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Sutliff - Z92 Vanilla Custard
Excellent. Did not like it at first
I tried this in May 2022 and did not like it because the flavor was too strong. I stored it in a mason jar until October and tried it again and I like it a lot. A very good aromatic. Letting aromatic tobaccos age a bit is an important trick that I use. Sometimes they are better after they are aged for a few months, other times they are no better and I throw them away.
Cleaners & Cleaning Supplies - Obsidian Pipe Stem Oil 18ml
Am using as directed
I only use this because it's recommended for maintaining Vulcanite stems. I just assume that it works. I treat my vulcanite stems every couple of months with this and they do look like new. I honestly don't know why vulcanite stems are still made. Modern materials are much better.
Cleaners & Cleaning Supplies - Obsidian Pipe Stem Oil 18ml
Am using as directed
I only use this because it's recommended for maintaining Vulcanite stems. I just assume that it works. I treat my vulcanite stems every couple of months with this and they do look like new. I honestly don't know why vulcanite stems are still made. Modern materials are much better.
Cleaners & Cleaning Supplies - B. J. Long Extra Fluffy Pipe Cleaners (32 pack)
Fabulous! Good if your pipe stem will accommodate them
These have a larger diameter than standard pipe cleaners, and that's a good thing for pipes that you can pass them through. I have bent pipes that don't work well with these, but they do work well with my straight pipes.
Cleaners & Cleaning Supplies - Savinelli Magic Cloth
I like it and use it after each smoke
This cloth is very convenient to use and it helps keep my pipes in good condition. After a smoke, I clean it with pipe cleaners, then wipe it down with this cloth. Worth it if you have nice pipes that you want to keep looking good. This is for maintenance, not for buffing to remove scratch marks or rim discoloration. Five stars.
Stands & Pouches - Single Pipe Stand (Solid)
Excellent. For group 1 to group 6 size pipes
This works well for pipes ranging from small to large. Blonde colored wood. Nicely finished, good looking, and also works well as a pen holder.
Peterson - Elizabethan Mixture 50g
Fantastic!
This is a great blend. If I could only have one, this would be it. A bit spicy, and thus a good fit for a slow smoker. If you are a fast smoker, it might be a bit too harsh. This is my favorite mixture that contains perique. Five stars!
Peterson - My Mixture 965 50g
Very good but I prefer Standard Mixture
I like this blend, and it is excellent, but I do prefer Peterson Standard Mixture. They are similar, but different enough to make a difference to me.
Presbyterian - Presbyterian 50g
One of my favorites
Great flavor and savoriness. A good tobacco that tastes different in different pipes. In one pipe I get a strong incense flavor. In another pipe the incense flavor is muted and the other flavors are enhanced. I can understand why it's so popular. Five stars!
Peterson - De Luxe Navy Rolls 50g
Excellent. Like Elizabethan but more mellow
I like this and Peterson Elizabethan mixture. They are similar, but this one is not quite as spicy. Both are excellent. I like smoking half a coin of this in a tiny Peterson Belgique pipe for a twenty minute smoke. I just break a coin in half, fold one half, then stuff it into the bowl. It's a convenient "form factor". Works in larger pipes too, where I fold one coin in half, then in half again, then stuff it into the bowl. Five stars!
Peterson - Standard Mixture 50g
Well named and excellent
A great English tobacco. Very well named. I enjoy this at any time of day and anywhere I'm smoking. A good savory blend. Five stars!
Sillem's - Black 100g
Try this if you like aromatics
This is a superb aromatic. The topping is the star, and it is pleasantly sweet-like, similar to a good pastry containing fruit and vanilla. Delicious. I usually smoke English and VaPer and I like this for a change of taste. This tobacco does "ghost" my pipe and so I only smoke it in a pipe that's dedicated highly flavored aromatic blends. Similar to WO Larsen Signature blend: High quality, good flavor, very aromatic reminiscent of fruit and vanilla.
Peterson - Irish Whiskey 50g
Under-rated. This is excellent.
