Cigars are rolled and finished by hand at Mexico's famous Te-Amo cigar factory. He worked with a strange, fat moon-shaped blade — known as a chaveta — as he crafted the final touches to each cigar. Oblivious of my clicking away, he cut and fit. My high-speed camera failed to catch his hands, except as a blur.
© William B. Kaliher, 2010
Source article: Alberto Turrent and Te-Amo: Six generations of Mexican cigars