Band ON or OFF??? That is the question

[Le Buzz]

How are people supposed to know how cool I am and much I overpaid for a cigar if I take the band off?

~brooks

That's just it... if they know your reputation they dont have to see the band. If they don't know who Brooks is... that's their problem. :cbig:

 

[SuperKrishna]

Don't know why, but I'm keeping my bands. I figure I'll use them for something.

 

[SailorAg]

My dad always taught me it was polite to remove the band before you start smoking. Not sure it's polite, but it's how I was raised, and thus how I do it.

 

[Headbanger]

I still take bands off before smoking just because I don't want to fiddle with it while smoking. The issue I have is sometimes the band sticks to the wrapper making holes or makes the wrapper unravel. I might change my thoughts and try to leave the band on till later on.

 

[Burning Man]

I leave it on until it gets in the way.:cbig:

 

[Wink]

I leave it on until it gets in the way.:cbig:

2x, Also a couple times I tried to remove the band by first sliding it down them up because it was stuck ended up ripping the wrapper. Needless to say I'll never do that again.

 

[BigFoot]

i use to always remove it so that no one could tell what i wassmoking....not anymore though.

 

[smelvis]

Well I guess common sense prevails

Leave it on never remove it. 2 1.10%
leave it on, but remove it so I can smoke the nub 107 59.12%
Take it off before lighting, I don't want anyone knowing what I'm smoking 16 8.84%
Take it off after smoking a bit. 32 17.68%
Who the F cares? It's a little piece of paper!!! 24 13.26%
Voters: 181. Y

 

[stroke]

When I started smoking cigars I read it was bad etiquette to leave the band on, so I started taking it off. Then I got a few bad glue jobs and tore the wrapper on my cigar. So I said screw etiquette, I'll take the band off if it's worth nubbin.

 

[Moro]

When I started smoking cigars I read it was bad etiquette to leave the band on, so I started taking it off. Then I got a few bad glue jobs and tore the wrapper on my cigar. So I said screw etiquette, I'll take the band off if it's worth nubbin.

That's the spirit. Same story here.

Plus...the conclusion of: So...I get to remove the emblem of my vehicle because it's bad etiquette?

 

[Jadawin]

I wait until the burnline is close to the band then remove it, hoping the glue has warmed up a bit. I rarely try to take the band off before lighting up because I am tired of tearing the wrapper from an overly glued or tight band.

 

[MICSTOGIE]

I take it off but not because I don't want anyone knowing what I'm smoking. I collect the bands.

 

[Son Of Thor]

I leave it on, and remove it if the cigar is good enough to smoke past it.

 

[perezam]

I smoke it with the band on until I get about 1/4 towards the band then take it off.

 

[Strickland]

I take it off but not because I don't want anyone knowing what I'm smoking. I collect the bands.

Me too. If it's the first cigar I've tried of that type, I stick it to the corkboard in my office...

I take the band off even if it's not, though.

 

[Koujo]

On, until the ash gets close to the band because you never know if that person put too much glue and it will rip the cigar.

 

[TheLostGringo]

I voted for "Take the Band Off" , but not for the reason of having people know the cigar I am smoking. More because I tend to nub and don't want to smoke the paper.

 

[SmokeyOgre]

Typically leave it on until its time for nubbin' unless I'm in public smoking something cheap And dont want anyone to know I'm slummin it :stretchgr

 

[jebloom22]

Dave - I'm exactly the same way, for exactly the same reasons.

What he said.

 

[Eulenburg]

It's like wearing a hat with the price ticket still stuck to it. I remove it.