Yeah, my thinking was about the same, except reverse. I was going to ask how the "smoke" compared, but I'm not sure the fake is gonna burn too well. :-)
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The filler and Binder don't look too bad IMHO. I pulled apart a certain highly respected NC manufacturers stick a couple weeks ago and it looked a lot worse than what I am seeing in your pics. Definitely a fake but not nearly as bad as I would have expected.
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Yea i't looked pretty good to me. I would have smoked it instead of dissecting it.
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Not if you have seen the crap found in fakes that many of us have. :-)
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Seconded. I smoked a fake one back in October - well, more like took one puff of it before throwing it in the ashtray in disgust - and never again. The flavor can best be described as dried leaves and rotten wood shavings being burned in a hobo's underwear.
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Cow dung comes to mind....:-)
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very interesting!
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You just don't see enough references to "hobos" anymore.

Well played :-)
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That's because Hobo is offensive to hobos.:-)
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Scientific studies show that "hobo" is 4x funnier than "bum" and 125x funnier than "homeless person".
:-)
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What are those, and what's the difference?
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CoRo = Cohiba Robusto
CoLa = Cohiba Lancero
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EDIT: S.O.B. by a min+
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Nice write up! I recently cruised thru the Caribbean, with fake Cohiba's waved in my face in every port. We took no chances and hit the LCDH in Aruba. Pricey, but excellent!

Disclaimer: All purchased Cuban cigars were smoked while at sea, and not brought back into the US, of course.:-)
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Appreciate it
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Well, thank goodness for that. :-)
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Always has to be a Navy guy:-)
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Good thing, Cuban cigars spontaneously combust upon reaching American soil.
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:-)
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Or a few half smoked.
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