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Topic: Cigar Box Art Posted: 17-Jan-2012 at 00:35 |
Firstly, I do not endorse nor condone smoking, so this isn't a thread about cigars. This is about the amazing art work that went into the advertising on those boxes.
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Posted: 17-Jan-2012 at 09:33 |
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Posted: 17-Jan-2012 at 19:06 |
Speak for yourself TJ. I love a good Cuban cigar (preferably with a glass of port or iced Scotch) and started smoking Henri Wintermans and King Edward cornets at the age of 15. My mum brought back a big box of Montechristo No.4s from Cuba, though i'm also partial to Romeo Y Julia, Flor Danica, and Bolivar
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Posted: 17-Jan-2012 at 19:58 |
I end up chewing them. The art however remains remarkably good.
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Posted: 18-Jan-2012 at 10:48 |
Here's a number of decorative designs found on a blog site.
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What a handsome figure of a dragon. No wonder I fall madly in love with the Alani Dragon now, the avatar, it's a gorgeous dragon picture.
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Posted: 18-Jan-2012 at 19:30 |
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Posted: 19-Jan-2012 at 11:42 |
Some of the more elaborate wooden cigar boxes have a considerable value in the collectors market.
The 50 cigar size boxes also could be used to make a passable banjo.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2012 at 11:48 |
I have never smoked art since my birth.Except in bars before prohibition.Long Live "no smoke" prohibition! Here you have some "art": http://www.unusualmuseums.org/cigar/
Edited by medenaywe - 19-Jan-2012 at 11:52
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Posted: 19-Jan-2012 at 15:34 |
Originally posted by red clay
Some of the more elaborate wooden cigar boxes have a considerable value in the collectors market. The 50 cigar size boxes also could be used to make a passable banjo. |
Here's a site with cigar box guitars, red.
Oh, I've just found someone playing a cigar box banjo on this video. It's not too bad either.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2012 at 19:09 |
That is cool Alani. If you or Red want to make a guitar, i'll happily help empty a box of cigars if you provide one
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Posted: 19-Jan-2012 at 20:19 |
Originally posted by Nick1986
That is cool Alani. If you or Red want to make a guitar, i'll happily help empty a box of cigars if you provide one
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Remembering the other thread on Medieval beer I'm guessing you'll have a beer in one hand and the cigar in the other.
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Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 10:23 |
I've made 2-3 Cigar box banjos, mainly for the younger members of the family. My grandfather smoked- ABC Factory Reject Smokers. They came in wooden boxes of 50. The box was the right size and shape.
BTW- Breakfast for old Tom was, 2 cigars and 2 bottles of warm stout, he lived to be 84. So maybe Nick's got something going.
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Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 10:34 |
Yellow yellows,red dies!(local folk proverb).Agree about that everyone dies from something.Personal I choose woman,i am a gambler! No cigars.
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"All my friends have given up drinking, smoking and sex. I told them their going to feel really stupid, laying in the hospital dieing of nothing." Redd Foxx at 85.
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Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 10:52 |
I am perfect in avatar only.In real life nobody is perfect.(I am allergic on smoke&dust).
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Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 11:38 |
I tried smoking when I was at school, that lasted a week until I realized I didn't really like it. As for alcohol, it's been a while since I've drunk any, I guess having an alcoholic Father can keep you a little wary. When it comes to women, I couldn't stand a woman who was dirty minded, or body. I was married to a woman many years ago who turned out to be like that, so I never want to be with another.
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Posted: 20-Jan-2012 at 19:28 |
Originally posted by red clay
"All my friends have given up drinking, smoking and sex. I told them their going to feel really stupid, laying in the hospital dieing of nothing." Redd Foxx at 85. |
Your grandfather was a wise man. I intend to live life to the full and enjoy every minute of it
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Posted: 02-Feb-2012 at 19:32 |
This one's cool: an electric cigar box guitar
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