Customer Reviews (39 Total)
Even Better Than the 'Original'
February 05, 2016
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I smoked the Balkan Sobranie Original Mixture in the 80's, and find this to be as close to, if not better, than that benchmark tobacco. All the right notes are present, with a melding of strength and smoothness. I've set a few tins aside for now, and... Read More
the future. I recommend a meerschaum for your first bowl -it really lets you concentrate on the tobacco - and keeps any possible ghosting at bay. If you remember the good ol' BSOSM, this should bring a smile. Hearth and Home seems to be THE place to go for stunning recreations, and really balanced mixtures. Please try some, and write a review of your own ! Read Less
Awesomeness tinned
January 04, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
When i opened the tin it was quite dry so rehumidify it a little than i packed my pipe,little soft flame and .....sweet Mother Goddess Russ !!!bless you man..it was a taste which i might experienced it in another life ,stramgely familiar yet of cours... Read More
e new .I am quasi novice pipe smoker(pipe maker)this smoke was just fenomenal ,voluminous gentle noble ,i can just sang its prays on and on .I love it so much that to prevent the quick demise of the entire tin i made a dedicated small bowl pipe for it.I can only strongly recomand it to anyone novice or adepth too.By the way last month i recieved my Bronze Badge of the tobacco connoasseurs(those who tried 20 different tobaccos are ranked this way)Wishing you all a blessed happy New Year and lots of happy smokes
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December 17, 2017
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
A medium to full balkan that really scratches the yenidje itch. Fantastic clean flavor. Very well blended. Sobranie who??
Give this a try
October 04, 2016
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
This is a full flavored tobacco and a pleasant smoke. Not quite as strong as BlackHouse. If you can find this online I highly recommend this tobacco!! The Cyprian Latakia in this blend is outstanding.
淡而无味，没有感受到尼古丁
July 27, 2019
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
不知为什么这么多人会喜欢白骑士，对我来说淡而无味，劲道也很弱，感觉就像在抽空气一样，失望
Very nice
November 18, 2017
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I like this blend very much, pity it's hard to get.
As close as it gets
February 17, 2015
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I grew up (high scool and college in the 70's) smoking the original Balkan Sobranie, and in my recherche de temps perdu this is the best replica I have found!
Medium Strength, Great Flavor
February 03, 2015
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Got a tin of this along with BlackHouse. Not quite as strong as the BH, but full of flavor that seems to get better as the pipe burns. I'm betting this would be a great one after a few months of storing.
Tangy Balkan
July 16, 2021
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
It smelled good, tasted good and had a pleasant room note, but even with a year of age it nips my tongue like it’s full of young red VA’s. It didn’t burn me, but I had to sip a ton of water while I smoked it.
Sweet incense
November 28, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
This blend is in my top 5 tobaccos. Sweet incense bliss. Pleasant aftertaste. This and Kramers Father Dempsey are my favorite Balkan blends. This blend is a little tough to keep lit, but it’s a very pleasant smoke.
Great Discovery!!!
March 12, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
My First encounter with Latakia... love at first sight.. the complexity of the flavor and distinctive note, just smoked in a Peterson, planning to re-order more.. highly recommended....
Reminiscently smokey!
November 24, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Master blender Russ Ouellette reportedly made WhiteKnight as a tribute meant to be reminiscent of a historical variant of Balkan Sobranie. As I've never had that make (1970s version), all I can report of WhiteKnight is what I am familiar with. I cons... Read More
ider this to be a good Latakia mixture that leans more toward the smokey side of English and less to the more oriental forward Balkan mixtures. This may seem contrary to what it was meant to be, but I would expect much more from the orientals to call it a Balkan. The smoke is reminiscent of Dunhill's My Mixture 965 (which I've always enjoyed) and brings to mind my experiences with Syrian Latakia even though both are made using Cyprian Latakia today. Fans of Latakia should love this blend regardless. There is much to love here. It is a rather coarse cut that seems perfect for this mixture, any finer and I'd think that it would burn hotter and become harsh. As it is, this has a good steady burn rate and the flavors are consistent throughout. I have had the odd experience of this losing flavor though when smoked aggressively or when outside and stoked by the wind, so the slower you can manage the more flavor you're likely to get (which is usually good advice, but even more so here). It seems appropriate to mention that this bares little in common with Balkan Sobranie of today, so if that is a tobacco you enjoy, know that WhiteKnight is quite different: it lacks the silky ribbon that burns smooth, or the creamy and slightly sour oriental flavor (even with the Yenidje), or even the consistency of flavor apart from the smokiness. The Yenidje unique flavors are present, but seem less consistent than I'd like. But, again, it was not meant to be like today's Balkan Sobranie, so that's probably not a fair comparison. If you gravitate to English blends and love the campfire-like aroma and taste, this would be a good tobak for you to try. If you enjoy a more silky smooth woodsy smoke, this may not be the best Latakia mixture for you. I wish I had had the Balkan Sobranie of old, if it was even remotely like WhiteKnight, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it. Hope this helps. A side note: can we all agree that the new tin art with a third of the space taken up to tell us what we already know is not deterring anyone and only ruins the otherwise lovely tin art? Read Less
Pretty good
October 06, 2017
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I like this as an occasional break from my usual. It's not overpowering and has a decent taste. I was able to smoke it not too long after opening the tin. I'd buy it again.
