Lighting technique

[Garbandz]

see this...........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOem4JswMCk

I toast the foot and then smoke,I try not to draw while a flame is on the foot.Doing so can overheat the cigar and make it bitter.
The best way I have found is to light a cigar off the previous cigar.................

[markem]

Do whatever works for you. As you gain more experience, you can try other options. Trust me, there are many, many ways to light a cigar.

As for my "method", a quick memory check shows at least 7 different methods depending on the condtitons and also the stick.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Garbandz

I toast the foot and then smoke,I try not to draw while a flame is on the foot.Doing so can overheat the cigar and make it bitter.

This is how I have lit my cigars for the last several years.

I used to draw (puff) while lighting the cigar, but I found the other method to be much more efficient.

[Ashcan Bill]

Originally Posted by icehog3

This is how I have lit my cigars for the last several years.

I used to draw (puff) while lighting the cigar, but I found the other method to be much more efficient.

I'm just the opposite. For a long time I'd toast the foot, blow on it, and then gently puff. I'd spend a good five minutes playing around with the thing. Then one day I realized two things.

• I've got a lot more life behind me than I do in front, and wasting time needlessly makes less and less sense as time goes on.
  
• I could never honestly tell any darn difference in the way the cigar smoked or tasted anyway.

Now I just apply fire and puff away. The cigar doesn't seem to mind.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Ashcan Bill

I'm just the opposite. For a long time I'd toast the foot, blow on it, and then gently puff. I'd spend a good five minutes playing around with the thing. Then one day I realized two things.

• I've got a lot more life behind me than I do in front, and wasting time needlessly makes less and less sense as time goes on.
  
• I could never honestly tell any darn difference in the way the cigar smoked or tasted anyway.

Now I just apply fire and puff away. The cigar doesn't seem to mind.

Five minutes, Bill?....we obviously do something different, takes me about 20-30 seconds to get it fully lit...and I don't even blow on it.

[kelmac07]

Originally Posted by Garbandz

I toast the foot and then smoke, I try not to draw while a flame is on the foot. Doing so can overheat the cigar and make it bitter.

Been doing it this way for years.