Ken Byron Blends

[BROBS]

LIKES:
Mycroft (great dark fired shag blend)
Verge Engine Overdrive (sour but good!)
Dark Fired Cherry (non-medicinal cherry with a bit of body)

 

[trubka2]

Forums are for the people.

Agreed. Just making the point that such threads are often not very representative because people who really like something that's scarce are less likely to voice their opinions than those who don't like it or have some weird axe to grind.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Agreed. Just making the point that such threads are often not very representative because people who really like something that's scarce are less likely to voice their opinions than those who don't like it or have some weird axe to grind.

Indeed. ?️

 

[lightmybriar]

Everybody has different tastes but I did not enjoy its play-doh character.

I am quite excited...some Sakura arrived for me today, and I haven’t smoked any yet, BUT...I fully understand the Play-Doh description now hahaha. Fortunately for me, Play-Doh is one of my favorite smells (did anybody know they actually sell that scent as a cologne? ), so I hope I enjoy it as a smoke. I’ll find out soon! Thanks to BROBS for his bizarre yet accurate description.

 

[BROBS]

I am quite excited...some Sakura arrived for me today, and I haven’t smoked any yet, BUT...I fully understand the Play-Doh description now hahaha. Fortunately for me, Play-Doh is one of my favorite smells (did anybody know they actually sell that scent as a cologne? ), so I hope I enjoy it as a smoke. I’ll find out soon! Thanks to BROBS for his bizarre yet accurate description.

See I swear I’m not nuts. Well at least about this.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Just received my bag of Sakura. I’m a bit shocked just how much it smells like Play Doh, doh. Thought it was going to be in passing. Anyway, will see how it tastes later.

 

[logs]

Byron is leading the vanguard on this. Play Doh essence is gonna be the new hot thing in tobacco flavors; just you wait and see.

 

[lightmybriar]

So, I had my first smoke of Sakura. To me, it is exactly what Rattray’s Exotic Orange (now “Passion,” I think?) is, only with cherry rather than orange. I think anybody who likes or wants to try Exotic Orange really would enjoy Sakura. They’re like sister blends, to my palate.

 

[BROBS]

So, I had my first smoke of Sakura. To me, it is exactly what Rattray’s Exotic Orange (now “Passion,” I think?) is, only with cherry rather than orange. I think anybody who likes or wants to try Exotic Orange really would enjoy Sakura. They’re like sister blends, to my palate.

They both taste like an air freshener smells. ?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Well despite the kindergarten bag aroma I actually enjoyed this. Don’t really know what I tasted beyond a nice sour Virginia front note but can’t say it was cherry.

 

[BROBS]

Blossom?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Blossom?

Not sure, maybe some bosom.

 

[captainsousie]

Tried my bag of King's Ransom a couple times. Aside from being damn near fireproof it's pretty good. When I can keep I lit I enjoy the taste quite a bit and the price is right.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I’ve smoked one bowl each of Livewire and Byronic Slices/Fragments.
The Livewire is really elegant looking shag with the aroma and flavor of Cardiff/Peacehaven. I still get plenty of earthy Virginia beneath the flavor additions too. Pretty darn good blend especially if you want a quicker smoke.
The Byronic seems to be somewhat maligned. I love the look of it in person and the tangy “vinegar” smell is not subtle. I spread it out on a tray and let it sit outside for a couple hours because it came “Gawith wet”.

I found it to rub out easily. Took a few more relights than average to get it going. For me, it was an enjoyable smoke. Reminded me of that Cringle Flake that Sutliff put out last year.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I had another go at the Sakura, don’t hate it and will likely fall finish the bag eventually but will not be ordering it again. Tasted a bit more like Play Doh this time around. Quickly looked up what gives Play Doh it’s smell and this is the first thing that came up:

The scent of the company's iconic Play-Doh has been trademarked. The smell of the squidgy toy product – formed by a combination of a slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough

 

[Pipewizard420]

Have some Live Wire on the way. First time with KBV blends am a big fan of Shag cut tobacco and there are a limited variety of Shags on the market these days. Combined with a sort of Lakeland type essence I'm fairly confident this will be a winner. As others have mentioned these blends are a bit pricy but shipping is included so take that for what it's worth. If something sounds interesting it's worth a shot IMO as pipe tobacco is MUCH cheaper than cigarettes plus is lasts a long time.

 

[Chasing Embers]

pipe tobacco is MUCH cheaper than cigarettes plus is lasts a long time.

A one pound bag of tobacco can make 3 cartons (30 packs) of cigarettes. I go through around a pound of pipe tobacco per month but only eight packs of cigarettes and a pound of cigarette tobacco is between $15 and $20.

 

[BROBS]

I had another go at the Sakura, don’t hate it and will likely fall finish the bag eventually but will not be ordering it again. Tasted a bit more like Play Doh this time around. Quickly looked up what gives Play Doh it’s smell and this is the first thing that came up:

The scent of the company's iconic Play-Doh has been trademarked. The smell of the squidgy toy product – formed by a combination of a slightly musky, vanilla-like fragrance, overtones of cherry, and the natural smell of a salted, wheat-based dough

I’ll be damned I didn’t know there was Cherry and Vanilla in play doh?! Yum! ?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

The website has been updated with a few things including some new version of Yoshi. I took a bag as it was only $10.

 

[Chasing Embers]

new version of Yoshi

Yenidje and Basma in that one, 10 pouches ordered.?