First, Hello to all on the forum. I'm new to pipe smoking. I live in Central Alberta, Canada and my daily pipe is a VAUEN Meerschaum lined. I started with a Brigham but the Meerschaum lined is so nice it has become my favorite pipe.
Anyway, as any newbie I'm trying tobaccos. I get a sample and smoke the entire sample before trying something else and try to distinguish flavor and aromas at varies points of the bowl. What an adventure!
I have included a picture I took of the bulk jar label of one of the two tobaccos I decided to start with. Tobacco here in Central Alberta is very expensive. 10 grams of this cost me $10.00. I asked the salesperson at the smoke shop I have bought my pipes and meager accessories from if they blended this themselves and what proportions. I didn't really hold out any hope that they would tell me how or how much of this or that they used to blend it and I was correct. The sales person was very elusive and that's cool with me. I get it. But she did say they bought bulk tobacco from a number of different places and then put together this stuff.
Now I have been doing a lot of reading and researching and this is my take on what they are selling. I really like this tobacco. Of course I don't really have much of a baseline. But looking at the ingredients and comparing to what I think is close from 4noggins and SmokingPipes.com; I think this is real close to a Captain Black Royal or a Lane Limited 1Q
I generally smoke two bowls a day. I'm 61 and never smoked a day in my life until last week. I can see going up to 3 bowls a day as my enjoyment increases. You can see how expensive that would be at $10.00 for 10 grams.
So what do you guys and gals thinks? I realize it's a guessing game but I would appreciate any comments or opinions.
Thank you for any opinions or comments.
Chris in Red Deer, Alberta
Anyway, as any newbie I'm trying tobaccos. I get a sample and smoke the entire sample before trying something else and try to distinguish flavor and aromas at varies points of the bowl. What an adventure!
I have included a picture I took of the bulk jar label of one of the two tobaccos I decided to start with. Tobacco here in Central Alberta is very expensive. 10 grams of this cost me $10.00. I asked the salesperson at the smoke shop I have bought my pipes and meager accessories from if they blended this themselves and what proportions. I didn't really hold out any hope that they would tell me how or how much of this or that they used to blend it and I was correct. The sales person was very elusive and that's cool with me. I get it. But she did say they bought bulk tobacco from a number of different places and then put together this stuff.
Now I have been doing a lot of reading and researching and this is my take on what they are selling. I really like this tobacco. Of course I don't really have much of a baseline. But looking at the ingredients and comparing to what I think is close from 4noggins and SmokingPipes.com; I think this is real close to a Captain Black Royal or a Lane Limited 1Q
I generally smoke two bowls a day. I'm 61 and never smoked a day in my life until last week. I can see going up to 3 bowls a day as my enjoyment increases. You can see how expensive that would be at $10.00 for 10 grams.
So what do you guys and gals thinks? I realize it's a guessing game but I would appreciate any comments or opinions.
Thank you for any opinions or comments.
Chris in Red Deer, Alberta
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