closed foot with a tip on the foot. I know that's not the correct terminolgy......Anyone, Anyone, Kuzi, Anyone... As I was just lighting up normally, this loud fellow decided it would be a good idea to announce to the B&M that you are supposed to clip the tip of it off before lighting. I wanted to just tell him to stfu, but since I'm trying to be kindler & gentler in 2014 I listened to his loud and lengthy exposition on cutting this size. I even smiled and asked about the weather afterward. Well long story short...Are you supposed to cut the closed foot tip off these cigars?

SleevePlz

Well, the foot isn't actually closed, just very small. I don't clip it since I haven't had burn issues without doing so.

Lee.mcglynn

That's guy is dumb...you did the right thing!

Ken Light

I don't clip it for those. But for truly closed feet(foots? closed-footed?) maybe a clip would be in order, but those are pretty few and far between. I think I remember Viaje doing one or something.

Rain

Correct answer is..."Cool story bro! Have you ever been shot?"

Amos Umwhat

I've done it both ways, depending on what I see as I look at the foot, and how I feel at the moment.

Bob Luken

Like these? These are called Salomons but are also considered figurados as well. (Correct me brothers if I am wrong.)

The foot isn't completely closed off. I don't think you are supposed to cut them but I have seen it done. It takes a lot of work to shape that foot. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put all that work into it if they expected everybody to just chop it off?

0patience

"Hey, you're supposed to cut the end of the cigar before you light it!"
Hey, you're supposed to keep your dumb mouth shut so I can enjoy this cigar in peace.
Yup, that pretty much covers it.

No_one21

All I wanna know is wtf is a WOAM..?

0patience

No_one21:

All I wanna know is wtf is a WOAM..?

Work of Art Maduro

thehilk

No_one21:

All I wanna know is wtf is a WOAM..?

Ty for asking cause I need to know too!

Bob Luken

Arturo Fuente Hemingway - Work of Art, Maduro 4 7/8 x 56 Perfecto

It's not like I knew what it was either but I googled the crap out of it until I figured it out. LOL

Echambers

thehilk:

No_one21:

All I wanna know is wtf is a WOAM..?

Ty for asking cause I need to know too!

Work of art Maduro. Are these the hemingways?

Sasquatch

TY guys. I've always just toasted it up like any other cigar & never gave it a 2nd thought before this happened. That's very close Bob, but on this particular cigar it is a very pronounced tip...I hate to say it..my cigar had a nipple on the end of it, but it really does.

Rain

I like that vitola because they are way easy to light.

0patience

Echambers:

thehilk:

No_one21:

All I wanna know is wtf is a WOAM..?

Ty for asking cause I need to know too!

Work of art Maduro. Are these the hemingways?

Yes, they are of the Hemingway persuasion. LOL!

Bob Luken

Sasquatch:

TY guys. I've always just toasted it up like any other cigar & never gave it a 2nd thought before this happened. That's very close Bob, but on this particular cigar it is a very pronounced tip...I hate to say it..my cigar had a nipple on the end of it, but it really does.

Was it closed off? If I had one that was completely closed off I guess I'd cut it.

Bob Luken

It's one of those shorties on the right.

No_one21

Sasquatch:

TY guys. I've always just toasted it up like any other cigar & never gave it a 2nd thought before this happened. That's very close Bob, but on this particular cigar it is a very pronounced tip...I hate to say it..my cigar had a nipple on the end of it, but it really does.

Did you lick it?

SleevePlz

Bob Luken:

It's one of those shorties on the right.

The WOA is in the middle with the pointed heads.

honorknight7

i noticed this on the web
http://bcove.me/2ye25e1h
gets into the perfecto at 3:25, one guy lights it as is, and the other states he likes to cut it - just to open it up to get going faster, so personal choice

bbass2

It isn't completely closed so if you clip it you're wasting part of a fantastic smoke. He's an idiot.

Amos Umwhat

0patience:

"Hey, you're supposed to cut the end of the cigar before you light it!"
Hey, you're supposed to keep your dumb mouth shut so I can enjoy this cigar in peace.
Yup, that pretty much covers it.

This is the direct version of what I was going for before, and probably the right answer for the situation given.

I've wondered if this style was developed back when one was likely to be plucking a coal out of a fire with a pair of tongs to light a cigar. Having done so while camping, I can say that it works, that you get a small area going and then bring your cigar to life without scorching the crap out of it.

Not an official answer, but it worked for me.

PAtoNH

bbass2:

It isn't completely closed so if you clip it you're wasting part of a fantastic smoke. He's an idiot.

+1 the beauty of the perfecto is how easily you can toast & light it. A great choice if you're going to be lighting up in windy conditions. I read somewhere that Hemingway liked perfectos when he was fishing because they were easy to light… urban myth??? You decide! duh duh duuuuhhhhnnnn...

kuzi16

often times the louder and more boisterous people are, the more important they think they are.

it doesnt matter if you clip that tip off or not. if you can light your cigar and enjoy it, go for it.
he is not the cigar police and should have kept his loud mouth shut.

RebelAngel

That's your problem, you were concentratiing on the nipple of your cigar. You forgot the Weird Question??? lol

Sasquatch

People don't normally bug me......for long. LOL!
It was just such a weird thing & he was soo adamant about the issue. That's why I even brought it up. Etiquette wise, I'm sure I have trampled much worse ones than that.