frankj1 wrote:shpo owner says it's plume
Ha!
So true…
Hey OP, as noted above, check the foot. If there IS mold on the open part of the foot?
Chuck it, send it back, whatever……don’t smoke it.
Sure, you can cut an inch off the cigar, and HOPE you got all the mold. Mold spores are sneaky, and proliferate quickly.
These aren’t rare aged Cubans…………they’re at best decent yard gars…….and not worth dealing with mold over.