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An evening on the terrace at Normandy Farm, Blue Bell

His table set out on the stone terrace before the guests arrived, the Fuente humidors and an Opus X box open on his own cloth, and a cigar lit for every guest who came over.

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Franklin lighting a guest’s cigar on the stone terrace at night

1 of ~28hands trusted with the Opus X — the same ones at your partyCigar Journal, 2016

6 minfrom loose leaf to a cigar in your guest’s handHis own words

150+nights that ended with the room around his tableFranklin’s own count

The evening

A stone terrace outside Philadelphia

On Thursday, October 8, 2026, he set up on the stone terrace at Normandy Farm, in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, just outside Philadelphia.

The table went up before the guests came out: his navy cloth with his portrait on it, an Arturo Fuente humidor and a Fuente Fuente Opus X box, the open cases with the cutters lined up, the gold lighter, the boards and the press.

The table

A light for every guest

Once the evening was under way the guests came to him on the terrace, and he lit each cigar himself, holding the flame while they drew. Everyone leaves holding a cigar that was made in front of them.

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Trusted with the Fuente Opus X—At the Fuente table since 1995—Formula 1 Miami’s official roller—Featured in Cigar Journal—Chosen by Hublot, Tudor and Bell & Ross—

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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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