Thread: Pipe of the Day

What is the key tobacco in Penzance? Is that Latakia? Whatever it is, it's not a tobacco I like at all, I have bought a tin in the past, and I've vowed never to pay for another tin again, as I can get Mosquito coils cheaper at the supermarket.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

What is the key tobacco in Penzance? Is that Latakia? Whatever it is, it's not a tobacco I like at all, I have bought a tin in the past, and I've vowed never to pay for another tin again, as I can get Mosquito coils cheaper at the supermarket.


Mick

Penzance contains: Virginia, Latakia, Oriental, Turkish, but Latakia is most probably the dominate smell and taste in Penzance as well as other tobaccos with the descriptors "English" or "Balkan". Some people love it, some don't.

Penzance is a favorite of mine, but certainly not a crowd pleaser for people nearby.

First pipe today:
Stanwell with Erinmore






Inside the St. George Church:

Especially beautiful is the little altar to the side which is situated on the right side of the pulpit. It was created in the workshop of Franz Geringswald in Altenburg probably around 1500, was brought to the Gottesackerkirche after the Reformation and therefore survived the big fire of St. George‘s.
In the center part you can see the group of Anna Selbdritt, grandmother Anna, Mother Mary and the child Jesus- a family scene of three generations. On the sides the husbands Joseph (the cross in his hand was added later) and Joachim and above God the Father with the dove of the Holy Spirit.
In the right wing of the altar you can see Peter and Elisabeth as well as John the Evangelist and a Saint who can‘t be identified because his attribute was lost.

Originally Posted by MickR

What is the key tobacco in Penzance? Is that Latakia? Whatever it is, it's not a tobacco I like at all, I have bought a tin in the past, and I've vowed never to pay for another tin again, as I can get Mosquito coils cheaper at the supermarket.


Mick

I'll make sure I don't send you any...

Good idea. I have tried a few tobaccos that I didn't like in the past, but that's one that I downright hated! I like the tin it came in though .


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

What is the key tobacco in Penzance? Is that Latakia? Whatever it is, it's not a tobacco I like at all, I have bought a tin in the past, and I've vowed never to pay for another tin again, as I can get Mosquito coils cheaper at the supermarket.


Mick

Mick, latakia would be the darker tobacco that smells like old car tires burning or a road being re-paved

Originally Posted by 1OldGI

Mick, latakia would be the darker tobacco that smells like old car tires burning or a road being re-paved

Man...youuuu ain't kiddin!!

Oh yeah, morning smoke is C&D Old Joe Krantz in a Kaywoodie Supergrain. Devilpup is 100% correct this stuff smokes like a really good cigar (the kind that most normal people couldn't afford to smoke more than a couple times a year.)

Thank you every one. I think I have a nice list to try. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This is the most helpful forum around. With the best community around.

Loving the mild winter weather here on the East Coast.
My Omar King and 7mm Remington Magnum tamper. This pipe only gets Mississippi River.





I love the Eric's unstained finish, over time the wood is darkening and picking up more pronounced grain.

This was back in April when it first arrived.