When Forced to Choose Only 4...

[Verdant]

Headed overseas and had to choose just four tobaccos to take with me. Here's what I ended up choosing:

G&H Co Coniston Cut Plug
GLP Chelsea Morning (wanted to save my H&H black house)
Escudo
7 Seas Black

Almost subbed 7 seas for Bob's Chocolate Flake, but buddy will be partaking too and not sure whether Bob's would be enjoyable for someone who partakes once every few years.

What would you choose if limited to 4? Maybe a suggestion will make me do a last minute sub. Still considering subbing Salty Dogs or Folklore for Escudo.

 

[Verdant]

And, yes, this 100% falls into the category of one of those posts that makes up 70% of forum content. But I've not had to choose recently and I've been lurking again so I decided I'd post about it.

 

[bullet08]

Capt. