Product idea for Smokeymo

[tippexx]

Cigar repair kit. I have Torcedor glue and that works fine on wrapper leaf which is loose or beginning to un-ravel. It's not so good at repairing small wrapper splits or foot-splits. Now, why bother repairing cigars when I could just smoke them up or leave them. Reason: I like my cigars too look the best they can and there's a lot of satisfaction and fun in repairing things.

I would envisage a flat-box kit about the length and width of a Bryant & May box of Cooks Matches. Depth deep enough to contain a small bottle, or better still, tube of Torcedor glue. The kit would be divided into two compartments. One to hold the glue, the other to contain flat, squared but feather edged paper divided wrapper leaves. Claro, Natural, Colorado, Maduro.

To use the kit you just take out a leaf closest to the colour you want, tear off as much is needed and put the remainder of the leaf back in the kit. Spread the glue onto the wrapper leaf with the glue brush, or maybe better with fingers ? ( Jimmeh seemed to have little problem http://www.ukcigarforums.com/showthread.php?t=6328 ) ? and following the angle of the wrapper on the cigar make the repair. The kit would need to be kept in a humi or tup, but I see no problem with that.

[monkey66]

nice idea, would need to keep the tobacco moist though?

[Watkins]

great idea, factoring in tax and everything though this could become a rather expensive little kit though?

[monkey66]

Wouldn't be much tobacco though.

[Watkins]

Wouldn't be much tobacco though.

Good point that, don't know the workings on the tax but couldn't it actually be on total cost rather than grams of tobacco?

[tippexx]

I don't know about the tax angle. This is a repair item for a smoking item that tax has already been paid on .... so, I'm not sure. And at the end of the day, we've most of us had good and expensive cigars ruined or ending up looking pretty poorly due to splits .... so, as an expense it ought to pay for itself over a year or so.

[rokkitsci]

Cigar repair kit.

I find a bit of toe jam or ear wax works just fine for me.

[tippexx]

Wouldn't be much tobacco though.

and it's thin wrapper tobacco .... can't really be rolled and smoked, and you would need a hell of a lot even to make a cheroot!

[tippexx]

I find a bit of toe jam or ear wax works just fine for me.

That's why you're a scientist George and we're just your average, every day type citizens. We would never have thought of that!

[Gordonbcb]

Pretty good idea I think.

Wouldn't a wrapper repair of a slightly different leaf impair the taste though ??

[tippexx]

Pretty good idea I think.

Wouldn't a wrapper repair of a slightly different leaf impair the taste though ??

Obviously the leaf could not be guaranteed specific to a vitola .... but as long as the leaf used for a repair was in the right colour either Claro, Natural, Colorado or Maduro any taste impairment (if any at all) should be minor.

[eggopp]

Oh... good idea, perhaps i could keep a cigar long enough for it to split so i could use the kit!!

Oh but knowing me, id smoke the repairing leaf before i could repair anything

[EugeneSax]

Tesco value version:





[BTW I have actually used 50% of this kit to facilitate reasonably effective repairs]

[tippexx]

Tesco value version:





[BTW I have actually used 50% of this kit to facilitate reasonably effective repairs]

You mean you camouflage, crayoned a split out Eugene?

[davidruddell]

God bless Rizlas

A photographer pal showed me a great tip with Rizlas the other day, lick and affix it to any flash gun (even on a compact) and it works as a reasonably effective diffuser. (doesn't give that blown out white light effect that flashes tend too)

Apparently you can also make cigarettes with them!

You mean you camouflage, crayoned a split out Eugene?