A Tobacco Worth Too Much To Smoke?
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Thanks for asking. I feel great! Besides, ball busting is a part of the game and I suspect that chasingembers can give as good as he gets. At 20 years of smoking practice, he's hardly a newb.
Only you can make yourself feel guilty, Peck! :wink:
Seriously, there is nothing to feel guilty about. Yes, its expensive but what are the odds you are going to get more?
Seriously, there is nothing to feel guilty about. Yes, its expensive but what are the odds you are going to get more?
I saw Steve also had a tin of the old Three Nuns the other day that went for quite a chunk of change. Made me wonder if it was going to be smoked or curated.
I'd smoke one, then decide on the other.
I'd smoke one, then decide on the other.
What do you mean by curated? Put on a mantel and left there? Makes me sick.
If I ever had the scratch to buy a $950 tin of something as special as that 1940s Three Nuns, I would proceed to the nearest pipe show, find some friends, and go nuts. Stuff like that is meant to be passed around.
I'll never forget my first and only taste of a Sobranie tobacco, which came from a Penzance-style tin and was ancient. Some guy saw me walking through the Chicago show in 2007 when I was 19, said 'hey kid, come try this,' and gave me and a few friends a flake to split. It was amazing. I wish I knew what it was, and who gave it to me. I think that passing around an old tin is a real pleasure, and it makes me miss having pipe friends nearby to share with.
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In my own time, the couple of special tins I've passed around with friends have included two 1980s tins of Garfinkel's Ridgeway, several of Bohemian Scandal, one of Raven's Wing, and various samples of 7-12 year old Pease blends to folks on this site. I've always been happy to do so.
If I ever had the scratch to buy a $950 tin of something as special as that 1940s Three Nuns, I would proceed to the nearest pipe show, find some friends, and go nuts. Stuff like that is meant to be passed around.
I'll never forget my first and only taste of a Sobranie tobacco, which came from a Penzance-style tin and was ancient. Some guy saw me walking through the Chicago show in 2007 when I was 19, said 'hey kid, come try this,' and gave me and a few friends a flake to split. It was amazing. I wish I knew what it was, and who gave it to me. I think that passing around an old tin is a real pleasure, and it makes me miss having pipe friends nearby to share with.
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In my own time, the couple of special tins I've passed around with friends have included two 1980s tins of Garfinkel's Ridgeway, several of Bohemian Scandal, one of Raven's Wing, and various samples of 7-12 year old Pease blends to folks on this site. I've always been happy to do so.
Years ago my boss received a $4000 shotgun from his wife for Christmas. An ardent bird hunter, he promptly took it out for a hard weekend on birds. Coming home with a huge smile on his face, he was met by his wife, who immediately began to chide him about a small scratch on the stock. "Rose, it is of no use to me if I can't hunt with it."
"I'd smoke it. I'd smoke it all. And I'd laugh."
Too right, Frakenstein. :worship:
"I'd smoke it. I'd smoke it all. And I'd laugh."
Too right, Frakenstein. :worship:
Pipes and Tobacco have one point in life, to be smoked.
I really don't understand the collecting of pipes, or the desire to keep something NOS. A pipe is meant to be smoked. Tobacco is meant to be used and enjoyed!!
If you have no intention of enjoying it to it's fullest extent, sell it to someone who will.
I am also not into the "save it for a special occasion" line of of thinking. I'm not promised tomorrow. When I perish, two things will likely happen to my pipes and tobacco: 1) they will meet the trash can because loved ones don't understand their value, or 2) they will be sold for a fraction of their true cost.
Since neither one of those scenarios is of any benefit to me, I am going to enjoy all of my pipes, and all of my tobacco to it's fullest extent while I can!!
I really don't understand the collecting of pipes, or the desire to keep something NOS. A pipe is meant to be smoked. Tobacco is meant to be used and enjoyed!!
If you have no intention of enjoying it to it's fullest extent, sell it to someone who will.
I am also not into the "save it for a special occasion" line of of thinking. I'm not promised tomorrow. When I perish, two things will likely happen to my pipes and tobacco: 1) they will meet the trash can because loved ones don't understand their value, or 2) they will be sold for a fraction of their true cost.
Since neither one of those scenarios is of any benefit to me, I am going to enjoy all of my pipes, and all of my tobacco to it's fullest extent while I can!!
Well, I went in to this expecting to be disappointed. I just smoked two bowls of the Deerstalker back to back and I have to say it was easily the best tasting straight VA I have ever smoked. Wonderfully smooth and supple, yet at the same time full-bodied, and with an incredible aroma that just astonished me with how good it was.
It's all I can do to hold back from smoking a third bowl.
If this is the result of 30 years of age in a straight VA blend then I am sold on the benefits of aging.
Wow.
It's all I can do to hold back from smoking a third bowl.
If this is the result of 30 years of age in a straight VA blend then I am sold on the benefits of aging.
Wow.
That looks swell.
I bought an old Drucquer & Sons tin from pipestud called XX Press. I think it's just McClelland 2015 in a tin, but after 25 years, it's turned super special. I too am sold on the benefits of aging, particularly for Virginia blends.
I bought an old Drucquer & Sons tin from pipestud called XX Press. I think it's just McClelland 2015 in a tin, but after 25 years, it's turned super special. I too am sold on the benefits of aging, particularly for Virginia blends.
Congrats, Peck. It is a wonderful smoke. I was gifted with a bit of it by one of the partners of Elephant and Castle, and it is truly sublime. But don't hesitate to enjoy it now that it's open, because it's not going to last.
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