The Cigar Thread. Smoke em' if you got em'.

[cigars]

This was from before the rule change. Is there a dollar limit these days?

Dollar limits were dropped. As long as you can convince customs that it's for personal use I believe you are good to go. Here's a link to Cigar Aficionado explaining it in detail.
The New Rules on Cuban Cigars

 

[USMC-03]

Guns and cigar pics you say? How about a Rocky Patel and a Škorpion?

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I'm reminded Warren Zevon - I was gambling in Havana... Send lawyers, guns and money; the poo has hit the fan...

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

I like cigarbid for trying new cigars without having to committ to a box. Shipping is a little high on small quantities but it's a great resource. I see a lot of cigars on there that you wouldn't normally see. I like to support
local shops though whenever possible, especially when traveling.

Great minds think alike. An angel weeps every time a cigar store closes.
Next time you are in Key West, Florida check out the store near the ship terminal. there's a long bar outside for watching the ships and a great selection inside. Perfecto!

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Montecristo epic is my favorite smoke bar none.

I'm quite fond of the Media Noches. Nothing like a dark quickie to put you in the mood.

 

[Carbon]

Hoyo De Monterrey Excalibur, has been my favorite going on16yrs now. Do you folks use regular match book matches or nice wood ones? Hard for me to find the wood ones, so I settle for matchbooks.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

The finer things in life...

Good bourbon, accurate custom rifles, hand made cigars and shapely brunettes.

These days, and for a long time, there is only one brunette for me and I'm grateful to have her in my life.

I'm saving the funds for a new long range build on an '03 Springfield.

Lastly then, a satisfying evening while traveling on business includes a double Buffalo Trace neat and either a Punch or H. Upmann cigar.

I'm big H. Upmann fan. #46 Habano is especially nice.

 

[WAYNO]

You can legally bring them through customs now.

And that is exactly what I was told a year and a half ago, when I bought an assortment of cigars in the Caribbean, took them on the ship, and was promptly told do not attempt to leave the ship with Cuban cigars in an American port. I ended up giving them to my cabin boy, as I couldn't get them smoked in a timely manner.

Fast forward a year. Bought some more, was told now they are completely legal, so I brung'em home.



The irony is, now that I can get them occasionally, I almost never smoke them. In the old days, I used to love Nicaraguan, Cuban-seed cigars. Had auto-delivery from Thompson's.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Hoyo De Monterrey Excalibur, has been my favorite going on16yrs now. Do you folks use regular match book matches or nice wood ones? Hard for me to find the wood ones, so I settle for matchbooks.View attachment 572956

$10 on amazon or you can get the shorter ones but these are worthy of a Cigar

 

[cigars]

Great minds think alike. An angel weeps every time a cigar store closes.
Next time you are in Key West, Florida check out the store near the ship terminal. there's a long bar outside for watching the ships and a great selection inside. Perfecto!

I was down there a while back and found these hand rolled no name figurados at a shop on Duvall St. They were excellent. Five bucks each. I'm down to the two in the pic. the guy said he ships so time to give him a call. Next time I'm down there I will look for the shop you mentioned.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

I was down there a while back and found these hand rolled no name figurados at a shop on Duvall St. They were excellent. Five bucks each. I'm down to the two in the pic. the guy said he ships so time to give him a call. Next time I'm down there I will look for the shop you mentioned.

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I can taste the Mojito and feel the breeze already

 

[cigars]

I can taste the Mojito and feel the breeze already

Long Island ice tea will do for me. Breeze included.

 

[Snoopy23]

Long Island ice tea will do for me. Breeze included.

Just so long as they serve old fashioneds..

 

[WAYNO]

Great minds think alike. An angel weeps every time a cigar store closes.
Next time you are in Key West, Florida check out the store near the ship terminal. there's a long bar outside for watching the ships and a great selection inside. Perfecto!

Even on the ships, the cigar bars are becoming a thing of the past. A nice cigar, a neat whiskey, while surrounded by other cigar smokers, is a thing of beauty.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

Even on the ships, the cigar bars are becoming a thing of the past. A nice cigar, a neat whiskey, while surrounded by other cigar smokers, is a thing of beauty.

Well said Wayno, well said. I'm in a bar where smoking is allowed and a couple sit down at the table next to me while I'm smoking a Bolivar. She pulls her sweater over her face and grabs a passing waitress begging that I be evicted. The waitress extricates her arm from the woman's grasp and calmly says I can stay and she should leave. I slipped the waitress a $20 as she went by Where is the USA did this happen? Las Vegas of course. I pack 3 a day whenever I go there.

 

[OldTengu]

I recommend Tim's great cigars in wood village, and frequently order from Foxcigars.com.

 

[cigars]

Out by me in Beaverton there's Paul's on Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, across from Uwajimaya. Nice shop. You can smoke all you want in there. I also like Broadway in Lake O. Both comfortable refuges. When I go to Johnson Creek Gun Club I like to stop by Cascade Cigars on 82nd.

 

[Snoopy23]

I recommend Tim's great cigars in wood village, and frequently order from Foxcigars.com.

I go to Tim's whenever I can. I can't recommend this brick and mortar shop enough.

 

[DB is Here]

vaping a chilled strawberry juice

Stop, you just killed a Salmon.

 

[clearconscience]

Alright I'll play along. Here's a small selection of Cuban cigars from my humidor. It seems customs agents don't want to search your luggage if you have a terrible cough during flu season!

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Man that brings back memories.

My dad..... or we'll say "a guy I know" lived in south America back in the 90s and would travel to cuba for work.
He would always bring back a few boxes of Cohiba's. He had a fancy passport that allowed him to go around customs.
I had one that was waaaaay too dried out and probably 8 years old.
It was pretty bad.

 

[Whisky Tahoe]

I recommend Tim's great cigars in wood village, and frequently order from Foxcigars.com.

I like Tim's! Last time I was in there he had a portable humidifier making the showroom a humidor.