History of Cigar Making Tools

(National Cigar Museum) Man’s first murder weapon, first hunting tool and first cigar making tool were the same...a rock.
An early 1800’s chronicler of cigar manufacture wrote: “The outside of the cigar is made of one or two leaves, beaten flat by small smooth stones. They are filled with smaller pieces, rolled, and cemented on the edges with a pink paste.” Continued

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