always the freshest in the alternative a special wrapping material may be used for making of the shells this material is available on the market it is made of homogenized tobacco paper that can be wrapped about the form casing 16 it is also possible to make the form casings 16 disposable with this method the shell 10 will remain wrapped about the form casing 16 until such time as a smoker desires to make a cigar the wrapped shell 10 is then peeled off the form casing 16 and used in a conventional manner the benefit of such a method is that the danger of a shell collapsing during shipment is eliminated still another approach would be to use a rigid core form casing 16 with a non stick coating on the outer surface and a secondary form casing made of cardboard that is slipped over the first form casing the tobacco leaves are wrapped about the second cardboard form casing to make a shell a cellophane sleeve is slipped over the finished shell and the first inner form casing is removed the hardened shells with the cardboard form casing are shipped for sale in that case the finished product would look very much similar to the view shown in fig1 except that the form casing 16 will be made of a cardboard material stuffing of crushed tobacco into the cigars can be accomplished using a conventional funnel the nose of which is lightly smaller than the diameter of the inner opening of the shell the funnel if desired can be made a part of the kit containing.