Stocking Up on Bulk Tobacco

[vosBghos]

Do it! I've got piles of cheap stuff.

The Daughters and Ryan blends are cheap stuff... some are already unicorns, some are soon to be. Get it while you can!

Like that picayune ?

 

[VDL_Piper]

Cellar based upon what you like not what's cheap. 10 to 20 years down the road when you're hating that cheap tobacco you bought, it won't help to remember you saved a couple of dollars.

Agree with 100%

 

[VDL_Piper]

Balance in your cellar is important, tastes change and the palate will alter and fatigue without variety.

 

[macaroni]

Sutliff 507c , Peter stokkeybe luxury bulls eye flake , and twist … newminster 400 and newminster 403 … all readily available , all age great , all reasonably priced

this

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

Contrary to popular belief, most tobaccos on the market do not improve with long-term cellaring. One has to be very selective.

I've yet to meet a geriatric virginia that wasn't fantastic.

 

[Grumpy11]

My stock up choice would be PS 400 Luxury Navy Flake. Reasonable price, good smoke. Out of stock where I buy right now. Top seller.

 

[krizzose]

Sutliff 507c , Peter stokkeybe luxury bulls eye flake , and twist … newminster 400 and newminster 403 … all readily available , all age great , all reasonably priced

This is solid advice for anyone looking to pad their Virginia stocks with an eye on $$. These are inexpensive, but not cheap.

I would also include Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake.

 

[VDL_Piper]

For me it’s solid virginia’s and va/per blends atm. We have good access to Samuel Gawith blends so I’m hoarding Full Virginia Flake and Plug/Cabbie’s/Boothy etc as well as Peterson Deluxe Navy Rolls. One that has caught my eye is G.L.Pease Union Square. I’m going to get some and put it in the back of the cupboard for 10 years and then have a look at it.
Caveat here is, none are cheap in this line up.

 

[Nicolasylvain]

I've yet to meet a geriatric virginia that wasn't fantastic.

Agreed! Alas, most tobaccos are not straight virginias or va/per.

 

[Briar Lee]

I just bought six pounds of PS Luxury Navy Flake for $240.

That’s $40 a pound, or $2.50 an ounce.

I already have about 25 or so pounds of tobacco in my stash.

This six pounds ought to only get better as time goes by, and it isn’t going to ever be cheaper.

 

[Brendan]

I just bought six pounds of PS Luxury Navy Flake for $240.

That’s $40 a pound, or $2.50 an ounce.

I already have about 25 or so pounds of tobacco in my stash.

This six pounds ought to only get better as time goes by, and it isn’t going to ever be cheaper.

Yes!
This I fully agree with ?
If there is one blend that ages well it's this one.

 

[Briar Lee]

Yes!
This I fully agree with ?
If there is one blend that ages well it's this one.

Just to prove my Lees get fed something other than cheap candy flavored cavendishes!

In today’s market there simply is no bad bulk tobacco.

If you can buy six pounds of it, it’s all good.

They've been making it for five hundred years.

That’s a rather mature market.

 

[MarcosEZLN]

I just bought six pounds of PS Luxury Navy Flake for $240.

That’s $40 a pound, or $2.50 an ounce.

I already have about 25 or so pounds of tobacco in my stash.

This six pounds ought to only get better as time goes by, and it isn’t going to ever be cheaper.

Have you ever tried home stoving it? I like the effect it has; I have a hard time telling the difference between 5-10 year old LNF and home stoved. Six pounds is enough to play around with a few ounces if you're feeling adventurous.

 

[Briar Lee]

Have you ever tried home stoving it? I like the effect it has; I have a hard time telling the difference between 5-10 year old LNF and home stoved. Six pounds is enough to play around with a few ounces if you're feeling adventurous.

I already have about three pounds in inventory.

I want to home stove it, when my wife isn’t home to laugh at me.

How dey do dat, how dey do dat?

 

[AJL67]

I already have about three pounds in inventory.

I want to home stove it, when my wife isn’t home to laugh at me.

How dey do dat, how dey do dat?

Hmm there is a thread somewhere with step by step instructions or maybe it had a video in it, seemed super simple though.

 

[MarcosEZLN]

I already have about three pounds in inventory.

I want to home stove it, when my wife isn’t home to laugh at me.

How dey do dat, how dey do dat?

Give it a whirl.

 

[nolan613]

Buying in bulk is a two edged sword. What you love today you might be bored with two years from now. By the same token I have had some blends that have cycled through the decades. Just don't overthink it.

 

[mso489]

I like burley in my English blends so enjoy C&D English blends such as Old Joe Krantz original, Billy Budd, Tuggle Hall, Stratfordshire, Bayou Night, and Mountain Camp, among others, all available in bulk. Back when Nat Sherman was open, the NYC pipe and tobacco shop, I liked buying their 536 blend with burley in bulk.