Seanz
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I like it. Sounds like it should be steam powered lol
To this day I aint figured why you want to press it for home use?
[under extraordinary forces] Making a specialty tobacco maybe?
Pressing leafs or quantitys for storage I can relate to using a moderate pressure.
For me it makes it cut better, too much pressure makes it hard tease out.
For pipe tobacco bricking is a must. It's how it burns correctly in a pipe. I wouldn't do it for cigarettes, though.i mainlly did it for casing purposes,
i made that brick for a pipe smoker i know, and he liked the end product very much,
I would say that bricking is a must for certain specific styles of pipe tobacco.For pipe tobacco bricking is a must.
The advantage you get from pressing besides the slower burn is that it marries the flavors of the different varieties better. The juices of the different varieties mix, especially if they are cased.I would say that bricking is a must for certain specific styles of pipe tobacco.
Leaf in medium case, that is bunched firmly, as though preparing the filler for a large ring cigar, will hand slice into a pile of nice, crinkled pipe shred. The distance between each successive slice will determine the width of the shred. Within limits, the wider the width, the slower the burn. The higher the case when preparing, the denser the final shred packing. I prepare most of my pipe shred (several ounces per week) in this manner. Although I have mounted a press to the wall above my kitchen counter, I don't often use it for making pipe shred.
Hand-scrunched, manually shredded blend of WI 901 Black Cavendish (dark bits) and air-cured Silk Leaf (light bits).
For a Cavendish slice, flake or crumble-cake (of small bits), then pressing is required.
Bob
^^^^i'd like to see a pic. of that kitchen-press,
To this day I aint figured why you want to press it for home use?
[under extraordinary forces] Making a specialty tobacco maybe?
Pressing leafs or quantitys for storage I can relate to using a moderate pressure.