Sorry this not a real review. I am a big Sam Gawith fan (FVF, BBF, SL etc) and Esoterica/Germain (Penz, Margate, etc) as well and a few GLP blends ( Key Largo and Westminister) I also dabble with some BurPers like OJK and Night Train. On occasion I'll water down Chocolate Flake with BBF or FVF when I'm in the mood for a light aro.
But let me say White Knight and Magnum Opus are simply the best thing that has ever happened in my pipe toking career. In fact THE best blends I have ever encountered in my entire lifetime. Did I just say that?
I'm always late to the party and have long-read about Russ O's blends yet put off trying them for whatever reason. I'm lazy, yeah.
I got tired of hunting down the hoarded blends and paying ebayers far too much. So I first ordered a tin of WK and loved it. I ordered 10 more. White Knight is the only blend I smoked for a few weeks...which is something I have never done before. Ever.
I've never smoked any of the old Balkan Sombranie and I have no interest in smoking the new imitation BS for several reasons which I won't go into here. In fact I am glad I never smoked or tried the old BS because I would then try to compare them to WK and MO and that would only fog my comparisons.
So then I decided to order a tin of Magnum Opus. Ka-friggin BOOM, this stuff blew my hat off. To me this was White Knight with more latakia and some perique which had unbelievable depth, romantic richness, and a sugar smacking sweetness of what top quality virginia can deliver. It could have been cavendish too. heh. I must say I love it madly (yet so sadly) It was creamy and dreamy...and the smokey blue waves of happiness tickled my nose ports like none other. Just wow.
Flavors I get? CLEAN DELICIOUS TOBACCO! cocoa, coffee, tads of spicy kicks, softness, smooth cream and a scent that lingers off my mustache for hours. My ladyfriend digs the roomnote as well..imagine that?
I then tried Black House. No good. Jarred her up for another day.
MO and WK are basically...well...how should I say? Plain kickass. Magnum Opus hits the top of my charts and White Knight a close follower. Goodbye hoarding tobaccos and hello Russ O's blends.
I can only imagine how these will tatse with some age on the. I need to call 4 Noggins and order twenty five 50 gallon drums of both blends. This is history in the making folks. Never in my life has any tobacco thrilled me like these two blends have. Just wow.
But let me say White Knight and Magnum Opus are simply the best thing that has ever happened in my pipe toking career. In fact THE best blends I have ever encountered in my entire lifetime. Did I just say that?
I'm always late to the party and have long-read about Russ O's blends yet put off trying them for whatever reason. I'm lazy, yeah.
I got tired of hunting down the hoarded blends and paying ebayers far too much. So I first ordered a tin of WK and loved it. I ordered 10 more. White Knight is the only blend I smoked for a few weeks...which is something I have never done before. Ever.
I've never smoked any of the old Balkan Sombranie and I have no interest in smoking the new imitation BS for several reasons which I won't go into here. In fact I am glad I never smoked or tried the old BS because I would then try to compare them to WK and MO and that would only fog my comparisons.
So then I decided to order a tin of Magnum Opus. Ka-friggin BOOM, this stuff blew my hat off. To me this was White Knight with more latakia and some perique which had unbelievable depth, romantic richness, and a sugar smacking sweetness of what top quality virginia can deliver. It could have been cavendish too. heh. I must say I love it madly (yet so sadly) It was creamy and dreamy...and the smokey blue waves of happiness tickled my nose ports like none other. Just wow.
Flavors I get? CLEAN DELICIOUS TOBACCO! cocoa, coffee, tads of spicy kicks, softness, smooth cream and a scent that lingers off my mustache for hours. My ladyfriend digs the roomnote as well..imagine that?
I then tried Black House. No good. Jarred her up for another day.
MO and WK are basically...well...how should I say? Plain kickass. Magnum Opus hits the top of my charts and White Knight a close follower. Goodbye hoarding tobaccos and hello Russ O's blends.
I can only imagine how these will tatse with some age on the. I need to call 4 Noggins and order twenty five 50 gallon drums of both blends. This is history in the making folks. Never in my life has any tobacco thrilled me like these two blends have. Just wow.