Nice mellow smoke
April 13, 2017
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Not great, not bad. It has a nice mellow taste after the first quarter and gets a bit better as you get to the bottom. The only thing I disliked about it really was that it was a very fine almost dust like cut.
awesome!
January 28, 2023
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Tin note of sweet wine, smoky, and spices. Tobacco is black, brown, dark brown and tan small rough cut. Moisture content is good. No drying/prep needed. Burns moderate with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. No flavoring ... Read More
detected. Taste is medium and consistent, with notes of floral, smoky, wood, spice, bread, spicy, grassy, dry earth, hay, leather, sour, musty herbal, incense, fermented fruit, tangy zesty citrus, acidic, a savory background note, and a very peppery retro. Latakia is leading with Oriental/Turkish and Virginia supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great. Read Less
Staple smoke
January 10, 2023
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Very pleasant, cool burning, great balance of flavors, stays lit, pleasant all around, great smoke. Definitely worth getting again, mild, smooth English.
Very nice
December 27, 2022
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I’ve been a pipe smoker for a year now. This is the first Balkan style blend I’ve had since my palette has started to develop. I had Blackhouse early on and did not like it. However, I’m really enjoying White Knight, so much so, that I’m going to try... Read More
Blackhouse again and Balkan Saseini (and Sobranie if I can ever find it). WK has really given me a liking for balkans. Unless I find something that blows it away, I think it will have a solid place in my rotation. Very good. Read Less
Not Bad but a bit fussy.
August 27, 2022
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Not a bad flavor. We'll begin there. Very mild Balkan flavor profile. My only complaint is the burn quality. I find that when I smoke this blend, I do so with the matchbox perpetually in one hand and the Czech tool perpetually in the other. It burns ... Read More
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Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I smoke this once every 2 days out of my meerschaum pipe, and I get subtle but delicious flavours that tease the appetite. For some reason it reminds me a little of eating dark chocolate whilst relaxing by a quiet campfire in spring. Truly one of my ... Read More
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What I love about pipe smoking
December 29, 2021
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I ordered this and as soon as I got it. I tried it and i would had given it 5 out of 10. I put it in a jar to come back to it later. Well, I came back to it alright lol. A few weeks later and it is a 10 out of 10 now! I'm serious, it turned into some... Read More
thing magical absolutely delicious. Read Less
Generic Knight
July 29, 2021
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
im too young to have tried the 70s sobranie so im judging on taste alone. The tin note smell and flavor is nice, but nothing super special. I may have got over-hyped by the blurb at the top, but compared to other brand's bulk balkans that do have a &... Read More
quot;wow factor", i feel like this one is missing something. Read Less
Solid, but has some room for improvement
June 25, 2021
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
This is a good solid blend for sure, but there it leaves much to be desired.
Tad stronger than Black House
May 13, 2021
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
It was good, but intense. I am not a fan of the sting, and found the BlackHouse blend to be far better. Interestingly I found topping off a pipe with 1 pinch of White Knight on top of 2 pinches of BlackHouse is an enjoyable combo...
Surprised at first, but disappointed
December 24, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I've ordered three different tins of this and so far each of them have yielded different results.
The first tin surprised me with how rich and creamy the orientals were, which complemented the virginias and the latakia well. I was blown away by it a... Read More
nd ordered more. As my second and third tins arrived I realized something was different about them. It just tasted like any other balkan. I still had a tin of the original tobacco, which I smoked again to see if I was crazy, but I wasn't. All the distinctiveness was lost in the following two tins. The orientals were there, sure, but they seemed to lack the character of the tin that won me over. It actually tasted like lower quality tobacco.
