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My loved cigar

How I can hold my loved cigar

If you enjoy a small cigarillo or a 60/80 size of a ring cigar or the most common toro size, there is an art point of how you can hold your cigar.

Nevertheless there isn't a correct way how you can enjoy and hold your favorite cigar because most of us we do it subconsciously without a second thought.
Left hand? Right hand? Between the index and middle finger? Between the index finger and thumb?

From ten-centuries of cigar-smoking know-how we can suggest a list of common cigar poses.
We’re not advocating any one position over another, but we will try to light up the underlying psychology behind a variety of familiar cigar smoking mannerisms.
The most important we think that you should smoke your cigar however it feels most comfortable to you, as long as you’re not spraying a blizzard of ashes around the room or smoldering a hole into your buddy’s shirt just because he got too close to the end of your cigar.

We just know there’s a perfect cigar pose for you.

- The Wheeler Dealer
The cigar sits hitched between the tips of your pointer and middle fingers. The thumb and the palm are opened in an affable gesture, as if to invite someone in or show them some new things.

- The Pensive Ponderer
You’ve clearly got something to sort out, or you’re mulling over an important decision. The palm is closed and your cigar is perched between your index finger and thumb as you gently roll it back and forth.

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- The Pressure Cooker
Your fingers are clenched around the top of your cigar and your thumb applies a generous amount of pressure as you squish your cigar in a tense stance that indicates you’re under a tight deadline or you’re about to miss something important.

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- The Art Collector
Your cigar is relaxingly propped on your middle finger while your index finger gingerly cradles it over the top and gently meets the tip of your thumb for a bit of added support.

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- The Conspirator
Multiple fingers clamber over the top of your cigar, while your thumb supports the underside, as you wriggle it around orchestrating the details of a secret plot.

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- The Penny-Pincher
Nothing goes to waste here. You’ve got a serious penchant for frugality. You could probably smoke a Robusto for four or five hours because you have no shame in getting every last puff from the nub, even if you have to use a paperclip or a tweezers to tease out the last draw from your cigar.

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- The Chomper
This, perhaps, has the least to do with ‘holding’ your cigar, so much as it does with chewing it. A chomper’s cigar rarely leaves his mouth, even in the face of an emergency. Chompers like to light up and keep it that way. A befitting motto for chompers would be, ‘one after the other after the other,’ and so on.

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Cheers!!

Source and copy write: Holt's Club House from Shane K. (24 Nov. 2017)