Up to now I've been smoking loose ribbon cut tobacco.
A friend from CF sold me a stack of tins recently . I opened one of them earlier this week ....a McClelland (Christmas Cheer from 95') the stuff looked like beef jerky ( dont know how else to describe how it looks)
I've googled and read about a few ways and tried shredding it by hand and rubbing it vigorously between my palms but I cant seem to get it to the consistency of ribbon cut tobacco.
And also...... it looks and feels drier than ribbon cut despite being in a machine-sealed tin ...... is this the condition i should smoke it in ?
Lastly.... should I shred and keep it for future smoking OR should I shred it only just before I smoke it?
I apologize for these silly questions, I am trying but am still quite clueless..... I've otherwise been smoking Erinmore and Davidoff (reds and blues) which are all ribbon-cut and so much more quicker to pack into a pipe.
A friend from CF sold me a stack of tins recently . I opened one of them earlier this week ....a McClelland (Christmas Cheer from 95') the stuff looked like beef jerky ( dont know how else to describe how it looks)
I've googled and read about a few ways and tried shredding it by hand and rubbing it vigorously between my palms but I cant seem to get it to the consistency of ribbon cut tobacco.
And also...... it looks and feels drier than ribbon cut despite being in a machine-sealed tin ...... is this the condition i should smoke it in ?
Lastly.... should I shred and keep it for future smoking OR should I shred it only just before I smoke it?
I apologize for these silly questions, I am trying but am still quite clueless..... I've otherwise been smoking Erinmore and Davidoff (reds and blues) which are all ribbon-cut and so much more quicker to pack into a pipe.