When I started in pipe smoking 20 some years ago, I enjoyed sam gawith flakes. sams flake, full virginia, and chocolate. I loved them. But I am confused as to what has happened to them over the years.
I havent had any made after 2006. So my experience may be strange to some.
When i first started smoking it, the flakes were HUGE and THICK. The flake from memory were at least 2" wide, as long as the tin, and at least an 1/8" of an inch thick. I remember part of the experience of FVF was trying to keep the flake from exploding too much between fold and stuff when loading it into a pipe.
I am used to the chocolate flake, SMELLING like chocolate. Sure when I opened it, there was a very slight hint of chocolate with the latakia. Very slight. I am talking throw 2 or 3 individual pieces of stokkebye cube cut into the FVF tin over night, and youll have a stronger chocolate smell then this chocolate flake.
Now, I am not exactly sure what came in the tins. In the old days you COULDNT smell the latakia over the chocolate. Now, it smells identical to the navy flake.
I have tins of mac baren virginia flake, vanilla flake, orlik golden sliced, and some stokkebye luxury navy flake. I put the containers open side by side this morning, and i cannot tell them apart other then the smell of latakia in the gawith flakes, and the orangie smell in the orlik.
Even the marlin flake i just got looks like the sam gawith flakes. Its really strange.
I havent had any made after 2006. So my experience may be strange to some.
When i first started smoking it, the flakes were HUGE and THICK. The flake from memory were at least 2" wide, as long as the tin, and at least an 1/8" of an inch thick. I remember part of the experience of FVF was trying to keep the flake from exploding too much between fold and stuff when loading it into a pipe.
I am used to the chocolate flake, SMELLING like chocolate. Sure when I opened it, there was a very slight hint of chocolate with the latakia. Very slight. I am talking throw 2 or 3 individual pieces of stokkebye cube cut into the FVF tin over night, and youll have a stronger chocolate smell then this chocolate flake.
Now, I am not exactly sure what came in the tins. In the old days you COULDNT smell the latakia over the chocolate. Now, it smells identical to the navy flake.
I have tins of mac baren virginia flake, vanilla flake, orlik golden sliced, and some stokkebye luxury navy flake. I put the containers open side by side this morning, and i cannot tell them apart other then the smell of latakia in the gawith flakes, and the orangie smell in the orlik.
Even the marlin flake i just got looks like the sam gawith flakes. Its really strange.
