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Oct 12, 2014
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Best coins? Turning this:
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Into this :)
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And Escudo is awesome too...

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
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United States
15 Mosty Recommended Curly Cut (Coin) Flake, Plug, Kake, Rope blends, 50 Review Minimum from TobaccoReviews.com
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Blend Reviews Avg Rating Blend Type Cut

Peter Stokkebye - Luxury Bullseye Flake 163 ★★★★ 3.3 Virginia/Perique Curly Cut

Samuel Gawith - Balkan Flake 133 ★★★★ 3.2 Balkan Flake

Hearth & Home - Anniversary Kake (Signature Series) 129 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Krumble Kake

Just For Him - Shortcut To Mushrooms (Middle Earth Pipeweed) 87 ★★★★ 3.5 Flake

Cornell & Diehl - 970P: Pirate Kake 131 ★★★★ 3.2 Other Krumble Kake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Bob's Chocolate Flake 181 ★★★★ 2.9 Aromatic Flake

Samuel Gawith - Chocolate Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection) 142 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia Based Flake

Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding 80 ★★★★ 3.5 English Krumble Kake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Ennerdale Flake 132 ★★★★ 3.0 Aromatic Flake

Hearth & Home - Classic Burley Kake (Signature Series) 69 ★★★★ 3.1 Aromatic Krumble Kake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Dark Flake 70 ★★★★ 3.2 Virginia/Burley Flake

Cornell & Diehl - 417P: Night Train 62 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Burley Krumble Kake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Louisiana Flake 53 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia/Perique Flake

Samuel Gawith - Brown No.4 93 ★★★★ 3.0 Cigar Leaf Based Rope

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Best Brown #2 51 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia/Burley Flake
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Blend Reviews Avg Rating Blend Type Cut

Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake 450 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia Flake

Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Escudo Navy De Luxe 311 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Curly Cut

Esoterica Tobacciana - Penzance 387 ★★★★ 3.5 English Flake

Orlik Tobacco Company A/S - Golden Sliced (Red) 310 ★★★★ 3.3 Virginia/Perique Flake

Peterson - Irish Flake 294 ★★★★ 3.3 Burley Based Flake

Solani - 656: Aged Burley Flake 154 ★★★★ 3.5 Burley Based Flake

Samuel Gawith - 1792 Flake 331 ★★★★ 2.9 Virginia/Burley Flake

Samuel Gawith - Best Brown Flake 223 ★★★★ 3.4 Straight Virginia Flake

Rattray - Marlin Flake 187 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Flake

Dunhill - Flake 114 ★★★★ 3.6 Straight Virginia Flake

McClelland - Blackwoods Flake (Personal Reserve) 198 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia Flake

Davidoff - Flake Medallions 87 ★★★★ 3.3 Virginia/Perique Curly Cut

Samuel Gawith - Balkan Flake 133 ★★★★ 3.2 Balkan Flake

Hearth & Home - Anniversary Kake (Signature Series) 129 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Krumble Kake

Samuel Gawith - St. James Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection) 110 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Flake

Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired 87 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Burley Flake

Reiner - Blend 71: Long Golden Flake 107 ★★★★ 3.6 Virginia/Perique Flake

Solani - 633: Virginia Flake with Perique 107 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia/Perique Flake

Bell's - Three Nuns 149 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia/Burley Curly Cut

Dunhill - De Luxe Navy Rolls 102 ★★★★ 3.3 Virginia/Perique Curly Cut

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Bob's Chocolate Flake 181 ★★★★ 2.9 Aromatic Flake

Samuel Gawith - Chocolate Flake (Kendal Mayor's Collection) 142 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia Based Flake

Samuel Gawith - Navy Flake 96 ★★★★ 3.2 Virginia/Latakia Flake

Seattle Pipe Club - Plum Pudding 80 ★★★★ 3.5 English Krumble Kake

Solani - 660: Silver Flake 76 ★★★★ 3.7 Virginia Based Flake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Ennerdale Flake 132 ★★★★ 3.0 Aromatic Flake

G. L. Pease - JackKnife Plug (New World Collection) 93 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia/Burley Plug

Cornell & Diehl - Briar Fox 107 ★★★★ 3.1 Virginia/Burley Krumble Kake

Cornell & Diehl - Opening Night (Simply Elegant Series) 55 ★★★★ 3.5 Straight Virginia Flake

