You're right. Ligero runs throughout. I just had a blonde moment. I meant to say the point at which the cigar changes flavor profile substantially. When most cigars are blended, they intend on most of the cigar to be smoked... not just a couple inches. The building of tar and other substances changes the profile towards the end.

Bottom line.... cigar bands are ornamental... smoke a cigar as far as you want... and do what ever you want with the cigar band. Cigars are only fermented, dried up leaves with fancy labels on them.
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I always pitch mine when it becomes a chore to smoke rather than a pleasure, the point at which that happens varies from cigar to cigar. The band is just decoration, I remove it as soon as is possible without damaging it, for some cigars it's right at the beginning, some require warming up the glue. I don't even keep the bands anymore, so it's completely pointless for me to care about damaging the bands, but it's what I do. I don't need a good reason to remove the band, I just prefer the look of a cigar in my hand sans band.

At least the cello argument has some bearing on the aging of the cigar, I don't see how bands on or off affects anything...
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I tend to leave the band on until it comes off easily. Box pressed cigars I normally take them off before lighting. I think that they "round out" more evenly with the band off.
Gifting a cigar means that I no longer own it. If the receipient wants to smoke only an inch, it's his cigar he can do whatever he wants with it.
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clearly i didnt realize that.





thats not even sarcasm.
i didnt. thanks for the heads up.
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The band comes off as soon as possible, before putting fire to it if I can. I do this because I hate the feel of the bands on the cigar. I want to feel the smoothness or toothyness of the wrapper. The feel of the tabacoo in my hand is part of the over all cigar smoking experience.
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I defiantly agree with your first statement.

If I cigar keeps on going out I hate the almost as much as a a pluged cigar.



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