I noticed a crack starting on the outside bottom of my Great Dane Spool. Actually it was below the level of the chamber, and was cracked to the hardwood plug. Since I couldn't rule out operator error, the thought of returning it to the eTailer did not enter my mind. So I thought I would try...

Just curious as to the thoughts of the pipe guys about this. This pipe is only about 10 bowls old & has not been smoked overly hot once. I have only used matches to light it. The only slight abuse it has undergone is I left it outside (undercover roof) for a day after forgetting to bring it...

So I cracked open my tin of Escudo as I heard so many good things about it. Hate to say it but I was disappointed. No matter how many times I tried it I could not get into it. I know there a lot of Escudo lovers out there, but I won't be one of them. I guess that is why everyone has their...

Had a box of Liga Privada #9 Toro's sitting for about 8 months and just cracked the bitch open tonight and sparked one up. Oh baby....is this cigar friggin great! Its right there....just perfect in every respect from the feel, burn, taste, etc. The oils are just dripping from the...

I recently purchased a box of CT wrapper Torpedo cigars from a well know mail order house and when they arrived, 9 of the 20 had cracked wrappers at the tapered tip. Is this due to over humidification at the warehouse or is it a quality issue with the manufacturer? The mail order firm said...

Thankfully they were all corn cobs. I wanted to test this method out to get the gist of things before eventually trying it on a briar. All three had several bad cracks on them. I used regular non-coarse salt with regular Bacardi rum. Completely saturated the salt, leaving the shank empty. Let...

Had a box of Oliva V Churchills sitting in one of the coolers now for about six months and decided to crack the seal on them tonight. All I can say is....Nice!! So sweet and leathery, just a "touch" of pepper here and there (not much) along with a smooth woody-spicey kick. Not to mention a...

I enjoy going through antique stores and finding the occasional novelty or hidden treasure. Frequently I find very nice estate pipes selling for $15-$20 that could perhaps use a bit of cleaning but I pass on for one reason: the stems always seem to be cracked. The more I think about this the...

Last weekend while I was smoking my newish IMP I noticed a hairline crack on the rim of the pipe that extends down the side of the pipe approximately 5mm and all the way through the sidewall. I am worried that as the pipe is smoked the heat will further crack the mineral until it can no longer...

Well about a week go I purchased a imperfect humidor. I received it on thursday night and opened it up. I noticed the the lid wouldn't close and took a peek. Sure enough the spanish cedar on the lid is cracked, the corner is not connected, and is also chipped. I called cheaphumidors up on friday...

Howdy all,As a recent convert from cigars to pipes I didnt want to bail off into high end pipes initially so I bought 3 MM cobs to ease into the world of the pipe.anyway after probably 10 bowls through my bent stem Diplomat it has developed an external crack running vertically from almost the...

So I was watching NCIS today, and what does the Secretary of the Navy pull out and light up? A Cohiba. (I believe he cut it with a Xikar too, but that's another topic.) And it got me thinking. Cohibas are quite iconic, enough so that TV shows default to them. I'll preface this question by...

Hello, I have an old Peterson system pipe that I have (almost) restored. There are several bad cracks in the shank that are bad enough to loosen the nickel band and barley hold a stem. Any recomendations on repairing it? I was thinking of wraping the shank with teflon tape then putting the band...

I'm having an issue with some Cruz Real Sumatra Robustos. I was given my first one in a Shuckins bomb and really enjoyed it, so I bought a fiver and put them in my Humi about 2 months ago. Humi stays pretty consistent at 68%. Two weeks ago I smoked one and about half way through the outer...

So I sat down about 45 minutes ago in my smoking room, grabbed an otter creek beer and turned on the tv. Started smoking a 601 red and it tarred on me Then I lit up a 5 vegas Archetype and the wrapper cracked when I cut it son of a bish:-|

i am fairly new to the cigar world. about a week ago joeybear sent me a message stating that to welcome me to the cigar world he would put together a sampler for me for a decent price. it was supposed to be a 20ish sampler for 70 shipped which i felt very reasonable cause i knew i was gonna be...

I recently won a lot of 3 vintage meerchaums off of Ebay, they are practicly antique, but they went cheap about 15$) and I went ahead and purchaced them, one I threw away being ordinary and heavily used and I felt beyond restoration, but the other two are beutifull and intricately carved, but...

I won this calabash on ebay today. It has two cracks in the bowl. I was wondering how one would go about repairing this? Is it possible or should I not even try? It was only $13, so I don't really mind if it's a goner, but if I can fix it I'd like to try!

Just wondering what's up with this - I could actually hear the wrapper cracking. I got this out of my humi that is kept at 66 deg. and 60%.

In this case it is a belicoso/toprpedo shaped vitola and I find they are the most likely to do this, I would presume because the tapered head is wrapped much more tightly then the rest of the cigar and when it swells... "crack" I also see this a lot with perfectos and really any cigar other than...