Do I shred short filler?

[HKRolling]

Hi.
I have a bag of leftover scraps from the WLT cigar kit.
They are all different size pieces. Should I shred/cut them so that they are more uniform?

I'm going to be using a Lieberman style machine for these short filler cigars. But would they smoke better if cut to a more uniform size?
Thanks

 

[jclif43]

I don’t worry about trying to get them uniform, but a lot of the pieces like you show in your second picture I would discard as being too small for rolling into a cigar. However, you could use them in a pipe blend.

 

[Knucklehead]

Rolling Scraps into Cigarillos

View: https://youtu.be/_3s3GA-cReY

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How Do I Use Cigar Scraps for Pipe Tobacco?

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Rolling a Nice Cigar from Short Scrap

When I roll long-filler cigars, I end up with two categories of scrap, which I store separately: long scrap (mostly from wrapper trimmings) and short scrap (filler trimmings from the foot and head). Long scrap can be used as filler in the same manner as long-filler. It usually makes a...

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[HKRolling]

I don’t worry about trying to get them uniform, but a lot of the pieces like you show in your second picture I would discard as being too small for rolling into a cigar. However, you could use them in a pipe blend.

Thanks.
What would a pipe blend entail?
Could I just gather together all the really small bits and smoke them in a pipe? Or they need processing in some way?
If so, could I just add those scraps into a tin of bought pipe tobacco?

I haven't looked into pipe tobacco at all. Is it much different from cigar tobacco?
I have just ordered a pipe kit though. The bowl and stem have been drilled, but the outer shape needs carving. I figured I could work out the tobacco side later on.

 

[johnny108]

Cigar scraps were the traditional ingredient for antebellum plug/chewing tobacco in the American south east.

 

[deluxestogie]

Could I just gather together all the really small bits and smoke them in a pipe?

Yes, and with no further processing. See our Index of Key Forum Threads for two free, downloadable pipe blending books (as pdf). But a "pipe blend" is whatever you stuff into your pipe. Most commercial pipe blends are laced with humectants (forever moist) and food flavorings.

Bob

 

[GreenDragon]

I keep a gallon bag and put all my scraps into it after each rolling session. When the bag is full, I chop the scraps into fairly uniform pieces. This makes it much easier to roll into a cigar. The technique is slightly different (check out the threads above posted by @Knucklehead but I think is actually easier than rolling with long filler. Being as we use good quality leaf, I find no difference in quality that in my regular cigars. Sometimes they are slightly better due to the higher proportion of wrapper / binder leaf in the blend. Have fun!