Recently I have been toying with a few thoughts on 'blending your own' or BYO to the rest of us. I have read a few things on the forum but most of the posts seem to involve people doing something that will result in a finished product that whilst pleasant to the nostrils and your fellow man doesn't pack the 'wallop' I need from a tobacco. Most home blends seem to be a bit like your first asian girlfriend, very nice but also very clingy and totally willing to do anything your 20 year old mind could dream up in the conspicuous degeneracy department!
That being said Dan recently gifted me bag of shredded heavy duty, tobacco leaf which sort of resembled old dark fired but smelt really good. I also have a few feet of black Irish twist that was a very kind Xmas present from Eighty Won out in California which is a brand I just love. As the old adage goes 'the devil makes work for idol hands' and since I have been stuck indoors all week I thought I would experiment. I found that by slicing the black Irish twist into 1/8th inch thickness until I had a pile of twenty of so slices I was able to rub out the coins with great ease and which probably weighed about 1/4 oz. To this I added equal amounts of Dans tobacco and Condor and rubbed the whole lot together before adding to the finished mixture to my tobacco pouch. I must say the finished product not only burned evenly but had a very distinctive room note. In terms of nicotine it packed the right amount of 'wallop' that it was advisable not to smoke on an empty stomach. The resulting ash was a fine steel grey color and the only criticism I have of this interesting experiment was the speed I burnt through a bowl. A bowl of Irish twist usually will last me an hour or so with perhaps a couple relights whilst this seemed to be all done in about 30 minutes.
Anyone else here tried their own blending experiments?
That being said Dan recently gifted me bag of shredded heavy duty, tobacco leaf which sort of resembled old dark fired but smelt really good. I also have a few feet of black Irish twist that was a very kind Xmas present from Eighty Won out in California which is a brand I just love. As the old adage goes 'the devil makes work for idol hands' and since I have been stuck indoors all week I thought I would experiment. I found that by slicing the black Irish twist into 1/8th inch thickness until I had a pile of twenty of so slices I was able to rub out the coins with great ease and which probably weighed about 1/4 oz. To this I added equal amounts of Dans tobacco and Condor and rubbed the whole lot together before adding to the finished mixture to my tobacco pouch. I must say the finished product not only burned evenly but had a very distinctive room note. In terms of nicotine it packed the right amount of 'wallop' that it was advisable not to smoke on an empty stomach. The resulting ash was a fine steel grey color and the only criticism I have of this interesting experiment was the speed I burnt through a bowl. A bowl of Irish twist usually will last me an hour or so with perhaps a couple relights whilst this seemed to be all done in about 30 minutes.
Anyone else here tried their own blending experiments?