I have been burning in my new Peterson Bulldog, destined to become #1 favorite if I'm any judge. My tobacco has been exclusively Germain's Gold Leaf until today, tried some Cabbies in it.
This caused me to reflect that, while this pipe has all the potential to become my favorite, when it comes to the full flavor of a blend, none has yet equalled my codger pipe, the Sarome Cambridge, which cost me less than thirty quid.
I have now smoked some of this Gold Leaf batch in my Sarome and suddenly, it has become everything I expected it to be, as I remember it, whereas in the 80S, it was very good but missing that last touch of magic.
I've kind of been through this with my Dracula 221 and would say that only now, over a year down the line, is that starting to approach the integration of flavour which keeps me smoking pipes.
It's not down to particular blends - the Sarome has been a maid of all work, sometimes blend switching while it was still warm from the last, still full flavour - so is it the briar? But I also now have well used estate pipes in my collection and can't say they match my codger.
There's a formula here but I can't say what it is. Yes, my newish Peterson Cara is a brilliant flake pipe from day one, but even then I expect the flavours to improve. Do we sometimes dismiss blends because we've simply smoked them in the Wrong Pipe? I have more questions than answers.
This caused me to reflect that, while this pipe has all the potential to become my favorite, when it comes to the full flavor of a blend, none has yet equalled my codger pipe, the Sarome Cambridge, which cost me less than thirty quid.
I have now smoked some of this Gold Leaf batch in my Sarome and suddenly, it has become everything I expected it to be, as I remember it, whereas in the 80S, it was very good but missing that last touch of magic.
I've kind of been through this with my Dracula 221 and would say that only now, over a year down the line, is that starting to approach the integration of flavour which keeps me smoking pipes.
It's not down to particular blends - the Sarome has been a maid of all work, sometimes blend switching while it was still warm from the last, still full flavour - so is it the briar? But I also now have well used estate pipes in my collection and can't say they match my codger.
There's a formula here but I can't say what it is. Yes, my newish Peterson Cara is a brilliant flake pipe from day one, but even then I expect the flavours to improve. Do we sometimes dismiss blends because we've simply smoked them in the Wrong Pipe? I have more questions than answers.
