What do you consider to be Samuel Gawith’s most under-rated tobacco? I have my favourites but they are very much the ones that everyone loves. Which one should I try next?
What is Samuel Gawith’s Most Under-Rated Tobacco?
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If you haven’t already tried it, I would recommend 1792 Flake. It ticks a lot of boxes for me?
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Ettrick puffer
The ones staying on smokingpipes.com longer than 24 hours! No really, I don't know.
Other than that it's impossible to answer your question without knowing what you've tried.
Other than that it's impossible to answer your question without knowing what you've tried.
Squadron Leader, 1792, St James Flake, Chocolate Flake, FVF, Skiff Mixture, Best Brown Flake. The only one I didn’t get on with was 1792, really.
Why limit yourself to SG?
Which of these did you like?
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Sam's Flake is a mild Oriental I really enjoy. Most don't like it for the "sour" turkish leaves but it smokes FANTASTIC in this pencil-shank Scottie Piersel I have.
Horse for courses, it's almost fun to blindly try them and see for yourself!
Which of these did you like?
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Sam's Flake is a mild Oriental I really enjoy. Most don't like it for the "sour" turkish leaves but it smokes FANTASTIC in this pencil-shank Scottie Piersel I have.
Horse for courses, it's almost fun to blindly try them and see for yourself!
SG is easily available and high quality tobacco, that’s why. I smoke many others, too.
I liked them all, except 1792 which I found cumbersome and monolithic.
Sam’s Flake is good shout, thank you.
I liked them all, except 1792 which I found cumbersome and monolithic.
Sam’s Flake is good shout, thank you.
@Ettrick puffer I enjoyed it in my clay pipes; as I've already mentioned I could imagine Redcoats smoking Gawith flakes...
@Barredbenny I've tried most of these except the St. James, Chocolate Flake and Best Brown.
Which blends of there's are underrated? Only thing I could think of are the aromatics, which I haven't tried. They're all rated rather highly and for good reason, IMO
I find that Golden Glow does not get the love of their other VAs but, I like it. Another underated favorite is Night. It has not been available stateside and I pick it up in Russia.
Glengerry flake is usually available somewhere online, and it is my favorite Gawith blend I have tried yet
SG Golden Glow is one of my favorites I don't hear many people talking about. It is a mild blend that is smooth and a great morning smoke. One day I got lucky and was able to buy half a dozen tins or so of 2008 tins from Pipestud at a really great price so I snagged them quickly. I had smoked some fresh years ago and really enjoyed it, so I was hoping the aged versions would smoke really well and it did.
1792 is among my top 5 smokes - but of course nobody needs to like anything anyone else does! The rest are considered top of the range. I also like Balkan Flake and Brown No.4
St. James Flake might be talked about enough already, but it’s one of the best tobaccos I’ve ever had. As good or better than all of the rare and discontinued blends I’ve tried.
I don’t see many talk about Black Forest. It’s a Virginia/cavendish with some honey. I enjoy it but I never see lots of discussion on it.
Excellent point on Balkan. Twenty years ago I was ordering many tins of it.
Another from back then was Commonwealth - my memory isn’t great, but back then I think it was under 25 bucks for a pound bad from Smoking Pipes.
That’s a terrific Virginia/Latakia mixture.
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