My First Cigar Trade

At Puff.com, they have a program called the Noobie Sampler Trade.  It gives new smokers a chance to swap cigars with more experienced smokers.  This gives the new guys the opportunity to try new sticks, especially higher-end ones that they might not buy for themselves.  By design, the noobies always come out ahead in the trades.  But I had no idea just how far ahead.

I added my name to the list and drew kapathy (aka Kevin) as a trading partner.  I put together what I considered to be a pretty good bundle of sticks:

- John Bull (Prime Minister: 7.2" x 54)
- Graycliff Professionale (Pirate: 6" x 52)
- 5 Vegas Miami (Robusto: 5" x 50)
- Nica Libre (Imperial: 6" x 54")
- Perdomo Habano Maduro (Habanitos: 4" x 38)
- Macanudo Maduro (Ascot: 4.2 " x 32)

This was Kevin's retaliatory strike:

- Camacho Triple Maduro (4.5" x 50)
- Los Blancos Nine (Toro: 6" x 52)
- Ashton VSG (Torpedo: 6.5" x 55)
- Gurkha Empire Series V (5.5" x 52)
- Gurkha Triple Ligero (Toro: 6.1" x 52)
- Alec Bradley MAXX (The Fix: 5" x 52)
- Ave Maria (Crusader: 5" x 52)
- Camacho 10th Anniversary (Belicoso: 6" x 60)

What a smackdown!  I feel like a cat that picked a fight with a bulldog...  Thanks, Kevin!