{"id":76777,"date":"2026-06-29T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=76777"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:11:14","slug":"les-fines-lames-introducing-the-flying-tigers-limited-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/les-fines-lames-introducing-the-flying-tigers-limited-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Fines Lames Introducing the Flying Tigers Limited Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">America&#8217;s 250th anniversary deserve meaningful pieces. Not a simple &#8222;Happy Birthday USA&#8220;, cakes and balloons. But a\u00a0heartfelt homage from France, America\u2019s oldest ally. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">For the 250th birthday, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Les Fines Lames<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> wanted to celebrate with an idea that&#8217;s been in their mind for years. To them, it&#8217;s one of the most mythic (yet overlooked) episodes in American military history:\u00a0The Flying Tigers Squadron.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">The Flying Tigers squad: They went first<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">A squadron of volunteer American pilots recruited in secret before Pearl Harbor, who were\u00a0ready to fight before their country had even entered the war. As Japan dominated the Pacific theater with superior numbers and battle-hardened forces,\u00a0they were outnumbered in nearly every engagement, outgunned on paper. It didn&#8217;t matter. Precise, relentless, legendary, they destroyed 297 Japanese aircraft for 14 pilots lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">To add to their legend, they painted a\u00a0shark mouth across the nose of their P-40 Warhawks. Razor teeth, black eyes, red gums. Pure psychological warfare, imagined by bold men.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p7\"><span class=\"s1\">Officially dissolved on July 4th, 1942 (84 years ago to the day), the squad was absorbed into the US Army Air Forces as the 23rd Fighter Group.\u00a0But legends never dissolve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p9\"><span class=\"s1\">Limited Edition &#8211; 250 pieces<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Some releases are bigger than others. This is one of them.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s3\">For the first time in the brand&#8217;s history, Les Fines Lames releases an Armor Black Cerakote\u00ae Blade.<\/span><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0Le PETIT cigar knife, now in full stealth mode with Armor Black Cerakote blade and black anodized handle. Pair it with the DUO leather cigar case for full effect. Both carry the iconic Shark Mouth of the Flying Tigers&#8216; P-40 Warhawks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Limited to 250 units each, worldwide, with no restock after sellout.<br \/>\nGlobal launch on June 29. Retailer shipping started June 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Le PETIT &#8211; Flying Tigers Limited Edition (250) at 199 $\/\u20ac<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Cigar Case DUO\u00a0&#8211; Flying Tigers Limited Edition (250) at 125 $\/\u20ac<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French brand that created Le PETIT, La GUILLOTINE and the PUNCH BRACELET, now pays tribute to one of America&#8217;s most fascinating stories for the 4th of July celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":76778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[441,49,2812,44],"tags":[10308,5124],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76777"}],"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=76777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76780,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76777\/revisions\/76780"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}