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Old 11-07-2017, 11:11 AM   #1
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Huge bands

This takes the cake.

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Old 11-07-2017, 11:32 AM   #2
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Yep. It appears to be a trend.
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Old 11-07-2017, 11:33 AM   #3
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It appears to be a trend.
A bad one.
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Old 11-07-2017, 12:26 PM   #4
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Meh. I've seen bigger ones than that. Up to 3/4 of the cigar covered by the band.
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Old 11-07-2017, 12:31 PM   #5
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Gurkhas comes to mind for large bands.
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Old 11-07-2017, 03:00 PM   #6
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It makes you wonder what the cigar makers are trying to hide.
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Old 11-07-2017, 03:56 PM   #7
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Can't see the pic in the first post to compare but my submission is the Merlion by La Sirena:

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Old 11-07-2017, 04:45 PM   #8
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Can't see the pic in the first post to compare but my submission is the Merlion by La Sirena:

We have a winner!
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Old 11-07-2017, 05:02 PM   #9
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While I dislike huge bands, I really hate multiple bands. I really don't want to work that hard
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Old 11-07-2017, 06:29 PM   #10
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All band no good cigar IMO. Kinda like “all hat, no cattle.”
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