@MisterPaul Good taste. I like NIghtcap, Squadron Leader, and Perfection, all almost daily. I like sticky heavy topped stuff after dinner sometimes, Gawith American black cherry, Gawith American coffee caramel etc, but only a bowl now and then. It’s a bit like my taste in snuff though, its rare to find one i really dislike, and i love chopping and changing, it stops me getting bored of the ones i love best. Variety really is the spice of life.
Opened a big tin of Orlik’s Golden Sliced a few days ago. It seems whenever I open this blend, I smoke it bowl after bowl until its a memory. Seems to hit all the right buttons. Is there a blend that you seem to smoke more than any other? For me it’s C&D Three Friars. If the OGS came in jar-able bulk, It might give TF a run for its money.
I have a couple of blends that I’ve historically been very fond of. Although now that I smoke a pipe very infrequently they last MUCH longer :)) Dunhill Eary Morning is the one I’ve gotten through the most of and it always hits the spot. I’m also very partial to a flake; so either MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired or Germain’s Brown or Rich Dark Flake. I do like VaPer rolls, and either Orlick Bulls Eye or Dunhill Navy are a fine treat if I have time, I personally don’t think that VaPer’s rest well, so I like to finish the bowl in one sitting. In Summary I guess EMP if the sun is out and a flake if not
For me its Petersons Irish Flake, shame it doesn’t come in bulk a tin doesnt last me long at all. Good thing I stockpiled the stuff years ago, still have several dozen tins ageing in the cellar.
Both Irish Flake and EMP are good smokes for sure. I’m especially fond of the Irish Flake. Good and strong in nic and flavor with that Kentucky leaf in there.
Opened a 14 oz tub of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed that Ive had in the tobacco cellar since 2008. I’m planning on getting a sample of a couple match blends that are available so I can back to back compare them. Apparently, Lane, and P&C both make a clone. I’ll be in a good position to see if that “match” word applies.
Gawith Hoggarth Sliced black twist RM
Meistermischung no 88
30 estate briars, all filled with:
Course rock salt and 99.9 percent Isopropyl alcohol.
I smoke them all on rotation, and its time for a “service”
GQ Breakfast Blend
Gawith Hogarth Balkan Blend
Hey @Chris ! Lovely to see your avatar pop up; hoping that you are well
@Just_Browsing - GHBB; That’s a great oriental blend, could be top of tree or maybe the Peter Stockkebye? I do love a good oriental belnd
@MisterPaulpipe baccy is like tea to me, sometimes i like a plain old english breakfast, sometimes a perfumy earl grey, and sometimes a strong smoky lapsang souchong: today its lapsang and the Latakia heavy balkan blend. Always good to mix things up, as we all know with the snuff.
Always good thank you, hope you and yours the same
Orlik Golden Sliced in a reed stemmed cob. Only 10 or so smokes have been thru this, and it’s starting to come around. 20 more and it should be broke in.
Hello @MisterPaul
All well thank you. It was good to see that you had returned. I meant to send a welcome back message but last year all got a bit hectic so my apologies that I never got round to that.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend
Gawith Hoggarth, American Blend Coffee Caramel ( love it, but i think there’s more casing and topping than actual tobacco in it :))
Sam Gawith Squadron Leader
McClelland 2015 jarred back in 2005.
Sutliff virginia slices
Last night is was some Dunhill Durbar that I brought about a decade ago in an oversized 1950’s GBD calabash that I purchased around the same time - A truly fabulous smoke tbf, one of my best pipes ever for some reason. I never had the pleasure of being acquainted with the original iteration of Durbar, but this version has matured beautifully.