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  1. jmatt

    Dunhill Light Flake, Flake, and Dark Flake Question

    Can someone either validate my memory or correct me? I believe about 10 years ago and before, Dunhill sold "Light Flake" and "Flake" in square tins. Then the U.S. banned the word "Light" in connection with any tobacco product. So Dunhill rebranded as "Flake" and "Dark Flake." So if my memory...
  2. jmatt

    How Do Folks Prefer to Buy?

    Yes - I've talked with Steve, and even met him once years ago at the Chicago pipe show. The more valuable stuff he would take, but aged $10 tins rather might be worth $20 aren't in his wheelhouse. But he's definitely a solid guy and a great resource.
  3. jmatt

    How Do Folks Prefer to Buy?

    No worries. I wasn't certain. I appreciate the "move" rather than a complete "delete." Thank you.
  4. jmatt

    How Do Folks Prefer to Buy?

    Yeah - unfortunately, my loss of smell is unrelated to COVID. It been a 30 year long process, kind of like how many people lose hearing over time. I believe it's genetic-related. My adult son has had several surgeries to try to restore his sense of smell. Too late for me.
  5. jmatt

    How Do Folks Prefer to Buy?

    Long timers here might still remember me, although I've been mostly quiet for years now. I unfortunately have a worsening and worsening sense of smell and taste (which incidentally is why I picked up pipe smoking to start with - it took bold scents and flavors before I could smell or taste...
  6. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    Good news!! My wife found two more moving boxes of tinned tobacco! I knew a still had some Semois!
  7. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    Hahahaha. It's more like: "moving the tobacco and getting it sorted is more important than placing the living room furniture." Haha.
  8. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    I'm gonna go with "eating too much chocolate." ??
  9. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    From you? I can accept that. ?
  10. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    I like me some Red Flake!!
  11. jmatt

    Thought I'd Try to Make Some Mouths Water

    We just moved from the midwest to Tucson, AZ. Had to pack the collection and move it myself. Didn't want anyone else messing with it. So today I unpacked and it's reorganization time. I haven't bought a single tin of tobacco since 2016, so this is all at least five years old. Some if it is ten...
  12. jmatt

    This Just Makes Me Sick

    What's the going price? I will DEFINITELY sell at $500 per 8 ounce bag. LOL. Expecting no offers at that price, I will happily smoke it myself. :)
  13. jmatt

    This Just Makes Me Sick

    Thanks - it looks like I haven't posted in seven months. Oops. Life happens, got busy and turned my time elsewhere. Then I got an e-mail saying McClelland was shutting their doors. Well red virginias are the top of my list. I've got no regrets now, having heeded all of the advice and...
  14. jmatt

    This Just Makes Me Sick

    Wow. I'm amazed most of you are American. Supply and demand. Econ 101. Two weeks ago the supply was never-ending. Today it's gone. Price goes up. Don't you buy stocks hoping the price will go up and you'll sell to someone else someday? Good grief people. It's tobacco - arguably a luxury...
  15. jmatt

    "Must Buy" Tobacco Lists

    @toddryan84 For some other aro standards, if 1Q doesn't interest you, Lane's BCA (Black Cavendish Aromatic) is a close 2nd to 1Q. Also, the newer Lane Dark Red is a spectacular aromatic. All three are great, but 1Q really sets the standard and is why I named it on my list. My personal...
  16. jmatt

    GLP Union Square

    I've got a tin open and active right now as well. Not quite as ripe-tasting to me as some of the straight reds out there. I'd describe it as a cross between an Orlik Golden Sliced and a McClelland straight red.
  17. jmatt

    The "Gattaca Age" Has Officially Begun

    This is my son's field, and remember CRISPR CAS9. It'll be a household term soon. We joke that my son is already better at being God than God is. (ducks lightning bolt).
  18. jmatt

    "Must Buy" Tobacco Lists

    If you want the prototypical list, here's what I suggest: Aromatic: Lane 1Q. It goes by hundreds of different names in hundreds of different tobacconists, but everyone has Lane 1Q Red Virginia: McClelland 5100. You can smoke dozens of red Virginias and never be much better than this bulk...
  19. jmatt

    Jim's McClelland 40th Anniversary Review.

    Jim, Can you compare it to the "typical" Christmas Cheer? That is, what makes you say it's unlike any Christmas Cheer? Where do you sense the difference? Thanks as always!