Characteristics of a "Navy" Tobacco

[atjurhs]

Hi guys,
I like to stick to the classic blends (or at least "classics to me" 3 Oaks, 3 Nuns, any Frog Morton, Dark Fired Kentucky, Gas Light, Union Square, etc.) and definitely not aromatics.
But I've been curious about what constitutes a "Navy" blend. Will somebody please characterize what that means, as a sea bearing U.S.Marine, I've got to know
Thanks!
Todd

 

[davet]

The first one might be familiar.....
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/the-navy-blend#post-1060355
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/navy-blends#post-58943
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/navy-blends#post-58943

 

[dread]

The first one might be familiar.....

:rofl:

 

[clickklick]

:rofl:
:worship: davet

 

[didimauw]

Hey at least he didn't ask the question a second time in the same thread! :crazy:

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's actually in the new forum etiquette that people may post the same questions without looking for older versions, but I think that in this instance, Atjurhs may have made a mistake. No worries, I have to ask my wife the same question over a dozen times before I remember what her reply was. ::

 

[atjurhs]

Thanks for the links!
Got it, Rum and Perique
Todd

 

[dread]

Gah! Not Perique. Rum and Virginia, then anything else is extra - it is a very loosely defined genre.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yeh, I don't think there is really a strict definition for Navy Flakes. Flakes in general were attributed to the Navy, but the term seems to be only specific to the brand doing the naming.

 

[davet]

It's actually in the new forum etiquette that people may post the same questions without looking for older versions

Not what I was getting at I was just trying to be helpful and add a bit of humour :mrgreen:

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I was just trying to be helpful and add a bit of humour

I wasn't getting on to anyone., I was just doing the same. ::

 

[dread]

I didn't take any malicious intent from it - you actually put some effort in to help. It was just funny and we all just rolled with it.

 

[ashdigger]

Literally rolled with it. :rofl:

 

[pitchfork]

Navy blends contain Virginias and have "Navy" on the tin. Seriously, that's it.

 

[atjurhs]

Yep, you guys are right, I should have searched first. I asked too early in the morning and without cup of coffee for my brain housing group to be function on all four cylinders.
But from the read of those posts, I think I will go with:
Navy Flake by Samuel Gawith, or Navy Cavendish by McClelland, or Capstan Gold or Blue Tin by McBarren
But I hate to buy three ~$50 without really knowing about the genre and only from reading reviews...
Todd

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Yep, you guys are right, I should have searched first.

Absolutely not! We wouldn't have had nearly as much fun. ::

without really knowing about the genre and only from reading reviews...

unfortunately, that is the way of things. I have spent $300 on an order of totally untasted tobaccos in the past. Luckily, someone out there in the PM forum world will like it. Heck we even have people who claim to like Mixture 79.

 

[davet]

Navy Flake by Samuel Gawith

A very good choice, rubbed out & a little dry time :worship:

 

[dread]

+ one on the SG Navy Flake. Good stuff. Likewise, the Capstan cophoices are also delicious. But you will see just how different tobaccos that are called "Navy" Flake are when you compare the two companies' offerings.

 

[atjurhs]

It just so happened that my LTS had a tin of McBarren's Capstan Gold, and I snatched that up, good stuff!

 

[condorlover1]

I would think that Navy Flake would be something some by sailors!