StillWell Star

Our Master Ligador, Steve Saka, while known for being one of the world’s foremost cigar experts has also been a pipe smoker for over three decades. For many years he has casually crafted handmade cigars incorporating some of his favorite pipe tobaccos into blends for his own personal consumption. While he would typically use “English” style blends, he would also mix it up with a few Aromatics, Orientals and others. While he enjoys his pipe smoking, cigars remain his first love and doing this allowed him to combine the flavors and aromas only a pipe could offer into his beloved puros.

When he told this practice to Jeremy Reeves, the head blender of the famed pipe tobacco maker Cornell & Diehl, who himself is also a cigar smoker, everyone’s wheels began spinning at the possibilities. Earnest work began to create a unique, refined smoking experience combining our shared passions.

StillWell Star is the world’s first luxury pipe tobacco cigar.

Cigars incorporating pipe tobaccos into their mix is not new, but almost universally they are unbearably sweet, utilize marginal pipe and cigar tobaccos and are rather simple, heavy handed blends that afford the smoker little sophistication or balance. In short, not the type of cigars that Saka smokes.

StillWell Star is a totally different approach.

All of the cigar and pipe tobaccos used are amongst the finest available, no expenses spared. Each of the pipe tobacco recipes is meticulously crafted in small batches by Reeves utilizing only the best tobaccos and techniques. And each of the cigar ligas was carefully tailored by Saka to specifically showcase and enhance the nuances that each of the pipe blends add to the cigar.

The end result is a truly mesmerizing smoking experience. Four unique cigars each with its own personality, deftly blended to afford the smoker the nuances of the flavors and aromas of the pipe blends, yet working in concert with the black cigar tobaccos. Balance, measured, refined and elegant are all hallmarks of StillWell Star.

Aromatic No. 1

Tasting Notes

The finest of aromatic Black Cavendish, Golden Virginia and Burley pipe tobaccos added to a mild, Nicaraguan puro to provide a delightfully smooth and exceptionally room pleasing note making it not only a joy for the smoker, but for those around them.

Each cigar is delicately finished with a cabeza dulce.

Liga & Strength

Ecuador Habano

Capa

San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto

Capote

Various

Tripa

Fortaleza

English No. 27

Tasting Notes

A quintessential mix of Burley and Turkish leaf with a generous portion of Cypriot Latakia pressed cake paired with Nicaraguan cigar tobaccos.

Rich and decadent while not being overpowering, this is a Latakia-Lover’s puro worthy of being smoked in an English Manor House beside the fire.

Liga & Strength

Ecuador Habano

Capa

San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto

Capote

Various

Tripa

Fortaleza

Bayou No. 32

Tasting Notes

A combination of Bright and Red Virginia leaf with the most select St. James Parish Perique pipe tobacco added to a medium-bodied Nicaraguan puro.

This liga begins the mildest of all, but the Perique really kicks up in the end with a spicy finish. It rewards the smoker with that classic “VaPer” combination of zest and umami that is entrancing for the discerning palate.

Liga & Strength

Ecuador Habano

Capa

San Andres Negro Cultivo Tonto

Capote

Various

Tripa

Fortaleza

Navy No. 1056

Tasting Notes

A crumble cake of stoved Red and Golden Virginia tobaccos with a touch of “Naval Rations” combined with Orientals and Latakia expertly blended with dark air-cured black cigar leaf.

This puro rewards the smoker with a unique, medium bodied aromatic indulgence.

Liga & Strength

Ecuador Habano

Capa

San Andreas Negro Cultivo Tonto

Capote

Various

Tripa

Fortaleza

Holiday Y2023

Tasting Notes

A tradition in Pipe Culture is for carvers to craft one-off pipe designs and for blenders to create special mixtures to smoke and mark the Holidays. In honor of this practice, we at have blended this unique limited production Nicaraguan puro with a mild mix of aromatic pipe leaf with a buttery soft shade capa.
It offers the smoker a delicious smoking experience with a sublime room note.

Liga & Strength

Ecuador CT Shade

Capa

San Andreas Negro Cultivo Tonto

Capote

Various

Tripa

Fortaleza

Puros
FrontmarksVitola/SizesCaja Format
Aromatic No. 16.00 x 52 ParejoSBN Box / 13ct
English No. 276.00 x 52 ParejoSBN Box / 13ct
Bayou No. 326.00 x 52 ParejoSBN Box / 13ct
Navy No. 10566.00 x 52 ParejoSBN Box / 13ct
Holiday Y20236.00 x 52 ParejoSBN Box / 13ct
StillWell Star Tripa