Favorite Tobacco Cut?

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, good stuff! The top half of the label is well done. Could the warning have been a second sticker one could peel off, revealing a truly nice label? (Thinking of gov't regs, not of increase cost of so doing.)

 

[olkofri]

Ribbon. So far, no success with flakes.

 

[pepesdad1]

Love it all, but the twists/plugs are just fun to play with. Part of the cheer that goes with pipe smoking, I reckon.

 

[curl]

I like the cut of the codger blends, whatever you call that

 

[mrenglish]

Flakes. Either rubbed into a fine shag or folded and stuffed.

 

[condorlover1]

Plug since I can put it my pocket and cut it up as required or slice and pouch it if I am going to be in polite company!

 

[Civil War]

Flake, something special about flake to me.

 

[mrenglish]

Simon has a good point, I am in the plug camp as well. So I will amend my comment to flakes and plugs.

 

[crashthegrey]

I like compressed tobacco, plugs and flakes. I concur with condor's reasoning. Also, thanks woodsroad for the laugh at the end of your list.

 

[jpmcwjr]

The top half of the label on Bengal Slices is well done. Could the warning have been a second sticker one could peel off, revealing a full and truly nice label? (Thinking of gov't regs, not of increase cost of so doing.)

 

[mso489]

My favorite shag is Five Brothers; my favorite ribbon might be any of various English and a few burley; my favorite thick cut, Tabac-Manil Semois; my favorite plug so far, Triple Play; and so on. It depends on the blend, and how it is handled. So far I've found coin a little edgy-bitey, but I'm aging some to improve it. Most flake works well for me, OGS, Latakia Flake, Virginias. I admit, loose tobacco has the attraction of needing less preparation, but sometimes slicing, rubbing out, etc., increases the anticipation.

 

[npod]

I’m smoking flakes almost exclusively now. I still have various cuts in the cellar, but going forward I’m only adding flakes.

 

[d4k23]

I'm a fan of broken flakes, they just have nice look to them and most get rubbed out before lighting up. Also a fan of the flake more and more, but have had troubles in the past keeping them lit. I decided I was packing too many flakes at a time and my baccy wouldn't burn right. Only a flake or two now and a little kindling and I'm good to go!

 

[jndyer]

I prefer flake tobaccos. I have nothing against other cuts, it just has worked out that my favorite tobaccos are either flakes or coins.

 

[btp79]

I like the cut of the codger blends, whatever you call that

Wood Chippered

 

[weezell]

Plug/Rope, throw a piece in yer pocket and go....

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Far and away, flake.

 

[jaytex1969]

I haven't had any plug yet. I've had pretty much all of the other formats at one time or another. I usually enjoy them all.
Ribbons and flakes are the majority.

 

[brooklynpiper]

I also stand in plug camp. Though I like the boulevardier feeling of throwing a hunk of tobac in my pocket before going around town, I think the plug also affords the best smoke.
To my taste, I've always felt that the oils were trapped better in a plug and then expressed during the cutting.

 

[thomasw]

Flake, plugs; generally pressed tobaccos are my favourite...
But what woodsroad said agrees with me, too.

I like variety, so every cut known to Man can be found in my cellar. That said, I prefer pressed varieties over loose cuts.