Real or not

ShadowInTheMoon

Buddy of mine picked these up on his recent cruise down to Cozumel and gave them to me. Any thoughts on if they are real or not.

lcpleel

not

danielzreyes

The 2nd from the left looks real.

jgibv

glass top lid = definitely not

rsherman24

Nope. Glass top box is a giveaway, but the labels are bad as well

ehehat

Yeah, hope they didn't cost too much. Fakey fake

Echambers

They are real...cigars. Are they real Cubans? Nope.

Now PLEASE CHECK YOUR PM.

wwhwang

Definitely fake. No such thing as a glass-top box of real ISOM Cohibas.

Bigshizza

Fake-- sorry but try one out anyway! Or send one to the cigar mortician (DZR)

AshMe

So then these were fake too?....

danielzreyes

AshMe:

So then these were fake too?....

Yes, except the 2nd from the left. Those are usually real

CharlieHeis

If you are on Instagram, follow THE_CIGAR_ENFORCER. He has a lot of good info on spotting fakes.

rsherman24

AshMe:

So then these were fake too?....

How were they?

AshMe

rsherman24:

AshMe:

So then these were fake too?....

How were they?

No I didn't smoke them. I someone gave me the empty box claiming he had enjoyed some cohibas. So now I can ask him how much he enjoyed his fakes

jadelt

ShadowInTheMoon:

Buddy of mine picked these up on his recent cruise down to Cozumel and gave them to me. Any thoughts on if they are real or not.

I bought the same box on a cruise to Mexico. I figured they were fake when the original $150 offer was chewed down and reduced to $15 for the 5 sticks. Bought them, smoked them, enjoyed them, but heck I was on a cruise so my sandals would have tasted good looking out over the gulf.

bandyt09

If you guys saw some of the stuff that went into these "cigars" you would NEVER want to smoke one. I have seen regular hair, pubic hair, rat (could have been any kind of rodent actually) ***, banana leaves, paper, sticks, what could have possibly been a tampon string. Sometimes there was actual tobacco in there but the grade was probably below what they make cigarettes out of.

If they came from a glass top box, for health concerns I would never smoke one.

My 2 cents of experience, for what's it's worth.

ShadowInTheMoon

bandyt09:

If you guys saw some of the stuff that went into these "cigars" you would NEVER want to smoke one. I have seen regular hair, pubic hair, rat (could have been any kind of rodent actually) ***, banana leaves, paper, sticks, what could have possibly been a tampon string. Sometimes there was actual tobacco in there but the grade was probably below what they make cigarettes out of.

If they came from a glass top box, for health concerns I would never smoke one.

My 2 cents of experience, for what's it's worth.

I definitely wont smoke them but at least it was the thought that counts from my buddy. Thanks for the help guys

webmost

Your buddy's for real. That's what counts. Like the time a client joyously gave me a box of 20 year old White Owls he'd picked up just for me at an estate sale. You gotta love a guy for that. Give the man a cigar.

BTW -- the wood looks like Luan -- the cypress often called Phillipine Mohogany.