Customer Reviews (41 Total)
One of My Favorite VaPers
July 16, 2017
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
I like the Rattray take on VA blends, bold and tasty. The perique in this one, makes it even better. Smoking it right now with some ice water and espresso on my deck. Very, very nice to be alive.
Great stuff! Get on it.
November 09, 2016
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Usually not a big fan of perique blends, excess spice in tobacco is not my thing. But this defied my expectations of what the blend was going to be. Needs a fair bit of drying time as it is very moist but what awaits you is a smokey, meaty blend that... Read More
boarders on sweet also. I highly reccomend! Read Less
Quality VaPer
January 18, 2018
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
Rich and deep. Keep my cellar stocked. It's top in its category for me.
This is my VaPer!!
October 20, 2015
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Delicious, sweet, tangy and plenty of flavor!. What else can i say?? one of the best VaPers on the market. Highly recommended!! If you are fan of Luxury Bullseye Flake, this one will conquer you from the first smoke.
And gets better with some cella... Read More
ring!!! Read Less
Quality VaPer
January 18, 2018
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Rich and deep. Keep my cellar stocked. It's top in its category for me.
Marlin flake
June 05, 2017
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Excellent pipe tobacco great taste great smell no bite one of thee best darn flakes thier is I believe would like to get some bulk version any ways you'll love it try it
great blend
December 23, 2015
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I like the K & K reissue even better than the old house made Ratrays Marlin flake . The long cut flake has a great burn and is really tangy . Really good when you are in the mood for something different . A little milder than the original but th... Read More
ey really got this blend right on the re-issue. Read Less
One Sweet Flake!
June 14, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
Just finished my first tin of this flake. Really good, deep dark flavor with a real sweetness lurking in the background. Liked it enough to order several more tins. Folded and stuffed brings out more sweetness; rubbed out brings more of the dark V... Read More
irginia taste forward. Trying several other Rattray's tobaccos and they all seem like winners. Why have I not tried this line sooner? Read Less
Positively Excellent!
June 02, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
There isn’t much I can say that hasn’t already been said about this wonderful flake. Its flavor is medium, and its strength is just shy of medium. Room note is pleasant, but only to pipe smokers. Certainly worthy of being an all-day smoke. It’s becom... Read More
e one of my favorites over the short six months since I first got my hands on some. This was love at first light. A lot of reviews call it a VA-Per, which I don’t classify it as because of the black Cavendish. It lends a certain flavor and mouth feel to the flake that brings it out of VA-Per territory, but in a lovely way. If you choose to smoke this in a dedicated Virginia/VA-Per pipe, you’ll notice a ghost when you smoke a plain VA-Per again. Overall, I love this stuff, and I’ll be back for more. I can only hope Rattray’s keeps it coming! Read Less
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
This is a truly fantastic blend of dark Virginia, Black Cavendish and Perique. The Cavendish provides subtle sweetness and excellent body. The Perique is light and won't sting the nostrils with intensity. The Virginia is dark and provides an earthy s... Read More
weetness. The blend is packaged in long, thin flakes that rub out easily and dry to perfect smoking moisture in short order. This is a blend that will remain well stocked in my cellar as I visit often... Read Less
Outstanding!
July 15, 2019
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
THE BEST Va-Per out there! Sweet plum, fig scents from the tin. Beautiful dark pressed flakes easily rubs out. Smooth and full of flavor! Grab it if its available!
Excellent
October 18, 2018
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 500g
This is a great vaper i love this stuff from the first smoke i couldn't put it down OMG!!! Its awesome. Five thumbs up👍👍👍👍👍
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
Not a allday smoke, but sometimes a nice evening smoke.Medium to Strong strength. Taste with many deep flavor.
Must have in your Tobacco cabinet
Almost Perfect
May 21, 2015
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
If this tobacco was a neater, more Peterson-style flake, it would get 5/5. A wonderful mix, comparable to Luxury Bullseye Flake (one of my favorites) but a bit milder. I intend to add several tins to my rotation, and several more to my cellar.
