humi for storage?

dr_frankenstein56

jsnake

slamb@cigar.com

I would advise against this. Pipe tobacco, unlike cigars, only needs approximately 20-30% humidity. Keeping it in a humidor that creates roughly 60-70% humidity can cause some issues over time. Mason jars are still your absolute best bet. If tobacco does become dry, put it in a mixing bowl and cover it with a wet paper towel (dampen with distilled water) or just lightly mist the tobacco with distilled water and mix it up well. These two methods will help rejuvenate dry tobacco.

J.S.

slamb@cigar.com:

I would advise against this. Pipe tobacco, unlike cigars, only needs approximately 20-30% humidity. Keeping it in a humidor that creates roughly 60-70% humidity can cause some issues over time. Mason jars are still your absolute best bet. If tobacco does become dry, put it in a mixing bowl and cover it with a wet paper towel (dampen with distilled water) or just lightly mist the tobacco with distilled water and mix it up well. These two methods will help rejuvenate dry tobacco.

1+ no need to put it in a humi. Besides, the blend smell could very well stay in the humi too. When I have very dry tobacco a little mist, and just a little works. With flakes I like to place them on a try with a sponge in the center not touching the flakes and place a towel over them. a few hours and they are like new. Then into a jar.

Smoky the Bear

Glad I found this thread - have been wondering some of these same things. Now, to convince the wife to fork over a couple of her Mason jars.....

dr_frankenstein56

Marker

Smokey, where are you from? I work in Fargo.

dr_frankenstein56

onestrangeone

J.S.

That will depend on a lot of things, blend, rh in the room, etc. For me most (there will always be an exception) blends do well by leaving them out until the feel dry. I mean a little crisp but when you pinch it together it will still stick very briefly before falling apart. The difficulty is when talking pipe tobacco the experts talk in terms of moisture by weight not rh. So for us cigar smokers it is difficult to get a feel for the right level. Most say moisture by weight should be 12-14% more than this and the tobacco will feel moist, less and the ribbon or shag cuts will start to break apart when handling them. Hence the feel of being dry but not breaking the stands when handling it normally. I hope this helps get you headed in the right direction.