Making a Perfect Pipe Tobacco Pouch from a WLT Poly-Nylon Bag
I've purchased and used a lot of tobacco pouches over the past four decades. Some were beautiful, others ugly. All of them were singularly poor at keeping pipe tobacco from drying out.
The pouch shown below was recycled in less than a minute from a 7" wide vapor-proof poly-nylon bag from wholeleaftobacco.com (WLT). A left-over from a shipment of whole leaf. I've made several of these.
Use a scissor to cut the length, and to remove part of the upper layer. Round the corners of the apron.
The pouch section should be 4-1/2 to 5" in depth, and the apron about 7 to 7-1/2" in length.
These WLT pouches maintain the humidity of pipe tobacco for well past 6 months in dry, indoor conditions. (I don't know the limit, since I usually consume a pouch of tobacco in less than 6 months.) Initially, I used a strip of packing tape with a fold-over tab to keep the pouch sealed. I discovered that it seals just as well without the bother of the tape.
Tobacco can be drawn from the pouch, and onto the apron for filling a pipe. The apron catches the spillage, which can then be easily returned to the pouch.
The tobacco in the last two photos is the entire contents of a newly opened can of John Cotton's No. 1&2. This still leaves room in the pouch section to fold double-layer material, which serves as the humidity seal.
Pouches do eventually get dirty, especially with Latakia blends. The WLT pouch is 100% washable.
Since only certain varieties of WLT leaf are shipped in the 7" wide bags, inquire first, if that is your hope. Although the 10" wide bags will function just as well, the resulting pouch is unwieldy, because of its folded length.
Bob
I've purchased and used a lot of tobacco pouches over the past four decades. Some were beautiful, others ugly. All of them were singularly poor at keeping pipe tobacco from drying out.
The pouch shown below was recycled in less than a minute from a 7" wide vapor-proof poly-nylon bag from wholeleaftobacco.com (WLT). A left-over from a shipment of whole leaf. I've made several of these.
Use a scissor to cut the length, and to remove part of the upper layer. Round the corners of the apron.
The pouch section should be 4-1/2 to 5" in depth, and the apron about 7 to 7-1/2" in length.
These WLT pouches maintain the humidity of pipe tobacco for well past 6 months in dry, indoor conditions. (I don't know the limit, since I usually consume a pouch of tobacco in less than 6 months.) Initially, I used a strip of packing tape with a fold-over tab to keep the pouch sealed. I discovered that it seals just as well without the bother of the tape.
Tobacco can be drawn from the pouch, and onto the apron for filling a pipe. The apron catches the spillage, which can then be easily returned to the pouch.
The tobacco in the last two photos is the entire contents of a newly opened can of John Cotton's No. 1&2. This still leaves room in the pouch section to fold double-layer material, which serves as the humidity seal.
Pouches do eventually get dirty, especially with Latakia blends. The WLT pouch is 100% washable.
Since only certain varieties of WLT leaf are shipped in the 7" wide bags, inquire first, if that is your hope. Although the 10" wide bags will function just as well, the resulting pouch is unwieldy, because of its folded length.
Bob
