Blends Named After Books

[WhiteCrown]

Highlandpiper's thread Pipe Smoking Literature :: General Pipe Smoking Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/pipe-smoking-literature.98957/ about non-fiction pipe literature got me thinking about how many more works of fiction are associated with pipe tobacco, even if just by name.

I have a quirk, I sometimes take my reading inspiration from pipe tobacco. My first and most obvious occurrence was with Haunted Bookshop, which I liked reading (and smoking) so much that I quickly thereafter finished Parnassus on Wheels as well. If it weren't for HBS, I would have no clue where the name for C&D's Morley's Best came from. Christopher Morley also mentions Sir Walter Raleigh (the person) in his book, at which point I filled my pipe with SWR (the tobacco) before I continued reading, enhancing my enjoyment of both. I have also smoked Sutliff's Mark Twain while reading some of his poetry. I just yesterday downloaded Redburn by Herman Melville, I bet you can guess what'll be in my bowl when I start reading it

I am also a Tolkien fan and have tried Hobbit's Weed, most of the Country Squire stuff, Eastfarthing, etc. but the LOTR "themed" tobaccos don't have the same effect... except The Country Squire's Bag End, which I think any pipe-smoking hobbit would relish.

Besides the rest of C&D's Melville at Sea series and the above mentioned, what other tobaccos have association with books or authors?

 

[canucklehead]

Watch City's "Ahab's Comfort" (Bulk by the Ounce)

Watch City Cigar & Pipe is more than an online pipe tobacco and cigar sales website. Our physical store has tens of thousands of pipes and tobaccos, as well as robust custom ordering for hard-to-get smoking items.

watchcitycigar.com

 

[canucklehead]

Hawkman (Carter Hall) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[yanoJL]

Cornell and Diehl Dreams of Kadath

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.

 

[yanoJL]

G. L. Pease Haddo's Delight

Oliver Haddo is the name of the necromancer in W. Somerset Maugham's novel THE MAGICIAN (1907), a character inspired by Maugham's acquaintance with the notorious British occultist, Aleister Crowley (1875-1947).

 

[yanoJL]

G. L. Pease Aragorn

Blended for the NASPC show 2004 (and since discontinued) and named for the Tolkien character. Here's the tin description:

This tin contains two ounces of Aragorn's favorite pipeweed, a blend of dark, mysterious Cyprus mountain latakia, golden New World Virginia leaf, and the exotic spice of tobaccos from the orient. This is what he would enjoy with a pint in the Inn at Bree. This Middle Earth leaf was discovered in barrels off the coast at the edge of the western world. It was found under Bixby Bridge at mile 13.1 of the Big Sur Marathon. Savor this rare treasure, only 400 tins could be produced.

 

[kcghost]

You should look up the G.L. Pease blends that were made for the NASPC. About 23 of those and all of them were related to the Lord of the Rings. Blends like Southfarthing, Smaugweed, Aragorn, etc. Great tins with great tin art.

 

[WhiteCrown]

I just realized Peterson's Sherlock Holmes fits in this list too. Canucklehead how did you know I was reading Moby Dick-Now is the perfect time to try Ahab's Comfort!

Cornell and Diehl Dreams of Kadath

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft.

I also noticed these others from C&D have similar labels, did some googling and they also appear to be Lovecraft inspired:
Innsmouth
Miskatonic Mixture
Visions of Cephais

 

[coming to_falling too]

I just realized Peterson's Sherlock Holmes fits in this list too. Canucklehead how did you know I was reading Moby Dick-Now is the perfect time to try Ahab's Comfort!

I also noticed these others from C&D have similar labels, did some googling and they also appear to be Lovecraft inspired:
Innsmouth
Miskatonic Mixture
Visions of Cephais

There was just an article on Smoking Pipes about the Old Ones series from C&D. Pretty interesting read. I have a couple of these blends but haven't had a chance to smoke them yet.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Watch City's "Queequeg's Blend" (Bulk by the Ounce)

Watch City Cigar & Pipe is more than an online pipe tobacco and cigar sales website. Our physical store has tens of thousands of pipes and tobaccos, as well as robust custom ordering for hard-to-get smoking items.

watchcitycigar.com

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Watch City's "Cap'n Boomer's" (Bulk by the Ounce)

Watch City Cigar & Pipe is more than an online pipe tobacco and cigar sales website. Our physical store has tens of thousands of pipes and tobaccos, as well as robust custom ordering for hard-to-get smoking items.

watchcitycigar.com

 

[mso489]

As an aside, I wonder if the following book titles would make good names for blends: Great Expectations; The Road; The Good Earth; Uncle Tom's Cabin; East of Eden; The Sun Also Rises; Portnoy's Complaint; Sanctuary; Catcher In The Rye; David Copperfield; A Tale of Two Cities ....

Incidentally, titles cannot be copyrighted, so all of this would be fair game for the blenders. If you want to write a book called War and Peace, it's cool, or even the title of a currently published copyrighted book.

 

[WhiteCrown]

There was just an article on Smoking Pipes about the Old Ones series from C&D. Pretty interesting read. I have a couple of these blends but haven't had a chance to smoke them yet.

Thanks, It looks like I missed two:
Awakened Elder
Mad Fiddler Flake

 

[canucklehead]

Portnoy's Complaint;