Packing a straight Cavendish?

Do you pack straight Cavendish different from other tobaccos? I’m relatively new to smoking a pipe; as in I haven’t done so (and did so poorly) about 35 years ago, and then gave it up. Now that I’ve been retired for about six years I decided to give it a go again a few months ago.
I’m just smoking aromatics right now ( tried a Latakia blend - ‘Frog Morton’) and I could not stomach it, much less it’s putrid smell, then again I can’t stand fried liver so to each his own and maybe I’ll give it another go as time goes by, but be that as it may. As it goes now I’ve been smoking Lane 1Q, Captain Black (dark), Lane RLP-6, Lane BCA, Pipeworks Wilke 191 (love it) and their Cherry Cavendish. I don’t seem to have all that much of a problem with the aromatic blends, but when it comes to the straight black Cavendish I find myself constantly having to relight it over and over again, which of course is quite irritating and distracting to the taste, albeit I most definitely like them.
I usually take the straight Cavendish and lay a bowl full out on a piece of paper to dry out for about an hour, but I still have the same problem. Granted, and I’ll freely admit that I still have somewhat of a learning curve to as to how to pack a pipe correctly and consistently, but I can’t for the life of me figure out what the problem is that I’m having with the straight Cavendish? It obviously seems to be a thicker and chunkier cut (not sure if I’m explaining that correctly, but I’m sure you understand). Are there any thoughts, and or ideas from your collective experience as to how a straight black Cavendish should be packed, or for that matter, does it really make any difference?

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Petes03 wrote:

You might also try using the "Swirl" method of packing your pipe. There was a thread and a video about it on here not long ago, it's very simple and effective.

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Is THIS what you’re referring to?

Looks a tad messy method, but I’ll certainly give it a try someday when I have no concern, and or need to possibly dry out a tobacco for a period of time. After all; when I do dry it out (no matter how short of a period) I only measure out a bowl full and that method calls for a good deal more to work properly and I would hate to dry out that much tobacco for only one pipe full. While watching that video it was very reminiscent to the very same method I’ve been using for years for stuffing popcorn into my mouth. :lol:
Today, just for the hell of it, I mixed a 50/50 mix of BCA and RLP-6 (with about an hour of drying time) and it worked out quite nice. Then, later on in the day, I did the same thing with 1Q and I had a bit of a problem, but I attribute that to improper packing. Like I previously said; it’s all still learning curve as to proper packing to me and I’ll get there. After all, I’m retired and have plenty of time and I thank everyone for their collective input, and if I may add... a great informative and friendly forum site. :wink:

Sorry if my above post did not come out correctly. I own and run a forum site for about five years (not pipe related} and I'm used to 'Preview' and WYSIWYG when posting, which this forum site does not have. I did not mean to embed the video, but simply give the link to what I possibly thought petes03 was referring to. Also, which you can obviously see, is that one is not able to delete a post. :wink: