JKP - JackKnife PlugErrrr also, can someone help me out with all these abbreviations? I have no idea what these are
1. JKP
2. ABF
3. OJK
4. ODF
ABF - Aged Burley Flake
OJK - Old Joe Krantz
ODF - Old Dark Fired
JKP - JackKnife PlugErrrr also, can someone help me out with all these abbreviations? I have no idea what these are
1. JKP
2. ABF
3. OJK
4. ODF
This is almost exactly MY list as well. Great choices and excellent succinct write up!If you want the prototypical list, here's what I suggest:
Aromatic: Lane 1Q. It goes by hundreds of different names in hundreds of different tobacconists, but everyone has Lane 1Q
Red Virginia: McClelland 5100. You can smoke dozens of red Virginias and never be much better than this bulk standard.
Virginia flake: Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake. One of the best, with a different flake style to learn to deal with.
VaPer: Escudo Navy Deluxe. Presented as a coin, this gets you yet another prep style and is consistently a top rated VaPer.
English: Dunhill Nightcap. MAny to choose from, but this is a highly rated standard and at least one Dunhill should be on the list.
VaBur: GL Pease JackKnife Plug. A solid nic bomb burley. Plus this adds a plug to the list. And GL Pease should be on everyone's list at least once.
Also, as advice for newer folks goes, this is absolutely solid! Should be given to everyone that is interested in smoking a pipe!My ongoing advice to new pipe smokers is to buy tobacco in small samples, an ounce or two at the most, or a single tin, for the first year or two. Your taste changes a lot, develops, even if you like a blend a lot, don't buy anything in quantity. And if you don't like something, jar it and try it again in six months or a year. I wouldn't buy four or more ounces of anything until you've been pipe smoking for a couple years.
I've already added some stuff to my list :wink:Awesome stuff, guys. Hopefully someone looking around for ideas will find these lists useful in narrowing down a purchase.
Excellent choices!1. Dunhill 965 - "Scottish" style with a nice sweetness and milder latakia
5. Dunhill Nightcap - Latakia Bomb will tell you if you want a LOT of latakia in your life, or just a little
This. Maybe with a few more latakia/oriental blends thrown in. I think that Yenidje Highlander would be the first I would recommend- too bad you can't get it anymore. Yours is by far the best list I have seen in this thread glassjapan.SG Best Brown Flake - my first instinct is to say FVF, but I think BBF is a little more forgiving.
Solani Aged Burley Flake - lots of great Burley blends out there. I prefer Stonehaven but no use sending a newcomer on a wild goose chase.
GLP Cairo - just an all around great oriental blend.
SG St. James Flake - my favorite Va-per...A&C Petersen's version of Escudo a close 2nd.
McCranie's Red Flake - straight red virginia needs it's own category and McCranie's is king!