Hearth & Home - Classic Burley Kake (Signature Series) 69 ★★★★ 3.1 Aromatic Krumble Kake

Cornell & Diehl - Sunday Picnic (Simply Elegant Series) 71 ★★★★ 3.5 Virginia Based Flake

G. L. Pease - Union Square (Fog City Selection) 90 ★★★★ 3.3 Straight Virginia Flake

Peterson - Peterson's Perfect Plug 96 ★★★★ 3.2 Aromatic Plug

McClelland - No.24 (Matured Virginias) 58 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia Based Flake

J. F. Germain & Son - Germain's Special Latakia Flake 65 ★★★★ 3.2 English Flake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Louisiana Flake 53 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia/Perique Flake

Fribourg & Treyer - Cut Virginia Plug 56 ★★★★ 3.4 Virginia Based Flake

Cornell & Diehl - Kajun Kake 66 ★★★★ 3.2 Virginia/Perique Krumble Kake

Dan Tobacco - Hamborger Veermaster 76 ★★★★ 3.1 Straight Virginia Flake

Orlik Tobacco Company A/S - Dark Kentucky 78 ★★★★ 3.3 American Flake

Samuel Gawith - Black XX Twist (Rope) 101 ★★★★ 2.9 Straight Virginia Rope

Samuel Gawith - Brown No.4 93 ★★★★ 3.0 Cigar Leaf Based Rope

J. F. Germain & Son - Germain's Brown Flake 54 ★★★★ 3.2 Virginia Based Flake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Best Brown #2 51 ★★★★ 3.0 Virginia/Burley Flake

Cornell & Diehl - Bow-Legged Bear 57 ★★★★ 3.1 English Krumble Kake

CAO - Old Ironsides 50 ★★★★ 3.2 Balkan Flake

Astley's - No.109 Medium Flake 55 ★★★★ 3.2 Straight Virginia Flake

Edgeworth - Edgeworth Sliced 58 ★★★★ 3.1 Flake
Thanks for the search tip, JMatt

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
Pulled the trigger based on your suggestions. Thanks guys. While I prefer VaPers and VaBurs, I'm going to go down the line trying all of them, if available. Didn't see "Just For Him - Shortcut To Mushrooms (Middle Earth Pipeweed) " at Pipes and Cigard or Smoking Pipes.
HH Old Dark Fired

3.5 OZ TIN

Shipping Constraints PT-MRG0100-DF $13.34 1 $13.34
Samuel Gawith Balkan Flake

1.76 OZ TIN

Shipping Constraints PT-SGB0050 $11.00 1 $11.00
H&H Signature Anniversary Kake

1.5OZ TIN

Shipping Constraints PT-HSH0042 $7.49 1 $7.49
Cornell & Diehl Pirate Kake

1 OZ

Shipping Constraints PT-CD20028 $4.65 2 $9.30

 

natibo

Part of the Furniture Now
Nov 10, 2013
610
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Cincinnati, OH USA
I love GLP Navigator and Sextant. However, I don't know if they really qualify as flakes. More of a krumble cake. Good stuff though.

 

mrmotoyoshi

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jan 8, 2014
162
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Motoyoshi, Japan
Flakes, Coins, Plugs are absolutely my favorite. I have never had a ready rubbed version of a tobacco originally a flake that I liked more. The marriage between flavors once pressed and maintained over a long period of time is almost palpable. Hail Flaked tobacco!

 
Oct 12, 2014
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" I have never had a ready rubbed version of a tobacco originally a flake that I liked more. The marriage between flavors once pressed and maintained over a long period of time is almost palpable"
Absolutely correct..now try Ropes or Plug...:)

 

brass

Lifer
Jun 4, 2014
1,840
7
United States
I've been alternating between SG Navy Flake; Peter Stokkebye Navy Flake; and Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake for the last couple of weeks.
I like them all but I would put SG Nave Flake right up there with Escudo. I'm talking level of fondness, as they are of course, different blends - SG is a VaLat and Escudo a VaPer. Weird but I find the two more similar than different.
I've also been smoking most cobs. I think the open draw typical of cobs opens the flavor as well. Smoked some SG in one of my briar short Savs last night, and it muted the flavors significantly. It wasn't bad just different. If I was blindfolded, and smoked the cob and the Sav back-to-back, I might have thought the tobaccos were different blends.

 
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