The cigar needed to fit into the theme now.

Lug, fins, or nosecone. A big fat torpedo cigar would make a perfect nose cone. Or, a nose cone could be made to look like a big fat torpedo cigar. As luck would have it, I had some tobacco leaf that was from a project from long ago.

Several years ago, I discovered a website call Leaf Only (no affiliation) that sells whole leaf tobacco. In case you want to make your own cigars. Well, I make things. I smoke cigars. So, why not make cigars to smoke? I'll tell you why. It's really hard if you don't have the equipment. Which I don't. So, I have a couple bags of dried out tobacco leaf. Leaf which now has a use.

I started by rejuvenating the leafs by putting them in a large sealed bin, with a paper towel soaked in water. Think of it as a temporary humidor. (I have a humidor that holds many cigars. I made it to match my wet bar. Which I also made.) After a couple of weeks, the dried crumbly leaves were pliable. I could now unfurl some of them to find the right ones to fit the nose cone.

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