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The Moment of Truth You've read about cigars. You've learned about humidors. You may have even watched a doctor unbox one of the most beautiful lighters ever made. Now it's time to actually walk into a cigar lounge. And that — for most people — is where the anxiety kicks in. What do I order? How do I cut it without making a fool of myself? When do I tap the ash? Can I put it out halfway through? What are the unwritten rules that everyone else seems to already know? This is ex

The Gentleman's Cigar Masterclass — Part 2: The Trinidad Legacy & the ST Dupont Le Grand Perfect Cling Unboxing

It started in a cold Yorkshire drawer in the 1980s. Five-year-old me, bored and restless on a rainy British afternoon, prising open a stuck mahogany cabinet in search of a treasure map. What I found instead were a handful of curious brown sticks wrapped in cellophane — my father's old cigars, remnants of a bachelor life I never knew. My mother shut that down immediately. My fascination, however, never quite went away. Then came the 80s and 90s. Bond, Hannibal Smith, Arnie, St