We received lots of E-mail this month and we want to thank everyone for writing. Complimentary E-mail feeds our egos and pisses off our wives. They still insist that nobody reads our column. One fellow inquired about lighters.
Purists insist that a wooden match is the only proper way to light a cigar.
We think a good butane lighter is essential. Joe owns a Quantum flameless lighter by Colibri. Its biggest drawback is that it gets very hot after about 10 seconds which sometimes isn't long enough to evenly char the end of a big cigar all the way around. Bill can light cigars and solder copper pipe with it. It's a real conversation piece at bars.