After reading a post earlier today I decided to "cube cut" the tobacco for my afternoon pipe. In the past I have always just grabbed a flake of the tobacco that I wanted to smoke and did what I can best describe as a rub out, fold and stuff hybrid method of loading my pipe. It has always worked decent for me so I had never considered putting any more effort into it. I was reading a post earlier today about a fella that was having some difficulty smoking flake tobacco. Cortez posted a video on the subject of cube cutting flake tobacco. Looked simple enough and apparently from previous posts I've read, several members swear by this method, so I figured "What the hell, why not." I laid a few Escudo disks of tobacco and let them dry a bit, busted out the kitchen shears, and proceeded to cut the Escudo into ~.25 inch "cubes". I then loosely loaded my pipe with all of the little cubes of goodness, gave it a light tamp, and fired her up. All I can say is what a difference a little effort makes! The pipe smoked much cooler, I only had to relight it once after the true light, and the flavor of that Escudo cube cut was spectacular! I highly recommend this method to anyone who hasn't tried it before. It is definitely worth the extra minute of prep time. ::