Oh no, I'm well aware. That's what I've heard before and what I was trying to say, that the cut on dual purpose blends like Albert were changed (from the old "crimp-cut") to make them harder to roll with when the crackdown on RYO tax came about and alot of the "RYO Pipe" blends used crappy, choppy cuts to avoid the tax but it seems like they're starting to change back to a more cig-conducive cut again in the last couple few years. I'm assuming that the past deeming statement by the fda that they "were not specifically concerned with pipe tobacco" (as mentioned by Leonard W. In his last interview) prob helped with that I'd assume. Let's hope it lasts a bit without a new crackdown.There is a bit of variability on how the shag ribbon cut of these multipurpose value tobaccos are made.
Buoy Gold stuffs about one gram per tube, and other brands like Smoker Friendly as little as .65 grams per tube.
What this means is Buoy makes about 450 cigarettes and the fluffiest brands over 600.
And if used in a pipe, the ratios would be about the same.
This is not new.
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The 1941 Prince Albert can was 1 5/8 ounces, or about 50 grams.
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