Interesting Packing Technique

[briarblues]

Good Day All;
This was posted on FB a short time ago and thought it interesting. It is a short film about women smoking pipes, circa 1969. What I found most interesting was the packing technique that was taught. I am always interested in different ways of doing things and have been using the technique for the past few days. I was surprised at how well it actually does work.
https://www.facebook.com/BBCArchive/videos/491718251201210/
Regards

Michael J. Glukler

 

[skaukatt]

Quite interesting! I will have to try it. She taught me a thing or two!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

If my memory serves correctly I've see this technique demostrated on Y Tube by J Fox tobacconist.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, I also think it was a JJ Fox video.
Packing techniques are interesting to me only in the academic sense. Unless we're talking slices or plugs, then some "technique" is useful.

 

[hawky454]

Man, that is a cool old video! Thanks for sharing. I've seen that packing method used before and I've tried it for myself a few times but it's messy and unnecessary in my opinion. It looks cool though.

 

[litup]

Loved that video.

 

[craiginthecorn]

I tried it with little success when I was learning to smoke a pipe. I suspect it's highly dependent upon having tobacco of a certain cut and hydration.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I've used that packing technique. It works great for ribbon or shag cut tobacco. Works better going in a circular motion as opposed to back and forth. Drawback is it's quite easy to overfill your bowl if you allow too much of what's in your palm into the pipe. But when done right, the tobacco burns quite well, and I think it's due to the circular motion of packing spiraling the tobacco into the bowl.

 

[olkofri]

Neat. Shall try that packing method. Yet another packing technique I'm gonna sux at...

 

[popeofpiping]

My grandfather demonstrated this packing method to me when I was 15 starting out pipe smoking. The only difference is he would swirl the pipe in the jar or bag that was full of tobacco.

 

[menuhin]

Rare video. It's great to be transferred back to the 1960s to see how people smoked back then. :puffpipe:

 

[unkleyoda]

Yes, I also think it was a JJ Fox video.
Packing techniques are interesting to me only in the academic sense. Unless we're talking slices or plugs, then some "technique" is useful.

This one?

 

[olkofri]

Where I first saw such technique: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWSMOlv5ApY

 

[64alex]

I saw originally from J Fox and it is the method of packing I am using for ribbon cut. It works very well, for me the big advantage is that it avoids packing too tight which is a major problem in packing.

 

[jvnshr]

Yep, it was David McGrane of James Fox:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHYPso7TXs

 

[jensen]

Girls from the time when I was young. What a hat !

 

[olkofri]

Well, what you know, I got more sipuffs per light with this packing technique than with my attempts at others. Guess we've something going here after all. ::

 

[jpmcwjr]

I saw originally from J Fox and it is the method of packing I am using for ribbon cut. It works very well, for me the big advantage is that it avoids packing too tight which is a major problem in packing.

.....when the tobacco is damp, it's a huge problem. Otherwise, no.

 

[64alex]

[.....when the tobacco is damp, it's a huge problem. Otherwise, no.]
But I dry the tobacco very well....

 

[jpmcwjr]

How well is "very well"?? I don't mean to be a smartass about that, but your definition of very dry is different than mine. Packing too tight has not been a problem at all when my tobacco is less than 65% RH.
And if you try you can pack even mummy dust too tight.