This is a really good video for those that haven’t seen it. 
I like how Eddie fully lights it before taking the first puff.
I like how Eddie fully lights it before taking the first puff.
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How to Properly Light a Cigar - Davidoff of London
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Gotta say, they are patient chaps. I'd have spent half the time charring it that they did.
I've got a pair of those Davidoff scissors but they need to be sharpened and I'm too paranoid they will get "lost"..
Splendid video @PipeIT - good show old boy.
I've got a pair of those Davidoff scissors but they need to be sharpened and I'm too paranoid they will get "lost"..
Splendid video @PipeIT - good show old boy.
Man, those guys were wearing some expensive duds!! I wouldn't use a scissors cutter to cut a cigar. They make a perfectly reusable guillotine cutter with two blades. I know you should properly char a cigar with a match or lighter but damned if it takes me three days to do it.
@Brendan yeah, I really loved the laid back demeanor, it really made you stop and realize what this is all about.
@kcghost yes, really spiffy dressed, and I have at the moment a Vertigo guillotine cutter which is working quite nice. Later I do want to buy an inexpensive Xikar. I thought this was a great video.
I tried this lighting method today on a La Aroma de Cuba Classic Robusto. Now I’ve never smoked this cigar before to know whether or not it would make a difference, and of course it’s not an expensive cigar, but boy it sure tasted mighty fine on that virgin puff I’ll say. LOL
@kcghost yes, really spiffy dressed, and I have at the moment a Vertigo guillotine cutter which is working quite nice. Later I do want to buy an inexpensive Xikar. I thought this was a great video.
I tried this lighting method today on a La Aroma de Cuba Classic Robusto. Now I’ve never smoked this cigar before to know whether or not it would make a difference, and of course it’s not an expensive cigar, but boy it sure tasted mighty fine on that virgin puff I’ll say. LOL
I remember when he started selling hangers on Ask Andy
Those suits arent gonna pay for themselves! neither is the walk in humidor, the home air filtration system so he can smoke inside, the mansion in Texas. Cant forget about the bespoke shoes!
I like watching these fellas. They are great examples of gentlemen etiquette. I’ll smoke a cigar and just watch these guys to make myself feel fancy. I wonder if they would enjoy a video of myself driving a tractor and spreading manure on a field while spitting tobacco into the wind.
I enjoyed watching that video and some of the "chats" and various of Kirby's vids on pretty cool suits I'd never be able to justify even if I lived there. We spent a lot of time one day in the area last spring where Davidoff and many of the great tailors, shoe "shops", hats and so forth are made and/or sold. The wife and I stopped into Davidoff on a beautiful afternoon and were the only customers in the shop at the time and Edward was sitting in a chair towards the back so went over to say "hello" and figured we might have a short chat and look at buying a few cigars, etc. --- we got a very dismissive "they will be happy to help you" with a wave towards three pretty young folks. I guess people off the street were supposed to know who they had to deal with, lol. Maybe he was having a bad day, and fair enough, and maybe our interrupting his idle scrolling on his phone and looking out the window threw him off, who knows, we couldn't have been less intrusive and or more friendly. We just made our way to the door. And a day or two later, he was having a cigar just outside the door and we just happened to be walking by and just a stare to a simple, smiling "good afternoon" - so we didn't turn around and give it a second chance. Our rental was very close to the hotel where his son's cigar lounge is located, but never really made the time to go in, probably should have, but Hyde Park is also pretty much right there so you know, why go inside. We spent a lot of time early in the day and late in the evening in Hyde Park and Kensington adjacent. Lots of dogs!
So then it was not only to see some of these places but also gauge the customer experience while trying to find a shirt and tie for my daughter's wedding. Best experience was at JJ Fox. Greeted intentionally as we came in, nice visit about cigars and the store and it's lengthy history, advice on selection of some cigars, an escort to the incredible Churchill museum downstairs with the cigar he had lit for me with permission to enjoy down there, wink, wink, not supposed to smoke down there, while I was on my way to the beautiful lounge upstairs, nice sit with the cigar in Churchill's chair and we had nice little table upstairs by the open window and we each had a beverage while I enjoyed a cigar and relaxed. Almost as good was Turnbull and Asser - again warm welcome and ended up in the basement where the shirts are with a super nice gentleman who was a wealth of info and got me into the best and best fitting dress shirt I've ever owned (great salesman as well, haha) which I enjoyed wearing to the wedding. Terry Haste's tailor shop was fine - pretty much figured in a dedicated tailor shop they are working and not worrying too much about retail (I wanted a tie from there). The young lady in the vids who works there popped out, was very helpful (not much "to go" selection, but found the perfect tie and reasonably priced). Haste was engaged in a deep discussion with a client about his suit, as he should have been, and we weren't going to barge down to the cutting area area and bother someone working. LOL, even my wife really didn't want to go into Floris, so we didn't but it would have been fun to smell some stuff (I'm not a scent wearer) and see the old records. Some other places were hit or miss, but overall, for an area with a lot of high end "bespoke" goods, there weren't any snooty attitudes or cliches for personalities. With one notable sullen exception the taxi drivers were the most fun, though.
So then it was not only to see some of these places but also gauge the customer experience while trying to find a shirt and tie for my daughter's wedding. Best experience was at JJ Fox. Greeted intentionally as we came in, nice visit about cigars and the store and it's lengthy history, advice on selection of some cigars, an escort to the incredible Churchill museum downstairs with the cigar he had lit for me with permission to enjoy down there, wink, wink, not supposed to smoke down there, while I was on my way to the beautiful lounge upstairs, nice sit with the cigar in Churchill's chair and we had nice little table upstairs by the open window and we each had a beverage while I enjoyed a cigar and relaxed. Almost as good was Turnbull and Asser - again warm welcome and ended up in the basement where the shirts are with a super nice gentleman who was a wealth of info and got me into the best and best fitting dress shirt I've ever owned (great salesman as well, haha) which I enjoyed wearing to the wedding. Terry Haste's tailor shop was fine - pretty much figured in a dedicated tailor shop they are working and not worrying too much about retail (I wanted a tie from there). The young lady in the vids who works there popped out, was very helpful (not much "to go" selection, but found the perfect tie and reasonably priced). Haste was engaged in a deep discussion with a client about his suit, as he should have been, and we weren't going to barge down to the cutting area area and bother someone working. LOL, even my wife really didn't want to go into Floris, so we didn't but it would have been fun to smell some stuff (I'm not a scent wearer) and see the old records. Some other places were hit or miss, but overall, for an area with a lot of high end "bespoke" goods, there weren't any snooty attitudes or cliches for personalities. With one notable sullen exception the taxi drivers were the most fun, though.