Box Pressed Cigars

[jkorp]

IMO...

Box pressing is a natural occurence of cigars being packed in a box tightly. Why tightly, to keep them from rolling around and getting damaged. You don't get this in cabinets where the cigars are bundled and bound with a ribbon. The cigars in a cabinet stay round. Box pressing is not intentional but an out come of the packaging method.

Now if you read the other thread, box pressing is different than square pressing a cigar. These cigars are intentionally pressed in a square form. The reason.. maybe a combination of all those stated. Maybe seafarers wanted a cigar that wouldn't roll around deck in the chop...

Some say pressed cigars have draw and burn issues, but I don't see any pros or cons to whether it's pressed or not. If you like it smoke it.

[NCRadioMan]

Originally Posted by jkorp

Box pressing is a natural occurence of cigars being packed in a box tightly.

The thing is, it is not natural for the most part. The cigars are put into boxes and actually put under a press.

FWIW, I have never had draw or burn issues with a box-pressed nc cigar.

[jkorp]

Originally Posted by NCRadioMan

The thing is, it is not natural for the most part. The cigars are put into boxes and actually put under a press.

FWIW, I have never had draw or burn issues with a box-pressed nc cigar.

I think we may be saying the samething. Square pressed cigars are put under a press, but I don't think cigars put in dress boxes that develop a "box pressed" shape go under a press.

I was making a distincation between box and square pressed, "box" being from the box they are packed in, and "square" because they are put in a form and put under a press.

[Texan in Mexico]

Originally Posted by jkorp

I think we may be saying the samething. Square pressed cigars are put under a press, but I don't think cigars put in dress boxes that develop a "box pressed" shape go under a press.

I was making a distincation between box and square pressed, "box" being from the box they are packed in, and "square" because they are put in a form and put under a press.

Thanks buddy, I learned something today!

Travis