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Pressing 1kg of whole leaf tobacco
Pressing 1kg of whole leaf tobacco challenge. As they say, if it is worth doing it is worth doing to excess. I picked up a 2 foot long 3″ by 3″ square stainless steel tube (T43311) from Metals Depot. Next thing was to find spacers. I didn’t want to
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Virginia, Oriental and Perique - Bosporus Strait Plug
Thought I would try something new and experimental with whole leaf Virginia, Oriental and Perique tobacco plug. Pressing a 200g block consisting of: * 30g Izmir * 60g Perique * 110g Bright Virginia The Virginia is cased with sugar water with a 1 to 1 weight of water to sugar to make 200g
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Making plugs in winter
Making plugs in winter is a little more challenging. Cannot take advantage of the summer heat and poor man stoving the press in the hot cab of the truck for a week. So here is the update on recent activities. I got a wooden double press that UpArrow made on
Dunhill Apertif
Whole leaf latakia blend plug - Apertif Clone
Well, hurricane Ian knocked out the power last night so nothing to do but make a Latakia blend whole leaf plug. Worked on destemming the red Virginia and cased it with the plum casing I used for the Virginia/burley Thumbed through Goff’s book since it was full of
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Making a Virginia/Burley whole leaf plug
This will be a pretty obvious amateurish attempt at making a Virginia/Burley whole leaf plug in a similar vein as Germain’s Rich Dark Flake. I expect it not be even close but you got to put a stake in the ground somewhere on this 60/40 Virginia/Burley
whole leaf tobacco
1st whole leaf tobacco plug from hydraulic press
Quick post after pulling the 1st whole leaf tobacco plug from the hydraulic press. I have been experimenting with whole leaf tobacco this year. I have a nice aluminum/steel form that makes 3″ x 3″ plugs. The issue is cranking down on with a C-Clamp takes 10 days to
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Upgrading the tobacco press
Time to upgrade the tobacco press! Just pulled another dark fired Kentucky / Virginia plug out of the press. Taking 10 days to crank down with a C-Clamp pretty much sucks. So I ordered a 12-Ton Shop Press from Northern Tool. While that was in route I destemmed the rest of
aged pipe tobacco
How to determine the age of tinned tobacco
How to determine the age of tinned tobacco is the art of reading manufacturing codes as well as history of the blend. This is for my reference but hopefully it can benefit the rest of the community. For English Tins, read the Pipepedia article. Capstan (Orlik/STG, MacBaren) On the
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Red Queen V Virginia/Perique pipe tobacco
Red Queen V Virginia/Perique pipe tobacco blend was the fifth iteration of a blend that started with some very old perique. A local tobacconist was going out of business and gave me a giant bag of perique that likely had 5 years of age on it. This is not
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Making a whole leaf red Virginia plug
Making a whole leaf red Virginia plug was my forth whole leaf plug. Sourced the leaves from Whole Leaf Tobacco. This used the same casing recipe from whole leaf Virginia plug with blackberry casing. Took about 10 days to crank down to max with the c-clamp. This one spent about
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Ways to pressing pipe tobacco
There are several ways to pressing pipe tobacco and as elaborate as your budget will allow. Why press? It melds the flavors better of the tobacco no matter if you are doing raw leaf or using an existing blend. Many folks like make tobacco cakes and plugs. Moisture content will