Cigar cuts and shapes

[noodles]

So I know of wedge cuts and straight cuts and punch's but are there any others?

Is there one that's significantly better or is it like most things in the world of tobacco that rely on personal opinion?

As for shapes I know of the following:

Parejo
Torpedo
Pyramid
Perfecto
Presidente

Is there a best? Or again is it opinion? I have only experienced Parejo but there is something about a torpedo or perfecto style that looks amazing and i would love to get my hands on some!

I am also slowly trying to learn the different names for length and gauge in cigars

[monkey66]

Try this website, a lot of info there.

http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/index.htm

[noodles]

thanks for the link mate im looking through the site now

[Smallclub]

As for shapes I know of the following:

Parejo
Torpedo
Pyramid
Perfecto
Presidente

Presidente is not a shape, it's the vitola de salidad (=commercial name) of a particular cigar in the Partagas line, and it's a figurado. Torpedos, pyramids and perfectos are all figurados.

btw, beware of some errors/mistakes on www.cubancigarwebsite, in the "Common names" column; for instance Partagas Shorts belong (like all minutos) to the Tr?s Petit Corona category, they are not "petit coronas".

[Detroit_Waves]

Your insane amount of knowledge never fails to impress Smallclub!

If now we could just find a way to stop that damn avatar from freaking me out every time I see it!

[noodles]

That is some seriously impressive knowledge ha! I just noticed the avatar and even though deep down I knew it was an image I still had to scratch my screen!