Stokkebye: cheap tobacco or good tobacco cheap?

[c.ortiz108]

Like the title says.... I've noticed PS blends are on sale at smokingpipes and at P&C. Some have good reviews and some not. Seems like their flakes get the most praise, but what about their other stuff? Their lat blends and aros. I'm strangely compelled by the Black Cherry Black Cavendish, I read that hobbits smoke the nougat!

[Tobias Lutz]

It's middle of the road, IMO. Many shops buy the PS bulk and "rebrand" it with local names for sale in their bulk canisters. Some are overly gooey with PG, but many are decent. Some, like the Straight Virginia are best used only for blending.

[Aguineapig]

I think they are great. Proper English is a nice blend, the Burleys they do are quite nice incl. aromatic dutch slices and cube cut. The flakes are all famously solid. I've tried the bullseye and they are very nice, and the navy flake is on my TAD list. B&B is probably the greatest aro I have ever smoked. I don't smoke many aromatics (aside from B&B) because I'm not an aro smoker except for a rare exception. But I can definitely vouch for the few blends mentioned.

for the price, Stokkebye and C&D are my two "cellar sweller" brands.

[c.ortiz108]

Hmmmm.... Two pretty different opinions so far! They're cheap enough that I might just pick up a couple, but I'm trying to avoid the "can't resist a bargain" mentality. Especially because I only smoke once or twice a week, so even a couple ounces lasts me a while.

[JustTroItIn]

You can't go wrong with Luxury Navy Flake, Luxury Bullseye Flake, and Luxury Twist Flake. The only other I have tried is Amsterdam but that was for RYO not pipe smoking.

[commonsenseman]

You can't go wrong with Luxury Navy Flake, Luxury Bullseye Flake, and Luxury Twist Flake. The only other I have tried is Amsterdam but that was for RYO not pipe smoking.

This^^^

The Luxury blends are very good, I can't speak to the rest. My personal favorite is the Luxury Navy Flake.

[Alligator Gar]

Eric Stokkebye 4th Generation Tobacconist 1882 Founders Blend is a very nice English. I keep it in my regular rotation. Not sure I'd call it cheap. I paid $25 for a 100 gram year old tin at Edwards Pipe and Cigar in Atlanta.

[Cool Breeze]

Luxury Bullseye Flake and Luxury Navy Flake are good smokes.
Proper English is a fine English blend IMO. One of my favorites in fact.

Luxury Twist Flake is not a bad tobacco, but it is VERY mild for my tastes. It smells good enough to eat in the bag but just falls a little flat in the flavor department.

I've not tried any of their aromatics and frankly don't care to. I haven't tasted one from any manufacturer that has impressed me all that much.

[c.ortiz108]

I've not tried any of their aromatics and frankly don't care to. I haven't tasted one from any manufacturer that has impressed me all that much.

I hear you. The only aro I've really liked so far is SG Firedance Flake. I suspect that's partly because Gawith tobaccos are high quality, and partly because it's not a burley aro. Whatever, it's strangely good! Some of the PS straight Black Cav aros are tempting, and get really good reviews.

[cpmcdill]

One important index of the value of the Stokkebye brand is how Peter Stokkebye was regarded in his day. It seems to me he was held in high regard among pipe smokers and people in the trade when he was alive, and the pipe magazines, including the legendary Pipe Smokers Ephemeris published a lot of tributes and eulogies to him after he passed away. Admittedly, he's no longer in control of the use of his name connected to pipe blends, but personally, I've been consistently pleased with all the PS products I've bought, which are the non-aros -- English, Virginias, VaPers, and blending tobaccos. Can't speak for the aro blends. When this sale came up I made sure to get ~5 lbs of flakes and Englishes, some for the cellar.