Do Not Waste Your Smoke! How To Properly Light Your Cigar With Your Zippo Lighter

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Lighting a cigar is the first step to relaxation forfaster.
many people all around the world. And, a studentThe next step in the process is to cut the cigar
must practice their hobby until many moons havewith a cutter. On television and on the big screen
passed before they can be called an "Expert." Iit's a popular practice to murder the cigar by
too am a student of cigars and I would like tocutting off an inch of it. I choose to cut no more
pass what knowledge I have obtained regardingthan an eighth of an inch off the cap of the cigar.
an important subject � Learn to SparkThe point is to cut off as little as possible while still
Your Cigar with a Zippo Lighter.getting a nice, easy draw.
Step one in the ritual is take your Zippo lighter inNow that the cigar is cut, set the mirror where
one hand and your cigar in the other, strike theyou can see yourself as we begin to light.
flint wheel and burn the end of the cigar, right?Veteran cigar smokers will not need the mirror
Wrong! Making sure you have all the correct toolsbut, if you are just starting out it will make lighting
is always the first step. My dad who is athe cigar a cinch. Do not hold the torch direct
Contractor would always tell to me, "Son, in orderaimed at the cigar but at a 45 degree angle and
to work efficiently, you need to have the rightroughly three to four inches away to start.
tools for the right job," and lighting a cigar is noGently puff on the cigar as you begin to torch the
exception.cigar. Using the mirror, you will be able to see
The tools that we will need before we light andwhere your cigar is burning and where it is not.
smoke that tasty tobacco are a cigar cutter,Evenly torch the whole surface including the
ashtray, small mirror, Zippo lighter and a Z-plusedges of the cigar by moving your Zippo torch all
insert (torch insert). If you do not have a Z-pusaround. It should only take about ten seconds
insert you can buy one off the Net or your localwith the torch to light the cigar. You will know
tobacco shop should sell them. I bought minethat the cigar is lit correctly when the entire
from for $14.95.surface including the edges are glowing red and
Now that we have all the proper tools for the jobnow, you kick back and relax.
let us begin. Take your Zippo lighter and removeFollow these steps on how to light your cigar with
the original insert by gripping and pulling it out.a Zippo lighter and you can bet you'll enjoy your
Replace the standard insert with the new Z-plusstogie every time. The two key steps are the
insert and Walla! Your Zippo is now a torch . YouZ-plus insert and the mirror, especially if you are
can always switch back to the standard insert byjust starting out. By removing the standard Zippo
doing the same step.insert we are insuring that we do not pollute the
"Why do I want to use the torch insert instead ofcigar with any hint of lighter fluid and, the mirror
the normal Zippo flame?" I can hear the questionwill help light the cigar evenly. Give it a go, practice
echoing through minds of thousands of readersand happy stogie smoking!
right now � so let me answer theTrapped in meaningless jobs year after year,
question. The first reason has to do with theZippo Lighter Fanatic began working at the
difference between the lighter fluid in the regularTobacco Barn Cigar Lounge in sunny Orange
Zippo and the butane of the Z-plus torch insert.County CA at his brother-in-law's request.
Depending on how developed your pallet is, youUplifted and renewed, he began to eagerly spread
may or may not taste the odor of the lighterthe word of his new hobbies through articles,
fluid. That problem is solved by using a butaneblogs and video.
torch that burns at about 1,200+ degrees leaving