Me and my gal went to a couple Antique Shops yesterday in Charleston.... I found this laying on a table in the back.... Of course, I had to get it... I think it's pretty cool... It has a number "48" stamped in the side.... so, I would imagine they are 48 RG..... Add it to my collection of cool cigar stuff!

If anybody can tell me anything about it.... that would be great!

Bet ya thought this post was gonna be about the bad kind of cigar mold.... :-)

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Nope, its Plume :-)

Nice find!!
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I was thinking another thread about mold Zzzzzzz but what a pleasant surprise. :-) :-)
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:-) Sweet
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Very nice find indeed.
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Bloom perhaps?
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That is very cool!
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Might be German. If you google c.a. traxel and hanau, you'll get the facebook page for Hanauer industrial railway which was in City of Hanau and looks like it served CA Traxel. That's all from the broken translation. Give it as much credit as you want... it is wikipedia... http://translate.google.com/translat...%26prmd%3Divns

Here's another one on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-WOODEN-C...d291&x=37&y=11
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WTH is bloom?
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:-)
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Cigar molds, while not uncommon, are a great novelty, curio and conversation piece for the enthusiast, collector and aficionado, and should be enjoyed for what they are, which is a great cigar room decoration.

Verifying the authenticity of such a consumable item as these molds are would be very difficult, as molds such as these would be produced by the factories as needed in large quantities, as even the smallest factory would have a few hundred molds, larger factories could easily have thousands, with, for the most part, all of them in service, and all were expected to wear out at some point.

This particular specimen looks to be in unbelievably good condition for what should be a used cigar mold. I see no signs of the typical wear, discoloration from tobacco or scraping on the top and edges that would occur during the normal rapid use of these molds on a daily basis. And they do get beat up. The condition of this mold should make it a great addition and conversation piece to a cigar room.
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Great for a mancave....what a fun conversation piece!
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Great info Adam!
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I have seen a few of these at the local antique stores, but they were all unbelievably overpriced. Then someone mentioned ebay.

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(Hope I didn't just give you buyers remorse)
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Good mold for a change!!!:-)

Sweet find!!!:-)
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Nice find! Now get to rolling! :-)
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I wonder if it is any relation to this: http://www.etsy.com/listing/67991514...mold-reichling

I did a little more digging and also found some more molds by the same company, and they look extremely similar.

My German is rusty, and some of the links I found are more Dutch than German. Short version is my data mining has pointed me to one Reichling & Eberhard Manufaktur (Manufacturing), who were around in 1867 and other various dates,with awards and gold medals awarded to the house in 1885 and 1888 for their cigars. I can't find anything before 1867 and nothing after 1888 regarding cigars, however it looks like they did Leather goods manufacturing around 1941, specializing in cigar shapes for some purpose or another. Maybe cigar cases? Given the time frame not impossible given the war was on.

Again my German is rusty but the translation comes out as :


Reichling & Eberhard
Spezialfabrik für Zigarrenwickelformen (Special factory for cigar wrap-around shapes)
Hanau, Postfach 126

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:-)
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doesn't look like a 48 ring...probably a 42-44. Good find! Someone said that these are easily found on ebay. They sell for about $25 for some of the average molds to upwards of $200 for others. Whatever the buyer is willing to pay I guess.
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I got a couple of molds with the purchase of two Gispert 10ers from JR's. Pretty cool, but I'm certain that they were never used.

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Yours is way nicer than my repros, and look much cooler, too! :-)
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