I really don't know what happened, but there are other Balkan blends out their that I enjoy, and I don't think I'll be soon ordering this again. Read Less
My Gen's Sobranie
October 27, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Being born in 1978 I'm too young to know the original but I thank the folks that make blends like this available to us to experience the roots of tradition.
Good English Balkan
October 03, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
A very nice smoke, oriental forward but not overwhelming, a smooth sweetness from the Virginia’s and despite my preference for Latakia blends more upfront I really like the smoke - it’s great for early morning or late evenings and cold winter days es... Read More
pecially. Read Less
I really like this one
February 20, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Very complex and intriguing. Definitely one I will always keep in my collection.
Stout and Smooth
January 26, 2020
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Like a good beer. Not light and wispy but not thick and heavy either. Perfect for any occasion.
No es tan original
December 26, 2019
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Buen tabaco, pero no entrega nada original, es lo que se espera
Favorite
January 21, 2019
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
This is now my favorite tobacco. Everything about this blend is perfect
Valiant reflection of BlackHouse
December 15, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
This is a fantastic blend. Flavor and notes have already been covered in depth by other reviewers. However, the drama extends beyond the flavor and aroma. You see, WhiteKnight is inexorably linked to Hearth & Home's other Marquee offering, BlackH... Read More
ouse. One might say WhiteKnight is the 'Yang' to BlackHouse's 'Yin'. Their profiles are complimentary to each other. In fact -- and here's a little secret -- you can even see the BlackHouse castle in the background of WhiteKnight's tin art! It is representative of the eternal struggle between light and dark. So, if you buy WhiteKnight, make sure to purchase it's dark brother, Blackhouse, too and witness the epic battle play out across your palate. Read Less
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Nothing bad to say about this one. It is fairly mild, and could definitely qualify as an all day English, I prefer this to Dunhil offerings.
Russ Pays Homage To Balkan Sobranie
November 17, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
WhiteKnight is Russ Ouellette’s tribute blend to Balkan Sobranie Original Smoking Mixture. It’s an artfully composed blend of the same tobaccos that went into one of his most memorable and sorely missed tobaccos: bright Virginias, magnificent Macedo... Read More
nian Orientals, with an abundance of the "Queen of Tobaccos", Yenidje, and rich, smoky Latakia. There's an incense like aroma to WhiteKnight that is pleasant and tremendously fragrant and there's a clean, short, crispness to the finish that's unlike most Latakia blends. Very well done. Read Less
Great smoke
November 05, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Since Dunhills Durbar is no longer available, I'm on a quest to find a replacement.
I was told by the folks at smokingpipes to try Cornell & Deihls rajah court, wow its really good. But now I tasted white knight, now I have decisions to make lol... Read More
. For all the Durbar lovers, try this and tell me what you all think?. Thumbs up to Hearth & Home Read Less
Dominantly Balkan/Oriental
October 25, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
The blend is claimed to be a reproduction of the now, out-of-reach, Balkan Sobranie. I don't know because I have never tasted that one. This blend tastes like a Balkan/Oriental and is a very good, robust English blend with its all components (Virgini... Read More
as, Orientals/Turkish, Balkans + Latakia). It is smokey and woodsy but needs a few relights. There is a component in it that prevents an easy burning.
An update: I just opened a tin recently and realized that it was not as good as the previous ones. Chemical smell or the like as I was smoking plastic! Not the usual Balkan tobacco! Read Less
Dominantly Balkan/Oriental
October 25, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
The blend is claimed to reproduce the old, now out-of-reach, Balkan Sobranie. I have not had a chance to smoke Balkan Sobranie but it seems that WhiteKnight is a very close reproduction. It tastes like a Balkan with spices and a sour but pleasant aft... Read More
er taste. However, the only issue is that this blend doesn't seem to burn easily and needs a few relights. Read Less
I know nothing Jon Snow.
September 04, 2018
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
I have only been piping a few weeks so take this with a grain of salt. My first non candy baccy was Dunhill Nightcap. This on kinda seems like a milder version. I do like nightcap so I guess I have found my replacement.
Product: Hearth & Home WhiteKnight 1.75oz
Another complex blend with many levels of flavor. The one thing that did stand out consistently for me was the Yenidje. The mild soda note from the Yenidje was there from the char light to the last puff. Very interesting note that I enjoyed, but coul... Read More
d see others wouldn’t. Additionally, there was the grassy Virginian, always lingering. A delightful smoke that I will most assuredly continue to enjoy. Read Less
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