Birdseye
Bird's-eyes are "clearly visible round or oval sections of cut ribs found in pipe and cigarette tobacco."*
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- Re: Bird's eye
- Posted by marlihen on Thursday, 12-May-2005
Being new at SYO/RYO, I am wondering what a "birds' eye" looks like. I am stuffing for my hubby and I've no idea what that means...any pictures of one? smiles, marli
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- Re: Bird's eye
- Posted by Tim Aydt on Thursday, 12-May-2005
My understanding is that Bird's eye is the cut cross section of stems and veins in the tobacco leaves.
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A rough representation would be <o>.
For pictures, see the Great Drum Debate at RYO Magazine
http://www.ryomagazine.com/july/tobacco.htm
- Re: Bird's eye
- Posted by marlihen on Friday, 13-May-2005
Thanks for the info...now, do I remove them or leave them in? I just received a bunch of samples today (ironically) and I see that some have more bird's eye in them than others. Honestly though, if I was to try to remove them all I think I would hang up my Supermatic. What say you? Smiles, marli
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- Re: Bird's eye
- Posted by Slack on Friday, 13-May-2005
Some people see bird's eye as a defect but it's part of the blend for certain types of tobacco. You're generally more likely to see it in dark halfzware. I don't smoke those much these days but I never saw a need to remove the bird's eye and it was never a problem.
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- Re: Bird's eye
- Posted by Dan on Sunday, 15-May-2005
I agree with Slack that it is part of the blend. You should expect it in nearly all halfzware type tobacco's. It is NOT a bad thing. It mello's out the smoke and is part of the blend. It is not a sign of cheap tobacco (all the time). It is part of what makes dutch type tobbaco what it is.
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Hope that helps!