After work we had a bonfire at the lake last night. Of course everyone looks to me to hand out cigars which is fine I don't mind. Then it hits me I don't have a cutter on me, no worries my gf happened to have one I left in her car. Then Noone has a lighter since one of the bone heads threw the bic used to light the fire in the fire to see it pop! This is where it got fun! 5 guys trying to light cigars off of those car cigarette lighter dealies.

So CA I thought this could be fun. I want to hear your stories if desperation whether be for lack of lighter or cutter! What'd you do?
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Neat idea for a thread.

As for the cutter I have never really had a problem as I tend to bite the end off of most of my smokes these days.

Once I was on a small boat working for a couple days and no one had matches. So me a buddy longingly looked at the flares for a while and decided that was not a good idea.

The captain had a small coffee maker and we were able to get some paper towels to catch fire and we lighted our cigars that way one night. Its a messy proposition and not the smartest thing to do while on a vessel but it worked ok haha.
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I bit off the end of a cigar once, it was horrible. I would never do that again. Threw the cigar away and ended up spitting out tobacco for three hours.
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I keep a cigar punch keychain on my keys at all times, which stay in my pocket at all times.

Just for the hell of it--I've lit cigars using burning "torches" from the bon-fire! It does impart an extra taste though I admit. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.
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I used a box of B&M matches one time!!! To light two cigars!!!

That sucked!!!
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The cutter is no problem, I always have a pocket knife. I also keep a lighter with me at all times. My wife always wants to know why I have a lighter all the time, and I tell her if I am ever stranded on a desert island I will be able to light my cigar and enjoy the view.:-)
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As opposed to actually biting off the end of cigars, you can moisten the head and kind of scrape off the cap with your teeth. That works for robustos, toros etc. at least.
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I once spent the better part of a wedding reception trying to light cigars off a car lighter and never did get it to work. Still beat sitting around at the boring reception.
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No cutter = smoke it back wards. No lighter, well that just sucks.
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done this a handful of times, slightly difficult to light it at first though.
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I have used a golf tee as a punch, and have used the crappy scissors of my crappy "working" pocketknife as a cutter, as well as the straight blade of my Old Timer. As for fire - well, just rub two sticks together, then both are lit.

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haha I've had to do this a few times. It's not pretty but it works.
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Yard gar...bite it and light it....by any means...Any of my premiums....put away for another day
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Hmm.

Used last match to light the 7th night's campfire, butane gone, lighters empty. Oh yeah, smaller twig makes a good lighter.

Or, the time I was at a friends and lit my cigar by firing up the gas stove and using the flame.

No cutter? I've used so many different things for that - filet knife, any knife, and even my teeth.
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I use my fingernail and try to work around the cap. It generally isn't too much of a problem unless it is a really dry stick.
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On a hunting trip, my lighter ran empty. After some thinking, I took the 6 volt battery out of a lantern grabbed a paper clip and a pair of pliers. I held the paperclip with the pliers and touched the end to each spring on the battery. Once ot got red hot I was able to light my stogie. A bit unever but lit non the less.
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I can honestly say I've never been without a lighter. If I don't have a cutter, then I bit the end off, as I usually smoke robustos or toros. I carry TWO lighters in my pocket, in case one fails, and I have at least 1 in every vehicle I own, along with butane in each glove box. I am fully prepared LOL.
Scott
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The trusted leatherman always attached to my hip is the back up cutter.
But one time fishing, i let the other guys light with matches first, they burned through 3 full boxes, it was a bit windy mind you but not that bad. They left me with one. Got the job done, burnt it down till I fried my fingers, but enjoyed that smoke.
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:-)

I invested in one of the little Xikar flat cutters that now resides in my wallet at ALL times! I normally have at least 2 lighters in my pockets, and each vehicle has an emergency Ronson, under the seat.

I tend to fill my lighters at night before going to bed, just to make sure that they won't run empty... :-)

The mini-mancave has a couple of tabletop lighters, so I never have to interupt a pleasurable smoke! :-)



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Glad to know I am not the only crazy person :-)
Scott
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