Thread: Any handrolled cigarette smokers?

When I was a kid many years ago use to smoke hand rolled cigarettes. My cousin and I would buy a sack of Country Gentleman and a can of Prince Albert and mix them together and we used OCB papers.

Later in life I smoked Bull Durham with Zig Zag papers.

My grandfather smoked Bugler all his life. and rolled them on a rolling machine.

I no longer smoked but Camel non filters werre my cigarette of choice, I liked Three Nuns pipe tobacco and King Edward Invincible cigars, NOT the King Edward Imperial.

I miss my tobacco but am glad I quit.

I started on the taylor mades before moving over to rollies. I've tried White Ox, Drum, Bank, Log Cabin, Flagship, Champion Ruby and a few more whose names elude me for now. I settled, intially, on Champion Ruby as my blend of choice, but later discovered the world of Aromatics in the form of Port Royal rum and wine. I still love that tobacco, but have since moved on to pipes.
Papers of choice were always 'Tally-ho', tried others but always went back to them. I still have a rolling machine around here somewhere too, never used it much as it was slower than rolling by hand. It's one of those that you open up and place the makings in a little strip of canvas/linen before closing the lid and having the ciggy rolled and appear out the top.
I started unfiltered, but moved onto filtered as it was a good way to get more out of the tobacco used. Less wasted tobacco, as it isn't all that cheap. It used to be reasonable, but the tax man adds to it every six months, and over the years that has added up mightly.
Ah damn, now I'm starting to reminisce on old times, and good times with friends, bourbon and cigarettes .


Mick

I started out smoking Old Holborn then switched to Golden Virginia a few years later, with Rizla papers any colour apart from the blue which are too thin or the liquorice flavour paper which is disgusting, I also use Zig-Zag's.

I and most that I know that smoke hand rolled cigarettes get supplies via Europe, In the hypermarkets out there in France or Belgium a 50g (2oz) pouch costs around 5.5 Euro's (£4.50) by the time it hits England and is sold on the streets 'under the counter' it's between £6 to £7.50, in our shops it is £14.00 which is mostly tax.

Average cost here for rollie tobacco for 50 gms is $31 Aus. That's 20.50 GBP...And yes the cost is mostly tax. Some pipe tobaccos are close to 30 GBP, but average around 26 GBP.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Average cost here for rollie tobacco for 50 gms is $31 Aus. That's 20.50 GBP...And yes the cost is mostly tax. Some pipe tobaccos are close to 30 GBP, but average around 26 GBP.


Mick

Crikey! And I thought we had it bad, that's daylight robbery.

I started out smoking Chesterfield and Pall Mall mostly because grampa and dad smoked them and i kinda took a few from them
then rolled by hand Drum, Buglers,Players navy cut, when the funds got better smoked camel non filter and Gauloises.
Now a days i roll my own with filters, golden harvest tobacco or buoy and others with tubes all done on a top small plastic rolling machine.

Originally Posted by MickR

Average cost here for rollie tobacco for 50 gms is $31 Aus. That's 20.50 GBP...And yes the cost is mostly tax. Some pipe tobaccos are close to 30 GBP, but average around 26 GBP.


Mick

Egads, I don't see how you guys put up with it. A bag of rollie is maybe $5 here.

Originally Posted by osdset

I started out smoking Old Holborn then switched to Golden Virginia a few years later, with Rizla papers any colour apart from the blue which are too thin or the liquorice flavour paper which is disgusting, I also use Zig-Zag's.

I and most that I know that smoke hand rolled cigarettes get supplies via Europe, In the hypermarkets out there in France or Belgium a 50g (2oz) pouch costs around 5.5 Euro's (£4.50) by the time it hits England and is sold on the streets 'under the counter' it's between £6 to £7.50, in our shops it is £14.00 which is mostly tax.

When I was living in the UK I was lucky enough to be friends with a tobacco smuggler, he got me Golden Virginia for about 4 quid a pouch.

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

When I was living in the UK I was lucky enough to be friends with a tobacco smuggler, he got me Golden Virginia for about 4 quid a pouch.

I have noticed a shortage lately of tobacco from my normal sources, today I found out the probable reason, from the 1st Oct 2011 the tobacco guidelines for personal use have been reduced, the new guidelines are 800 cigarettes (was 3,200), 200 cigars, 400 cigarillos, 1kg smoking tobacco (was 3kg).
The UK is part of the European Union, I should be able to go to France say, and bring back as much tobacco product as I can carry or fit into my vehicle, BUT if I cannot prove to customs that my consignment is for personal use I will most likely have the goods and my vehicle seized by customs.
So for the 'smugglers' the risk has increased significantly. I just love the way the government criminalises the legitimate importation of goods under EU law by labeling it smuggling.

Originally Posted by ChesterCopperpot

Egads, I don't see how you guys put up with it. A bag of rollie is maybe $5 here.

If you have any suggestions as to what to do about it, I'm all ears mate. But before you suggest it, I'm lacking supporters for an all out coup to take over this country and run it the way it should be... Just ask Grizzley1...He's waiting, and hoping still...


Mick