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Got an under counter tobacco pouch. I thought golden Virginia only gave 50 pack rolling papers and this has me thinking it may be fake
Anyone tried or had the same?

I finally found new packages of Mac baren #no name virginia in Italy. The new one has the Scandinavian tobacco group trade mark and opposite side opening in the front. After months of research I am happy to share it. Be careful when buying it to check the package, if too old it loses all the good taste and aroma even if hydrated good.

20 year smoker. Can't afford Newports anymore and everything else significantly cheaper ive tried tastes gross.

So I bought a 6oz bag of gambler menthol, a gambler hand roller machine, and Kashmir coral tubes. Cherry kept falling out so I packed tighter and smoked then tighter hoping the cherry would stop falling. By the time the cherry stopped falling, it was so hard to pull it wasnt worth it and my tubes kept ripping or exploding.

So I did some AI-search lol. I bought an electric roller like it suggested and It said pipe tobacco has ribbons that are too long so I chopped it up and made sure to roll packed cigarette in my fingers and packed on the table. Still getting burnt from falling lit ashes.

So I dried it for 5 minutes after chopping (read that 10 mins is too long for menthol and would remove the taste. Paper was burning faster than tobacco and having long lit ashes tilting that would again fall and burn me.

So I bought a different brand The Good Stuff Menthol and new tubes - ohm premium green.

Still cut and dried because the ribbons ended up being longer with the good stuff.

Played with tightening but I still get that long angled lit ash that falls on me. If I try to ash it like a store bought cigarette with a light flick and the whole cherry pops out.

I would really like to stop getting burnt and burning small holes in my clothes. Even bought a car pack since the ash fell in between my toes while driving and I had to tolerate it to avoid an accident. Fuck that hurt.

I dont know what else I can do to avoid "air pockets --if thats the problem. I spend a lot of time each cigarette and the outcome is the same even when I don't pack it.

Please help!

Picture is of when the ash starts to tilt before it falls. Then a light tap and cherry is out.

I'm working offshore of Long Island, NY. Just bough a pouch of Amber Leaf Original from one of the British guys on the rig platform. 👍🏽

As said above the tracking hasn’t updated since it got into the uk just under a week ago, just wondered if anyone has an experience of ordering from this company and if this has happened to them. I tried contacting the store and they said it’s in UK customs now so they don’t have time frames of when it will be released?

Got two boxes of duty-free Amber Leaf as a gift. Pouch note is sweet hay, nutty, leather, a hint of wintergreen(?)...has that Copenhagen snuff bite mixed in there.

Very moist so you can't roll this too tight. I left a small pile on the rolling tray over night to dry and it took forever.

I got a buzz going from OHM Turkish yellow to this. Smoked through one pouch already and it was good down to the last pinch and wasn't reduced to a dry pile of shake.

Can anyone tell me more about this particular brand and blend? What gives it that Copenhagen snuff smell and that wintergreen element?

Finished the HK-3+ Auto Start Tube Feeder project after 4 days of P/T work (I'm retired...) to 3D print the parts, build, and wire the assembly consisting of 4 servos, a color sensor, Arduino IDE compatible ESP32 control board and component wiring. I'm currently building my second auto tube feeder as a gift to my brother who introduced me to the MYO hobby. Pretty sure the second build will go much faster...

I found the FREE 3D print model and assembly instructions online at Maker World (https://makerworld.com/en/models/2048328-hk-3-automatic-shell-feeder#profileId-2210469).

The detailed 42-page PDF Instructions in German was converted to English using Google Translate. I used GROK (xAI) to convert the Arduino IDE 2.3.8 control file/comments in German to English,

If you have an HK-3+ and 3D printer (or know someone who has a 3D printer) I highly recommend this project. Load your king size tubes, favorite tobacco... press the GREEN Master Start Cycle button and away she goes!!!

(Edit: The HK-3+ sits on top of the assembly and DOES NOT require opening the HK-3+ or altering it in any way. A servo arm depresses the HK-3+ START button. The Auto Start Tube Feeder is like an octopus that is wrapped around the HK-3+ and easy to remove and use manually if desired. The feeder gets its power from the HK-3+ power adapter and a female to two (2) males adapter cable. Cost to build was approx. $125 USD in parts and one (1) roll of 3D printer filament from Amazon.com. The required parts/shopping list is included in the PDF instructions.)

Lately I have seen lots of Captain Black rolling around. Have searched here and seems it isn’t too popular. The pouches I have bought are “Bright Virginia”, the cut is not too shag, or not shag, a bit more thick cut? I don’t know how is the cut called. It’s overall nice and 50g are much cheaper than a GV 40g pouch.
I was wondering which would be the difference between the Bright Virginia and just the plane Virginia.
Any experiences? I just came back to smoke rollies so I haven’t tried too many different brands.

Drum Original Blue is such a classic that it doesn't need a review but might help some folks who are new to ryo.Gonna keep this review simple

It's a Halfzware so the smell hits you as soon as you open the bag.

What's inside: Dark fired Kentucky and Virginia

Flavor profile:deep, smoky, and slightly woody, with some dried fruits reminds of dried plums. It's by all means a full bodied smoke.

Cut: Long and fine making quite easy to hand roll or for use in tobacco Rolling machines.

What really makes Drum Blue special for me is the balance — it’s full bodied without being harsh on the throat. Kentucky gives off a dark, earthy flavour while the Virginia softens it with a pinch of sweetness expected from Virginia. 😋

Burns nice and slow, reliable good quality, readily available makes it a classic smoke enjoyed by older generations and today by us.