has anyone had rattray’s pipe tobacco? is it any good? worth buying?
Jack, I haven’t tried it but is has a great reputation amongst the cognoscenti. Have you looked on tobaccoreviews.com?
There is word that Orlick is making Dunhill blends again. Just a heads up.
It’s fine, quality tobacco. Red Rapparee, Hal o’ the Wynd and Marlin Flake are among my favorite blends.
@wildwilliam it’s the first i’ve heard of tobaccoreviews. i shall look it up.
Good Jack, it’s a very informative site.
I think Hal O’ The Wynd is one of the best virginias, with Old Gowie not to far behind but I was extremely dissapointed in Marlin Flake, I found it has a really soapy taste that I find off-putting to say the least. I have wanted to try Red Rapparee, Black Mallory and Brown Clunee for a while now but haven’t got around to ordering them. And I honestly don’t know how a pipe smoker with access to the internet doesn’t know about tobaccoreviews.com
@n9inchnails: well dude, i just got into pipe smoking a few weeks ago.
Rattray’s blends are very highly regarded, especially by lovers of pure Virginias. I’ve tried Marlin Flake. It’s obviously top quality leaf, but it just didn’t suit my palate. But then I prefer a nice helping of Perique along with my Virginia, and perhaps a bit of Turkish, too.
@saucy I used to like “The Professor’s Pipe Page and Tobacco Bar” when I smoked pipes more regularly. The photo of him on there is nice…looking into an ice-box full of tobacco with a frustrated look on his face, wondering what to smoke next…lol
@Juxta i dont think they ever stoped making the Dunhill blends, they are avaiable at German online shops , i think the problem is with USA distribution I received a tin of Standard Mixture last week from a Brazilian vendor and iam pretty sure its not an old tin I may be wrong though
The Dunhill´s were never off the German market and they´re distributed by Gebr. Heinemann here these days. All in 50g tins, except EMP and MM965 which are available in 100g tins as well.
Well I don’t really like pipe reviews. I’ve not found one usefull yet. I find snuff reviews usefull. Pipe reviews remind me of more of movie reviews in that everytime I read one I feel more like I’ve learned what aspects of tobacco a person enjoys. Often when I read about a favorite blend even when someone seems to feel the degree of love for the blend all I can think is that how you smoke and what type of pipe you use really effects the tobacco a lot. Reminds me of one of my earliest pipes I owned all my favorite blends sucked in it and many blends I had previously hated where suddenly showing wonderfull nuances that I’d never picked up before. Just my opnion.
When I look at pipe tobacco reviews I look for what people didn’t like in the blend, so I tend to read the negative reviews more and if I find what people don’t like in the blend are things that I do like in a blend then I’ll give the blend a try.
that is a brilliant idea. I’ll try that. I often do that with food and video game reviews look at the negative and see if what people hate is something I like. Definatly will try.