Using cigar tobacco in a pipe

[rollzst]

I was reading today that Che Guevara used to often put his cigar butts into a pipe and smoke them later. Have any of you tried this? It got me wondering whether cigar tobacco used in pipes would taste very similar to an actual cigar..

[saggel]

If you are going to use the left-overs, it sounds like a nice idea.

[Smallclub]

Well, smoking a cigar butt into a pipe and smoking some chopped cigar tobacco (from a totally plugged cigar, for instance), are completely different experiences.

To smoke the butt, you need a pipe that
1/ fits precisely the ring gauge of the cigar, and
2/ has a good, open draw, otherwise you won't get any smoke?

Chopped cuban tobacco, even from premium habanos, is often harsh when smoked "all on its own", but it can enhance a virginia blend or an english blend w/ latakia?

[tippexx]

I was reading today that Che Guevara used to often put his cigar butts into a pipe and smoke them later. Have any of you tried this? It got me wondering whether cigar tobacco used in pipes would taste very similar to an actual cigar..

I suspect Che would have needed to break the butt apart and remove any residual smoking tars before putting the tobacco into a pipe.

But re-cycling cigar tobacco isn't new or unusual. From the earliest days of cigar manufacture in Spain, cigars were a status symbol, the preserve of the wealthy and consumed only by the idle rich. A common practice by Spanish beggars was to rescue discarded cigar butts and re-roll them into cigarillos, ... the first prototype cigarettes.

[nicwing]

You have just given me an idea, when I cut my cigar I will pit the off cut into a small box and store it in my humidor until I have enough to fill one of my small pipes.

I can't say I like the idea of smoking the ends of "previously enjoyed" cigars...all together now "I smoke old stogies I have found"

[tippexx]

I can't say I like the idea of smoking the ends of "previously enjoyed" cigars...all together now "I smoke old stogies I have found" [/QUOTE]

No. It does sound pretty desperate .... but then Che was most likely up a jungle somewhere!

[Jimmy Mc]

I used to sell damaged cigars to a guy that would chop them up, mix them with some Gold Block and smoke them in his pipe. He swore by it.

[nicwing]

Yo, is that the Jimmy I think it is? Introduce yourself on the newbies section young Jim (the cabin buoy)

[Jimmy Mc]

Glad to be on board Skip'
It is indeed the very same Jimmy. How are you Nic? We still need to have that smoke, no?
I was feeling a little monitor shy so just wanted to ease myself in and join a few discussions...
I think I've made myself sound unreasonably mysterious now.

[EugeneSax]

Hi Jimmy - I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but I sent you an email the other day and you confirmed you are who I thought.

Anyhow, a belated welcome on board - I might be able to come along to Manc Sq on Monday for a quickie before the official event starts so might meet if you're there early.

[Drewmidorn]

You have just given me an idea, when I cut my cigar I will pit the off cut into a small box and store it in my humidor until I have enough to fill one of my small pipes.

I can't say I like the idea of smoking the ends of "previously enjoyed" cigars...all together now "I smoke old stogies I have found"

I've tried this Nic... it makes for an extremely dull smoke that's really hard to keep lit.

[eggopp]

I do this quite a lot, i normally snip off the end after ive fnished my smoke, cut off the burnt and a little more.. i use my hands to rub the leaves together until its brittle then store it in an ice cream tub for a while.. i also use a DrPlumb pipe which has room for a 9mm filter. That filtrs out any unsavoury bitterness you woudget with a pipe.. to me it provides the savours that way as a cigar.

I think o, you need a decent pipe, asr going out all the time, you need to tamper it regular and it will stay alight.

[EugeneSax]

Hi Jimmy - I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but I sent you an email the other day and you confirmed you are who I thought.

Anyhow, a belated welcome on board - I might be able to come along to Manc Sq on Monday for a quickie before the official event starts so might meet if you're there early.

[68TriShield]

there are actual cigar blend pipe tobaccos sold in the US.