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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gusto" data-source="post: 571680" data-attributes="member: 4860">Depends on the pipe as well as the tobacco. E.g. I tried the second method you mentioned but I prefer bent pipes:  that was a laugh Ha Ha. A tangle of shag is so different than a just dribble it in cube cut. I a lot of my tobacco is in slices - but the fold and stuff as per the video doesn't work for me. I fold it then roll it to  loosen and often twist it as well. Ropes and plugs I'll cut finely and rub it finer grinding it with thumb in palm. I'll rub out most flake/ ribbon cuts between palms over a sheet of paper. I've read recommendations to chop  some tobaccos in a food processor, but I've only done that with whole/broken leaf. All this is heresy for a bouchon. Just because I prefer a light and fluffy bowl of not too dry leaf doesn't mean that is your best style. But I can put a burning bowl in my pocket while popping into a store for a purchase and resume smoking without relighting on exit (once or twice in a blue moon.)Once you've chosen your bowl and have the tobacco at your chosen texture for that bowl the fun begins. Practice Practice Prac. . .Another trick is to watch the "eveness" of your lighting a bowl in a mirror to evaluate your packing and lighting techniques.</blockquote>