Weekly News (July 16, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: A year ago Friday, July 20 to be more precise, Brooks and I sat down for dinner after the third day of IPCPR and we discussed the idea of halfwheel–or what was to become halfwheel. Like so many great ideas for the site, Brooks thought of it first and it took me a [...]

News: Viaje Adds Collector’s Edition & Changes to Oro/Platino to IPCPR Plans

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Viaje’s IPCPR plans have already been well-documneted. Honey & Hand Grenades, a release that has been discussed since 2011, was hinted at in the shipment of the Super Shot 10 Gauge, when stickers reading “VIAJE HHG THE SHIV THE SHANK THE RAPIER IPCPR 2012″ were sent to retailers. Then, in mid-May, Andre Farkas showed off the [...]

Review: Viaje Satori Karma (2011)

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Today we will be taking a look at a Limited annual release from Viaje, the Satori Karma 2011! In 2010 Andre Farkas and his brand Viaje showed up at the IPCPR trade show in New Orleans with a limited cigar called Satori, which is a Japanese word that means “sudden spiritual enlightenment. It was a [...]

Weekly News (August 15, 2011)

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Editor’s Note: We’re back. First, the server issue has been resolved and we are back up. This week I promise to actually fix the 2011 list and get a review up from both Charlie Stahl and myself. In other news, I’m back from Nicaragua. I’d like to thank Dr. Alejandro Martínez Cuenca of Joya de [...]

IPCPR 2011: Viaje

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Andre Farkas was joking around Sunday night before the show wondering why he was in Vegas. Viaje, unlike any manufacturer, was sold out before the show started, so the feel of the Viaje booth was quite different, a bit more, hangout-like. There were a few extensions, a new line, but the 2011 IPCPR show seemed [...]

Review: Viaje Satori Zen

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Sit down and relax, this is going to be a long review. During the IPCPR show in New Orleans in August, Viaje was showing off another one of their Limited Releases. Dubbed the “Satori”, which is named for a Japanese word that means “sudden spiritual enlightenment”, they were released last week, and sold out pretty [...]