Roll Your Own Pipe Tobacco
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'I've tried Dunhill Elizabethan, Rattray's Hal of the Wynd and Peterson Irish Flake in a cigarette.'
How do you put flake in a cigarette? do you just roll the flake into a cylinder and wrap it with paper? or do you rub it out first...fold and stuff RYO's?
How do you put flake in a cigarette? do you just roll the flake into a cylinder and wrap it with paper? or do you rub it out first...fold and stuff RYO's?
I'd rub it out wile it was moist out of the tin trying my best to separate it into a ribbon cut. That's much easier to do while it's still pretty moist. Kind of turn the flake into a fluffy ribbon cut or a fluffie ribbon cut. It's time consuming but I thought I'd try it out. I like the whole ritual thing so it was a calming experience. Then I dried it out and rolled it up. It tastes good but all of the tinned pipe tobaccos I've tried in cigarettes fare much better in the pipe imho.
Ahh, almost forgot, Gentlemen Caller by C&D rolls into a pleasant smoke. I'd like to now try the Semois after reading this thread.
I smoked Drum for years. I tried to find a substitute, but eventually found pipes and pipe tobacco. Yeah!
I did encounter one blend that I think would serve as a decent substitute, but I haven't tried it as a cigarette.
Peter Stokkebye's #702 looks and smells a LOT like Drum. Finding those particular J*O*B papers that Drum includes has been impossible. It is the paper or lack thereof, as well as the increased cost of Drum, that led me to a pipe.
I did encounter one blend that I think would serve as a decent substitute, but I haven't tried it as a cigarette.
Peter Stokkebye's #702 looks and smells a LOT like Drum. Finding those particular J*O*B papers that Drum includes has been impossible. It is the paper or lack thereof, as well as the increased cost of Drum, that led me to a pipe.
Any of y'all do this? I like to roll G&H Dark Bird's Eye into cigarettes to smoke cigar-style from time to time when I want a quick smoke or for on the go. That's the only blend I have in an easily roll-able cut right now, but I've tried it with other blends with generally satisfactory results. I've also found tthin hemp rolling papers to be pretty taste-neutral and less acrid than something like zig-zags.
Never did cigarettes, except as a grade school kid with my buddy, and later a few times to mix with high school age kids. Like my mom, who just loved cigs for gesturing ala Bette Davis, the nicotine just didn't capture me; her packs always went stale, and I didn't pilfer them, didn't want them. So, when my sister meant to get me some pipe tobacco and sent me 4 Aces (then found some real pipe tobacco and sent me a premium tin) I tried 4 Aces and still have some. Smokes pretty well, and serves to mix with burley or other leaf that accepts a Virginia boost. Some/most of these (and I don't know about 4 Aces per se) are tax dodges to sell RYO as pipe tobacco. I haven't sampled others, but I would expect some are better than others. 4 Aces does work as pipe tobacco, IMHO.
Its labeled as pipe tobacco to get around cigarette tax, I roll my own, I used OHM Turkish Red mainly for my cigs, I use a topomatic 2 rolling machine. Had it for about 6 years with no problems. When it's all said and done I only spend about a dollar a pack.
I gave up cigarettes about two decades ago and switched to a pipe full time. However, in the last couple of years, from time to time, I will roll a cigarette with pipe tobacco and smoke it. Like coda, I don't inhale but, if the tobacco tastes good, it's still an enjoyable experience, especially if one retrohales it. IME, just about any ribbon cut pipe tobacco can be rolled, although many require a bit of drying out in order to burn like a cigarette.
One thing I discovered is that a mild English tobacco, something like GH No. 25 Mixture, rolled in a cigarette paper, is quite reminiscent of the classic French smoke, and one of my favorites from the old days, Gauloises Brunes. Lots of flavor and lots of smoke, just like a Gauloises.
One thing I discovered is that a mild English tobacco, something like GH No. 25 Mixture, rolled in a cigarette paper, is quite reminiscent of the classic French smoke, and one of my favorites from the old days, Gauloises Brunes. Lots of flavor and lots of smoke, just like a Gauloises.
I've tried a few of the D&R and Stokkebye ribbon/shag blends but I like Early Morning Pipe stuffed in a tube if I dont have time for a pipe. The burn is slow @15 minutes for king size, good flavor on the retro. I find it relaxing and satisfying.
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