Quote Originally Posted by NeverBend View Post
Mark, to each his own. I smoke broken pieces at the end of the tin and like it less, burns faster, with more edge and less nuance.

When it comes to any pressed tobacco, whatever way you pack that smokes best is a good method but my preference is to break it out as little as possible.
Well, I'll plead "excessive hyperbole" on that one (is there any other kind?)-I have nothing against folding and stuffing even if I don't do it anymore (though if I opened a tin of ABF I would; that's the only way I've ever smoked it.) My personal preference is what I would call "partially rubbed out". My favorite tobacco, HOTW, is (in my opinion) too rubbed out; I wish it came as a flake so I could do it myself. I like chunks rather than ribbon or entire flakes.