
| Is it a pipe? Or a cigar? We had a cutter in the shop. A big
one. A v cutter with a collection bin at the bottom. Sometimes idiots
would test the blade's sharpness by putting their finger in it and
pulling the lever, resulting in blood, unintelligible loud utterings,
and my having to empty and sterilize the cutter. Waddya want from
me?
People would buy a cigar, cut off the cap, and smoke away. Imagine the blend that results from all of those clippings. A pipe smoker would come in now and again to collect the scraps to use as pipe tobacco. I tried for years to get this man to buy a cigar. After all, I gave him these clippings for free. He never bought a single stick. But, he was a congenial old codger. And he always had a good story to share. One day, I had an idea. I had my rollers make something special for my cigar tobacco collector who loved his pipe. - Dollar bill shown not to brag about my wealth, but to show scale Custom blends, custom figurados, private labels, custom prices to match. ![]() |
![]() The state of California has determined that smoking causes cancer in laboratory rats. We reserve the right to refuse to sell cigars or tobacco to laboratory rats. NO EXCEPTIONS! |