It's a little strange, but there are definitely some pipe-only guys out there.
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Just curious if you don't mind telling what they charged for the Mexicristos?
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Wrapper fell off? Well, you don't have to say much more on the topic then that but smoke them if possible and see how they taste. Why not.
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Have you ever dissected a fake? I'm guessing not.
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That's my thinking as well. The "why not" is because there could be floor sweepings in there.
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A washer, bits of string, fingernails (better than toenails?), all kinds of wonderful floor sweepings.
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My favorite was the one posted years ago where someone found rolled up toilet paper inside :-)
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Hahaha I had no idea!!!M you all make the idea of smoking fakes so unappealing :-) especially if the toilet paper was "used".
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I've either done or been present at dissections that showed:

road tar
rubber (assumed from a shoe of some kind)
string unlike any used in cigar manufacture (think "women's products")
mold
strange substances that had a urine-like smell (could have been plant fiber)
rat or mouse droppings
charcoal
dirt
rocks
plenty that no one had a guess for although one person thought one was poison oak

So, by all means, smoke it. But don't blame me for the results.
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Hints of Oak, Leather, Quartz and Asphalt. :-)
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Yikes that is scary
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That is some nasty mojo. Makes sense as since it's fake it's not like they have any stake in the brand or a reputation at stake and it's just about making the cigar cheap. Stuff anything in that can be hidden by just enough tobacco to fool the consumer.

Wow.
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Most of the dissections were on NCs, btw.
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You're talking NC-manufactured counterfeit CCs, yes?
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No, NC fakes of more expensive NCs.
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Oh, wow. I'm not sure I've ever seen the likes of those.
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