Rare Superb Breathtaking Quality Highly Collectible Large Handcrafted Varnished Spanish Cedar Wood Lockable Cigar Humidor (3.7kg).

Marvellous quality polished ebony black & Yellow top of the range cigar humidor. In excellent condition and complete with original outer box and packaging and two 24ct gold plated keys. Please browse all 12 sets of photographs attached for size, weight and condition as they are self explanatory.

Would make a fantastic gift. A beautiful item. Lovely weight and feel. Needs to be seen and handled close up to be fully appreciated as the photographs attached really do not do it justice. Work of a master craftsman of the highest order. Would grace the best of tables anywhere on earth. If you are looking to source one of the best cigar humidors globally then you’d be very hard pressed to find too many better in terms of quality and brand.

Length: 14”/36cm

Width: 9”/23cm

Height: 5”/13cm

Weight: 3.7kg

Heavy item and shipping costs more than normal but I assure you it will be well worth it. It will be packed well to reach you safely anywhere on earth.

This South American brand is top of the line of the world’s most renowned cigar and cigar humidor marks and is considered the greatest cigar name in the world. It is unique in that it began as a national company, as opposed to being nationalised from private ownership. In fact, the company was originally exclusively supplying the president with cigars. Their cigars were first released for public sale in 1982, and have since become the biggest name in the cigar world.

This company is the flagship of cigars. It was created in 1966 for the president himself and was made at the then top secret, but now world famous, El Laguito factory. At first, it was only seen outside his country as gifts for heads of state and visiting diplomats. Since 1982 it has been available in limited quantities to the open market. The name is an ancient Taino Indian word for the bunches of tobacco leaves that Columbus first saw being smoked by the original inhabitants of the Caribbean islands, the earliest known form of a cigar.

The leaves for their cigars are expertly selected from the five finest Vegas de Primera in San Juan y Martinez and San Luis districts of the Vuelta Abajo zone. Uniquely up to three of filler leaves, the seco, ligero and the rare medio tiempo, undergo an additional fermentation in barrels. This unique process produces a special aroma and flavour you will only find in certain parts of South America.

Through such constant innovation this brand has held its position at the leading edge of the cigar world. It was also the first brand to offer a Reserva cigar in 2002 and a Gran Reserva in 2009.

You might be curious to know why Spanish cedar wood is the top choice of cigar manufacturers when it comes to packaging and storing cigars and why is this fragrant wood a cigar industry favourite when it comes to cigar humidor panelling and cigar boxes?

The cedar boxes or humidors don’t actually fragrance the cigars themselves, even though Spanish cedar compliments the tobacco aroma perfectly and has been the go to choice from the very first commercially packaged cigars. The name is also a little misleading as it’s neither from Spain nor a cedar! Spanish cedar or Cedro is in fact part of the Mahogany family and native to Central and South America.

The wood itself varies regarding aroma, colour and texture which is all determined by the country it’s grown in, the type of soil that is there and where cigars are produced. The wood is easy to work with, resistant to insects and contains fewer resins than other wood. Sadly, unregulated logging of these trees has resulted in a drastic decline, and now in many Caribbean and Central American countries, it is considered an endangered species! This makes Cedro an expensive wood to use. Thus only a handful of cigar manufacturers use solid Cedro for their packaging, cigar boxes and humidors. Instead, most use plywood sheets with a thin Spanish cedar wood veneer, with even the most expensive humidors using veneers too! Makers often use other woods with similar properties such as mahogany, okoumé, toona and guarea, which are sometimes treated with cedarwood oil to imitate the original Spanish cedar nuances.