Thread: Tobacco recommendations?

C & D Tuggle Hall is supposed to be pretty close to the old Dunhill 965
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Thanks for sharing this link-never seen before

So my smokes are getting better. Packed a sample bowl of MacBaren HH Matured Virginia which was delicious. Also - picked up a tin of University Flake which smells delightful in the tin, and can't wait to pack a bowl later tonight. Thanks for the tips on tobaccos gents. I'll be ordering or picking up some MacBaren Navy Flake later in the week. Just a quick thanks again. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions or seeking more recommendations soon enough.

Originally Posted by smreno77

So my smokes are getting better. Packed a sample bowl of MacBaren HH Matured Virginia which was delicious. Also - picked up a tin of University Flake which smells delightful in the tin, and can't wait to pack a bowl later tonight. Thanks for the tips on tobaccos gents. I'll be ordering or picking up some MacBaren Navy Flake later in the week. Just a quick thanks again. I'm sure I'll be back with more questions or seeking more recommendations soon enough.

So have you set fire to any University Flake yet? Anxious to hear how you like it.

Where ARE my manners? haha. I just kind of spaced out in my excitement of trying new tobaccos and forgot to update you.

Three words for University Flake - Out. Freakin. Standing. It is taking me some time to get used to packing a flake and making sure it's aerated enough to burn without having to hoover too hard. No real bite as of yet, which I do get from Virginias, but I understand that this may possibly be a personal PH thing (compounded by my newbie efforts at pipe smoking and ending up getting the tobacco too hot while trying to keep the bowl from going out). What a great experience for my first tinned tobacco though. I'm not looking for the nic kick. Not much for inhaling - that's why I actually switched to dip in the first place. Do some french inhaling to get the nose of the tobacco, but that's about it. This is MUCH stronger than anything I have tried thus far, but what a great change of pace. The dressing comes through in waves. this also sits wonderfully on the palette. I had been leaning toward this tobacco for a while, but you definitely sold me on it.

I am awaiting some Three Friars, some EMP and some MacBaren Navy Flake as well. Definitely some variety there. I'll be sure to let you know my thoughts on those as well. Thanks again for the great advice/recommendations.

Glad to hear you're digging the UF. It's an immutable fact of the pipe smoking universe that Virginias are bitey. The only way I know to mitigate this in any fashion is to smoke them almost painfully slow. While I do enjoy Virginias, I prefer them toned down with a healthy spattering of good ole American burley. MacBaren Navy Flake is another example of such a tobacco (but it is a bit milder than UF.)

Even my beloved Old Joe Krantz, which I'm burning even as I type is 25% Virginia. It's not at all bitey although the addition of Dark burley and a healthy portion of perique make it very full, very cigary and almost borderline harsh. Even so, for my money this is probably the best pipe tobacco on the market. PS: Nicotine wimps need not apply this one is the vitamin N jack boot from hell.

I do enjoy some University Flake though. I think it is unique in the fact that it is almost an aromatic but has plenty of body, lots of substance and a healthy dose of vitamin N. All this in a package that is quite enjoyable for passers by. You really can't beat it for what it is. My daily fair however tends to be much rougher and much more cigary (i.e. OJK or Billy Budd, which is also pretty heavy in latakia but balanced out with Maduro cigar leaf so I don't get the latakia hangover.)

Now Early Morning Pipe, this is just damn good pipe tobacco! An easy all day smoker by far the most smokable English blend I've ever touched.

Oddly enough though, despite my taste for full, strong, cigary pipe tobacco, I never took the habit of cigars. Despite having grown up in the Cigar City (Tampa) I have a strict rule of two cigars a decade whether I need them or not. Pipe tobacco, besides being much, much better is also much cheaper. For the price of a single good cigar, a half pound or so of really good pipe tobacco can be had.