This isn't so much a review as much as it is perhaps a learning experience in my pipe smoking life. :lol:
I recently purchased a couple tins of CA from 4noggins, along with a wind cap, and some softy bits for a couple pipes that just don't feel comfy when I clench. As soon as my shipment came in I had to try out the CA. I had read some reviews stating that it was quite dry in the tin. It certainly is quite dry. But I was sure it would still be a pleasant smoke. So wanting to try out the new wind cap along with Crown Achievement, I loaded up a MM Cob popped on the wind cap and thought I'd go for a walk. There are some horses just up the road and it's always nice to walk on by and say hi to them while having a pipe. It was a bit windy, though not too terribly so, so I thought it would be the perfect time to try out the wind cap. Well... I kid you not that wind somehow went straight through the wind cap and into that dry tobacco! That pipe started smoking like a freight train and kept blocking the wind from my pipe with my hand to slow down the burn... and I'm trying to get a puff in here and there... and boy was it burning warm. Finally the pipe stopped smoking and I removed the wind cap for a relight only to find that my tobacco had all burned down to ash. And all this happened in a matter of just a few minutes. I didn't even reach the horses. I turned around, a little disappointed in my lunting attempt, and went back home where I dumped the ashes from my cob. And I kid you not, there was nothing but ash. Not a single tiny bit of tobacco left to speak of! That cursed wind had stolen my smoke! I didn't enjoy a single moment of it!
But I didn't fault the Crown Achievement entirely. How could I? I assume the wind, the pipe chosen, and the dry tobacco regardless of the wind cap all were a factor in the "Fastest Tobacco Burn In A Cob With A Wind Cap In The History Of Pipes." I've since had a couple more bowls of Crown Achievement in a couple different pipes. And truly it is a nice blend and quite enjoyable. Perhaps a tad heavy on the latakia, but I'm sure with a little more age it will mellow a bit. I may try the wind cap along with Crown Achievement again, but in a different pipe. Perhaps my trusty St. Patty's Day 2013 pipe, which I kid you not is the finest smoking pipe I own. An XL90, it has a thick substantial bowl and I'm willing to bet it will serve to keep my tobacco from literally going up in smoke again.
I recently purchased a couple tins of CA from 4noggins, along with a wind cap, and some softy bits for a couple pipes that just don't feel comfy when I clench. As soon as my shipment came in I had to try out the CA. I had read some reviews stating that it was quite dry in the tin. It certainly is quite dry. But I was sure it would still be a pleasant smoke. So wanting to try out the new wind cap along with Crown Achievement, I loaded up a MM Cob popped on the wind cap and thought I'd go for a walk. There are some horses just up the road and it's always nice to walk on by and say hi to them while having a pipe. It was a bit windy, though not too terribly so, so I thought it would be the perfect time to try out the wind cap. Well... I kid you not that wind somehow went straight through the wind cap and into that dry tobacco! That pipe started smoking like a freight train and kept blocking the wind from my pipe with my hand to slow down the burn... and I'm trying to get a puff in here and there... and boy was it burning warm. Finally the pipe stopped smoking and I removed the wind cap for a relight only to find that my tobacco had all burned down to ash. And all this happened in a matter of just a few minutes. I didn't even reach the horses. I turned around, a little disappointed in my lunting attempt, and went back home where I dumped the ashes from my cob. And I kid you not, there was nothing but ash. Not a single tiny bit of tobacco left to speak of! That cursed wind had stolen my smoke! I didn't enjoy a single moment of it!
But I didn't fault the Crown Achievement entirely. How could I? I assume the wind, the pipe chosen, and the dry tobacco regardless of the wind cap all were a factor in the "Fastest Tobacco Burn In A Cob With A Wind Cap In The History Of Pipes." I've since had a couple more bowls of Crown Achievement in a couple different pipes. And truly it is a nice blend and quite enjoyable. Perhaps a tad heavy on the latakia, but I'm sure with a little more age it will mellow a bit. I may try the wind cap along with Crown Achievement again, but in a different pipe. Perhaps my trusty St. Patty's Day 2013 pipe, which I kid you not is the finest smoking pipe I own. An XL90, it has a thick substantial bowl and I'm willing to bet it will serve to keep my tobacco from literally going up in smoke again.
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