leaves texture

[augusto]

hi I noticed that the tobacco leaves have a very thin consistency what can I use to compact?

 

[Knucklehead]

Do you use tubes or rolling papers? How do you shred the leaf?

 

[augusto]

nkn and this is the finished product in any way you cut it and the same it is very light in weight almost as if it were inflated tobacco I must say that the quality is good but very light in weight intended as volume

 

[deluxestogie]

I have no idea what "nkn" means.

Commercial cigarette tobacco can contain:

• shredded tobacco lamina (what we consider tobacco leaf)
• shredded reconstituted tobacco sheet (a thin paper made entirely from tobacco scraps)
• expanded (puffed like popcorn) tobacco stems which are rolled flat, then shredded

Different manufacturers use different ratios of some or all of these.

Bob

 

[augusto]

my question is this tobacco in weight and very light it seems expanded (but it is not) I would like to make it less bulky

 

[Knucklehead]

my question is this tobacco in weight and very light it seems expanded (but it is not) I would like to make it less bulky

When I inject the tobacco into the cigarette, the tobacco is dry but not crumbly. I tamp the filter end of the cigarette onto the table a couple of times to pack the tobacco into the tube more uniformly and the burn is more consistent. If the tobacco is more moist, the cigarette is more firm and the draw is tighter. I like a loose draw. You may like a tighter draw. Experiment with the moisture level by misting some water in the bag to raise the moisture level. (Let it sit about a day) If you don’t like that, or it seems too wet, let it dry down some more and try again. Then you can develop a “feel” for how much moisture you like when you make your cigarettes.