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1) You will post your REAL NAME along with your comment. Should you forget to do this, the entry will be invalidated.
2) You will have a valid email address. It will not be shown in your comment.
3) You will live within the contiguous United States.
4) Only one entry per person.
5) If your comment is placed on any other post than the official giveaway contest page, you will not be entered.
6) You will have 5 days after I send you an email to respond. If you do not respond in this accorded time, a new winner will be chosen.
7) I moderate all comments so hold your horses if you don’t see your entry seconds after you complete it.
8) The contest ends on October 16 at 5:59 pm CT. The winner will be announced within 3 days of the contest ending.
Courtesy of Paul Stulac Cigars: Post Script Maduro 6 x 52 Toro ~ 20 Count Bundle.
Value: $112.00
A fiver courtesy of yours truly:
Avowed The Vow: 11.25 $20.00 Pre-Release
Fratello Concealed Carry Detroit River $10.00
Oscar Valladares 10th Anniversary $20.00
Partagás de Bronce $23.00
Lure Redfish $15.00
Value: $88.00
Courtesy of PerfecSmoke Accessories:
You get one each:
PerfecDraw Precision Cigar Draw Enhancer Tool & Nubber.
PerfecPunch & Stand Triple Punch Cutter & Stand.
PerfecRepair Cigar Repair Glue & Crack Sealer.
Value: $80.00
From the Katman Gently Used Department:
One Lotus T7 Quad Flame Torch Lighter. It is a great table lighter for your next herf. I used it the day of receipt and then put it away.
One Custom Zippo lighter shell. In 2014, a company called Squid Lighter (now defunct) sent me a Zippo lighter completely covered in vintage Camacho cigar bands. The front, the back, the sides, the top and the bottom. Squid Lighter applied several coats of clear lacquer which is why it looks brand new. I’ve treated the Zippo like the treasure it is. I’ve only used it a handful of times. It rests in a safe place going nowhere fast and I thought it was time to pass it forward. Please treasure it as I have. It is too cool for school. You will need to provide your own butane insert.
Value: $71.00
Katman 3” x 3” Sticker and 3” x 3” Fridge Magnet.
Value: Priceless
Total Value: $351.00
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I’m Lou!
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Luigi Napolitano
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Melissa Fahey
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Mario Sapet….. I’d love to win any of these prizes!
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Great Giveaway Stan,Vinnie Uricchio
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Love it. Your reviews are the most objective and reliable in the industry. Keep them coming!
Steve Lukacs
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Mike Berescik
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We are humbled by your generous give-aways – count me in! Rick Woods
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Oy veh is mir boychik. Love your reviews. Larry Granite
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Steve Fletcher:
Awesome Giveaway with sticker & fridge magnet being the cherry on top!! Still loving your reviews Katman!
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This is Steve Grossbauer. This is another great contest!
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Greg Griffith. Keep the reviews coming! Love the stories about your life and times.
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Rod Kurthy
THIS IS NOT AN ENTRY – just an observational comment to my brother from another mother:
My Dear Katman. My brother Phil. Since we both started kindergarten in Long Beach in 1955. The purveyor of Gonzo Truths and Guardian of the World’s Finest Nicotine Delivery Systems,
Let’s cut the bull. Every other commenter here will probably drop some predictable, sanitized flattery that smells like a lukewarm Connecticut shade and a stale glass of milk. They tell you your reviews are good. They are wrong.
Your reviews aren’t “good.” They’re a baptism by fire. They’re a High-Fidelity vinyl played at full tilt. They’re the glorious, unhinged love-child of Hunter S. Thompson and Keith Richards, somehow trapped in the body of a grumpy, wise old man who knows more about boutique tobacco than all of Nicaragua.
When you write, you don’t just review a cigar; you strap the reader into the passenger seat of your damn Cadillac for a chaotic, brilliant, full-tilt ride. You’re the only reviewer in the cosmos who can drop tasting notes like “charred steak and black cherry” right next to an anecdote about wiping your ass with the cat after a stroke, and have it all make perfect, beautiful sense. No one else has the sheer, magnificent audacity to call a flavor profile “Pussy Galore” and own it. That, sir, is a level of honesty and literary chutzpah that belongs in the Library of Congress, not some sterile, corporate cigar mag.
