Where's Brobs? Oh, he's busy rubbing one out.
BTW, fully agree. Flakes and coins and such look cool, but I get the most even burn when I rub them all out.
GLP Triple Play vs Savinelli Doblone d’Oro
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BTW, fully agree. Flakes and coins and such look cool, but I get the most even burn when I rub them all out.
I leave the coins mostly intact, I enjoy the varying flavors as I smoke the blend.
Do you slice/break off and rub out TP or smoke as a chunk?
I carve a chunk the exact size and shape as the bowl minus 1/32" all around to allow for expansion. I drill a 1/8" hole in the exact center to act as a chimney.
Actually, I cut thin slices, chop them up a bit, load and light.
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@Ahi Ka thanks for bringing this up, I have the Savinelli on my Tabac List, but wasn’t giving it much thought till now, glad I saw this post to remind me about it, because it’s pretty much out of stock everywhere.
I just scored the last tin at Boswell’s as I type this.
P.S. I’ve not smoked either...
I just scored the last tin at Boswell’s as I type this.
P.S. I’ve not smoked either...
Last I checked Mars had some too@Ahi Ka thanks for bringing this up, I have the Savinelli on my Tabac List, but wasn’t giving it much thought till now, glad I saw this post to remind me about it, because it’s pretty much out of stock everywhere.
I just scored the last tin at Boswell’s as I type this.
P.S. I’ve not smoked either...
Considering you don't have any, how is that a surprise?? All of mine but a stubborn handful got the point and the stubborn 45 subscribers I've got on YouTube didn't read my about page not to mention I don't directly condemn smokers for what they smoke, how they smoke, or how they choose to clean their pipes.Embers has followers???
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Smoked both. I did not like TP at all but I did finish the tin because I am a cheap bastard. Doblone all 
the way.
the way.Glad you mentioned Mars, my tin from Boswell’s came all dried out, the seal must of been bad. I went to Mars today and placed an order, glad they still had some.
I think I read once here that someone smokes it straight from the tin with no dry time. Did you give it a whirl anyways?
Needs a bit of rubbing but moisture is perfect from the tin, nice and dry.
Well it certainly wouldn’t need any dry time, as it was fairly crispy already.
No I didn’t smoke it, waiting on the tin from Mars.
By the way, my grandfather on my mother’s side, was a tobacco farmer in Tennessee, in the 60s-70s, he grew tobacco for Philip Morris.
I guess you could say, and I never really thought about it, I have some real tobacco blood/heritage in me... LOL ?
The tobacco sheds where the tobacco hung and dried out, the sheds smelled just like this Doblone d’Oro.
Talk about a scent back in time...
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I received the tin of Doblone d’Oro I ordered from Mars, and it’s the same, quite dry.
If I grab a large amount and squeeze I notice some moisture, but if I play around with it, I certainly feel a lot of crispy/dry texture too.
Vincent Manil's tabac is the only blend I’ve had drier than this, but this is also quite dry too.
Is it normal for Doblone d’Oro to have quite a lot of dryness to it?
Also is this a light smoking blend? From all the reading about the blend, it sounded like it would be more robust in flavor. I’m not getting much in distinction between the blends in this, everything is very light and subtle.
Hmm ?
If I grab a large amount and squeeze I notice some moisture, but if I play around with it, I certainly feel a lot of crispy/dry texture too.
Vincent Manil's tabac is the only blend I’ve had drier than this, but this is also quite dry too.
Is it normal for Doblone d’Oro to have quite a lot of dryness to it?
Also is this a light smoking blend? From all the reading about the blend, it sounded like it would be more robust in flavor. I’m not getting much in distinction between the blends in this, everything is very light and subtle.
Hmm ?
Ok...
How would this be rated in Robustness of flavor, light, medium, strong(er)?
From all the reading and reviews, I thought this would give more flavor, and a distinction you could taste between the Burley, Kentucky, Perique and Virginia, in some way or another, leads, complimentary, etc...
Between the Burley, Kentucky, and Perique, I’m not tasting any of them, this tastes like a Straight Virginia, like smoking a light cigarette. This Virginia also has no typical pipe like Virginia tastes, nothing
I’ve smoked a little in a MM Dagner, and now in my Bay Denmark Billiard, I’ve tried tasting several times for the Burley, Kentucky and Perique, and nothing, only a light Virginia cigarette taste.
With having purchased two tins at two different places, all I can conclude is that something has happened to the quality in recent production.
Hmm ?
P.S. Here’s the Bay Denmark Billiard I’m trying it in at the moment.
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I never try to pick out individual components but smoke blends for their overall taste.
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