MOW badge acheived

damn you did better than me... i forgot to take pics!!! Congrats man and welcome to the ultra exclusive club (me and you)!!

fla-gypsy:

Hays:

Great pics man! And congrats...but you forgot one - the Special Edition!

Not required for the badge! LOL That would be part of survival training!

Haha my buddy (JoeyJoe) and I are stocking up to complete a MoW WARRIOR Day with all four...it's gonna be messy!

docbp87:

What's the blend difference between the Special Edition and the regular MOW?

EDIT* Nevermind. I see. Ruination wrapper.

Habano wrapper

Diamondog:

docbp87:

What's the blend difference between the Special Edition and the regular MOW?

EDIT* Nevermind. I see. Ruination wrapper.

Habano wrapper

With that what's the order of march? Virture, reg, SE, Ruination? or does it matter? Just wanna be able to taste the diff when I go for mine.

I'm working on the Virtue right now. I've got the the other two on tap for later today.

fla-gypsy:

Matt Marvel:

I'm working on the Virtue right now. I've got the the other two on tap for later today.

My 2nd Virtue was so much better than the first I have to wonder if the first one came off early as they figured out how to produce it correctly. The 2nd one was a much more complex flavor, was rolled perfectly (not loose) and had more body than the first one.

I've been having a similar experience - my first MOW sampler was all loose in the draw; but my second is turning out to have a normal draw

I threw this together, so it's a little crude.

Duder2:

cholmes8310:

zeebra:

congrats. looked like a great smoking day for you!

The special edition is just a different size right as the original MoW?

No, it's a different blend. It's the original MOW filler, with the Ruination wrapper. However, i though that was the only difference in the first place?

The MOW and Ruination are a different blend, the ruination has more ligero and includes tobacco from Honduras. They are also both Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, but they are different. Different priming maybe? Either way, I am looking forward to the day when I have enough time to earn the badge :^)

Thanks Duder. So if I read this right the MOW SE is the same blend as MOW but has the Ruination wrapper???? I'm just curious cause I wanna get my hands on a SE and do all 4 when I have the chance.....maybe next weekend.

Sandman1am:

Duder2:

cholmes8310:

zeebra:

congrats. looked like a great smoking day for you!

The special edition is just a different size right as the original MoW?

No, it's a different blend. It's the original MOW filler, with the Ruination wrapper. However, i though that was the only difference in the first place?

The MOW and Ruination are a different blend, the ruination has more ligero and includes tobacco from Honduras. They are also both Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, but they are different. Different priming maybe? Either way, I am looking forward to the day when I have enough time to earn the badge :^)

Thanks Duder. So if I read this right the MOW SE is the same blend as MOW but has the Ruination wrapper???? I'm just curious cause I wanna get my hands on a SE and do all 4 when I have the chance.....maybe next weekend.

This is correct according to everything I've read about the MOW SE. MOW blend with Ruination wrapper. The combo of that and the vitola seems to make magic according to most BOTL. I have yet to try that one, but soon I hope, need to get some first...

Alex Williams:

fla-gypsy:

Fourtotheflush:

I tried to get the badge a couple weeks ago and ended up with Badgeus Interruptus!

But I was rooting through my humi this weekend and realized I dont have a reg. MOW.
What would the badge be if I smoked:
MOW Virture
MOW SE
MOW Ruination
??

Also if you thow in a diesel is that considered a refuellers badge?

What does everyone think? The SE is the same filler as the original. Does this qualify for meritorious service?

definitely because it is a hybrid in between the MoW and Ruination. and the size of this beast definately deserves recognition!!

Agreed, it would definitely qualify in my book!

NYHCx516x:

OK!! Ive gotta get me a virtue so I can go for this. Im thinking memorial day would be perfect for this.

Oh, you're on to something there. We shall see...I think we should see if Alex can get AJ to sign a little parchment for the BOTLs to display!

I've got it! Due to the Spartan theme of the MoW line, I feel the badge should also have a Spartan theme. When you graduated the "agoge" (military training for Spartan men) some were selected for Krypteia! It was a rite of passage - you were sent out with a knife and very little food and were supposed to go out and kill a "helot" (the Spartan slaves, essentially). From the wikipedia:

"At the age of eighteen, Spartan boys became reserve members of the Spartan army. On leaving the Agoge they would be sorted into groups, whereupon some were sent into the countryside with only a knife and forced to survive on their skills and cunning. This was called the Krypteia, and the immediate object of it was to seek out and kill any helots as part of the larger program of terrorizing and intimidating the helot population."

The greek word "crypto" means hidden, so there are some who talk about this as a sort of "secret police" as well. Anyway, Kryteia is badass! Or making it through the "Agoge" would also work, as that was the initial Spartan military training.