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Samuel Gawith - Skiff Mixture 50g
Almost
I picked up Skiff while still first infatuated with EMP. From what was purported in online forums/reviews, this blend featured some of the same flavors as EMP, with a subtle increase in strength. The first bowl was great, better than expected. The sourness mentioned in other reviews on this page was indeed present, and was delicious to me in that moment. The second and third bowl were just as enjoyable, and at that time I would have rated this blend among my top three. But by the fourth, something started to change. The pipe I used to smoke Skiff became haunted, though the word "ghosting" seems too light a term to describe the phenomenon I experienced. Rather, every bowl smoked in that pipe thereafter was presided over by the Skiff Phantom. Anything smoked in the pipe, any blend whatsoever, tasted like Skiff. Hell, even when I smoked Skiff in that pipe, it somehow tasted more like Skiff, its sour charm bolstered by its phantom in the pipe, intensifying into a pungent soapiness. The pipe has since been decommissioned, as even a draw on an empty bowl delivers that soapy-sour Skiff flavor. I still have most of the tin, and will likely give it a few more months before trying it again. I suspect, however, that this blend will ultimately end up in the garbage.