Full Virgina Flake (Sam Gawith)

[senpai]

I love this flake, and just wanted to share my recent jarring of 500g!

 

[seanv]

Oh yeah. That's some good tobacco porn

 

[kcghost]

It is a good flake, and many people have it in their rotation.

 

[minerLuke]

I'm down to my last few tins of FVF. I hope we get another drop soon!

 

[Auxsender]

I'm down to my last few tins of FVF. I hope we get another drop soon!

Esterval’s has some in stock but there’s a 1 tin limit.

 

[senpai]

Oh yeah. That's some good tobacco porn

Hahaha thanks. I have another 250g is a smaller pot for helping myself to. Cannot get enough of this blend. One of my favourites.

 

[senpai]

I had no idea stuff went so fast. Only returned to it in the last month or so, and now it's only the large quantities left. Suits me as I'm like to stock up!

 

[TheWhale13]

How do you smoke this stuff? Can't get it to be satisfactory, and only got good flavor out of one of many tries.

 

[senpai]

I usually take half of a tin-sized flake, fold it in half, and then fold it in half again. I then place it in the palm of my hand. I place my other palm over it so it's sandwiched into a small ball in the centre of my palms. I will roll it around firmly and let it break up roughly. I then let it dry for anywhere between 15 mins to an hour. I use a gravity fill. I smoke it in a straight pipe, something like a lovat - not a big bowl. I personally find I get the most from the smoke when I use my Pearson Aran lovat (53) - they seem to get along like a house on fire. Generally I find straight Virginia blends to do well in straight pipes.

Hope that helps, friend.

 

[senpai]

I usually take half of a tin-sized flake, fold it in half, and then fold it in half again. I then place it in the palm of my hand. I place my other palm over it so it's sandwiched into a small ball in the centre of my palms. I will roll it around firmly and let it break up roughly. I then let it dry for anywhere between 15 mins to an hour. I use a gravity fill. I smoke it in a straight pipe, something like a lovat - not a big bowl. I personally find I get the most from the smoke when I use my Pearson Aran lovat (53) - they seem to get along like a house on fire. Generally I find straight Virginia blends to do well in straight pipes.

Hope that helps, friend.

I said half of a tin-sized flake because the tin flakes are shorter than the flakes you get when you buy bulk (250g boxes)

 

[senpai]

I usually take half of a tin-sized flake, fold it in half, and then fold it in half again. I then place it in the palm of my hand. I place my other palm over it so it's sandwiched into a small ball in the centre of my palms. I will roll it around firmly and let it break up roughly. I then let it dry for anywhere between 15 mins to an hour. I use a gravity fill. I smoke it in a straight pipe, something like a lovat - not a big bowl. I personally find I get the most from the smoke when I use my Pearson Aran lovat (53) - they seem to get along like a house on fire. Generally I find straight Virginia blends to do well in straight pipes.

Hope that helps, friend.

With regards to straight pipes, this is just a personal observation. Your mileage may vary.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

How do you smoke this stuff? Can't get it to be satisfactory, and only got good flavor out of one of many tries.

The first few attempts at smoking FVF didn't go well for me. Wouldn't stay lit for long and didn't deliver much flavor at all.
Then one day, by accident, I let a long flake sit out overnight. In the morning it had dried to "crispy critter" status, but I said what the hell.

That smoke was one of the most fulfilling and enjoyable, memorable smokes of my life.
So in short, dry the hell out of it before smoking, and rub it out well.
That should give you a much more consistent burn and open up the flavors considerably.