Sweet VaPer
July 20, 2021
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
This is a very good VaPer that has a great sweetness thanks to the black cavendish. There's the traditional VaPer flavors of hay, grass, and pepper, but there's also a bit of honey that comes through and presents an overall flavor of fig newtons. I'v... Read More
e found if you puff around enough, there's also a slight bock or dunkel beer flavor that comes through, not unlike what I've been able to find in other quality VaPer / Scandinavian blends. The tin note is hay, honey, and figs. The room note is fine. Nothing too harsh, but nothing too special. Burns cool, stays lit, and requires only about ten to fifteen minutes of drying time. On the whole, it's not the best of it's kind for me, but it's certainly a good blend to have around. Read Less
Patience is a virtue
June 29, 2021
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 500g
Can it be sopping wet, yes. Can the cut be strange to the uninitiated, yes. I did find myself fighting this blend for some time. But it pays off. Once you nail down the moisture and you're rhythm it's captivating.
Top five blend
June 25, 2021
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
Marlin Flake is in my top five, no question. From the tin aroma to the bottom of every bowl, this is just THE quintessential pipe tobacco, in my humble opinion.
It’s also one of those blends that truly shines with some time to mature. My goal is to... Read More
grab a couple of pounds the next chance I get. This is one of the things I have on hand that I don’t smoke very often BECAUSE I don’t have enough. Try it, and chances are you’ll understand. Read Less
Raisin Danish
April 04, 2021
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Fig Newton Cookie, Strudel Cake, Raisin Danish, Walnuts.
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Title says it all. So far my favorite Va/Per. Great nicotine hit and superb quality and flavor. The flake is beautiful both in aroma and appearance. Tastes like hot pepper with fermented raisins, a gourmet Va/per. Will be buying a lot more
Classic
November 26, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I have fell in love with several of Rattrays blends, this is no exception. I liked it right away beautiful presentation Quality flakes made with great care. Very rich deep but not strong. Room note very good a true classic pipe tobacco. Almost an a... Read More
ll day smoke, pairs well with coffee, I smoke it in a Savinelli punto oro 502 .75 bowl dia. It will age well, First class all the way. Read Less
Soft and sweet
October 11, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
Smoking every day...natural tobacco.....
Not getting much out of this
August 21, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I realize all our tastes are subjective, but this tobacco is my first real disappointment. Have tried it cubed, rubbed out, folded and stuffed, right from the tin, dried for an hour, dried overnight...nothing... I get nothing from this. Tin note is s... Read More
ublime, its obviously a fine flake tobacco, and the reviews are stellar...but I find I get no flavor, and not much nicotine. I hesitate to give "bad" reviews unless the item in question is egregiously bad, but...after all the reviews...I still get NOTHING from this. Def a Perique freak here, too...but maybe English/Va Pers might not be my cup of meat. May try another tin down the road to see if this was a "one off" experience. I will try Black Mallory next.... Read Less
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
I was anxious to try this well-known and praised flake. It was a bit of a challenge to find it, but I finally did. The moisture level is very adequate, past the medium point. As such, it may be better to let it dry for a bit. It was easy to light up,... Read More
and it did not require relighting much thorughout the bowl. Well behaved in many aspects. I thought it was weaker than I had expected, as some have suggested this being an older brother to Old Gowrie, which I enjoy once in a while. Yet, it is not, at least for me. The real problem I have with this flake is the ever so pervasive topping that some many tobaccos have. I cannot stand them, at all. True, that leaves me with fewer choices than most pipe smokers, but that is just the way my taste and body chemistry works. I do not tolerate these obvious flavourings, perhaps, only is there are really at the "extremelyh mild" level (such as in the case of Old Gowrie). The moral of the story is that I did not enjoy Marlin Flake at all. All I tasted was this "mediciny" falvouring/topping burning my tonge with noticeable good tobacco underneath, which for me, it is not enough of a profile to be part of my rotation. Read Less
