Flake Tobacco Tips

[Thelonious monkfish]

I dry my tobacco but if I'm cutting a plug it gets shaved thin and rubbed into a shag and loaded thereafter. Most flakes I smoke are GH so I rub a few out completely and leave them on a dish to pack from. I don't do anything special for packing anything, just gravity fill until it's pouring out and gently nudge the overflow until it's packed and brush off the excess.

[Lostdog5152]

I don't like fiddling with tobacco. I just don't. I know its an age old ritual that should be respected and enjoyed as part of the experience. Myself, I resent being sold tobacco not ready to be loaded into my pipe and smoked. If its too wet or too dry I correct this with no small amount of mumbling and grumbling. Some flakes and blocks taste too good to just ignore so I do what I expect most Neanderthals like me do. I attack it like a Tasmanian Devil with a chainsaw with whatever sharp implement happens to be at hand. Flakes are easy victims but even Peterson Petrified Plug will succumb eventually. The post mortem may not be too pretty but it fits the pipe. It tastes good too. Now you know my awful secret of tobacco preparation.

[Jlando19]

"Peterson Petrified Plug"

This has to be the best alteration of a name I have ever heard! I'm calling it this from now on!

[Fr_Tom]

I rub them out and then codger scoop from my palm.

[Tsal]

You can Cannon ball moist flakes which works well. Fold the flake into a compact square and roll it in your palm with pressure just to loosen it slightly, it should wad up.and look like a ball.

[simplepipes]

Pretty much the same as TM and then top the bowl no matter the blend with a mound of Three Sails. Perfect burn through the bottom of the bowl every time.

-sp