The rest of the internet is populated by boring, low-ball-scoring, spreadsheet-using automatons whose only sensory detail is “creamy.” You, on the other hand, give us a story—a fever dream, a rock ‘n’ roll memoir—that just happens to feature a spectacular cigar. You’ve taught me more about aging a Habano Oscuro than any forum and more about life than my high school guidance counselor.
You only review the best because you refuse to waste your time—or ours—on mediocrity. That filtering is the greatest service you provide. It’s why you’re the gold standard.
Your palate is a national treasure, your wit is a weapon, and your blog is the last bastion of unfiltered truth in the cigar world.
Love you brother.
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Rod,
I’m overwhelmed.
Love you, brother.
P
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ABSOLUTELY!!!
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I’m John Castronovo. A nice Jewish name by way of Palermo a few generations ago.
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You have helped me take my appreciation for cigars to a whole new level. John Peterson
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I’d love to win those sticks!
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Michael Ross
What can I say except you really know your stuff when it comes to cigars and music. I know that you’re going to think I’m just blowing you and I’m full of shit. That being said I only buy premium cigars when you give them positive reviews. If you don’t like them then why waste my time and money buying them. As I’m about to turn 69 in January, I’m a true rocker from the past. Your stories intrigue me so I stay with them even if it takes me an hour to get through them. I don’t know you except for your cigar and music knowledge and I would go out of my way to smoke a cigar with you. Contest or no contest, I really do appreciate your cigar and music knowledge and it’s hoped that our paths will cross someday.
An avid fan,
Michael Ross
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I love cigars.
Lucas Peterson
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Phil, you’re a national friggin’ treasure.
Aaron Hescox
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Fantastic reviews and loved the Curved Air stories that are added. Dave Hackman would love a chance at this!!
Thanks!!
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Tony Scarfo from Cleveland, Ohio the birth place of Katman! Currently smoking an SBC24 one of your highly rated smokes.
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Bill Humphreys from Whidbey Island, Washington. Love your reviews. Keep them coming. 👍
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Roman Castillo! wow what a bundle. You da man, Katman!
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Chris Coulter
#whothefuckisStulac?
AWESOMENESS
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I’m Newton ‘Newt’ White. I was hoping the goodies would include a bass guitar but that would be greedy.
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What a nice giveaway! I would love to have that magnet to go along with my sticker.
Sean Fennema
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I like the giveaways John Stevens
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Jim Juricek
thank you for what you do!!
Like/love
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Don Ammann. ✌️
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I’m Steve Hoffman and I say Batman, Skatman, Hatman, whoever it is they can’t beat Katman with these giveaways!
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my man!
the lighter is ALL
tony pipitone
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I’d enjoy this stuff more than any of these other people.
Sincerely,
Christopher Eury
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Thanks for the great reviews! As a fellow bassist, I love reading your stories!
-Jordan Wimberley
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that’s a bad ass give away….good luck all!!
Chris Pastrano
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Marcus
Thanks for the wild stores and stogie reviews
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That’s one bountiful prize for the winner. Thanks for all the great cigar recommendations over the years. Channeling Stulac of late Red White Angel Post Script. All great smokes! Looking forward to the Katman Blue soon.
Dan Lamont.
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Stephen Lurie
I’d be honored to win
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In ! Mark Norton
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Cordarious Norris
Wow, What a Pack!!
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Thanks for your thoughtful, comprehensive, and colorful reviews! Very insightful. AND thanks for this giveaway! Lucy Aderibigbe 🫶🏿
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Appreciate it sir. Ryan Myers
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My name is Anthony Hoskin. I enjoy your reviews and find them very valuable in determining what cigars to try and what ones to avoid! Thank you for doing what you do!
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Will Young, thanks for the chance.
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Shameless begging starts below:
OH PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE UNCLE PHIL, HELP ME BREAK MY LIFETIME LOSING STREAK PLEEAASSEEE!!!!! I NEEEED THESE GOODS!!!
Ok, begging over.
Please?
Kellie Heatherly
CHEERS
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Thanks Kat, love the vibe! – Mark Kurtis
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Yes! Count me in!
