As it seems to be the trend, I’m again reviewing an ashtray today that doesn’t fit your stereotypical idea of a classic ceramic ashtray. First I reviewed two GRAMM Works ashtrays made out of aircraft grade aluminum, then I reviewed Perdomo’s Cigar Mug, which isn’t really an ashtray so much as a cigar holding device. Today I’ll be looking at an ashtray many are probably familiar with, the Tatuaje Melamine Ashtray. The first ashtray Tatuaje released was a classic ceramic ashtray, with four cigar grooves, a shiny glazed coating and beautiful metallic Tatuaje fleur de lis logos on it. When Pete Johnson had to change his logo due to copyright issues, we saw the release of some metal ashtrays with both the new Tatuaje logo and one for his Fausto series. The melamine ashtray was then released, using the same material the Tatuaje Black Label Corona Gorda 2013 jar was made out of. For those wondering, wikipedia lists melamine resin as “a hard, thermosetting plastic material made from melamine and formaldehyde by polymerization.” As melamine resin cannot be melted, it would be a candidate for making an ashtray – something most plastics wouldn’t be too great for. It’s also quite ...
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