{"id":66823,"date":"2024-03-06T09:40:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=66823"},"modified":"2024-03-06T09:40:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T08:40:20","slug":"punch-knuckle-buster-shade-and-maduro-stubby-hit-the-cigar-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/punch-knuckle-buster-shade-and-maduro-stubby-hit-the-cigar-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Punch Knuckle Buster Shade and Maduro Stubby Hit the Cigar Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punch Knuckle Buster, the bold collection that debuted earlier in the 2020s, has just added a collection of natural wrapper smokes to its lineup. Called Punch Knuckle Buster Shade, the six-country blend is wrapped in Ecuadoran-grown Connecticut Shade, is made with a Mexican binder and features filler tobaccos from Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and the US of A (Broadleaf).<\/p>\n<p>The line features these frontmarks: Robusto (5.5 x 50; SRP per cigar $5.39; 25 per box); Toro (6\u201d x 52; SRP per cigar $6.09; 25 per box), Gordo (6\u201d x 60; SRP per cigar $6.59; 20 per box) and a new size called Stubby. The 4.5\u201d x 60 smoke sells for $5.49 per cigar, comes 20 to a box and is the ideal companion for shorter smoking occasions. Handmade at HATSA in Honduras, Punch Knuckle Buster Shade is beginning to appear at retail, following a ship date of March 1.<\/p>\n<p>In other Punch Knuckle Buster news, the Punch Knuckle Buster Maduro line has been beefed up with a short gordo that\u2019s also called Stubby. The little dynamo clocks in at 4.5\u201d x 60, comes 20 in a box and sells for an SRP of $5.49. It\u2019s made with an all-Nicaraguan filler, has an Indonesian binder, and is wrapped in Connecticut-grown broadleaf. If we\u2019re going with the mob analogy above, this cigar packs a punch.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brand manager John Hakim said, \u201cPunch Knuckle Buster keeps growing by popular demand. With great blends, expert craftsmanship and realistic pricing, the line offers something for every cigar smoker and every occasion. If you haven\u2019t tried one of the Punch Knuckle Buster blends yet, I\u2019d tell you you\u2019re missing out. But I\u2019m sure you\u2019ve already heard that from your cigar smoking buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punch Knuckle Buster, the bold collection that debuted earlier in the 2020s, has just added a collection of natural wrapper smokes to its lineup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":66824,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[9261,9260],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66826,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66823\/revisions\/66826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}