The long and short of it?

[Boss Hog]

Is this a daft idea?

If I had 5 R&J Churchills and I cut them in half would I then have a box of 10 Short Churchills??

Does it work like that? Is this a daft idea?

I like them but there a bit too long for me sometimes.

[Simon-JG-hr]

Rather expensive way of picking up some Short Churchills...

Not sure it would work quite like that though, as I suspect that the distribution of leaves would be slightly different. Give it a try with one though and let us know how it turns out.

[misterbulgarin]

People always say 'why dont you cut them in half' if a cigar is anything over 6 inches, so i can 'have 2 cigars'. Especially the AB MAXX Ego

Couldnt ever imagine cutting a cigar in half, surely the construction would be messed up, how weird would it be to smoke the foot to the middle (or would be middle, as the cut piece would be the new 'end')

[matt257]

Daft idea? No, I'm sure many have thought about it and tried it. Would it work? IMHO no. The blend is slightly changed for the different sizes, cigars are ment to have "stages". Cutting one in half would ruin that IMHO. I also think the bottom half would unravel as there is no cap to hold it together. I suggest trying on a cheap Churchill before you try it on a good one.

[Drewmidorn]

The short churchill is a wider ring gauge than the churchill (50 as opposed to 47) it's a robusto really. I would expect the wrapper and possibly binder from the half of the cigar without the cap to unravel too because of the way cigars are rolled.

[Boss Hog]

Well that screws up my next question.

"Has anyone got 10 Short Churchill bands!!"

[Big Al]

I have sometimes lopped an inch off cheaper Churchills if I fancy the cigar but don't fancy the full length time. But yes, of course the cigar changes and I couldn't imagine doing such a thing to something like a Cohiba Esplendido!

[ACMCC]

You would be better off trading them! you would not get 2 to 1 but you would get more. this is not a daft idea......for a double Figurado or similar as these where originally designed for sharing, although today they are blended to smoke as one cigar, but you could still do it! who knows, you might like the bottom half backwards better.

[Paulie]

Why not just give it a try on one of them and see how it goes. I would think it would not work out so well though.

Have a full Churchill first then later on have a chopped one and see how they differ. I agree that it would be hard to keep the uncapped 1/2 from unravelling unless you glue it down. Just seems a lot of work to me.

[daverave999]

I think the lack of a cap would make it unravel. Why not just get some Short Churchills too, and keep the Churchills for when you do want one? They'll have aged more then! Or trade some, as ACMCC suggests?