On April 21, 1910, Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, breathed his last. Perhaps, one of history’s most committed cigar smokers, Twain’s daily allowance of 20 cigars and countless pipes had lately been ...

As any cigar aficionado will tell you, cigars are a hobby, not a habit. And like any hobby, knowledge is passed down from expert to novice. We spoke with Michael Herklots, vice president for retail ...

Empty cigar boxes are like mini treasure chests waiting to be transformed into something new. Even if you only have one lying around the house, there is a lot of potential for what it could be. Cigar ...

In 1962, José Orlando Padrón, a third-generation Cuban tobacco grower, ended up in Miami after the Castro regime confiscated his family’s farms. It took only two years for him to set up shop making ...

Florida’s storied relationship with cigar making began in the early 1800s, when Spanish fishing fleets started bringing Cuban cigars to Key West. Shortly thereafter, cigar making took hold there.

If you want to make a very basic guitar you can do so with a piece of 1x2-inch oak, string, a few hardware odds and ends, and a cigar box. Cigar box guitars have been a growing trend in maker culture ...

Mike Snowden plays bluesy rock as a one-man band. But he’s not playing a Gibson Les Paul or a Fender Stratocaster – his music comes from a guitar he built from an empty cigar box. “If I met you on the ...

The instrument was an invention of poor black American musicians during the mid-19th century. How Cigar Box Guitars Are Making A Comeback [Youtube] The cigar box guitar was an invention of poor black ...