Cornell & Diehl: Oriental Silk Pipe Tobacco

Name: Oriental Silk
Brand: Cornell & Diehl
SKU: 005-459-0051
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.55 (19 reviews)

Product Number: 005-459-0051

Cornell & Diehl's Oriental Silk combines Perique, bright flake, Turkish flake, and bright Virginia ribbon to create a remarkably elegant and sophisticated smoke.

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Oriental Silk 2oz

Components: Virginia, Perique, Orientals
Family: Virginia
Cut: Ribbon

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3.4

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Oriental Silk

April 13, 2025

By: The HP

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

The C&D Bulk Library Project

Oriental Silk
Smoking Pipes rating : 3.0

This Virginia (Vaper?) Is Irregularly cut and almost a homogeneous brown shade. The aroma is very strong of hay , a hint of leather (shoe, not ball glove) and my favorite - it smells like the old stick tobacco barns on our farm. What I don’t smell and expected was a little of that tang I associate with my favorite virginias , so I’m guessing this is from the lower part of the stalk, but, I could be wrong.

Sampled in a conditioned MM Missouri Pride.

This one is good.

It’s bready and spicy , but not too wild.
Virgina + Perique = Good
Virginia + Perique + Orientals = Gooder

It’s bone simple , straightforward and honest. As good as it is , I’d really like to have it as a flake. The orientals shift the softness away if you push it - so don’t - this simple smooth blend deserves to be savored , not rushed.

The smoke is cottony and thin.

To me this would be / is a great “assent minded “ blend - pack, and go do some shit in the yard. Fill a bowl, and start fishing.

I bet it’s killer with a tall glass of sweet tea.

Even simple as it is, for me, I’m deeming this one “cellar worthy”.

My rating : 5- this is great - I’m getting a pound minimum next pay day.

This is the 14th C&D bulk blend I have reviewed, as I work my way through thier 101 blend catalog. Using Smoking Pipes as of April 3, 2025, I am smoking them from the lowest rated to the highest....Read More

An exotic spicy smoke.

May 02, 2025

By: Patrick D.

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz

Some reviewers have commented that this is a very spicy smoke. I don't find that to be the case. It does have a mildly exotic spice to it though that is pleasant, but in no way overpowering (at least for my tastes). It's mildly sweet (bready sweetness) with a mildly spicy undertone thats a bit difficult to pin down. While it's a very smooth smoke for me that requires few relights it is not my overall favorite. I could absolutely see this being very popular for a large number of people though....Read More

Great smoke

September 09, 2024

By: Kevin B.

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

I ordered a one ounce sampler of this tobacco recently and found it to be a good all around smoke. Something close to spicy fish baked bread if I had to try to explain the flavors. I could see this being an all day smoke, or at the very least in my top 10 rotation. It's easy to light, stays lit near the entirety of the bowl. The smoke is flavorful and light on the draw. No young bite at all, even when I got a little overzealous with it. Sit back, light up and enjoy the variety of flavors you will get....Read More

I don’t regret trying it

January 30, 2023

By: woodwose

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

… but this one was a miss for me. I like perique, and I like orientals but to me this just had an imbalanced taste. It was all bright, sharp, spicy and pungent flavors. Don’t get me wrong, I like all of those things in a smoke, but I also like a bit of body or roundness, and I just didn’t get that with this blend. I think I have come to the conclusion that I’m a big fan of burleys. If you like spicy peppery tobacco but don’t like burley, this may be more your speed....Read More

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July 13, 2022

By: Noah J.

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

I am in love with this blend. Sweet Virginia and earthy orientals are very forward with a chime in of plum and pepper from the perique. It burns cool for Virginia and I do smoke it all day.

Tasty and Bitey

January 21, 2022

By: Jason R.

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

Must be sipped or this tasty tobacco bites like a demon!

Oriental forward

April 01, 2021

By: DK Acolyte

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

Ordered a small 1oz sample. The tobacco smells delicious in the bag. Hay, nutty, sugary and honey/vanilla note. In the pipe things get a little complicated. The combo of Oriental and perique catches your attention immediately with a double whammy of spice. For me, the spice is an annoying distraction. It really hits me in the front and middle of my tongue and distracts from the flavors I'm hoping to experience. The Orientals and Virginias battle for the top note like a pair of kittens with full tummies. Its hard to find that sweet nutty bag note but it's present ever so subtly. The citrusy and sweet hay notes from the virgina sometimes build with, but other times cross cancel, the sour and herbal floral notes of the Orientals. Hard blend to nail down....Read More

Too much work

February 02, 2021

By: Benjamin G.

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk Bulk

There is so much spice in this, it takes to much work on the draw to keep it from being overwhelming. Wonderful flavors can be achieved, but I'm not patient enough for it just now.

Silk...with nice bite

August 11, 2020

By: Randall R

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz

It took me well over a year- to understand this blend.or maybe that's how long it took for my tastes to mature enough to enjoy this blend...has that sweet,spicy,sour,slight eggy thing that is all Oriental in nature..but has a pleasing throat and nose tingle especially on retrohaling .I like this blend now..but it came to me slowly... definitely recommended....Read More

not bad, but not good either

October 09, 2020

By: Vladimir Zeev

Product: Cornell & Diehl Oriental Silk 2oz

This tobacco blend seemed to me not expressive. About this tobacco, I can say that it is not any (not bad, but not good either). I don't think I will return to him.