As a pipe smoker, I made a couple of tobacco pouch. Usually, the kind of latex-looking fabric used in the traditional tobacco pouch is call English paper (don't know if the traduction is right, in french it's call papier Anglais, as I learned on a pipe smoking forum) But honestly, as my pipe maker said to me, it's not working at all. The special fabric is supposed to keep the tobacco at the right moisture level. Working for 2-3 days, then dry as hell. So know I put my tobacco in a zipploc and the pouch is only for visual (zipploc is unesthetic). So from my point of view, anything is good for lining. I like pigskin of tick cotton.