Best rolling papers

I'm re-posting this from Yoda's Cannabis Lounge.

I'd like to talk about rolling papers. I don't roll joints very often anymore but now and then.

I think Zig Zags are not that good. They don't roll or burn evenly. Zig Zag is an example of marketing over manufacturing.



A friend of mine says he likes Top, they cost less.



I'm currently using Raw Organic Hemp papers. They roll nicely and smoke evenly.



Another one I can recommend is Abadie. Nice and smooth.



SO, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?

 

Rizla+ used to make good rice papers. I used them and ZigZag a lot...

Back in the street racing days of the 70's I was the "ZigZag man"... I had made a cast aluminium custom front license plate for my car in metal shop that was the ZigZag paper cover... With the "man smoking" and the logo. Teacher never knew about it. I was also the guy that could roll one properly so I got to roll a bunch of numbers when others had weed. (Obviously I was invited to smoke them... Perks.)

The ZigZag name stuck for awhile.

 

Yup... That guy.

 

Everyone these days just buys those tobacco wraps. Actually rolling paper with some taste would be cheaper. Oh well

 

I've used the wraps before, they do a better job than joints but they are a bit of a hassle to fill them with weed. The great thing about joints is they're portable, you could roll a couple, place them inside a pack of cigarettes and take them with you. But now they have pipes which can close up or padded pouches to carry a glass pipe around with you. Pipes toke better than joints, so nowadays I roll a joint now and then just for the hell of it.

 

I take it you don't like spliffs!

"Whereas a joint contains only cannabis, a spliff contains a mixture of cannabis and tobacco. And spliffs are not to get confused with “blunts”, which also contain tobacco, but less. In fact, blunts are rolled and wrapped in paper that already contain tobacco and look more like cigars or thicker cigarettes."

 

This may be drifting away from the theme of the thread but I have to inquire for my own education. When I was a kid head shops surrounded college campuses. They had everything you needed to consume weed except for weed. We used to go in for an hour or so because somebody was always toking and covering the odor with incense. We'd get a second hand high. They always a bunch of papers available for rolling. That was a time when convenience stores were just getting started. (QT and 7-11 types) These stores had a small assortment of paper at the front counter and I remember Zig Zag being popular. I don't see them anymore at the QT's. I don't see head shops around either. What am I missing? Can you only get paper on line these days? I don't smoke but enjoy an edible every now and then and am wondering - where have all the papers gone?

 

Where do you live? Is it somewhere weed has been legalized?

 

I go to a place that is a "tobacco shop" that also sells stuff you would normally see in a head shop.

 

No, I live in a non legal state.

Ah ha! Brain kicks into gear. Yes, since the use of tobacco has waned smoke shops have been established. There is a smoke shop in a strip mall near me. Never go there as I don't smoke. Not even cannabis. I only use edibles. But that makes sense. Thanks.

 

I used to use Marfils back in the 70s. Rice paper made in Spain. They came in silver or gold packs.

Marfil rolling papers by Toker

I now use Elements rolling papers. They have a magnetic closure on some packs, as well as a metal case to keep them safe.

Elements rolling papers by Toker