I’m with you! Would like to see what kind of voodoo they would come up with! Though it would be a HUGE investment in equipment.
I'll readily admit to being ignorant to what it takes to make plugs/ropes. Can you elaborate at all? Thanks.
Plugs (true plugs) require presses that exert many tons of force for good period of time and the ropes require a spinning machine for any kind of production, of course ropes have been made for centuries by hand. I’m in no way an expert though?
It's not the pressure itself, it's a combination of pressure - which as far as I recall from a vid C&D they have an industrial press which undoubtedly can exert more pressure than SG/G&H old hand-cranked presses (they don't use these anymore) - with casing (which C&D is not using much at all of) and steam (steam presses as far as I know are only owned by European companies like SG/G&H, STG and MacBaren, K&K and Dan Tobacco). Also rope machines are only owned by Gawith, the other companies above do not make actual ropes, they make rolls which are then cut (except from Peter Heinrich's Curly Block). Only Gawith has the machines and staff with knowhow to produce ropes at a large scale of any sort.
Wow! That is labor intensive and requires a lot of skill and know how. I think I understand better now why companies aren't producing twist tobacco. Thanks for the link.
I’d say they make cakes, definitely not plugs.
Small amounts of twists are easy. When either tambolaka or Mapacho are available in GH quantities we can have a conversation.
Can you still get that dark fired twist/stick Tobacco locally?
Well, relatively locally, yes. I pay for about 10 pounds a year, and usually end up with 3-5.
