Flakes

[mrenglish]

You can dry as many flakes as you like. I normally take 2-3 SG flakes which are pretty long, probably about 6" or so for the bulk flakes. I rub them out into a nice shag, dry and fill up a couple pipes at once. For the Mac Baren, usually two flakes will fill a group 5 or so pipe if rubbed into a shag. Have not tried the cube cut method yet.

 

[gray4lines]

I just cubed 3 flakes of the Macbaren. Maybe enough for 2 narrow bowls. Its tricky since the cubes seem to burn slower and expand a little more. I will try rubbing out some shag next time.

 

[instymp]

OK. So they are getting better.

Smoked some HH Old Dark fired & that was the best for me so far.

Was very good!

 

[mluyckx]

is it normal to only smoke one flake at a time ? Or does it depend how you prepare it?

It depends more on the size of the bowl than the way you prepare it.

A smaller size bowl will usually be fine with a single nice entire flake.

Larger bowls, two or even three.
You'll notice though that you will have bigger flakes and smaller ones in the same tin. So it's all a bit of trial and error until you find the happy medium. But hey.. that's part of the fun !

 

[gray4lines]

Thanks!
I wasn't sure if one flake at a time was generally accepted, or if you just kinda eyeball it.

 

[mustanggt]

I've just tried St James flake twice today. I commented earlier about the smell as fresh whole grain bread. Some say dried figs or some other type of fruit. It is really a nice break from English types and gives much more variety. It needs to dry out more and I'm sure will be much better when I do that. I rubbed and broke up the flakes by tearing it and got a nice pack on it. Stay with it and you'll enjoy the experience.

 

[flyguy]

I like SG flakes such as Best Brown and FVF (1792 not so much). I love McClelland flakes such as Blackwoods and Beacon. I am currently smoking a bowl of Christmas Cheer 2012. The secret with flakes is to smoke them as slow as possible...Yum!
PS: I usually rub them out.