This year RoMa Craft Tobac is celebrating five years in business. To commemorate the milestone, RoMa Craft Tobac goes back to the brand that started it all for them – CroMagnon. This month, the company is unveiling a special package called the CroMagnon Monolith. The package features a new limited edition version of the CroMagnon known as […]
Cigar News: 1502 Cigars Sampler to Feature Xikar Cutter and Two Unreleased Robustos
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Global Premium Cigars has announced a limited edition “cigar sampler for the Christmas season for its 1502 line. The sampler will contain nine different cigars that the company has referred to as its “Exquisitos” – meaning its most exquisite sizes. Included in the nine cigars are two previously unreleased robusto sizes of the 1502 Emerald […]
News: XIKAR Announces PuroTemp Wireless Hygrometer System
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Xikar PuroTemp(Photo Credit Xikar Newsletter) XIKAR has announced the new PuroTemp Wireless Hygrometer System. This is a new accessory that allows cigar enthusiasts to monitor humidity and temperature inside a humidor without having to open them. According to XIKAR, the system is capable of providing readings for up to three separate units located within a […]
Cigar News: Xikar Releases Enigma II, Hints at New Humification Product
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Xikar Enigma II Photo Credit Xikar Newsletter Xikar has announced the release of the Enigma II. The Enigma II is a double flame lighter that is a redesign of its popular Enigma double flame lighter. Information on this release was communicated in the company’s newsletter. According to Xikar, their engineering team redesigned the Enigma lighter […]
Cigar News: XIKAR Auctioning 1,000th Fossil Mammoth Ivory Xi3 Cutter for Cigars for Warriors
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XIKAR has announced that their 1,000th produced Fossil Mammoth Ivory Xi3 Cutter will be auctioning off during the month of December. The proceeds from the sale of the auction will go to benefit Cigars for Warriors. The XIKAR Fossil Mammoth Ivory Xi3 Cutter is actually made with 10,000 year old mammoth tusk. This is a […]
News: Xikar Releases Outdoorsman Gift Pack (Accessory Preview)
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Xikar Outdoorsman Gift Pack Xikar has announced a gift pack designed for the cigar enthusiast for the outdoorsman. This gift pack consists of a blaze orange 5 count travel humidor and a hunter green Xikar Stratosphere lighter. The announcement of this new offering was made by Xikar in a newsletter to consumers. The 5 count […]
News: Xikar Launches New Scribe Lighters (Accessory Preview)
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Xikar has announced new offerings in its Scribe Lighter series. This is a pen-like lighter design that is primarily used for lighting up pipes. The new options will include a new G2 and an updated burl finish. This announcement was made by Xikar in a newsletter to consumers at the end of September. The Scribe […]
Feature Story: XIKAR at 2013 IPCPR Trade Show
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XIKAR Xi3 B2 Cutter XIKAR’s big announcement came a little over a week before the trade show when the company announced it was selling its HC and Defiance cigar brands to Cigar International. Part of the rationale for this move was to allow the company to focus on its bread and butter – cigar accessories. […]
News: XIKAR Sells Cigar Brands to Cigar International
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XIKAR has announced it has entered sold its cigar lines to Cigar International. In a press release from XIKAR, the company announced that the HC Series and Defiance Cigar Brands would be transitioned to Cigar International effective July 1, 2013. XIKAR said this was a strategic decision that would allow the company to continue to […]
News: Operation Smokescreen is a Motion Picture focusing around Cigar Industry Stars
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Update 4/15/13: The following was one of the ultimate April Fool’s Pranks by the Cigar Industry. Even a bogus press release was made on this one. Turns out this campaign was a “smokescreen” for the launch of a new magazine. Many were fooled, many were not. We were one of the ones who got […]