Pretty good blend
July 14, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
When I first tried Marlin Flake, I was a little disappointed. I had bought it, on a whim, mainly because I thought that the tin presentation was so cool. At that time, I had been smoking a lot of Dunhill Standard Mixture, Presbyterian Mixture, and Ba... Read More
lkan Sasieni; Light, Medium, and full Englishes. After I had tried MF a few times, I put it up and finished the aforementioned tins of tobacco. After those were finished, I went back to the MF and was determined to finish the MF tin before opening another. That's been one of my problems. I always open more tins than I should at one time. Maybe I like variety. Maybe I'm impatient. Most likely, it's the latter. Anyway, I was smoking virtually nothing but MF for about three days and something happened. I started loving it! I had finally "got it," I suppose. I began noticing some of the flavors that others mentioned and I scornfully laughed at before. This stuff is great, but it takes patience and repetition. Like the first time you taste a thick, dark beer. Your first impression is that it's overly bitter. If you drink it slowly and thoughtfully, it becomes much more than that. If you love VAs or VaPers, I would be surprised if you didn't love Marlin Flake, too. Just don't smoke it immediately following strong English tobaccos and expect an epiphany. Read Less
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
This is possibly the best Virginia tobacco I've ever smoked, the conjunction of a bakers chocolate and dark fruit flavor is masterfully done by its blender
Mucho Perique
June 26, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Este es un tabaco que huele delicioso y sus encantos, para quienes gustan del perique, han de ser fuera de serie. Yo solo disfruté su delicioso aroma; en cuanto lo prendí en la cazoleta, empecé a sentir el típico picor propio de ese tabaco, y no lo a... Read More
guanté mucho. Read Less
Easily Anyone's cup of tea
June 07, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Speaking of cup of tea. Rather than citrus flavor Perique often tend to convey, this gives off pleasant Rooibos tea. And then when you light it, the Black Cavendish will become like spoon full of sugar on your English tea. Very Pleasant, try it. Neve... Read More
r regret. Read Less
Outstanding, just outstanding
May 24, 2020
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Enjoyable fresh but popped a top of 14 yr. old I cellared and it was the smell was was so wonderful but the taste and smoothness was so incredibly fantastic. I walked back in to the house from my study with a huge smile on my face I didn’t even reali... Read More
ze I was wearing until my wife asks why I looked so content and pleased. Wow! Read Less
Not What It Used To Be - Not Bad If You Like Rum & Pepper.
May 31, 2019
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I once tried an aged tin of MF back in 2010. It was superb. Now, the newer stuff seems to contain some sort of an additive that I didn't notice in the older tins. The older stuff wasn't sticky when being rubbed out. The newer MF in the yellow tin... Read More
s seemed to have an additive that I feel negated the flavor of the older. I could tell when rubbing it out… seemed more sticky than the original that had the beige labels. It creates more chemical burn than the original... maybe too much Acadian Perique & Rum. I think the change came about the same time K & K switched to the yellow label. Five stars for the original and only around three stars for today's rummy, peppery blend... give or take a few percent, IMHO, of course. I'm staying with Doblone d' Oro, Escudo & Salty Dogs. I don't smoke Marlin Flake any more. It sets my palate ablaze. Something has gone awry with this mixture compared to "days of old." Read Less
The Mystic One.
November 14, 2018
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Funny thing is, 3 years ago Marlin Flake to me was like smoking red pepper. Nothing but complete mouthburn. I tried two different tins in completely different states and gave it away.
But it was always the one I wanted to like. The mystique, the aur... Read More
a of it begged me to try again. Sure I could smoke HOTW and Old Gowrie fine but I approached Marlin Flake with trepidation.
I finally broke down and bought 2 100gramntins in Jan 2018. Opened it up, it was a little flat but hey, no burning mouth. My how palates change. Fast forward to October and it has come around the bend. Rich and deep Red Virginia funk. Man it is addictive. And with this colder weather it isn’t hanging around.
Cavendish gives a great mouthfeel and the aroma left in the room is Devine incense. I’m glad I didn’t give up.
