Applying the Cigar Binder to Make Cigars

Video Transcript

"In this clip, we're actually going to apply the binder to the bunch. We're going to go up here, we're going to grab a binder which we're keeping slightly moist so it still has its stretch. Lay it down on the board. Spread it out a little bit. Also while you're bunching, you're trying to feel the cigar and make sure it's uniform throughout the whole length of cigar. Feel any spots that feel a little hollow, you add a little bit of what I tore off; it kind of takes up the space. Take a little bit of the vegetable gum, so it doesn't unravel while I'm trying to cut it; and we get a bunch; a completed bunch with binder. Now we're going to go up to the tuck cutter and we're going to chop off the end and make it a nice flush end. This end is going to go up on the top of the mold, which is where the cap's going to be which is where you would smoke it from. You just basically feed it into the mold and it's ready to get put into the press and shaped."