Charity · Albany, NY
A leukemia fundraiser in Albany
The tobacco leaf came out of the case in front of the guests, and they stayed to watch it become a cigar.
1 of ~28rollers cleared for the Opus XCigar Journal, 2016
6 minone cigar, in front of youHis own words
150+events workedFranklin’s own count
1 of ~28 Opus X rollers—Arturo Fuente since 1995—Official roller · F1 Miami—Published in Cigar Journal—A quarter century at the table—Rolled for Hublot—
The man at that table
Franklin Pichardo has been rolling since 1995, the year Arturo Fuente released the first Opus X — and he is one of the few in the world the family cleared to roll it.
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