Well after being on vacation for a week and avoiding the razor for a little over a week I’m not looking forward to ripping my face off. I’ve been using a Gillette Fusion for awhile and find it an acceptable razor, though cleaning the thing is a pain. Since I’d like to shave my head and face daily I’ve been trying to find something better. Anyone got a razor they absolutely love?

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Orient Watch USA is giving away a free watch to one lucky Cigar Jack reader. Who doesn’t like a great watch? Orient Watch Ltd. recently celebrated their 60th Anniversary and is known for making all their movements in house. An automatic watch is self winding so as you move that sporty CTD0A001W winds itself. Being a bit of a geek, not knowing much about watches I find the whole idea pretty cool.

Orient Watch USA has quite a few beautiful and functional watches. I find myself rather partial to the CUT05006W which is part of their modern line of automatic watches.

The watch we are giving away today is the CEM5J006U and is the watch in the picture. This watch has a stainless steel case, screw caseback and is water resistant up to 50m.

Rules:

1. Contest is for the United States Residents only.
2. Contest Ends 8/11/2010.
3. I must be able to contact you. So when leaving a comment make sure your email address is valid. Or if leaving a Twitter entry make sure to follow @cigarjack (Click the Orange t button to the right.)
4. Winner will be contacted by a rep/assign of Orient Watch USA for the receiving of the prize.

How to Enter:

1. You can enter twice. Once by comment and once by Twitter.
2. Leave a comment on this post telling us which of the Orient watches is your favorite.
3. Use the "ReTweet Button" at the top of this post to spread the word and enter via Twitter. Please add #cjcontest to the retweet to make it easier for me to find.

Good luck everyone!

Update: Sorry for getting this updated late. Stephen won the watch with his comment.

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One of the most popular posts on CigarJack is this guide on how to cut and light a cigar.

Everyone has their own style — and device — that they use to cut a cigar. Some folks use cutters. Others prefer lighters. I usually use a chainsaw.

Kidding.

I was intrigued when I ran across this promotional account for a product I had never heard of in a random #followfriday mention on Twitter. The product: The Cigar Spike.

The Cigar Spike is an interesting gadget. Its creator, Bryan Peruski, started creating the devices for himself out of his friend’s old guitar picks. He then made a few Spikes for his friends, and the company was born in 2009.

I reached out to Bryan, and he sent me a couple of Spikes. For this review, I used the Spike on a Pepin Garcia Blue Label toro. Here are my thoughts:

There are four reasons why you’ll like the Cigar Spike:

1. It’s small. The Cigar Spike is about an inch and a half long, and less than an inch wide. It has a keyring-sized hole on the end. The Cigar Spike seems to have been designed with portability in mind, and since it’s small, it could be a great stocking-stuffer.

2. It’s inexpensive. You can buy three Cigar Spikes for $2.99.

3. It’s different. Some folks prefer a cutter, and others a punch. I use both on occasion, depending on my mood. For narrow cigars (lanceros, etc.) I may use the Cigar Spike just to keep my cigar burning longer.

4. It’ll keep loose tobacco out of your mouth. This could be a good thing.

There are two reasons why you may not like the Cigar Spike:

1. There’s room for error. Cigar cutting is quite subjective, while cigar punches are quite foolproof, I believe. There isn’t a rule of thumb, yet, with the Cigar Spike. You may want to pierce your cigar a 1/4 inch, or a 1/2 inch, or if you’re smoking a larger ring gauge cigar, 5/8 inch.

There’s no indicator on the Cigar Spike on how deep you should pierce your stogies. Be mindful of this, and make a mental note of your cigar’s draw each time you use the device, just to get the hang of it.

2. Potential tar buildup. If you use the Cigar Spike, the opening in your cigar will be quite small. This means, if you chew your cigar, you may taste a bit of tar at the end. This isn’t exactly a surprise, but the neater the hole is, the less of a chance you’ll taste the tar.

My verdict: The Cigar Spike is a nice backup tool to have in case you don’t have (or want) a cutter or punch on you. As you use it more, you’ll develop your “spike” style, whether it’s a simple spike, two mini-spikes, a spike and a twist, etc.

Just keep this bad boy in your wallet, and you’ll be set.

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Inspired by Adam Snider’s recent comment on our post asking about the most you ever spent on a cigar, we have a new one for you:

What’s the most you’ve spent on a cigar accessory? (Cutter, lighter, humidor, etc.) What was it? Does it hold any special significance?

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I stumbled across this thing on Gizmodo of all places and it definitely interested me. It is basically an electronic cigar that delivers the nicotene with none of the smoke. Crown7 was nice enough to send me the cigar starter kit to try out.

The packaging is nice, it comes in a box with three nicotene cartridges, a battery charger and the device itself. It seems to be well constructed and has some easy to follow directions on how and when to replace the cartridges, when to replace the batteries and how to reset the device if you need to do that. I’m not sure if the cartridges are different flavors, but I did notice some of them were different colors.

I used the Crown7 over a few weeks and the flavor reminds me of a pipe or a Black & Mild. Obviously, it doesn’t compare to a good cigar, but I did find it handy to have on hand. I’ve been cramming some late hours in at work and this little device kept me sane. I used it at my desk at work, while I did get some odd looks, no one complained about it. The cartridges do last quite awhile and so far the only real complaint about the device is it sometimes makes a low whistling noise when you inhale.

While it won’t replace a good cigar, the Crown7 is a cool little gadget for a smoker. I’m tempted to walk into a bar puffing on it just to see what kind of looks I get.

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Only the Chinese would come up with this….

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