Smokin Harley
Well-Known Member
I have been a member here for going on 3 years I suppose and I can't find or quite figure something out. Bob (Deluxestogie),I'm sure you won't disappoint me by giving your experienced knowledge on it and maybe some of you um, to put it politely" Old timers" who have used it in the past.
Why is it that the old "plug tobacco" ,which seems to be dying off as a store shelf staple, could be sliced ,flaked, rubbed out and used for pipe , a chunk cut off with a pocket knife for a relaxing chew or even thin shag razor cut and dried for a quick hand rolled cigarette when the cigar leaf remains as a seemingly lone use tobacco. Its been said and nearly proven that cigar tobacco does not do well in a pipe (but the opposite - a pipe tobacco can be used in a cigar ??),it comes out rather putrid in fact. Why is this. Is it the whole pH factor . Is it the process in which it was made, or is it just a wide variety thats doomed by trial and error to be pigeonholed for a stogie .
Why is it that the old "plug tobacco" ,which seems to be dying off as a store shelf staple, could be sliced ,flaked, rubbed out and used for pipe , a chunk cut off with a pocket knife for a relaxing chew or even thin shag razor cut and dried for a quick hand rolled cigarette when the cigar leaf remains as a seemingly lone use tobacco. Its been said and nearly proven that cigar tobacco does not do well in a pipe (but the opposite - a pipe tobacco can be used in a cigar ??),it comes out rather putrid in fact. Why is this. Is it the whole pH factor . Is it the process in which it was made, or is it just a wide variety thats doomed by trial and error to be pigeonholed for a stogie .