Golden Extra, Amphoras both Red and Brown Original by Mc Barens
What was your first blend and is it part of your current rotation?
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Four years ago it was a tin of Peterson EMP and a tin of Escudo. Escudo stayed but EMP did not as at the time I did not like English blends. Now that those have moved into my rotation I like Lancer Slices and GLP Quiet Night
I never liked Captain Black but I love the smell. In fact it was what most of the first pipe smokers I knew smoked. I found though I like the Seven Seas series which is really just a Captain Black rip off that uses less pg to moisturize it.My first blend was captain black regular. Shortly followed by nightcap and early morning. None of which are part of my current rotation. I haven't smoked them in years. I do enjoy the pouch smell of captain black regular though
My first blend was some blackberry aromatic from the local tobacco shop. Nope not in my rotation as one not sure what it was precisely. Also I like slightly more tobacco forward flavor now.
My first blends were made by Copley’s Pipe Shop, a tobacconist across Wilshire Blvd from the jewelry store where I worked after school. They did a nationwide business selling their blends and closed in the late 70’s.
A very kind person, Mr. Copley got me started with smoking pipes. I have fond memories of that shop. They carried the best of everything. A pack of Sobranie Chaliapin cigarettes cost an hours wages.
A very kind person, Mr. Copley got me started with smoking pipes. I have fond memories of that shop. They carried the best of everything. A pack of Sobranie Chaliapin cigarettes cost an hours wages.
My first pipe tobacco blend was Middleton’s Cherry in the mid-1990s. I used the old stuff my dad had stocked away from the mid-1970s when he quit smoking. There was pounds of it in our old family home basement. I smoked it straight out of the pouch back then. Now, 30 years later, I rehydrate it with cherry liqueur. These are my last three pouches of the original, and one of these four pipes was the first I ever smoked – probably the Kaywoodie Apple (shape 33), third from the top.
I walked into a pipe and cigar shop in Chicago 20 or so years ago with a passing interest in trying out pipe smoking. I walked out with a Savinelli Dublin, and when she found out I was a cigarette smoker, the wise woman working there steered me away from aromatics and towards a tin of McClelland Frog Morton and a tin of McClelland VA #22. I don't remember which I tried first, but I thought they were both sublime. If they were still available, both would probably be in semi-regular rotation, but as it is, I haven't had either of them in some years.
I think it was super value cherry that I bought at CVS. It’s not a part of my rotation currently.
Dunhill Early Morning Pipe was my first blend and I have a few tins of it in my cellar
Half a tin of Lord Morgan, and I’ve hated Latakia ever since.
Next purchase was Habana Daydream, done Sutliff and Lane aros. Habana Daydream I have still every once in a while, and Lane Black Raspberry once it gets cold in the desert occasionally. I’ve got a couple coffee mixes I smoke every once in a while I that have Windsor 805 Match (anise) and Sutliff rums in them, with 1Q or BLWB bases.
Next purchase was Habana Daydream, done Sutliff and Lane aros. Habana Daydream I have still every once in a while, and Lane Black Raspberry once it gets cold in the desert occasionally. I’ve got a couple coffee mixes I smoke every once in a while I that have Windsor 805 Match (anise) and Sutliff rums in them, with 1Q or BLWB bases.
Tinderbox House Blend of Burley & Virginia’s 1985 Don't remember what It was called but occasionally I’ll catch a whiff that’s similar in other blends and it takes me right back to the days of wearing Skinny Ties and chasing girls with poofed hair
Super Value Cherry for me, too. So much bite, so much regret. No, it is not part of my rotation and God willing will never be again.
I believe it was 3 Star. Might have been Capt'n Black. I started off with a few cavendish blends and was more into the craftsmanship of the pipes than the tobacco until i discovered Sam Gawith Squadron Leader and Full VA Flake, SPC Plum Pudding and eventually an online smoking community that propelled me ever further down the rabbit hole. Once i found some tobaccos that were delivering amazing flavor experiences and learned to actually smoke a pipe it was all down hill from there. Now my teeth are more yellow and i'm surely a wee bit poorer, but in terms of net happiness...well, you know. 
And, no, i'm not stocked up on either one of the first 2 mentioned! It's not my fault, just not my style. XD
And, no, i'm not stocked up on either one of the first 2 mentioned! It's not my fault, just not my style. XD
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Starting from when I got serious, Sutliff Apple #208, not in my rotation currently. I think though the very first I ever had many years ago was Stokkebye Danish Export (No.81). I have a dried-out 2 oz bag of it in the back of my cellar somewhere, but also not in my current rotation.
Captain Black which I quickly abandoned for the local tobacco shops renamed Lane blends. I've never smoked it since.
My first blend was Palladin Black Cherry but I moved on to Captain Black Royal which makes the occasional appearance in my rotation as I much prefer Lane 1Q.
Yes, GH Bob’s Chocolate and McConnell’s Oriental blend are still in my rotation. They are the more advanced blends of what I started on and I didn’t care for them as much as I do now though.
I bought a cob and smoked Borkhum Riff Whiskey when I was 16. I smoked a pipe again when I was around 25, smoked a vanilla Cavendish. There's not a single ounce of either in my cellar today.
EMP. It goes great as first smoke in the morning with a cup of coffee. Plus I really like the tin art too.