Carbon fiber has been around for decades. And yet, it still sort of seems like something that up until very recently was reserved for advanced airplanes and Formula One teams. But now, it’s almost everywhere. Car companies are using it for spoilers, hoods, roofs, interior components and even wheels. Even more companies, vehicular or not, are using faux carbon fiber as a decoration for various products. But there are others that are trying to use the real material to produce unique products. Cigar accessories are no different and Visol, a company many are probably unfamiliar with, is using it to produce cigar cases. Without getting too much into a science class, carbon fiber is a series of fibers that are woven together and then oftentimes formed with plastics to create a shape. That creates the carbon fiber, or more specifically carbon-fiber-reinforced-polymer, that most people know. People use carbon fiber because of its incredible strength-to-weight ratio which makes it incredibly popular in car racing, aerospace, high-end vehicles and now, consumer goods. There are cigar lighters, cutters and humidors that feature carbon fiber patterns, but most of those uses seem more vanity than practicality. One place where carbon fiber does serve a unique ...
↧