What's the name of those odd bent (not straight anyway) cigars that they smoke in Apenzell and other country areas? Any one know the history behind them?

Disclaimer - Please note that this thread is not intended as any form of complaint.

Ah, the Lord of the Rings cheroots.

Yokine,

In the US they were called "Rum cured Crooks." I don't smoke and I don't hang with people who do. I haven't seen them for years so I don't know if the company is still in business.

swisscheese

You can find them here: http://www.villiger.ch

Cool, all is revealed, even why they are formed twisted.
http://www.villiger.ch/english/Produ...-52-0.php?nf=1

I thought they would have been a local speciality though, not a Cuban style.

Used to build similar ones when I was in my teenage years smoking pot