How to spot counterfeits

[misterbulgarin]

On the subject of fakes, my mate bought a Cohiba Esplendido for ?20 from my local store, and the band looked real faked. Wasnt raised, was totally wrong, even the BOX was all wrong.

I dont have a picture but the band was like this:



The box's typography was all off, but they stressed it was direct from Hunters and Frankau. mmmmmmmm

[ACMCC]

There are many different levels of fakes, some are very good and some are bad, if they smoke well then they are made of good tobacco, some are made with banana leaf! last time I was in the Dominican Republic there where fakes everywhere even in the good hotels, If you have the real thing or a good fake, it really doesn't matter if you like them, however I would try another single when there gone, in case you don't like the real thing (if they are fake), if you get what I mean, If you get a good smoke for ?36 a box then happy days.... would be interesting to get one of our Cohiba experts to try one though! just for there opinion... you could trade it for something completely different so you can try something new, perhaps If you trade it for Pro-rata for what you paid, you might get an offer.....just in case, I don't smoke many so can't help,

[TJCoro]

Hey Boy...Wanna' buy a watch?

Hey TJ! Wait up a minute....what's that you got there?

OHMYGOD!!! Is that what I think it is???


Come on in boys and take a peek.....IF YOU DARE!!!

[Simon-JG-hr]

I prefer all naturals to just fakes.

[Boss Hog]

I wonder if anyone would consider trading a single or two with me, knowing the full story

I'm dying to try some recommended smokes from you chaps, and of course get some variety in my new humidor!

I would, but only after trying a sample

[Stevieboy]

Lol.
I've seen that place before...what a load of garbage.

Come on in boys and take a peek.....IF YOU DARE!!!

[Non chill filtered]

Punch bands

Hi tolk folks. Im 30 years of age and Ive been smoking ccs for about 18 months now, so i decided to buy my first box of punch petite punch last week. Well they arrived today vacuum sealed, the box looks perfect, all the seals look fine, the ema no is 'nov 07' and seal no is IB509245, there is a habanos hecho en cuba stamp underneath.
Upon opening, the first thing i noticed was that some of the bands prints were abit 'blurry', and one cigar looked very lightweight, so i decided to weigh them. The lightest was 4.5g and the heaviest was 7.4g nearly 3g difference. They are all the same length and colour.
Ive just smoked one, and the burn, draw and flavour were fine. Its mainly the description on some of the bands which lets them down. Is this nothing to worry about or are some of themfakes. Any info would be much appreciated. Thanks guys.

[HabanoSy]

What supplier did you use to procure the cigars...!?!

I buy some boxes direct from H&F and sometimes upon inspection some of the bands are blurry.

No offence but I doubt whether the Punch petit punch is considered worthy of the counterfeiters time and effort.

Im sure everything is fine, you normally find that a cigars/vitolas of this size is what the newbies to the cigar rolling world learn with so discrepencies in weight is not unusual.

If you can pop some pics up so we can have a closer look...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Non chill filtered]

Thanks for clarifying that up Habanosy. I will try and get some pics up. Im fairly new to the cigar game and ive read, poor banding = fakes.

[HabanoSy]

Not had much dealing with this company...

Im sure the other guys will pop along in a while and give their views, and if any of them had purchased from this supplier then im sure they'll tell all...

Pics are always a great help, but if their smoking ok then Im sure all's good...

Cheers, HabanoSy

[HabanoSy]

Also...

What's the box code...?

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Non chill filtered]

Yea i took a gamble with them myself not heard of them anywhere. Thats why i ordered small. Delivery was quick, priced in USD, tracking number via swiss post etc.

[Non chill filtered]

IB509245.

[HabanoSy]

Yeh, these have been discontinued by Habanos S.A. - H&F have huge stockpiles of this cigar though...!?!

Nice little smoke, that is very popular, weird to discontinue...

What's the code on the underside of the box, along with the date...?

Cheers, HabanoSy

[Non chill filtered]

Code EMA Nov 07