Serious Cigars: Your Online Cigar Store for All Your Smoking Requirements

What makes Serious Cigars a good online cigar store?
We give you an enormous range of choices in brands. You can find everything from the least expensive to the highest level of premium value here on our site. Many of the most popular brands in the US such as Macanudos, Montecristos, and Nat Shermans are premier, featured brands in our online offerings. You can count on finding prices and cigar discounts that will appeal to you regardless of whether you are a beginner, an occasional smoker, or a serious, veteran cigar aficionado.

The inventory at www.seriouscigars.com is live. It is updated every time someone makes a purchase. We have designed our system to remove each cigar purchase from the site the moment that it happens. We do not have to manually update the site, so whatever you see in stock when you browse through our selection is exactly what we have in stock for you to choose from.

What is the most important thing other than cigars for me to buy from your online cigar store?
You need to buy a humidor if you have not already bought one. It is the most important cigar product you will ever buy. If you already have a humidor, we also have humidifiers and other humidor products that you may need for your particular brand and type of humidor.

What cigar accessories do you sell?
We sell all sorts of products to make the lives of both beginning cigar smokers and veteran cigar aficionados truly complete and happy. Examples of our cigar accessories include containers, cigar cutters, lighters, and cases. We also have other accessories like cigar markers, coffee mugs, and cigar products for the golf course.

What distinguishes it's online quality?
Our online cigar store offers you a wide selection of cigars that are available. You will find cheap cigars or premium cigars, mild cigars or full-bodied cigars. You can find the cigars you're looking for at the lowest prices, and guaranteed to be fresh.

What benefits does an online cigar store like yours offer to smokers on a budget who can't spend a lot of money?
Websites have played a major role in the rise in cigar sales over the past decade. The Internet has revolutionized our industry. It has made it easy and inexpensive to purchase cigars. There are no hassles, and procurement can be handled anonymously if you wish.

Why should I consider purchasing cigars online?
You can count on getting some really great deals that you will have a hard time finding in a brick and mortar cigar store. On our site, you will find every major and boutique cigar label conveniently listed for you to browse through and purchase. Our site is very easy to navigate because all the cigar manufacturers are listed alphabetically.

Do you have free shipping on any cigars?
Yes. There are certain cigar boxes you can buy from us that offer free ground freight. Some of these include Arturo Fuente cigars, including all Don Carlos, Hemingway and most of the Gran Reserva lines. Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 and 1992, Don Pepin Cigars, Tatuaje Cigars.

How to Cut a Premium Cigar

When you smoke a premium, hand-rolled cigar, you always have to cut it first. When cutting cigars, there are certain principles you must follow to get the maximum enjoyment from your cigar. Following these principles will ensure you get the most out of your cigar smoking experience.

The whole point of cutting a cigar is to remove the cap from the unsealed end. This cap was originally installed to keep the filler in place and to preserve its aroma and flavor. We do this to create a sufficient opening to draw smoke, but we also want to do this in a way that does not damage the shape of the cigar or mash the filler tobacco within it.

To begin with, always use a sharp cutter to cut your cigar. Like any other type of blade, a dull blade does far more damage than a sharp blade will ever do. Never waste your money on a second rate cutter and never procrastinate replacing a dull one.

When cutting the cigar, do it with constant pressure in a quick manner.

Make certain that you place an equal amount of pressure on all sides of the cigar. This will prevent the cigar from being crushed.

When you cut the cigar, hold it at eye level. This will allow you to see where the cap meets the body and enable you to cut in a straight line.

• Begin by placing your cigar cutter between you and your cigar. Point the cigar’s open end away from you.
• Find the point on the cigar where the end begins to curve toward the closed end that is facing toward you. This curved part of the cigar is called the shoulder. Typically, on most cigars, it lies between a half inch and one sixteenth of an inch from the cap.
• Now, place your cigar under the blade where you intend to cut it.
• Before you actually cut the cigar, bring the blade down to wrapper and rest it there gently, lining it up in the process.
• Once you have lined up the cutter, cut the cigar with a swift surgical movement. Use even pressure and do not jerk the cigar as you cut. The more precise you are, the less likely you will be to tear the wrapper or crush the tobacco.
• Throw away the cap and light your cigar with either a wooden match or a butane cigar lighter.

There are three types of cigar cutters, as we discussed in a previous blog on this site. The most popular among cigar aficionados is the guillotine cutter, which may either be single-blade or double-blade in design.

We recommend that if you follow this preference, that you use a double blade so that you can deliver precise, equal pressure from both sides at once. Of course, if you have been cutting cigars and smoking all of your life, you can easily do the same work with a single-blade cutter.

Cigar Cutters

Cigar cutters either remove or put a hole in the cap of a cigar before you smoke it. There are three ways you can cut a cigar. One is the simple straight cut, which simply slices the end off of the cigar cap. The other is the wedge or V cut, which leaves a portion of the cap in place with a wedge cut out of the middle of it. The third type of cut is the hole punch. This actually puts a hole in the center of the cap and allows you to draw smoke through the hole. You have to be very precise in choosing the size of the hole you punch. If you punch a hole too small, you will have tar buildup around the edges of the hole that will affect the flavor of the cigar.

Straight cuts are normally made by single-blade or double-blade cigar cutters that look like little guillotines. V-cutters are designed to make an even cut from both sides, and they cut deeper than double and single blade cigar cutters. Serious smokers often argue they are much better for smoking heavier gauge cigars for this reason.

All type of debate rages over which type of cut is better than the rest, and which type of cigar cutter works better than all the other cigar cutters in the world. At the end of the day it all boils down to two things, really, however. One is the size of the cigar you are smoking, and the other is how much fast you want your cigar to burn. Most of you have been smoking cigars for years and know your own personal preferences in these matters and can make your own intelligent decision about which cigar cutter works best for you.

Serious Cigars wants to provide you with options without taking an official stance on which type of cut—or which cigar cutters—work better than others.

The single blade cutter is the most basic type of cigar cutter. Our Sure Cut single-blade disposables feature a back plat that prevents you from accidentally cutting off the cap of the cigar. One precision slice lops off just a smidge for a great, long, satisfying draw. The avoidance of a mis-cut prevents the wrapper from unraveling as well. You can also use the Sure Cut to cut Torpedo Shapes with 2-3 quick cuts.

Many smokers prefer a double-blade cigar cutter because it makes a much cleaner cut. Serious Cigars has many different double blades that you can choose from. We carry Davidoff, Savoy, and Sure Cut brands in both styles. The Savoy Double Blade cigar cutter is the sharpest we sell and comes with a leather pouch and a lifetime guarantee. It makes a great gift as well as addition to your own smoking repertoire. The Sure Cut can also be used to cut Torpedo Shapes if this is your preference. We also have cigar scissors, V-cutters, various punches made by Xikar and Craftsman’s Bench, and the famous Davidoff Cigar Knife, which is built like a pocketknife but features a blade with raised, sharp circles you can use as cigar punches.

Visit our site now to see all the cigar cutters we have to offer, and think of all the many different ways you can cut your favorite brands for the most satisfying draw imaginable.