I Love HOTW and Old Gowrie. They have something unique to each, but the Marlin Flake is the Mystic one. Read Less
Flakey Goodness
September 15, 2018
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
I'm new to flakes, so I tried this two ways: fold and stuff, and rubbed out. Both ways smoked well, but I found stronger flavor by rubbing it out. The best way I can describe the flavor is savory. Sipping the tobacco produced the best flavor and no b... Read More
ite. If I smoked it hard it would bite the back of my throat. Read Less
good stuff
November 01, 2017
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I like my va/per more fruity then spicy, and Merlin Flake is it. I like this better then Escudo, Escudo has great tobacco in it.Marlin Flake is similar to Mcclelland 2015.
500 g Tin was in a Bag
March 18, 2017
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 500g
I love Marlin Flake, and I like this site... The only problem that I had with the 500 gram version was that it came in a bag. As I smoked my first bowl, it was just dehydrated tobacco. This stuff is so good that it should be tinned. This tobacco is p... Read More
recious! Read Less
Still trying to like it.
September 28, 2016
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I'm giving it 2 stars rt now. When I first open a tin it stings my palate pretty bad. So I let it sit for a month. Where'd the flavor go? Dosent really bite me as bad now but I just don't get it. For me right now there are better VaPers such as navy ... Read More
rolls, Scottish Cake solani Virginia with Perique St. James flake . I have a few flakes left I'll let sit for 6 months or so and I'll revisit but for now I can't understand why it beat out St. James flake for Smoking pipes spring showdown. Read Less
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Not a allday smoke, but sometimes a nice evening smoke.Medium to Strong strength. Taste with many deep flavor. Must have in your Tobacco cabinet
tobacco bacon!
July 19, 2016
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Really, this is that good. It might have become my top vap. The bacon cut is amazing. It took me a long time as it is hard to find here and I had to get a tin at my B&M but I recently reorder when SP got some in. Oh skip the chase and get the 100... Read More
g tin. The scent is amazing, earthy and what I would call raisin or fig. It smokes well and has a good strength flavor ratio. Read Less
Be careful with can orders
December 04, 2015
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I got the 3.5 oz can to try this flake out. Very bad packing from the factory -the flake was a baseball inside the can and very gummy. I left the lid off 24 hrs and -WOW now it is all dry and crumbles like sand. Burns good, so Hey seems like a good s... Read More
moke, but the price is like google stock market. Read Less
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
Strong heet on tip of tongue but i would say is good
Hot, spicy and peppery
November 01, 2014
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 100g
I'm a relatively new pipe smoker, so please bear that in mind. When I smoke my pipe I'm looking for a period of relaxation and contentment - a enjoyable experience. This pipe tobacco doesn't give me that. For newer smokers not aware of different pipe... Read More
tobaccos, please be warned that this Marlin Flake contains a lot of Perique tobacco which has a peppery, spicy flavor. Smoking Marlin Flake is rather like trying to smoke a pepper pot - lots of hot, spicy, fiery and peppery smoke. I don't like it at all - to me, it's like going through a slow drawn out torture - so much spice that my tongue becomes hot (not tongue bite - spice bite) and there's an astringency that can be felt in inner cheeks.
I feel the name of this tobacco is misleading. It should be called Rattray's Hot Spicy Peppery Tobacco - Marlin's Flake doesn't describe it and nowhere on the tin is there any warning of its peppery flavor.
I'm aware that there are many pipe smokers who love this peppery Perique tobacco, and for them this might be a 'go to' smoke. But for me it's only a one star rating for being overly spicy and peppery, which for my taste amounts to an unpleasant experience. Read Less
I can't belive its virgina.
November 23, 2013
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
First off, I'm not at all a fan of Virginia. I don't much care for the sweat and sour smell of straight Virginia tobacco. I've tried dozens, but this is the first strong well rounded straight Virginia I have tried that I actually like, and have added... Read More
to my rotation. Read Less
one of the few i like better with a filter
October 20, 2012
Product: Rattray's Marlin Flake 50g
a little too tough for me without filter, but a real delight with an ACF ... gets really sweet by the end of the bowl ... delicious mixture!
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