I find Deluxe Crumb Cut needs a few relights before it gets going, but I never have a problem with OCC. Try gravity packing and don't press down if you haven't tried that.
Cool. Have you tried it before?
Yeah that's mostly what I've been doing, gravity filling and lighting up. I tried it fresh out of the bag, and with up to 6 hours of dry time, tried it in small bowls and larger bowls. It's been like trying to light small pebbles -- the Crumb Cut starts to get lit but just peters out even after several lighting attempts in succession. I can even torch the bowl until I start pulling hot air through the pipe and still not get it sufficiently lit. No troubles with other cube cuts in my cellar, so I don't know what's going on
This will be the first time! Nothing like the hype of extreme scarcity to pique my interest. Plus, I couldn't resist trying a blend created by the venerable JimInks.
I heard they had tornados in Tennessee and Arkansas yesterday. Glad you didn't have too much damage.Man, we had some windy conditions yesterday! Wind blew down trees everywhere and many lost their power. Steady 20 mph winds with gusts up to 50 mph all day long. We had to wait an hour for a ranger to cut up a tree that fell in the road before we could get back to our cabin at the state park. Got home to find branches down in the yard and everything on my back deck was blown over and shingles blown off my shed. I'm smoking some Carter Hall in a Dunhill Shell apple.
Try a smaller bowl, preferably one with an average width burning chamber like a billiard.Yeah that's mostly what I've been doing, gravity filling and lighting up. I tried it fresh out of the bag, and with up to 6 hours of dry time, tried it in small bowls and larger bowls. It's been like trying to light small pebbles -- the Crumb Cut starts to get lit but just peters out even after several lighting attempts in succession. I can even torch the bowl until I start pulling hot air through the pipe and still not get it sufficiently lit. No troubles with other cube cuts in my cellar, so I don't know what's going on
I'll take it on everyone else's word that it's a good tobacco, I suppose I just lack the particular competence to make it work for me.
. But without sounding like I'm gloating. Its a fantastically beautiful day here in old blighty. I wished you all had the same over there. Filling a Petersons Killarney XL90 with a hefty 3 pincher of Rattrays London Eye, for a relaxing smoke before a later than usual Sunday roast dinner. Stay safe over there my friends, and I hope the weather improves for those it effects.
