Small Cut Pipe Tobacco

[muntajab]

when I but a pouch of pipe tobacco, half of the tobaco is small cut. Small cut tastes bad as it burns hotter . do you think there could be a solution for always throwing away half of my pouches?

 

[judcole]

I take it you mean cube cut? What tobacco are you finding this in?

 

[tobakenist]

You might whant to try Flake tobacco, then you can rub it out to suit your needs.

 

[muntajab]

mostly in mcbaren and colts pouches. there are much of tiny pieces

 

[judcole]

I'm not familiar with Colt's.

Are you talking about tobacco deliberately cut that way, or breaking up over time? I know some blends are a mixture of cube and ribbon cut.

 

[lordnoble]

If you're talking about tobacco that's broken up in the pouch, I usually use that to top off the bowl so it'll light easier.
-Jason

 

[jchaplick]

the smaller the tobacco the easier it burns, thats why you rub your tobacco as small as you can in smoking contests, im not trying to reprimand you, but try smoking much slower than you feel you need to, it being much smaller, you may be surprised how well it stays lit
just my 2 cents

 

[pstlpkr]

thats why you rub your tobacco as small as you can in smoking contests

I have to (pardon the pun) contest your supposition.

I'm not saying that it is incorrect, but there are other schools of thought in the slow smoke realm.

Small can be perfectly satisfactory, but from my own experience, a consistent tobacco preparation, that incorporates tobacco broken into small pieces that are not miniscule or "as small as you can" will burn at a lower temperature and for longer periods. For me anyway... larger spacing between pieces of tobacco allow for slower and lower burn durations and temperatures. The miniscule pieces will tend to clump and increase the size and temperature of the ember. This (IMHO) through greater contact between the bits of tobacco encourage faster ignition from one piece to the next. Where a larger (not big) pieces have fewer points of contact from bit to bit and that will retard ignition of the adjacent pieces of tobacco, resulting in a longer and much cooler smoke.

The various shapes of the cut are important as well. Larger pieces should go in the bottom of the bowl, decreasing in size as one nears the top of your 3 grams... Any powder-ish tobacco bits should be on top to facilitate a good char-light, which will facilitate a good-solid, and low temperature true-light.

Of course that is just my opinion, based on practice, experimentation, conversation, and practical application.

Sorry for going so far afield from the topic.

 

[rd02sir]

Jud- I'm pretty sure Colts brand is very similar to Captain Black, but mostly in Canada (as I've never seen it on a USA based etailer). I have never tried Captain Black pipe tobacco so I can't say how they ccompare.
Actually Colts brand is made by Scandinavian Tobacco Group who also makes many other brands i.e. Orlik, W.O. Larsen and more. See link below
http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=874445

 

[judcole]

Thanks, rd. Might explain why I never heard of it. ::