If you like Peterson Nightcap, you will probably like this too. They are similar. The flavors are different but similar. Both are good relaxing blends with a noticeable but not overpowering amount of nicotine. Five stars.
Peterson - Nightcap 50g
Excellent full flavored tobacco
I was reluctant to try Nightcap because of its reputation for having a lot of nicotine. I did not want that. But I tried it and it is really good and the nicotine is not very strong. It is relaxing and I do agree that it is a tobacco to smoke at the end of the day or on a day when you're housebound due to bad weather. Relaxing. Pleasant. Good English flavor. I will always have some of this on hand. Five stars. Also see Peterson Irish Whiskey blend which is similar, tastes good, and has about the same amount of nicotine. Also relaxing and under-rated.
Lane Limited - 1-Q
Excellent mouth feel and good flavor
I like this as a vanilla flavored aromatic because it has excellent mouth feel and it does not seem to "ghost" my pipe like some aromatics. This is a great aromatic. Five stars.
Davidoff - Danish Mixture 50g
My favorite aromatic
Excellent. The tobacco is the dominant flavor, but the added flavoring is superb. I get occasional different flavors that are delightful, like strawberry and buttered popcorn. They are brief delightful flavors that seldom repeat. The variety of flavor during a bowl keeps the flavor from being too sweet and cloying like a lot of aromatics are. I can smoke a large bowl of this for over an hour whereas I usually smoke aromatics for about twenty minutes before I've had enough. Five stars!
Tobacco Jars - PocketJar Smokingpipes.com Black
Excellent! Better than advertised
I bought all five colors, added two or three bowls worth of a different blend to each one, and dried all five to the best moisture content for smoking. Then I closed the PocketJars. For someone who only smokes a few bowls per week this is a great system. They are also very good for the advertised purpose of being convenient to carry. Each one is about the size of the containers that smokeless tobacco is commonly sold in for easy carry in a pants pocket. This is a great invention for the moderate pipe smoker. Five stars.
Davidoff - Danish Mixture 50g
Excellent overall
This may become my favorite tobacco. The overall pleasantness of the smoking experience is what makes it attractive. It is pleasantly relaxing, has good and varied flavor, and has pleasant room note. Flavor is delightfully complex, but seems to vary with ambient humidity and temperature and the pipe it's smoked in. Every day it's a little bit different. I have had flavors like strawberry, buttered popcorn, rose, rum-like liquor, and several unidentifiable but pleasant flavors appear in some of the puffs. It's delightful that way. There is no definite persistent flavor except that it tastes like good tobacco with these occasional bursts of surprising flavor. I like this understated fine quality. I have had other tobaccos with occasional bursts of good flavor, but this tobacco has the most pleasant and varied flavors. I tried this tobacco because I was looking for a tobacco that has good flavor and a pleasant room note. That is in reaction to other tobaccos I have tried that have pleasant room note but not much flavor. This tobacco has both good flavor and good room note, so it's pleasant for both the smoker and people who smell the smoke. My favorite pipe for this tobacco is the Savinelli 207. Technique notes: Smoking technique is to focus only on smoking. No reading or work or other distractions. Just enjoying the smoke. Outdoors only. A few bowls per week of pipe smoking. Lightly charring the tobacco initially and with relights. Sipping. Occasional retrohale. Peterson pipe lighter with smallest practical flame. Sometimes a BIC EZ Reach lighter. Am using a variant of the Frank method to pack a 2/3 full pipe without first putting loose tobacco in the bowl. I just take a wad of tobacco and press it into place Frank-style. Tobacco is stored in OXO POP container with size 60 Boveda 72% pack. Savinelli 207 smooth is my favorite pipe and favorite pipe design. Pipe Used: Various good quality briar pipes Age When Smoked: New to a few months Purchased From: SmokingPipes
Peterson - De Luxe Navy Rolls 50g
Pleasant. Convenient. Good flavor.
