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Cigar Shops in Baton Rouge
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:21 am
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:21 am
Just starting to get into the hobby. I've been to Churchills and Don Juan's. Any other good ones in town? Which one is the best in yall's opinion?
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Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:22 am to sushisucks
Are you cutting or punching? If you have never tried using a punch I highly recommend it. I never cut my cigars anymore.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:24 am to JumpingTheShark
Only smoked a few cigars and they've all been cut. What makes punching better than a cut cigar?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:31 am to sushisucks
It makes a little hole and keeps from getting tobacco in your mouth, helps you savor the flavor, and makes the experience overall a lot better by making a nice easy draw on the cigar. It's hard to explain really you just have to try it out to experience it. The guys at the cigar shop will have one you can try and show you how to use it.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:33 am to JumpingTheShark
Does this make the draw too hard though? The hole looks way smaller than what you would find on a cut cigar.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:35 am to sushisucks
No it's real smooth and easy. My father in law showed me a few months ago and I haven't cut one since. Most people I show that to tell me that they enjoy the punch more as well.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:36 am to JumpingTheShark
I'll give it a try this evening when I get off work. What cigar shop would you recommend I go to?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:38 am to sushisucks
Unfortunately I don't know the ones in BR too well but I used to go to the one down Acadian thruway past catholic high and all that, can't remember the name and I was still in college when I went so not sure if it's legit 
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:40 am to sushisucks
I don't smoke cigars, but supposedly the one on Perkins and College in the shopping center between Red Zeppelin and Walgreens is good.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:42 am to LouisianaLady
That's the one by cuban liquor?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:47 am to JumpingTheShark
+1 for punching and if you have a cigar that's tough to pull you already have the hole to run a rod through.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:50 am to DLauw
run a rod through..?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 6:56 am to LouisianaLady
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I don't smoke cigars, but supposedly the one on Perkins and College in the shopping center between Red Zeppelin and Walgreens is good.
Habana Port. Great place. They carry a lot of cigars that the other places around do not. Lots of boutique brands rather than the mainstream stuff. They're very helpful people as well.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:09 am to sushisucks
It's a rare occasion that you'll need to do it, but they make a rod, about the thickness of a coat hanger that you can push through a tight cigar to open it up. In all my years of smoking cigars, I've only had to do it a handful of times. Seems it's always been brands of Gurkhas.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:13 am to sushisucks
If you are just getting into the hobby, I'd suggest looking online at some of the sampler packs. You can get some really nice cigars for good discounts to see what you like.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:13 am to DLauw
Seems like this could potentially mess the cigar up. If I'm mainly smoking cheap <$10 cigars, would the rod be necessary?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:14 am to sushisucks
Cigars international...
B&M shops will be double the price
B&M shops will be double the price
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:15 am to Uncle JackD
What's cigars international?
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:16 am to JumpingTheShark
quote:Punch is all I use now since it's built into my lighter. Unless I'm smoking a torpedo
Are you cutting or punching? If you have never tried using a punch I highly recommend it. I never cut my cigars anymore.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 7:16 am to sushisucks
quote:Website. Also download cigar monster app, they have good deals and free shipping.
What's cigars international?
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