The Most Popular Pipe Tobacco.... 50 Years Ago.

[shermnatman]

Hmmmm.....Fifty-five years ago? It was heaven! To name a few...

Sir Walter Raleigh (the aromatic came later)
Granger
Velvet
Holiday Mixture
Revelation
Bond Street (Bourbon Street)
Half & Half
John Rolfe
Kentucky Club
Edgeworth (ready rubbed and slices)
Union Leader
Barking Dog
Blue Boar
Hickory
Sugar Barrel
Brindley's Mixture
Country Doctor
Carter Hall
Middleton's Cherry
Paladin
Captain Black (White)
Iwan Ries Three Star Blue
Iwan Ries Ko-Ko Mixture
Model
Hines Mixture
Walnut
Prince Albert (Horrible, but, it was a thing back in ye olden times.)
Amphoa (Original and full aroma)


Cheers,

Chili

What a superb list!

While I thank you for putting this list together, on the aside, I must confess I am wholly mystified by your notation on my all-time favorite blend; Middleton's Prince Albert.

Be that as it may, you are obviously a very fine fellow; regardless. LOL!

From the offerings on the list, I am even more of a burely-based old codger than I suspected. I have either smoked most of the modern-production versions of these blends, or I have smoked the Match "comparable" of the same.

Of the ones I have not tried - yet - the list would include:

Holiday
John Rolfe
Union Leader
Sugar Barrel
Iwan Ries Three Star Blue
Iwan Ries Ko-Ko Mixture
Hines Mixture
Walnut

Of these as-yet-to-be-tried blends - if readily availble as either modern or match blends - which would you recommend above the others? - Sherm Natman

 

[hawky454]

Captain Black (white), is the “Old Spice” of pipe tobacco, everybody’s grandpa or uncle smoked it at one time or another. After all these years of pipe smoking, CB is still the essential pipe tobacco smell for me.

Yup, I agree, it’s got a magical aroma. It’s what drew me in but unfortunately, I don’t like smoking it, just love the smell of it.

 

[anotherbob]

Yup, I agree, it’s got a magical aroma. It’s what drew me in but unfortunately, I don’t like smoking it, just love the smell of it.

that matches how I feel perfectly.

 

[shermnatman]

Yup, I agree, it’s got a magical aroma. It’s what drew me in but unfortunately, I don’t like smoking it, just love the smell of it.

Try the non-drugstore version of the same: Lane Limited 1-Q; which does not have the extra heavily applied level of PG, which Lane gives to 1-Q to create CB White so that it will last in the commercial pouches for a longer time on drugstore shelves. The good thing is, the 1-Q version does not bite like CB White. Being a heavy chugger, I can't touch a CB blend. I like the 1-Q version for when I want to smell that smell, and I am in the mood for a lighter smoke; you might too. - Sherm Natman

 

[crawdad]

What a superb list!

While I thank you for putting this list together, on the aside, I must confess I am wholly mystified by your notation on my all-time favorite blend; Middleton's Prince Albert.

Be that as it may, you are obviously a very fine fellow; regardless. LOL!

From the offerings on the list, I am even more of a burely-based old codger than I suspected. I have either smoked most of the modern-production versions of these blends, or I have smoked the Match "comparable" of the same.

Of the ones I have not tried - yet - the list would include:

Holiday
John Rolfe
Union Leader
Sugar Barrel
Iwan Ries Three Star Blue
Iwan Ries Ko-Ko Mixture
Hines Mixture
Walnut

Of these as-yet-to-be-tried blends - if readily availble as either modern or match blends - which would you recommend above the others? - Sherm Natman

Walnut. This is the only one you need from this list.

 

[sandollars]

I have placed an order for several of these and will advise as I get to them over the coming months. Great suggestions here, to be sure.

 

[pappymac]

My grandfather lived in SE Texas and smoked George Washington until they stopped making it in the mid-1970s. It was a cherry or vanilla but he liked it. I bought a 14 oz can from Pipestud a few years ago and have been holding it. I can understand why he was unhappy when they stopped selling it.

 

[hawky454]

Try the non-drugstore version of the same: Lane Limited 1-Q; which does not have the extra heavily applied level of PG, which Lane gives to 1-Q to create CB White so that it will last in the commercial pouches for a longer time on drugstore shelves. The good thing is, the 1-Q version does not bite like CB White. Being a heavy chugger, I can't touch a CB blend. I like the 1-Q version for when I want to smell that smell, and I am in the mood for a lighter smoke; you might too. - Sherm Natman

Yes, I have. I will say it seems to be a step up but it’s just too light for my tastes. I understand why people enjoy it though.

 

[shermnatman]

Hawkey - Definitely agreed.

Sometimes I enjoy a lighter smoke - especially during the hotter months - and in those cases, 1-Q fills in quite nicely; provided I have plenty of nicotine still in my system. - Sherm Natman

 

[northernpipeshed]

Interesting thread.....the first time I tried Revor Plug it transported me back to my Uncles house during the late 60's.....he was a pipe smoker and without considering it..... I was there...happens every time I smoke it......so living in the UK I can only presume that's what he smoked back then!

 

[Kayro]

53 yrs ago I started with Middleton's Cherry Blend and nearly burnt my tongue off. I switched to Prince Albert, SWR & Half & Half (since that's what was available at the Base BX in 1967) and stayed with those blends for many years, except for Half & Half when Pinkerton took over production. I left that one behind at that point. I can't remember smoking Captain Black, although I may have at some point, I just can't remember. If I did, it didn't leave a good impression. The blends I mentioned were the most popular back then, at least to the pipe smokers I knew.

My experience mirrors Ray's. I started smoking a pipe regularly at about the same time. I wanted to like Middleton Cherry blend in the worst way because of its absolutely terrific smell. For the preservation of my tongue I became a Prince Albert smoker. It was my only smoke for many years. I never could quite like Half & Half or SWR, though they would do in a pinch. Most of the pipe smokers I knew back then, both old and young, smoked Prince Albert. Maybe it was a regional thing in Eastern Kentucky.

 

[kcghost]

I was smoking Rattray's, Amphira, and Borkum Riff. Fifty freaking years isn't very long.

 

[mso489]

Since the scent of cherry is the olfactory hook in the original post, I'd say Middleton Cherry is the prime suspect. We'll never know.

 

[tjsgarden]

Growing up in the 1960's, I idolized the men that smoked Prince Albert, Carter Hall and Half and Half

 

[gerryp]

Captain Black (white), is the “Old Spice” of pipe tobacco, everybody’s grandpa or uncle smoked it at one time or another. After all these years of pipe smoking, CB is still the essential pipe tobacco smell for me.

I'm thinking Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic would be the "Brut by Faberge" of pipe tobacco. No...the "Hai Karate" of pipe tobacco. That's the one.

 

[shermnatman]

My dad was a SWR and Half & Half guy. Worked at Nasa - everybody smoked at their desks back then.

We still smoked at our office desks and at meetings into the early/mid-90s at the small, privetly-held chemical company I worked for at that time. Thankfully, I left the firm before any "imposed social changes" were enacted regarding the ability to light-up whenever and wherever the mood struck. - Sherm Natman