Following up on my post just completed:
Per BenMN's comment, if I were ever to "lose" my name (Sandblast) --- which won't happen since I've had it since the old Smokersforums.Co.Uk --- I would call myself Parfait Guy. Maybe over half of the bowls I load, I do "double Parfaits", sometimes even "triple Parfaits". Of course, I also like Home Blending. Last night's Parfait was some McClelland VA atop some McConnell Scottish Cake. Kudos to BenMN for immediately identifying the McClelland in the smoke. I was impressed!
Also, last night, I brought a tin of McClelland Royal Cajun Special, dated '06. Cracked the tin (nice WHOOSH) & passed it around for all to sniff, but said the plan is to now let it breathe until next month's Pipe Club. Then we all, including me, can have the first sampling. Also have the Dark & the Ebony, still cellared. One member said I have more patience than he does, since he usually has the first pipe as soon as he cracks open a new tin. I've read a bunch about letting freshly cracked tobacco "breathe", "settle", so I'm trying to do it "right", but not criticizing anybody else's practices! Would be interested in opinions on McClelland's Cajun Black. They were such a special company (!!!), plus their Stave Aged idea.
Also, I'm letting Sobrbiker & Skippy (plus any others) know that their favorable comments on GH Rum (Jamaican) Flake haven't fallen on deaf ears. I just had to give in to a TAD Monday & amongst some tins, I added 4oz of Rum Flake ... maybe should have chosen 8oz. I've been giving GH some proper attention lately ... the Dark U/S, the Brown U/S plus added some Curly Cut Deluxe to a previous TAD. Hmm, does it ever end?