A little experiment

[Peter Willison]

So about six months ago I was dragged along to a bootsale by the wife when on holiday in Cornwall

I was greeted with a seller selling a box of Montecristo no4 sealed from 1986
So I offered him 5 pounds which he took

When I got them home they had clearly never seen a humidor and were very dry and some in a bit of a state
I quickly put them in the freezer and quickly discarded the box ( wish I keep it now)
And for the last six months I have been slowly bringing them up to 65
Well two day I decided to Have a puff on one
And I must say the nicest smokes no4 I have had I a long time

The appearance does let it down tho


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[Sean]

What a great little story and glad you managed to bring them back to life mate


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[Simon G]

Great find

[Joncon]

A little experiment

That's a good find and a chance well taken.
What is LS11964

[sheppsea]

Great ask, a nice even burn... that wrapper does look horrific though!

A great story and find, thanks for sharing

[ValeTudoGuy]

Holy moly, that's some revival! Why freezer though? Any beetles would likely have hatched over the years.

[Peter Willison]

That's a good find and a chance well taken.
What is LS11964

If I told you I would have to kill you


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[Peter Willison]

Holy moly, that's some revival! Why freezer though? Any beetles would likely have hatched over the years.

All ways air on the side of caution


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[mattyhall22]

That looks like a "freddy krugger" cigar. Nice price tho


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[nev coss]

a fiver for a box of cigars , good find even if they were unsmokable, saved them from going in the bin

[TJCoro]

Pea Brain.

i could be wrong but from viewing the pic of the bands they look younger than 1986 i'm thinking 2003 or younger.

BB

[sheppsea]

i could be wrong but from viewing the pic of the bands they look younger than 1986 i'm thinking 2003 or younger.

BB

I think you may be right, but still, you can't complain for a fiver!

[Edamski]

Great little bargain! Shame you didn't keep the box because that would've told you the year, presuming it was the original box

[tommy]

I love this little story. Good job and it just goes to show that even badly treated cigars can smoke well if revived.

[tippexx]

i could be wrong but from viewing the pic of the bands they look younger than 1986 i'm thinking 2003 or younger.

BB

I would agree, which beggars the question what were 2003 banded cigars doing in a 98 'sealed' box?
not that it matters I 'spose if they were just a fiver and smoke well.