Top 5 Flake Tobaccos

[jcsoldit]

Over the past year I've become a big fan of tobacco in flake form. Here are the one I enjoy with my current favorites being the first 5 listed. What's your top 5?
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake (coins)

Peter Heinrich Special Curly (coins)

A & C Petersen Escudo (coins)

Esoterica Stonehaven

Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake

Dunhill Flake

McConnell Scottish Flake

Orlik Golden Sliced

Peterson Irish Flake

Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake

Samuel Gawith St. James Flake

Altadis Virginia Slices #507C

 

[olderthandirt]

Do I have 5 favorite flakes? Lemme see...
G&H Best Brown #2

G&H Dark Flake Scented

Peterson Irish Flake

SG 1792

SG Chocolate Flake

SG St. James Flake
Ooop, that's 6, sorry (-:

 

[robinmzg]

SG Best Brown

SG Full Virginia

Escudo/Flake Medaillons/Navy Rolls

Richmond Navy Cut

GH Bobs Flake Choc

 

[judcole]

Dunno if I have 5 - but I like
Dunhill Flake (formerly Dunhill Light Flake)

Gawaith Best Brown

Hartwell Signature

Gawaith Balkan Flake
I have many tins of each of the first three in my cellar.

 

[loborx]

These are the best I have tried (so far):

GLP Key Largo (a broken flake with cigar leaf - masterpiece)

Orlik Sliced

Dunhill Flake

Hamborger Veermaster

Dark Star

Old Ironsides

 

[thesmokindragon]

SG-FVF

Solani Silver Flake

Peterson UF

SG-Bracken Flake

Dunhill Flake
6-10

Marlin Flake

Stonehaven

Backwoods flake

OGS

SG-1792

 

[ssjones]

I just cracked open my first tin of SG FVF (Boswells had one left!). I bent a full flake into my Castello bent billiard. It didn't light very well and required a lot of relights. I guess some drying time would have been beneficial? About halfway through, it started smoking well and wow, I had one heck of a nicotine rush. I made the mistake of smoking this fairly large bowl on an empty stomach. I was woozy for 30 minutes! I won't make that mistake again and will try a future smoke with a smaller pipe (my Ashton Rhodesian XX would probably be a perfect size? I did enjoy the flavor and texture of the smoke, but wow, that one really kicked me in the butt.

 

[robs]

Favourite First

McConnell's Scottish Flake

Fribourg&Treyer Cut Virginia Plug (Comes as Flakes)

Solani

University Flake

G&H Best Brown2

 

[morlader]

SG Balkan Flake

SG Navy Flake

SG Full Virginia Flake

SG ST James Flake

SG Chocolate Flake ( now trying this one for the first time )

 

[jpberg]

Assuming that we're only counting tobaccos presented in flake:
JFG Special Latakia Flake

JFG Best Brown

Charles Fairmorn Lancer Slices

Astley's #44

(tie)Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake

(tie) JFG Rich Dark Flake (which we can't get anymore)
If the question was opened up to plugs and pressed, my answers would change.

 

[cortezattic]

Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug

P.S. Bullseye Flake

A & C Petersen Escudo Navy Deluxe

Orlik Golden Sliced

Iwan Ries Virginia Flake

 

[brainexhaust]

Dan tobac Limerick (Treasures of Ireland)

PS Luxury Navy Flake

Peterson Univ Flake

Dunhill Light Flake (discontinued, in cellar) - tied with the new Dunhill Flake

Orlik golden sliced, tied with Erinmore flake.

Have to include Stonehaven (in small bowls)!

 

[jcsoldit]

I started this thread to see what flaked tobacco others were enjoying and thanks to everyone’s input thus far and a sample from a friend I'm now discovering what great flaked tobacco Gawith Hoggarth has to offer... ::

 

[yohanan]

Erinmore Flake

Dunhill Navy Flake

SG FVF

C&D Star of the East

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[dubinthedam]

I think most good ones have been mentioned, but I'd add gaw hogs rum flake.

 

[ohin3]

Rattray's Marlin Flake

Fribourg And Treyer's Cut Virginia Plug

Esoterica's Penzance

Solani Virginia Flake 633

Dunhill Light Flake (Oh how I miss thee)

Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake

Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake

Escudo

Dan Tobaccos's Hamborger Veermaster
Whoops...supposed to be 5, but the above is a list of flake tobaccos that I am never without. Well...my small small small stash of Dunhill Light Flake will run out soon and will never be replaced. I have yet to try the new Dunhill Flake. I can only hope it is similar.

 

[pawpaw]

Irish flake

Erinmore

C&D Burley flake #2

Exausted rooster (Sleepy Chicken)

Sunday Picnic

 

[sincityjeff]

Reiner Golden Label

Rattray's Marlin Flake

Orlick Golden Sliced

PS Bulls Eye Flake

G&H Ennerdale

 

[bambam]

I've only tried one flake type tobacco and I love it!!!!

C&D Sunset harbor flake. ::

 

[pentangle]

sg Balkan flake

cao old ironsides

sg full virginia flake

sg navy flake

capstan