haveldad
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Favorite Pipe: Kaywoodie Freehand Poker
Favorite Tobacco: Vintage Syrian
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Post by haveldad on Oct 17, 2018 8:04:33 GMT -5
Haha oh I will. I'm on the road for work though, won't be home for a couple days. I'll try to get at least enough moisture back into it that I can rub out a flake into something besides dust, and give it a try. I'll let you all know how it goes. Bear in mind dark star in kinda hard to rub out even when wet. Rubs out into more of a cube cut/chunks. |
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Post by Stearmandriver on Feb 26, 2019 11:28:12 GMT -5
Took long enough, but I finally got around to trying this. I used the "tobacco in open bowl floating in distilled water in sealed Tupperware bowl" method. I did a trial run with a few flakes, enough for a couple bowls. I checked the tobacco after 24 hours, and it had transformed into firm but flexible flakes. I was able to rub these out, with some pulling/tearing, into a rough cube cut that resembled bits of rubber. Since I've heard Dark Star described this way before, I figured I was in the ballpark. I gravity-filled a small bowl and lit up. I said before that I will never know what 20 year old Dark Star fresh out of a sealed tin tastes like. That's still true, but I think I can say now that if you have such a tin, you have something special. This was not a flavor bomb like my preferred lat blends. It was more subtle than that, but still plenty of flavor. The oddest thing (to me) was that it didn't even taste like tobacco. You know how, say, a good red Virginia has flavors of sweet bread, raisins etc., but that's all still embedded in a good tobacco-y taste? This was just all dark sweetness. Cocoa with carmelized marshmallows. Dark fruitcake or plum pudding. Molasses, maple syrup. Towards the bottom it developed a bit of sweet warm spice, like ginger. I started it inside, so I could smell the room note, and it was the same - just dark and sweet. It was like all the positives of an aromatic, without the goopy chemical-tasting negatives. (Though it did leave more moisture in this Savinelli than I've seen before, but it was a really damp night out and I stuck it out until the bowl was done, so that's the likely culprit. That or I was drooling!) So thanks to everyone for the encouragement to try this. I've got the rest rehydrating now, and it'll be nice to have it jarred up as a special occasion tobacco.       |
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Post by Ronv69 on Feb 26, 2019 12:02:59 GMT -5
Took long enough, but I finally got around to trying this. I used the "tobacco in open bowl floating in distilled water in sealed Tupperware bowl" method. I did a trial run with a few flakes, enough for a couple bowls. I checked the tobacco after 24 hours, and it had transformed into firm but flexible flakes. I was able to rub these out, with some pulling/tearing, into a rough cube cut that resembled bits of rubber. Since I've heard Dark Star described this way before, I figured I was in the ballpark. I gravity-filled a small bowl and lit up. I said before that I will never know what 20 year old Dark Star fresh out of a sealed tin tastes like. That's still true, but I think I can say now that if you have such a tin, you have something special. This was not a flavor bomb like my preferred lat blends. It was more subtle than that, but still plenty of flavor. The oddest thing (to me) was that it didn't even taste like tobacco. You know how, say, a good red Virginia has flavors of sweet bread, raisins etc., but that's all still embedded in a good tobacco-y taste? This was just all dark sweetness. Cocoa with carmelized marshmallows. Dark fruitcake or plum pudding. Molasses, maple syrup. Towards the bottom it developed a bit of sweet warm spice, like ginger. I started it inside, so I could smell the room note, and it was the same - just dark and sweet. It was like all the positives of an aromatic, without the goopy chemical-tasting negatives. (Though it did leave more moisture in this Savinelli than I've seen before, but it was a really damp night out and I stuck it out until the bowl was done, so that's the likely culprit. That or I was drooling!) So thanks to everyone for the encouragement to try this. I've got the rest rehydrating now, and it'll be nice to have it jarred up as a special occasion tobacco. Glad to hear that. You're having a smoking experience that most of us could only dream about. |
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Post by libertysmoke on Feb 26, 2019 12:23:41 GMT -5
I put the tobacco in a bowl, soak a wash cloth in distilled water, wring out and lay over the tobacco but not touching the tobacco. About every 20 or 30 minutes I mix the tobacco up with my hands. I do this until the moisture is where I want it. What this guy said !!! worth a try ... |
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 26, 2019 12:37:09 GMT -5
Rehydrate. Tell us how it turns out.
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Post by sperrytops on Feb 26, 2019 12:39:04 GMT -5
Rehydrate. Tell us how it turns out. Oops, looks like you did. Excellent result. A real special tobacco to enjoy. |
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robd
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Post by robd on Mar 7, 2019 0:52:23 GMT -5
First off, that's the rare and endangered DARK STAR not a cheap drug store brand, so I would proceed with great caution. DARK STAR is dry and tight to begin with. I would re-hydrate but just a little. I'd lay it our on a baking sheet, mist it just a very little with water (sterile if you got it), cover it with plastic wrap and check it in the morning. I wouldn't do this more than once.
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Post by Stearmandriver on Mar 7, 2019 2:23:46 GMT -5
First off, that's the rare and endangered DARK STAR not a cheap drug store brand, so I would proceed with great caution. DARK STAR is dry and tight to begin with. I would re-hydrate but just a little. I'd lay it our on a baking sheet, mist it just a very little with water (sterile if you got it), cover it with plastic wrap and check it in the morning. I wouldn't do this more than once. See above. Sealed it in Tupperware with a bowl of distilled water. 'Twas successful, the tobacco is fantastic. Thanks though! |
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