Is it Real or Fake?

[larrysputnik]

I have a couple of Cohibas that were given to me last summer as a gift. They were purchased in the Caribbean. Actually there were 3 of them, but I smoked one right away. Everything about them seemed real except for the one that I smoked had a darker shade of color to it than the other two.

Anyway, I smoked it and it unraveled and fell apart towards the end. This seemed unusual so I thought I'd post to see if anyone has ever had this happen with Cohibas before.

[cohibaIV]

Have you got any pictures mate, doesn't seem right to me??

[Deano]

Yeh get a bunch of pics. Most of the sticks from the Caribbean area are going to be fake. I like a good fake spot.

[Montesmoke]

Seen fakes on the net & few people that have bought from cuba off the street.
But never had a fake cohiba.

[SmokinCohibas]

The last fake Cohiba I had was the one that Deano sent me

[cohibaIV]

The last fake Cohiba I had was the one that Deano sent me

[SmokinCohibas]

Yeah, he put a couple of fakes into the raffle and I got one of those robustos and the other one gone to the rocket man I believe

[cohibaIV]

Have you smoked it yet??

[SmokinCohibas]

Yea, it was actually OK. Smokeable- good draw, quite sweet but nothing like a real Cohiba robusto that's for sure I smoked over 3 boxes of C.Robustos recently so I should know...

[Deano]

Aye its not a bad smoke, pretty poor taste first 1/2 inch but then its fine.

I did say I was putting some fake ones in the raffle for a laugh, it wasn't underhand or anything! I put plenty of real ones in too!

Got about 20 of em left to get rid of, will dispatch them through raffles etc, quite obvious they're fake.

[larrysputnik]

How do these look?

[Deano]

The labels look good, can't determine if the cigars are fake - they look fine, but without smelling and smoking its impossible to tell.

[Robusto]

They make me get the urge, fake or not!

[SmokinCohibas]

They look OK to me.

[cohibaIV]

Tell you what LS, send one to me and I will sample for you