Ken Byron Blends

[BarrelProof]

Available now.

 

[BarrelProof]

Someone really likes that Sakura blend. @chasingembers ??

 

[Chasing Embers]

Someone really likes that Sakura blend. @chasingembers ??

Ordered two pounds of it before and have a pipe dedicated to it.

 

[gamzultovah]

Thanks! Got some coming. Had to try a sampling of Sakura before it sold out (which it did seconds after I placed my order).

 

[Casual]

I’m going to try Mycroft. Orientals without the competition from Latakia sounds nice.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I’m going to try Mycroft. Orientals without the competition from Latakia sounds nice.

You would probably enjoy Oriental Silk and Orion's Arrow.

 

[coming to_falling too]

I’m going to try Mycroft. Orientals without the competition from Latakia sounds nice.

That's what I decided on. Pretty cool he throws in the stickers for free

 

[Casual]

That's what I decided on. Pretty cool he throws in the stickers for free

Well, at $15/2oz and mylar packaging instead of a tin, a $0.50 sticker should fit in the BOM without breaking the bank. At least for us Canucks, shipping is extra, too.

He seems to have enough profit in it to continue the project, so that’s good. I wonder if this artisanal, premium, low volume blending will take off the way artisanal, low volume, premium pipe making has.

 

[gamzultovah]

Well, at $15/2oz and mylar packaging instead of a tin, a $0.50 sticker should fit in the BOM without breaking the bank. At least for us Canucks, shipping is extra, too.

He seems to have enough profit in it to continue the project, so that’s good. I wonder if this artisanal, premium, low volume blending will take off the way artisanal, low volume, premium pipe making has.

Or, for that matter, like micro-brewed beers have. It would be great to have a small mom and pop tobacconist in every city....wait, didn’t we have that once before??? ?

 

[Casual]

Or, for that matter, like micro-brewed beers have. It would be great to have a small mom and pop tobacconist in every city....wait, didn’t we have that once before??? ?

If there’s a swing back to some older practices, I won’t complain.

 

[BarrelProof]

Ordered two pounds of it before and have a pipe dedicated to it.

Figured you might be behind it selling out almost immediately this time.

 

[jerseysam]

Sakura was a very popular quick sell-out before KBV blends became the trendy post topic du jour here. I really like what KBV does, a mix-master concept in a market where you don't see that much at a retail level. Has some blends I think are outstanding.......but also some that are pretty average/hit-or-miss. Not said in reply to anything in this thread but I hope the hype train stays somewhat on path with reality around these blends. A pipe buddy of mine who typically pontificate's at great length on the lowly status of aromatics gleefully shared with that he was able to 'score two pounds of sweet muffin'. I didn't say anything as there's enough of a joy-deficit in this world already.....but if Sweet Muffin was branded Sutliff people would say it's a particularly bland effort, if anyone bought it at all.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Figured you might be behind it selling out almost immediately this time.

Nah, I've got enough to last for a while. Last time it was available it was up for a couple of days.

 

[coming to_falling too]

Well, at $15/2oz and mylar packaging instead of a tin, a $0.50 sticker should fit in the BOM without breaking the bank.

I agree completely. To be honest when I saw that he had stickers available I thought, "great I wonder how much those are going to be?"

I wasn't planning on getting a label, since their free, why not? I probably won't use it on a jar though.

 

[lightxmyfire]

Finally grabbed some slices this time. Looking forward to giving them a try.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

The Wessex dark is sold out already...

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Or, for that matter, like micro-brewed beers have. It would be great to have a small mom and pop tobacconist in every city....wait, didn’t we have that once before??? ?

I guess, but 90% of micro brews taste like crap to me. Rather have a Belgian or German beer that’s been made continuously for a few hundred years.

 

[BROBS]

That's what I decided on. Pretty cool he throws in the stickers for free

Hey I got that one too!

 

[coming to_falling too]

I guess, but 90% of micro brews taste like crap to me. Rather have a Belgian or German beer that’s been made continuously for a few hundred years.

Spaten FTW

When I was in Munich in '18 that's all I drank.

 

[BROBS]

Sakura was a very popular quick sell-out before KBV blends became the trendy post topic du jour here. I really like what KBV does, a mix-master concept in a market where you don't see that much at a retail level. Has some blends I think are outstanding.......but also some that are pretty average/hit-or-miss. Not said in reply to anything in this thread but I hope the hype train stays somewhat on path with reality around these blends. A pipe buddy of mine who typically pontificate's at great length on the lowly status of aromatics gleefully shared with that he was able to 'score two pounds of sweet muffin'. I didn't say anything as there's enough of a joy-deficit in this world already.....but if Sweet Muffin was branded Sutliff people would say it's a particularly bland effort, if anyone bought it at all.

Exactly. I was overly less than impressed with Sakura and Fat Old Sun had a bit of a humectant taste to me.