Fat Ash Journal
What Makes A $2000 Humidor?
Humidors run the gamut on price. Like all things, there’s a spectrum, and at the farthest end of ours are the humidors of status–those exorbitant, lavish things that go boldly into the realm of ludicrous. When you spend $1 million for a humidor, you aren’t just paying for substance or...
Grandfather to the Humidor: The Art of the Cigar Box
We talk a ton about the good ol’ humidor box here at Case Elegance, but very rarely have we discussed its grandfather: the cigar box. From handmade guitars and purses to jewelry boxes and treasure chests for pirate booty, the many uses we find for a cigar box are both...
Controlling Humidor Humidity to Age Cigars
At some point in your journey of cigar appreciation, you’ll move from “smoke them as you get them” to “stockpile them just in case.” You may not be the type to smoke a cigar every evening—or even every week—and that’s ok. Fortunately, many cigars age fabulously under the right conditions....
Should I Dry Box New Cigars?
You’ve properly seasoned your humidors, loaded them with your precious cargo, and you’ve even saved room for special occasion smokes. Now that you’ve finally finished that seemingly interminable project at work, and you’re finally home to celebrate by kicking back with that 18-year-old Islay single malt and that Padron Serie...
How Size Affects Humidor Performance
The relationship between cigars and their humidor is symbiotic, and humidity is their shared resource. As you decide which humidor is right to house your collection of cigars, size can play a role in just how well your humidor protects and extends the life of your cigars based on how...
What Will $100-$300 Get You In a Humidor?
Buying a boutique cigar humidor box is kind of like opting to build a bigger and better garage for your car collection. Ever seen someone park their Corvette collection inside a dilapidated shack? Neither have we. But just like collector cars, we can’t take every cigar we own with us...
How Humidor Humidity Affects Different Types of Cigars
Whoever said variety was the spice of life probably had a wide array of cigars stowed in their humidor somewhere. From Connecticut, Corojo, and Criollo, to Dominican, Ecuadorian, Honduran, Indonesian, and Sumatran, the types of cigars available to us are equal parts impressive and intimidating. Unfortunately, there are only so...
The Ultimate Bug-out Bag for Cigar Enthusiasts
Survivalists prepare for the looming emergency situation when they need to flee their home in a hurry by prepping what’s known as a bug-out bag. This prepared bag includes basic short- and long-term survival items sure to benefit someone in a crisis. Think food rations, a multi-tool, water filtration system,...
8 Things to Consider When Choosing a Humidor
The singular purpose of a good humidor is to control the relative humidity of your storage environment. So if humidors are all essentially the same tool for storing cigars, why are there so many options available? From converted ammo boxes to humidors that cost tens of thousands of dollars, you...