I like Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls because they are very pleasant in a small bowl pipe, and are very easy to pack well. One folded and stuffed coin per bowl in a small bowl like a Peterson 406 prince or Peterson Belgique is good, but one to one and a half coins in a more standard sized bowl is good too. I do not sense much perique and it is not nearly as spicy as Peterson Elizabethan. Although I usually prefer Elizabethan, the coins of this tobacco are charming and I like having them. De Luxe Navy Rolls are a good choice on days when I want something with a milder flavor than Peterson's Elizabethan, but with the same essential character. The small bowled Peterson Belgique is my favorite pipe for this tobacco, though I do smoke and enjoy it in larger bowls, as in the Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 pot. Technique notes: Smoking technique is to focus only on smoking. No reading or work or other distractions. Just enjoying the smoke. Outdoors only. A few bowls per week of pipe smoking. Lightly charring the tobacco initially and with relights. Sipping. Occasional retrohale. Peterson pipe lighter with smallest practical flame. Sometimes a BIC EZ Reach lighter. Pipe Used: Various briar and meerschaum Age When Smoked: New tin smoked occasionally for about two months Purchased From: SmokingPipes Similar Blends: Peterson's Elizabethan.
Lane Limited - 1-Q
Great mouth feel. Good flavor.
I like 1-Q because it has a great mouth feel and is a good change of pace after smoking English, VaPers, and Danish style aromatics for a while. I sense it as a sweet flavor with some vanilla flavor on retrohale. I can understand why it is as popular as it is. I always keep some and smoke it regularly. This is my favorite vanilla aromatic. My least favorite vanilla is Sutliff Z92 Vanilla Custard because it is so heavily flavored. Mouth feel of 1-Q is the best of any tobacco I've tried. It really is a pleasure and I wish more tobaccos could duplicate this quality. Technique notes: Smoking technique is to focus only on smoking. No reading or work or other distractions. Just enjoying the smoke. Outdoors only. A few bowls per week of pipe smoking. Lightly charring the tobacco initially and with relights. Sipping. Occasional retrohale. Peterson pipe lighter with smallest practical flame. Sometimes a BIC EZ Reach lighter. Am using a variant of the Frank method to pack a 2/3 full pipe without first putting loose tobacco in the bowl. I just take a wad of tobacco and press it into place Frank-style. Tobacco is stored in OXO POP container with size 60 Boveda 72% pack. Savinelli 207 smooth is my favorite pipe and favorite pipe design. Pipe Used: Various briar and meerschaum pipes Age When Smoked: New to 1 year Purchased From: SmokingPipes Similar Blends: Captain Black Original and several of vanilla flavored aromatics, but better.
Presbyterian - Presbyterian 50g
Pleasant perfume-like flavor
My first review. I like Planta Presbyterian because it has a pleasant perfume-like flavor. It is this distinct flavor that I find attractive. I don't sense it as a sweet flavor, but like a musky perfume. Interesting is that the tin note smells like barbecued pork or similar savory smoked meat, but as usual, the smoke tastes nothing like the tin note. As of August 2022 my favorite tobacco is Peterson Elizabethan. Am happily exploring the Danish style aromatics, with reviews to follow. Will edit this review for meerschaum soon, if possible. Otherwise I'll enter a new review just for the meerschaum. Technique notes: Smoking technique is to focus only on smoking. No reading or work or other distractions. Just enjoying the smoke. Outdoors only. Lightly charring the tobacco initially and with relights. Sipping. Occasional retrohale. Peterson pipe lighter with smallest practical flame. Sometimes a BIC EZ Reach lighter. Am using a variant of the Frank method to pack a 2/3 full pipe without first putting loose tobacco in the bowl. I just take a wad of tobacco and press it into place Frank-style. Tobacco is stored in OXO POP container with size 60 Boveda 72% pack. Pipes used: Peterson X105 Billiard, Dunhill 4107 Prince, Savinelli Porto Cervo 122 Pot, Savinelli Giubilieo D'Oro 207 Billiard Variant. Savinelli 207 smooth is my favorite pipe and favorite pipe design. Pipe Used: Various good quality briar pipes Age When Smoked: New tin smoked occasionally for about two months Purchased From: SmokingPipes Similar Blends: Nothing else I've tried..
