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Pipe tobacco must be cased. In the tobacco world, I'd say that there are two usages for the word case. The first refers to moisture level. The second refers to ingredients added well before packaging. Topping is when you put flavoring in just before packaging. Casings and toppings can be the same, or they can be different. You could case with vinegar and top with rum. Vinegar is a very common casing agent. I've even heard of maple syrup being used. Tons of stuff can be used. What happens is that tobacco is allowed to stew in the casing ingredients for a while. Frequently, tobacco is pressed into plugs, cut into flakes, and is rubbed out by machine, and you could receive one of the pre-rubbed forms I outlined. Anyway, C&D does what I, and I'm not the only one, would consider to be a bad job. That goes for Drucquer, GL Pease, and Captain Earle blends as well, since they are also made by C&D. C&D doesn't press their plugs long enough for the flakes to remain as flakes when the customer gets them, which annoys some people, but the biggest issue is that C&D does not properly case or age their tobaccos. As you know, with cigars, tobacco is aged for years and is monitored very carefully. C&D ships out unaged tobacco that doesn't have enough vinegar, alcohol, apple juice, or whatever on it for long enough. C&D blends do taste like chemicals sometimes. If you want C&D the only thing I have liked was Star of the East, which is an English. Since you like cigars, I can recommend Stillwell Star Aromatic English. They are made by Steve Saka's Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust using C&D tobacco. Many people agree that it's the best of the line, and I have a cigar smoking afficionado friend who gave it a thumbs up. If you want further cigar recs, I recommend Casdagli. They do need some age before smoking, though.>My enterpriseI've started to make nasal snuff. I haven't made anything to give to friends yet, but I'm getting there. My biggest issue is getting the grind right, as I knew it would be. Nasal snuff is an excellent form of tobacco. If you're interested in trying it, Toque snuff is made by someone with the same sensibilities as you. Toque also makes Artisan Snuff, so feel free to choose those blends too. The problem with Toque, stemming from concerns about chemicals, is that the scents don't last very long. Even so, people buy Toque blends and enjoy them. You might also have luck with the really, really old blends made by companies like Fribourg & Treyer, Wilsons of Sharrow, and Samuel Gawith (/ Hoggarth). If you get a rappee, be sure to transfer it to a different container since the tons tend to rust. Also, Rosinski is a highly respected Artisan who grows a lot of the tobacco he uses. There are so many more snuff recommendations I could give, but that's enough to get you on the path, should you be interested in going down it.
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Smoked SG Commonwealth in a Davorin morta pipe