Irish Condor?

[paulfg]

Definitely Irish production

 

[condorlover1]

@paulfg : You are indeed correct they are the Irish production.

 

[hawky454]

Here is some Condor porn for you all since I had to send a plug off to someone on here who had never indulged in the joys of smoking a bar of Gallaghers soap!

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A lil more just because, when I first started buying I snapped photos.

 

[paulfg]

@paulfg : You are indeed correct they are the Irish production

And of a reasonable age as no health warnings

 

[condorlover1]

Yep. I purchased in kilo lots for myself and Weezell back in the day as well as cleaning out any sellers on here. I used to run a group buy on here as well about 7 years ago.

 

[condorlover1]

@condorlover1 I've only had my clay pipes since Condor production moved to Poland so can't comment.
Are those the Irish or Polish Condor?

Dan I think it is a little obvious as the packaging gives you a rather large clue! Take the lens cap of your brain lad!!

 

[telescopes]

i have a question. How many ”Polish” workers does it take to make a packet of Irish condor?

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

some blends go like that at different parts of the same smoking session. The best and worst for that in my experience has been Savs Golden Coins. That one has had times where I was about to dumb out the pipe and then suddenly one of the most sublime smoking experiences ever.

Weird how it happens isn’t it?
Here we are discussing the consistency, or lack there of, of different tobaccos and we can’t get any consistency from one pipe to the next - what chance have the blenders got? ?

 

[condorlover1]

@telescopes An excellent question for which I have no answer!

 

[runscott]

Weird how it happens isn’t it?
Here we are discussing the consistency, or lack there of, of different tobaccos and we can’t get any consistency from one pipe to the next - what chance have the blenders got? ?

I didn't realize there was any inconsistency in the Polish Condor - I just don't like it. If it's inconsistent and sometimes they make a good plug, it's still too much of a gamble.

Most tobacco I smoke is very consistent.

 

[simong]

i have a question. How many ”Polish” workers does it take to make a packet of Irish condor?

As few or as many as you like I suppose, as long as they're in Ireland when making it?

 

[simong]

Here is some Condor porn for you all since I had to send a plug off to someone on here who had never indulged in the joys of smoking a bar of Gallaghers soap!

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Here's some more Gallahers porn but without the soap....

 

[condorlover1]

@simong : Jeez I remember Irish Cake. I got something returned from you this morning that you've been waiting for. I'll bell you about it as I have a m8 coming over next week who has to swing by Mum's place so he can hook up with you. I am home at end of July.

 

[anotherbob]

Here's some more Gallahers porn but without the soap....
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they also made one of the greatest snuffs I've ever tried. Wit and Wisdom. It was almost a toast grind but not quite that fine. With a tiny touch of menthol. Menthol is apparently like latakia, lots of it over powers everything but a little hint of it acts much like salt bringing out more nuances in the base tobacco scents. The closest thing on the market I've tried is sparrow green but even that is more mentholated and while really good the base tobacco just isn't the same
I can't help but think if they made such amazing snuff their pipe tobacco had to be at worst really freaking good.

 

[anotherbob]

Weird how it happens isn’t it?
Here we are discussing the consistency, or lack there of, of different tobaccos and we can’t get any consistency from one pipe to the next - what chance have the blenders got? ?

there are just so many factors that go into how a blend tastes. Some of them external some internal. That's why when you find a blend that always hits you as great buy it in bulk or at least quantity.
One of my favorites is Key Largo it always tastes slightly different but always great.

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

To further this conversation - why did Gallahers close the Northern Irish factory anyway?
Why did Murray’s go the same way?
and Ogdens?
I presume there were accountants involved in their respective decisions, brought on as a result of a decline in profits from falling sales?

 

[runscott]

To further this conversation - why did Gallahers close the Northern Irish factory anyway?
Why did Murray’s go the same way?
and Ogdens?
I presume there were accountants involved in their respective decisions, brought on as a result of a decline in profits from falling sales?

I didn't get why they didn't sell their formula to someone like G&H - surely that would have been profitable.

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

I didn't get why they didn't sell their formula to someone like G&H - surely that would have been profitable.

I do wonder what the figures they based their decision on were?

 

[PipeIT]

@condorlover1 I've only had my clay pipes since Condor production moved to Poland so can't comment.
Are those the Irish or Polish Condor?

The name Gallaher’s written on the outside is the UK company, not Poland.

Gallaher Group - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[The Clay King]

I think "Condor Moment" would make a good caption for a photo of a re-enactor smoking a clay pipe