Gregory Spatz
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The Zippo is an Heirloom! Cigars are nice but the Zippo! Please? Charlie Mueller
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Christian Espejo
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Michael Loewen Rice
Hey Katman, awesome giveaway! I’ll have a smoke and a drink to your health tonight, brother 😛
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Eric Daniels
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Hi Phil,
Jeff Ray here, long time reader who would love the chance to own some genuine Katman memorabilia. I love your honest reviews, plus thanks to you I now know what “quedgie” means.
thanks for your hard work and laughs Phil
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shana tova!
~ Jonathan Simon
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I love the lighter. I have something similar that my grandmother made for my grandfather. She took a small bowl like what you would put candy in and covered the inside with his cigar labels and then lacquered that. I can’t say for sure when she made it but it could easily be 60-80 years old.
Kevin Rothstein
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Here’s goodluck to me to win. I won’t be kissing your arse to win like you mentioned in an earlier contest :D!
Love those Postscripts! You can’t go wrong for an everyday smoke. Just put them in the humi and give them a few weeks.
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That’s a great package! Hope to win.
Brian Kozlowski
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I enjoy your reviews. Thank you!
Jody Rankin
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Dave Allman. What a great selection.
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A massive giveaway to match the reviews. Cheers!
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ROCK N’ ROLL!! Peter Arsenault
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YOU HAVE CHOSEN…WISELY. – JOE PALERMO
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Put me in coach. Jeff Weyant
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hi Katman! This prize would be perfect for listening to all my old Dylan vinyl! Tim Rogers
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Hello, I am Jacob Russell, sometimes known as Jake.
Not the State Farm Jake. I don’t even own khakis.
Not Jake the Snake, though I’ve been called such by my enemies.
Also not the Jake Russell on Hallmarks “The Good Witch”. I’m sure you’ve heard of it.
If chosen, I will use these gifts for good. They could be the final piece of the puzzle to end all wars. I shouldn’t talk about that here, though.
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Joe Dayan
Katman rules.
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Lon Hoover – Love those Post Scripts
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OK, I think that this is the best site on the interwebs. Not just cigar-related. Completely unfiltered, stream of consciousness storytelling. Sometimes laughing, sometimes crying. I am Gary Lieberman, big ass fan.
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Love getting notifications of a new review by you. I know I’m gonna laugh and I know I’m gonna learn something, whether it’s what my next cigar purchase is or how insane your life has been! Much respect, sir!
Thanks. -Daniel Grizzle
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Awesome haul. You’re the man, thank you for all of your contributions to this hobby! – Tim Dineen
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Adam Hilliard…. thanks! I really enjoy all your reviews.
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Aye Chris Stevens here.
Long time reader, first time commenter.
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Andrew Sunofsky
Long Beach, CA
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Cigar swag from the Katman…
You know John Hale is EYE INN in!!!
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Bill Schoenecker
Good luck to all
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Shameless, shameless, I tell you!
I’m groveling on my gonads for this one.
Eric Chester
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Keep rocking those reviews and thumping that bass! Thank you. Warmest regards, Brian Lukinac
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That Zippo would be sweet! Craig Schubert
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Markus Stahli… love the Camacho lighter
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Brian Curry
Your reviews are the most entertaining and insightful in the industry, I love reading them and am happy to be part of this giveaway.
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Katman is not for disposal because he brings joy to readers worldwide, that is what I think.
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Bryan Ureel
Ya baby bring it on!
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Will the Perfec crack sealer heal my incontinence problems?
Aaron
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Nick Martinez – Thanks Katman for always putting together timely and relevant reviews. I love your story telling. Appreciate the giveaway. Amazing!
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Troy Tice who has never won a damned thing in his life, but sure would like to!
Please, Mr. Katman, sir… I want some more!
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jan humphries. i love the good stuff however my hemorrhoids become inflamed when i have pay for the good stuff
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Brook F. Minx…The One & Only! I would love to enjoy your gifts giveaway. Great stuff right there!!! Best!!!
p.s. I used to play the drums in the 70’s playing the good stuff and travelling the US.
; Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Chicago, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones, Doobie Brothers, The Who and more! Had hair down to the middle of my back and a Frank Zappa mustache! Those were the times!!!
Brook F. Minx…The One & Only! I would love to enjoy your gifts giveaway. Great stuff right there!!! Best!!!
p.s. I used to play the drums in the 70’s playing the good stuff and travelling the US.
; Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Chicago, Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones, Doobie Brothers, The Who and more! Had hair down to the middle of my back and a Frank Zappa mustache! Those were the times!!!
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Andy Klueber
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Alan Wolfe-Pick Me!
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Alec Piñero here. That Camacho lighter looks mighty fine — sought out my first pre-embargo after reading your review — and what a cool gesture to pass along such a unique item (among the others) to the community. Would love to be able to share a spread like this with close friends, but either way thanks for the awesome job you do, Katman.
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Phil,
Dr. Rod is spot on.
I am not worthy.
Good health to you.
Love,
Tim Borum
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Alex Fisher
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Ken Bodek
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Ryan McBride. Love the writing Phil!
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Colton Bumpas
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Scott Faulkner. I love your reviews and never win anything. Cigars are so good!
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Steve French
Always enjoy the reviews, the barnyard comment always makes me laugh. My grandad always smoked half & half in his pipe. He’d say “half out of the cow pen, half out if the horse pen”! I can still hear him say it, & laugh.
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Hi Phil, I, Justice Weingart, a reader/fan for almost two years, an oddball of monumental magnitude, am officially entering the contest. May the cigar gods smile in my favor and the rest of you fine folks lose, Haha!
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wow so many so much so great
Jim Manuel
Omaha
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Philippi! it is I Kevin Carlson, your best bud and very occasional benefactor,in Boise. Praying that you are well soon.
I was going to endeavor to write something witty, but after reading the profoundly Thompsonesque prose of Dr. Rod, the madly brilliant Dentist, my puny words would mean nothing!
thank you for being my cigar sage traveling through this crazy world at this incredibly insane time. There has never been a better time to say smoke ‘em if you got ‘em.
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Peter Bonde
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Chris Reid Charleston SC here. Love your reviews. Just started smoking cigars last three months. Fellow bassist playing a Fender P American pro 2 mercury. Opened up for Molly H… foghat… outlaws…. 38 special and a few more I can’t remember lol. Band was Desederado. Early 90s but I am 53 now playing for more kids and grands. I love your stories and reminds me of the good ole days…
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I’m George Scott
I love your reviews. If I’m ever considering trying a new brand of cigar, I always look for a review from you!
This contest is very generous of you. Love the Perfec Tools, they are the best!
Thanks!
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johnathon kell
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Brandon Ott from Wisconsin! Love the reviews and stories.
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new to the page, not so new to cigars. Love it
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Like your brother, let’s be honest. I’m not here for your wordy, very subjective cigar reviews. I’m here to read your life stories; I need a good cigar to smoke while doing do, so, let’s go! Wil Austin
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I have only been collecting cigars for a few months and I appreciate the time and effort you put into your reviews. Your wit and humor make them relatable and enjoyable. I read them as if I was listening to you at a cigar lounge or backyard bbq. They have definitely steered me to some good choices. And thank you for not letting me waste my money on the CAO Consigliere’s when I was feeling nostalgic about the Sopranos and considering a blind box purchase 🙂 Chris Ingraldi
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Ben Johnston!
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Matthew Young.
I’ve been reading here for years love your take on cigars and life. Cheers my friend.
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What a killer giveaway!
Zach Bonar
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James Summers
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Best cigar reviews on the web! Katman is my go to when I am interested in purchasing a cigar.
Gene Hayes
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I’m Dave Weathers and a cigar smoker from the deep South. I’ve read your reviews for many years and have enjoyed your stories as much as the reviews. I’m also a music lover with zero ability in that regard; you were given a priceless talent and I can read between the lines how much you appreciate it. Keep smoking, reviewing and playing.
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Ok Kat,
I could tell you I’m loyal, but you know this already. I could tell you I’ve followed you for years, but you already know this. So, what I will tell you is that If I win this contest I promise to pick up my violin bass guitar that’s been sitting in the corner for years and reacquaint myself with it while not thinking of Paul McCartney. And, go buy a new D-string too!
My real name is still Stephen Clark.
Karry on Katman!
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Now that is a heck of a haul!
Karl “Bud” Guilbeau
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love your reviews, jave never steered me wrong
Rich Dwyer
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love it
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The giveaway is closed. Winner to be announced shortly.
Thanks to everyone for their participation.
Katman Phil
Look for a new giveaway to begin on November 1!!
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