Lighting Closed Feets

[Clint]

One thing that I have learned over the past 20+ years of enjoying cigars is that you never stop learning!

So, I pose the question to get some more knowlege....

How do you light a closed foor cigar?

Some say to cut off the foot, and light as normal; others say light as is and touch up as needed during the first 1/4"...What do you do?

 

[Jfire]

I don't..... I only smoke one cigar at a time!!!!!! :rolling: ( I light a closed foot until its passed the wrapper and keep lighting the binder filler as well)

 

[mwlabel]

I suppose it depends on what type of closed.

Something like the PCR? Light as normal. Almost never needs a touch up.

Something like the goofy Viajes, or whoever does it, where the head and foot are exactly the same... then yeah, I would clip the foot first.

 

[W.B.]

Yes or punch the end. But I rarely smoke cigars that have a closed foot(edit: as in the Viaje C-4).

 

[pbibby]

Light as is and try to get just a taste of pure wrapper.

 

[shadowcam]

Just lit up the closed foot on the TAA '11. I only lit up the foot by a little bit so I can take a couple puffs of straight Conn. Broadleaf wrapper. Great stuff. Once I got my fix, I torched it up to full burn.

 

[Dio]

I just light it up as I do to open-foot cigars.

 

[javajunkie]

Just lit up the closed foot on the TAA '11. I only lit up the foot by a little bit so I can take a couple puffs of straight Conn. Broadleaf wrapper. Great stuff. Once I got my fix, I torched it up to full burn.

this is the intent, and when it works, it works. unfortunately, most of the time i want to get into the cigar part of the cigar, and just carefully apply heat until it's even. which, for me, makes it more for visual aesthetic than anything else.

 

[AlohaStyle]

I just smoked one last night in fact... I just lit up the closed foot and the wrapper was pretty thin on the end and the filler burned quickly.

 

[Robertsndr68]

I love lighting closed feet with matches and getting the couple puffs of delicious wrapper smoke. Love it.

 

[aroma]

If you're talking about a perfecto, like a Fuente Hemingway, they were originally invented to conserve matches; you're supposed to just light the tip of the foot. I usually don't have the patience and just snip some off the foot with a cutter or torch the whole foot.

 

[SmokeyJohn]

Just recently smoked the TAA 2012 blend... It had a closed foot and the recent cigars I've always ripped off the closed part, this time I kept it closed and just lit it a little extra and it was great... No burn issues or nothing! From now on ill keep em covered and light up

 

[Kingpin]

I love lighting closed feet with matches and getting the couple puffs of delicious wrapper smoke. Love it.

Same here. I have found that my cigar seemes to light easier when it has a closed foot.

 

[Argus17]

Whether it be something like a Hemmingway, or a normal closed foot like a Tat Anniversary or Kristoff, I just light them like regular cigars. I love to taste mostly wrapper on the first puff or two.

 

[UpInSmoke]

I wish more cigars had closed feet. They just look so awesome.

And I just light those bastards right up, yum yum

 

[MUNKY]

Gently

 

[CanIGetAHolla]

Something like the goofy Viajes, or whoever does it, where the head and foot are exactly the same... then yeah, I would clip the foot first.

The very first time I smoked a Honey & Hand Grenades I clipped the head and took a pre-light draw. Nothing. I was like "Damn, that's a tight draw!" Then I realized that the foot was closed and rolled into a point. Doh!

 

[KoreanCowboy]

I've never had an issue with a closed foot. I love the TAA's because of that. Makes it easy to light with 1 match, in the car while driving.

 

[StogieNinja]

I like to taste the wrapper leaf, so I light that up and draw, but I never can actually get the rest of the filler toasted properly that way, so I usually puff a little bit after lighting the closed foot, then when the heat inevitably dies out, I get out my torch and toast the foot.

 

[CasualStogie]

Usually light em the same way as an open-foot cigar. I do enjoy them because I find that they get rid of any initial scorched tobacco taste when lighting with a butane lighter. Could be just me though.


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