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Recently a friend of mine (supposedly) got a cuban cigar and sent me picture of it. When I told him its fake he said no way... Here is the picture of the cigar you be the judge, is this a real cuban or fake? - Aaron

I have 2 gurkha platinum triads that are 6x60. I can only find info saying that they were made in only one size 7x52. Any info about these cigars would be helpful. Mainly to know if they could be fake or not.

Well some of you guys may recall I found my confidence to explore the cc world thru piggy backing a friend's order. It included some Monte #2's, VR Unicos and a box of PSP2's. Well I've been enjoying the heII out of the Monte's and VRU's. I decided to try my first PSP2. When I cut it there...

I had a friend visit the Dominican Republic and decided to grab 2 sticks as a gift for me. Hes not a smoker. Couldnt really find a whole lot about them with the little info I had but they don't look good. There very moist and seem kind of loosely rolled. The cigar is self is very bumpy and...

Came across this article on another site, I found it interest, so I imagine others would to. CIGAR 101 Cigars 101 Spotting Fake Cigars The fake cigar scenario is bigger than ever these days with so many new smokers looking for Cuban cigars. Add to this the fact that many counterfeiters are...

My girlfriend and I were fooling around with my DSLR tonight, and I wanted a picture of me with a cigar. Since I can't light up in the house, that's what came up. Not bad for a unlit cigar?

Well, no Holy Grail here. "I must have chosen poorly." It's an obvious fake via Cigar Aficionado's vids: Counterfeit Behikes Huge bummer. Well, I guess my source is a nice guy, just not well educated either in the Habano Cigar culture. Damn cigarettes must have clouded his mind. QUESTION: Do I...

while in the dominican republic my father bought a box of about 25 cigars with a yellow band on them that said habanos. when he brought them home the things stunk when smoked,and when one of the wrappers broke i could see that the filler was not whole leaf put side by side instead being a bunch...

I recieved a box of fake CC Esplendidos from my friend. which i was fine with since cuban tobacco is cuban tobacco.... however they are drier then a dead leaf in a dessert... he didnt take care of them etc.:bitchslap: I started to revive a couple. Does anyone else have experince reviving old...

Well I was going to wait until I got a second one of these from the source and compare it to the one Jeff-Harley 33 sent to me. Unfortunately the source much have read a couple of my posts and changed his mind about sending me a cigar to review. I guess we'll never be buddies, TL and I...

Most of us have probably been following all the drama on some other boards over the last few days. It now appears that the majority of smokes are likely fake after a ton of detective work by various people. So, of those who have been following all this, what are your feelings about all the...

The band above is from a Boli PC '09, the bottom band is from a Boli RC '10, notice the one on the bottom does not have the rounded off end on the left side displaying the ring gage range. I know they started stamping the ring gage on the end of the band like that in '09 I believe, but the...

My kid, basketball broadcaster - real Dave Butler basketball coach Brad Stevens - fake Dave

Bazooka Joe had started a thread about well made fake Cuban Cigars a couple of days back! Here is a video made by someone that got took Buyer beware!

A couple of years ago a friend of mine had some health issues and needed to liquidate his inventory of cigars. Having no outlet to really do that he asked me to help. He had some nice vintage premium NCs and a lot of Cubans, though about a third of the Cubans were fake. I set aside a small...

Can I post my review here? Still don't have access to the habanos section but wanted to share this. Just don't want to post something in the wrong forum.

I have seen many questions from people buying fakes when they go out of the country. I was thinking that we could make a thread with pictures that showed what real ones look like VS the fakes. This might help people out. I haven't seen a post like this, but there are so many i could be wrong.

I tried this cigar based upon the great reviews. My previous review wasn't very good, based upon a cigar that was loosely wrapped with a blistered ... Read the full review here: Bolivar (Cuba) Royal Coronas Cigar Review - Hmm, did I buy a fake?