How much tobacco can I fit in a one-quart Mason jar?

[Haebar]

How much loose-leaf tobacco can I fit in a one-quart Mason jar? Not a trick question. If anyone has experience with using the quart sized, wide mouth jars, I'd appreciate your thoughts.

[Emperor Zurg]

I can get about a pound in a qt jar. Rule of thumb is pretty much half the advertised capacity for me: 64oz jar holds 16oz tobacco, although my fingers get sore from cramming it in there. Likewise, I can get about 4 oz into one of those 8 oz squatty jars. I can get almost a pound and a half of flake into a qt jar with careful stacking.

[Bruck]

LOL, I guess Zurg stuffs harder than I do :)

I was going to say about 6 oz of ribbon cut (w/o packing) or about a pound or more of a compressed variety such as flake.

[Tobias Lutz]

Ribbon...I usually get between 8 and 10oz, but that is packed TIGHT.

[Emperor Zurg]

Ribbon...I usually get between 8 and 10oz, but that is packed TIGHT.

Only 10 oz?? Sheesh, you're not even trying :D

[Haebar]

I ordered a bunch of Mason jars from Kmart last night. They had a bunch of Cyber Monday specials with free shipping at $35 purchase.

[Hermit]

Biggest jars I use are pints, mostly half-pints.
You can open one of the smaller jars while
the others continue to age.

[Aguineapig]

Biggest jars I use are pints, mostly half-pints.
You can open one of the smaller jars while
the others continue to age.

This is what I do also, although I have a few quart jars with blends that I don't intend to age for long and just need to put of the consumption of.

[NeverBend]

Only 10 oz?? Sheesh, you're not even trying :D

Bill, are you shaping that metal with your hands. :)

My results are similar to Tobias, but cut and moisture affect the actual weight. Pressure will age more quickly but less evenly.