What Did You Smoke Today? (Pipe Edition)

I haven't had a morning bowl in a while, but I had one today: A bowl of Orlick Golden Sliced in a MM cob with Foreverstem during my morning commute up the mountain.

2015 Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake in a 1961 Barling's Make #7574 canadian.

Somehow the whole family is here this morning. I'm on the deck writing to you while my daughter-in-law is writing something much more scholarly.

Part way through this bowl of Aylesbury Luxury Flake in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band. Have enough left for one more bowl.

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Originally Posted by JimInks

Part way through this bowl of Aylesbury Luxury Flake in a post WW2 Pre-Republic Peterson Dublin straight smooth X155 Bulldog with a sterling silver band. Have enough left for one more bowl.

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Hi Jim,

Do you find yourself making mental comparisons and perhaps thinking that one mixture is perhaps the same as another? Or at least very similar and probably from the same manufacturer?

I tried a flake blind and was sure that it was Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake but it was Comoy Cask #4 that I now believe to be the same. I'm just not familiar with enough current offerings but when I had my store this was a natural process for me.

Pete

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Originally Posted by NeverBend

Hi Jim,

Do you find yourself making mental comparisons and perhaps thinking that one mixture is perhaps the same as another? Or at least very similar and probably from the same manufacturer?

I tried a flake blind and was sure that it was Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake but it was Comoy Cask #4 that I now believe to be the same. I'm just not familiar with enough current offerings but when I had my store this was a natural process for me.

Pete

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I sure have, and I know it happens. I've seen several blends repackaged by different companies. Sometimes, they slightly tweak the tobaccos or toppings, sometimes they don't bother.

2012 Orlik Golden Sliced in a 1984 black sandblasted straight Dunhill Shell 4103 Billiard.

Had some Stokkebye's Toasted Burley earlier, in a mini meer. The PS was one of those speculative purchases - when I order pipe tobacco I usually get an ounce of something I haven't tried before. It wasn't bad but I won't be inventing a new religion around it. Very smooth, burned well, but the flavor was just ... tobacco. Might try to add something to kick up the flavor next time.

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Originally Posted by JimInks

I sure have, and I know it happens. I've seen several blends repackaged by different companies. Sometimes, they slightly tweak the tobaccos or toppings, sometimes they don't bother.

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I suspect that this is very common in the market but I haven't tried enough current blends to get an idea of the canvas.

Your comments perfectly state what I presume the market to be, an extension of the 'old time tobacconist' (like me ;/) mixtures that are looking to gain a larger audience. It's a lot easier today than it was in the 1980s but it will make for a lot of repetition.

I'm going to start a thread on the topic.


2015 Gawith Hoggarth Bright CR Flake in a 1940s Barling's Make Ye Olde Wood EL smooth, saddle billiard.

This pipe's a good smoker but refuses to be better than that. Its walls are too thick for me to have confidence in it as a latakia smoker.

Kaiden and I transplanted some flowers and peppers to the new garden to see how they do as a guide for next year. She supervised the clean-up.

Standard Tobacco Company of Pennsylvania War Horse in a smooth almost full bend 1981 Briar Workshop round volcano signed by Elliott Nachwalter with a gold acrylic stem.

A couple minutes away from smoking the very delicious Peter Heinrichs Curly Block in a 2002 black pebble finish straight Cavicchi C. Fatto A Mano Billiard.