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Favorite Wilke blends?
Wilke "Continental" a super replacement for BS 759- sobranie759
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Baking Tinned Tobacco in an Oven
Years ago when Drucquers pipe shop was in capable hands they produced a wonderful english blend. Its name was Cooks #5 . When you received a tin of this blend you would notice on the bottom a solder mark. This was to seal up the hole in the bottom of the tin where they would introduce steam...- sobranie759
- Post #24
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Joe Lankford passing. RIP
Joe Lankford was a super guy. I never met Joe in person but we traded emails years ago. Before SPC Joe would hand blend tobaccos at his home and send these blends out to a few select customers. I was very fortunate to be one of those customers. At the time his blends were composed of...- sobranie759
- Post #53
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Are OTC blends really OTC?
In the sixties I purchased Balkan Sobranie in a cutter top tin from a drug store. You have to keep in mind that many of the "over the counter" blends were made by giant companies that also sold bulk tobaccos to many pipes shops across the country. It was always easier to market a tobacco with...- sobranie759
- Post #22
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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What is the next Balkan Sobranie?
The "Next" Balkan Sobranie is the blend that you and everyone else smoked and enjoyed but you all decided not to purchased in large quantities. One day the manufacturer stops making the blend or closes their doors. It is too late and the tins that are still around are selling for hundreds each...- sobranie759
- Post #76
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Cigar Leaf: Does it belong in Pipe Tobacco?
For you "old timers" , you may remember Sailorman Jack. Jack was a great guy who was the MC of the New York Pipe show for years. Jack loved adding cigar leaf to blends. Yes, "Billy Budd" was called Sailorman's blend, but rumor has it that Jack's cigar leaf blend was a little different . The...- sobranie759
- Post #48
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Dan Tobacco-London Blend No. 1000
This in my opinion is a great latakia blend and one I have smoked on and off over the years. The foil top is good for the short term, but anything more than a few months would be risky. Back in the early days of Balkan Sasieni the eight oz tins had the foil top. I had to rehydrate a number...- sobranie759
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- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Golden Age of Pipe Tobacco
Interesting read on when "The Golden age of Pipe Tobacco" ended . I don't think there was such a time IMHO. When I started in the 60's the pipe shops I visited had many a tin of Sobranie, Dunhill and Three Nuns sitting on the shelf collecting dust . Ehrlich's in Boston, Iwan Reis in Chicago...- sobranie759
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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C&D From Beyond
I have smoked through almost one tin of this blend and for me this is one super blend from Jeremy and C&D. Is this Nightcap ...no ....and who cares we have Nightcap. What it is from my position ,is a blend that brings me back to the old Dunhill blends. Not Peterson, not Murrays, I mean the...- sobranie759
- Post #125
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Wilke Latakia Blends... Really Worth the Hype?
In the 1960's I used to spend a Saturday visiting many pipes shops in NYC. The highlight of my day was visiting Wilke on Madison avenue. In those days the Wilke sisters ran the shop. I have smoked through their catalogue of blends and I have to say that John has delivered on producing the...- sobranie759
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Bought an Old Tin of Balkan Sobranie w/ some Tobacco
What you have is a very old cutter top tin from the prime period IMHO of Sobranie. Smoked this blend for 40 years. Not being an expert I will say that to my untrained eye this looks like Sobranie. My suggestion is to gently rehydrate and smoke some. Even when dry you may be able to smell the...- sobranie759
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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8 oz of Latakia, Syrian?
Andrew The ones that I have are only the 2 oz tins which may have been produced after the larger tins. I am sure the tinning was out sourced. Cheers!- sobranie759
- Post #11
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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8 oz of Latakia, Syrian?
In the late eighties to early nineties Barry Levin of Levin Pipes was able to purchase Syrian Latakia. I was close with Barry in the old days and I was able to purchase some from Barry. The tobacco was sourced through Switzerland. Barry had the Syrian tinned with a plain label. Barry had...- sobranie759
- Post #6
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion