My New Toy...

The Rizla cigarette rolling box! for perfect RYO cigarettes-- even with filters!-- every time!

I've been rolling my own off and on over the course of the last 18 years because it is cheaper and you can find higer quality, no additive tobacco. 15 years ago my friend Lisa had a Rizla rolling box, and now that i have made smoking practically a hobby, if i'm going to be hand rolling, i want to use something clever and stylish like a rolling box. Also with a rolling box like this (or any rolling device) you can add in a filter, and i like that. i tried free rolling with a filter and it was pretty darned tough. POSSIBLE with enough practice, but too much trouble. So $10 later i am the proud owner of a rolling box of my own. the thing is pretty amazing just how well it works, too! With enough practice (wich really isn't that much), you can turn out perfect cigarettes every time

Open the box and set the "trough".

place filter in one end and fill the trough with tobacco. My tobacco of choice is Drum.

lick the gum on the paper and place the paper behind the tobacco with the gum as the top edge. Slowly close the box with even pressure

perfect cigarette pops out the lid!

the roller is made of some sort of fabric, and i have no idea how it manages to perfectly tuck in the non-gum edge of the paper, but that was always the toughest part of free-rolling-- getting the edge of the paper to fold under just right.

for added flavor i'm thnking of trying adding some pipe tobacco. or, just roll one of nothing but pipe tobacco to puff on like a cigar... some bars don't allow pipes and cigars, so this might be a good way to "sneak" in a pipe "cigarette" in to those places...