Favorite Cigar and Where you get'em

[Guest flyfishtn]

Hmmm... the only thing I knew to look for at the time was the raised gold lettering on the band, can't say I investigated it all that closely... They seemed to smoke well, but then again I'm not near the aficionado as most the guys in this thread...

All good. There are some great resources online to help you spot fakes. I can say with a lot of certainly that unless you are at an LCdH or at a highly reputable vendor that most are fakes.

The other side to that is smoke what you like and like what you smoke.

[Warbird]

Hmmm... the only thing I knew to look for at the time was the raised gold lettering on the band, can't say I investigated it all that closely... They seemed to smoke well, but then again I'm not near the aficionado as most the guys in this thread...

No prob. I just send warnings because many I know who head out of the country say they will buy some and most get taken to the cleaners. I hate to see anyone buying something that costs a lot of money and not get what they think they are.

I know a lot about cigars. Flyfishtn knows more than I. Knows probably as much as anyone I have met, especially about brands not typically smoked by Americans.

[pitt2magic]

Arturo Fuente Hemmingways and Acid Kuba Kubas. Burns is the best place in Chattanooga to buy.

[Fadex]

Last time I kept up with all of the details, Fuente was one of the only cigars that you could get already cured. Most of the CAO, Romeo & Julietta, etc needed a few months in the humidor before they really smoothed out.