Stefano Ricci SR Travel Humidor 9 Cigars — Black Walnut Root / Palladium

Stefano Ricci SR Travel Humidor 9 Cigars — Black Walnut Root / Palladium

A travel humidor is not a convenience — it is a commitment to the condition of the cigars it carries. Where a cigar case protects against physical damage, a humidor maintains the internal climate: the sealed environment with controlled humidity that keeps a cigar from drying out over the course of hours or days of travel. For anyone who travels with serious cigars — the ones that cannot be replaced at the destination, the ones selected specifically for the occasion — a travel humidor is the only acceptable carrying format.

The SR 9-cigar travel humidor at 32×25cm H6cm is a flat, substantial object built to this standard. The form is wide and flat rather than deep — a profile that allows it to travel in a suitcase or briefcase without consuming the dimensional depth that a cubic humidor would require. The 6cm height is enough to accommodate ring gauges up to 58; the 32cm length accommodates cigars up to 199mm. The interior layout addresses two cigar categories simultaneously: the long-format collection and the shorter accessory formats.

Black Walnut Root Exterior

The exterior is black walnut root — the dense, figured burl of the walnut tree treated in black, the grain compressed and swirling in the way that burl wood always is, the color deepening the figure and making the material's natural complexity more present at the surface. Black walnut root on a travel humidor produces an object that reads as serious before it is opened: the material density and the visual depth of the burl telling the story of the object's quality before the hardware or the interior are considered.

Mahogany Interior

The interior is lined with mahogany — a dimensionally stable, fine-grained hardwood that provides the internal structure for the nine-cigar layout. Mahogany's stability under humidity cycling makes it well-suited to the interior of a humidor: it moves less than many woods as the internal environment changes, maintaining the precise fit that the sealing system requires.

9-Cigar Capacity

Seven positions for cigars up to 199mm (maximum ring gauge 58) and two positions for shorter formats up to 118mm — the dual-zone layout addresses the mixed collection that a serious traveler is likely to carry: the flagship smoke for the main event and the smaller formats for the transitions of a journey.

Palladium Details

Palladium hardware details — hinges, clasp, fittings — complete the travel humidor in the cool, silver-white register of the SR palladium series. Against the dark, textured surface of the black walnut root, palladium hardware reads as precise and modern: the cool metal against the organic depth of the wood, the restraint of the hardware letting the material of the exterior make the primary statement.

Now available at The Tobacconist of Greenwich.