Cornell and Diehl - Your Opinion

[thesmokindragon]

I would suggest to try some blends with cigar leaf, they are outstanding :worship:
Sorry I'm naming a bunch, but I smoke a lot of C&D blends, so the list below are what I smoke often;

Mad Fiddler Flake

Night Train

Billy Budd

Dreams of Kadath

Bow Legged Bear

Crooked Lane

Five O'Clock Shadow

Habana Daydream

Seersucker

Star of the East

 

[milehighpiper]

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will look through here and see what the top recommended ones are. I will also look at G.L. Pease. The Virginia Cream sounds pretty awesome for an aromatic. I will keep you posted on what the final haul brings.

 

[virginialover]

Pirate Kake, Kajun Kake, Briar Fox and Billy Budd impressed me the most so far. For me C&D tobaccos are a hit or a miss.

 

[recluse]

Pirate Kake

 

[milehighpiper]

Thank you all for the suggestions! After 50+ blends suggested, here is the breakdown:
#1. Star of the East wins with six suggestions!

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These were all tied wirh 5 suggestions in the order they go there!

#2. Black Frigate

#3. Haunted Bookshop

#4. Dreams of Kadath

#5. Pirate Cake

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4 votes

Bayou Night

York town

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3 votes

Mad Fiddler Flake

Opening Night
I will let you know what I end up ordering.

 

[irishearl]

Gee, the 2 i love and smoke exclusively at the moment weren't even mentioned: Red Odessa and Stratfordshire.

 

[foursidedtriangle]

I enjoy star of the east and pirate kake.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Gee, the 2 i love and smoke exclusively at the moment weren't even mentioned: Red Odessa and Stratfordshire.

Red Odessa did.
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/cornell-and-diehl-your-opinion#post-1317963

 

[hawky454]

Like others, I was not a big fan of theirs when I first started smoking but over the years I’ve come to really appreciate a lot of their blends and I really think Jeremy Reeves is proving himself as a real good master blender. Some of his newer blends are just stellar. Some of my favorites are:


Old Joe Krantz

Haunted Bookshop

Billy Budd

Star of the East Flake

Engine 99

Dreams of Kadath

Bijou

Mad Fiddler Flake

Epiphany

Big N Burley

 

[diamondback]

Gee, the 2 i love and smoke exclusively at the moment weren't even mentioned: Red Odessa and Stratfordshire.

I put a vote in for Red Odessa (above). I didn’t like it at first but it grew on me. The Turkish & Va proportions are deliciously balanced! An oddity that I still experience with it is that it wants to go out on me, so I have to keep a slightly faster cadence with it. But I love it. I also like Stratfordshire, but would choose RO if I had to pick between the two.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I put a vote in for Red Odessa (above). I didn’t like it at first but it grew on me.

I've got some that I purchased back in 2008. The Latakia has mellowed, and the Virginias have sweetened considerably. Very good stuff.

 

[diamondback]

Embers, do you find that it’s prone to go out easily? Maybe it’s the pound I bought a couple years ago. I don’t remember that behavior from my initial two ounce sample. Anyway, I need another pound of it... and Orion’s Arrow also...

 

[Chasing Embers]

Embers, do you find that it’s prone to go out easily?

I find it favors a light rubbing and a soft touch when packing. As long as its got room to burn without packing too tightly it'll burn to the bottom of the bowl with one or two relights.

Anyway, I need another pound of it... and Orion’s Arrow also...

And Oriental Silk. :mrgreen:

 

[diamondback]

Thanks Embers! I’ll try teasing it out a bit more before packing.
I’ll grab a tester of Oriental Silk now that you’ve recommended it. I’m an ounce or so in to the Frigate so I suppose I’m a lowly deck scrubber ;-) I’ll try to climb in rank by ordering more! I’m digging it.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I’ll grab a tester of Oriental Silk now that you’ve recommended it.

If you like Orion's Arrow, that's an excellent companion blend.

I’m an ounce in to the Frigate so I suppose I’m a lowly deck scrubber ;-) I’ll try to climb in rank by ordering more! I’m digging it.

Ha ha, yes! That one's been in my top five for twenty years and never lets me down.

 

[ashdigger]

I recieved a C&D which I thought was an order from C&D, but in reality It was a C&D.
So I really can't discuss C&D.

 

[diamondback]

Can we flag a mod to get a C&D on the C&D puns?
lol j/k

:D

 

[shanez]

As much as I like Black Frigate, I would take Dreams of Kaddath first.

I think burley is an undervalued varietal in the pipe world, and nobody does burley better than C&D.

I see your cornbread and raise you cheesecake: Manil

 

[Chasing Embers]

I see your cornbread and raise you cheesecake: Manil

Yikes, that stuff is made to smoke? 8O

 

[sittingbear]

The one that hasn't been mentioned yet that I recently tried and liked quite a bit is Manhattan Afternoon. It's a nice virginia flake with a honey topping that really comes through, but not in an aromatic kind of way. Subtle, sweet, and delicious!