I bought a couple of Robustos from a local guy. He doesn't carry most name brands because he doesn't want to pay the high taxes. The cigar seem to be a standard robusto with a dark brown wrapper, but there is lighter colored wrapper in a spiral around the cigar. No cigar band.

Any ideas as to the brand?:-)
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Picture?
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I'll give it a try.
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if its just a thin lighter wrapper twisting around it then it sounds like a CAO America, if its half and half then it could be a Taboo Twist. Pics will help determine it
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Pretty tasty I must say.:-)
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Looks like a Taboo Twist
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Looks like a barberpole cigar. Unfortunately without a band or the person telling you where he got it from there is no way to tell you exactly what it is.
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Aren't Taboo Twists banded?

Could be anything really. Better to just ask the shop.
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Taboo Twists are banded..could be a barberpole knockout of some sort.
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Could be a barberpole house blend... :-)
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Could be a cigar.
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sure could be.Any guess would be a shot in the dark.I'd ask the man too.
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Taxes are the same on all cigars, sounds like you are being fed a harmless bill of goods.
Looks good though. Probably a talented person trying to help another person and have
neither of them pay taxes, lol...Maybe standard sales tax.
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the style of the cigar is called barberpole - a cigar with a strip of maduro wrapper rolled around the lighter wrapper. There are several cigar companies that make such a cigar.

If it smokes well and isn't too expensive, then I say buy more and get the name of the manufacturer in case you want to order them online or in bulk from the store.
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Probably would help if you had/have the ring gauge and length. I'm sure with that information and about 10 minutes on google you could determine if it's a custom roll or a normal brand name cigar.
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i'm gona guess perdomo made it
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I think its a La Harencia Cubana Dos Capas. I picked up a bundle of them from cigar.com during a weekend blitz a few weeks ago. Your cigar looks exactly like mine only I have bands.
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Smoked something similar that was drop shipped blind to my local B&M in attempt to increase sales. Owner gave them out to those around the table that day to give our opinions (all there were regulars). Not to scare you, but the smoke was horrible. Hopefully yours is better.
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Cohiba 40th anni?
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He could be referring to state cigar taxes. because taxes for cigars are not the same for example IL= 16% at point of sale MN= 70% of wholesale (collected at the end of each month) leading to different purchasing decisions for different markets
To the OP I'd say it is exactly what he purports it to be a house blend barber pole
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