I beg to differ. FX Smith's factory is a century and a half old, yet a good deal of space is devoted to aging rooms, with rack after rack of boxes pressing 500 at a time, and a cool humidor room in the basement. I dunno that they keep sticks for more than a few weeks. I cannot say.I don't use bermocoll... I absolutely despise when wrappers unravel for various reasons... for that reason my binder and wrapper are moister than the filler leaves... and I glue both ends and the leaf rim... but if you ever have moisture issues... I recommend sun drying your sticks. I always sun dry my Vault Sticks. Sundried sticks are smokeable the same day as they are rolled. (this is not the same as putting them on your windowsill ... which may work but works at a much longer pace with uneven drying). I'm very organic in my process so I tend to consider tobacco use much like the natives... let mother nature marry them under sun. There were no fancy aging rooms back in the days of ole... sticks were rolled or tobacco pipe prepped for smoking now verses months or years later as we do today. I built a sundried box out of a very large Shadow Box and added some ledges to the inside and 2 hinged arms to the back of the outside... I added a screen behind the glass... instead of just the glass... In the winter I leave the glass on and in the spring/summer I remove the glass so only the screen is on... this prevents fly and bird landing. (yes... birds and squirrels will steal your sticks) The sun's natural heat dries and weds the leaves quickly. Depending on the size of your stick, dry time can vary based on conditions... I'm in Delaware so we are semi-humid a 48+RG should be about 3-5-SDM per 10 Degrees. Temps above 90 should use the 3 SDM time. People in dry regions should SD with sun rise and sun set sun... moister regions with high noon to 4pm sun. Roll over every 15 Minutes... sticks will be warm but will cool quickly to a nice smokeable delicious room temp within a few hours. This only sucks if I have to roll when there is no sun for days at a timeIt requires a lil more monitoring and handling but worth it... that's why I reserve it for my Vault Sticks... I can't image having to SD hundreds or dozens at a time all by oneself
Bermacol is what they use. Cellulose with a brand name. Made out of trees, so plenty organic.
I shoulda snapped your pics while you guys were over here, so I could show these guys you and your crew.
The heck's an SDM? Wiki gives me:
- Software-defined memory
- Sensing and Diagnostic Module
- Secure Device Manager, management software for Cisco routers
- Sigma-delta modulation
- Signed Differential Mapping, a meta-analytic method for neuroimaging
- Software development methodology
- Cap Gemini SDM, a Software system development method originally written by PANDATA
- Spatial Data Management
- Space-division multiplexing (also known as Spatial Division Multiplexing)
- Sparse Distributed Memory
- Security Device Manager
- Semantic Domain Model
- Service Delivery Manager
- Silent Drive Motor, Pentax's trade name for photo lens focusing technology using an ultrasonic motor for focusing
- Self-destruct mode
- Shift Diagonal Measurements method
- Software Developer Manual
