Finish a cigar nub in the pipe?

[nozero]

No intro yet, as I'm still on the fence on pipes and I've not had one for 30 years. Back then, I had a Rossi or two with the balsa inserts and I really enjoyed IQ tobacco. Anyway... I wanted to ask a question.

While at the Taboo Cigar shop, I was told by another customer that the best way to finish the nub of a cigar was to drop it into a pipe and "finish it off". What is the concensus here, is this a good or bad idea and why in your opinion?

TIA,
nozero aka Michael

[wharfrathoss]

it's funny ya bring this up, it's why i bought a cob when i 1st started smoking cigars-being a cheap bast*rd by nature, i figured i'd get all i could out of a smoke this way-i tried it a few times w/smokes like the VSG & anything else over $7, didn't really care for it-even in a cob, which doesn't really add anything to the taste like briar, i didn't enjoy it-JMHO though, YMMV

[SUOrangeGuy]

If you ever listen to Blowin' Smoke podcast on of the contributors finishes off his cigars with a roach clip or in a pipe. The secret is to find a pipe that snugs the cigar tight around the edges.

I've never tried it myself.

[nozero]

Originally Posted by wharfrathoss

it's funny ya bring this up, it's why i bought a cob when i 1st started smoking cigars-being a cheap bast*rd by nature, i figured i'd get all i could out of a smoke this way-i tried it a few times w/smokes like the VSG & anything else over $7, didn't really care for it-even in a cob, which doesn't really add anything to the taste like briar, i didn't enjoy it-JMHO though, YMMV

Thanks for the reply sir. As you said. YMMV so I'm looking for more input.

Interesting you mention a cob pipe, as I recall, it's good to have more than one to rotate, so I cob is/was one I plan to have for such.

Thanks again!

[JohnnyFlake]

I have done that more times than I can remember!

Cobs work well for that, however, I also have a couple of medium size Meerschaums that are perfect for that as well and I use them most of the time!

[uncballzer]

Umm, i've got a nub of a black pearl I had today, I'm gonna pull out a cob and give this a try. I think I said the same thing on another thread about this topic, but this time, I'm actually gonna do it

[uncballzer]

Blah, probably not gonna do that again. I taste cigar, but there's a difference in the cigar and pipe tobacco. I felt like I should have been smoking the cigar itself.

[tfar]

I have never done that and don't feel inclined to do so. If you have ever cut open the last inch of a cigar and the last half inch, and you have seen the stuff that accumulates in the nub, you really don't want to smoke that. The nub functions as your natural filter, it gets all the crap. Why smoke crap. If you can afford to smoke cigars and smoke pipes other than cobs, you can afford not to smoke the filter of a cigar in a pipe and just let good enough alone. IMHO.

Till

[cquon]

Originally Posted by tfar

I have never done that and don't feel inclined to do so. If you have ever cut open the last inch of a cigar and the last half inch, and you have seen the stuff that accumulates in the nub, you really don't want to smoke that. The nub functions as your natural filter, it gets all the crap. Why smoke crap. If you can afford to smoke cigars and smoke pipes other than cobs, you can afford not to smoke the filter of a cigar in a pipe and just let good enough alone. IMHO.

Till

Exac-a-latly!

[nozero]

Originally Posted by tfar

I have never done that and don't feel inclined to do so. If you have ever cut open the last inch of a cigar and the last half inch, and you have seen the stuff that accumulates in the nub, you really don't want to smoke that. The nub functions as your natural filter, it gets all the crap. Why smoke crap. If you can afford to smoke cigars and smoke pipes other than cobs, you can afford not to smoke the filter of a cigar in a pipe and just let good enough alone. IMHO.

Till

A very good point. Thanks to all for the input!

[Mad Hatter]

I've done it using a cob, but the cigar will only burn down to about 2 inches before it becomes too gooie to stay lit. Varies from cigar to cigar. Some taste ok, some taste like crap.

[BamBam]

Winston Churchill's gardener used to take Sir Winston's cigar leftovers and smoke them in his pipe. That says something to me.

[monsoon]

Originally Posted by BamBam

Winston Churchill's gardener used to take Sir Winston's cigar leftovers and smoke them in his pipe. That says something to me.

Yeah ... that Winston Churchill didn't pay his staff enough.

[tfar]

Originally Posted by BamBam

Winston Churchill's gardener used to take Sir Winston's cigar leftovers and smoke them in his pipe. That says something to me.

That says two or three things:

1. If you know that Chruchill is reported to have smoked cigars only to about half and then light a new one (so his is never seen with a short stick, I suppose), this means that the gardener might have smoked enough smokable stuff.

2. Class distinctions in England in the first half of the 20th century were huge. Even bigger than in the USA of today. This speaks volumes about those distinctions.

3. The gardener was certainly very poor and might have even conceived it as an honor to smoke Chuchie's left-overs.

Till

[hotreds]

NO!