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Desertlifter
09-16-2015, 11:59 PM
Well - what are they? The smokingpipes Top 100 thread got me thinking of just that. Mine are:

4Noggins Bald Headed Teacher
4Noggins Trout Stream
4Noggins Nutty Professor
GH Rum Twist and Brown Bogie

But the main bulk I keep in rotation is....My Own Blend - I call it Flensburger Fjord, from where I used to live up on the German/Danish border. I have it blended with:

3oz Red VA
2oz Toasted Burley
2oz DFK
1oz TBC

Love the stuff. :pipe:

BryGuySC
09-17-2015, 09:14 AM
My favs would be:

P.S. Luxury Bullseye Flake
Sam Gawith FVF (I'm counting the 250g box as bulk)
Sam Gawith Navy Flake (I'm counting the 250g box as bulk)
H&H Vermont Meat Candy

I guess most would not fall in the "blends" category, though.

LandonColby
09-17-2015, 10:36 AM
The rotation is always changing. But my one true love is McClelland Virginia/Perique Flake! Try it :D

Lostmason
09-17-2015, 01:37 PM
I have only just ordered any bulk from online, I ordered a tin of Rattray's for the Newbe Pipe Trade , Great program by the way !. So I will say
that as far as bulk it has been from a B&M and I believe it was Stutliff's Altidias blends,They called them the Scotchman and Maple. I do enjoy
the burley aros, so I guess I'm weird....:pipe:

Alligator Gar
09-17-2015, 03:03 PM
well - what are they? The smokingpipes top 100 thread got me thinking of just that. Mine are:

4noggins bald headed teacher
4noggins trout stream
4noggins nutty professor
gh rum twist and brown bogie

but the main bulk i keep in rotation is....my own blend - i call it flensburger fjord, from where i used to live up on the german/danish border. I have it blended with:

3oz red va
2oz toasted burley
2oz dfk
1oz tbc

love the stuff. :pipe:

tbc?

Haebar
09-17-2015, 04:22 PM
I have only just ordered any bulk from online, I ordered a tin of Rattray's for the Newbe Pipe Trade , Great program by the way !. So I will say
that as far as bulk it has been from a B&M and I believe it was Stutliff's Altidias blends,They called them the Scotchman and Maple. I do enjoy
the burley aros, so I guess I'm weird....:pipe:

I like them too! Thanks for the Rattray's that you sent me for the Newbie Pipe Tobacco trade.

Lostmason
09-17-2015, 04:30 PM
I like them too! Thanks for the Rattray's that you sent me for the Newbie Pipe Tobacco trade.
Np,,Glad it "Helped",,How does the pipe smoke...I never tried it,kinda scared too...:cower:

Haebar
09-17-2015, 04:46 PM
Np,,Glad it "Helped",,How does the pipe smoke...I never tried it,kinda scared too...:cower:

It smokes good! Smokes as well as any Peterson system pipe. It is a dedicated aromatic tobacco pipe.

Aguineapig
09-17-2015, 05:22 PM
tbc?

Toasted Black Cavendish, I believe.

Bruck
09-17-2015, 08:24 PM
Toasted Black Cavendish, I believe.

I was wondering too. My first though was ToBaCco :)

That's what I'm smoking right now, BTW, tobacco.

Haebar
09-18-2015, 05:21 AM
Well - what are they? The smokingpipes Top 100 thread got me thinking of just that. Mine are:

4Noggins Bald Headed Teacher
4Noggins Trout Stream
4Noggins Nutty Professor
GH Rum Twist and Brown Bogie

But the main bulk I keep in rotation is....My Own Blend - I call it Flensburger Fjord, from where I used to live up on the German/Danish border. I have it blended with:

3oz Red VA
2oz Toasted Burley
2oz DFK
1oz TBC

Love the stuff. :pipe:

Makes me want to buy that 4Noggins bulk sampler even more after seeing how you like them!

Haebar
09-18-2015, 05:26 AM
My favorite bulks are:

The Gatlinburlier's Mountain Mall Mix

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake

Cool Breeze
09-18-2015, 09:52 AM
Well, Samuel Gawith offers many of their flakes in bulk, so if those qualify I would say my top 3, in no particular order are:

SG St. James Flake
SG Full VA Flake
SG Navy Flake

The one that I keep going back to that is only a bulk blend and not offered in any other packaging that I'm aware of is:

PS Luxury Bullseye Flake

BryGuySC
09-18-2015, 10:59 AM
Well, Samuel Gawith offers many of their flakes in bulk, so if those qualify I would say my top 3, in no particular order are:

SG St. James Flake
SG Full VA Flake
SG Navy Flake

The one that I keep going back to that is only a bulk blend and not offered in any other packaging that I'm aware of is:

PS Luxury Bullseye Flake

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Aguineapig
09-18-2015, 02:22 PM
Basically anything from C&D is my favorite bulk!

I've wanted to try SG blends for a while. But, I'm scared... Because the last time I tried an English flake, Ennerdale, I fell in love and decided I needed at least a pound, no matter if it's almost 60 bucks a pound compared to my usual C&D blends (26 during smokingpipes.com sales... bargain). I just can't afford to fall *too much* in love with em.... Oh well, a bowl or two a month can't hurt tooooo much!

NeverBend
10-27-2015, 01:38 PM
My favs would be:

P.S. Luxury Bullseye Flake
Sam Gawith FVF (I'm counting the 250g box as bulk)
Sam Gawith Navy Flake (I'm counting the 250g box as bulk)
H&H Vermont Meat Candy

I guess most would not fall in the "blends" category, though.

Bryan, you make a good point about what we think of as bulk, or what mixtures are available as bulk (like the Sam Gawith Navy Flake). The definition is subjective and my sensibilities probably derive from my store where we bought in larger quantity. Going forward, I'll consider anything not in a vacuum tin and over sample size (2 oz) as bulk.

I've always thought of Marlin Flake as a tin (and still do) but last year I bought a kilo that was factory packaged in only heavy plastic (no box).

My favorite bulk would probably be Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Flake in 500 gram boxes (factory packaged) and in not factory packing perhaps McClelland #2110.

AndyCAYP
10-27-2015, 02:09 PM
I don't consider any of the stuff available in tins to be bulk, regardless of how it's sold, but if I did my answer would be an emphatic Ennerdale Flake. Pretty much anything by G&H, honestly, but yeah, definitely Ennerdale.

As to what I do consider bulk, tobaccos not available in tins: any of the Stokkebye Flakes and/or their Aromatic Dutch Slices and/or Lancer's Slices and/or PL Bengal. Really it just depends on my mood. Though, I did get my first whiff of Newminster 403 yesterday and if it burns half as well as it smells when unlit it may be a contender.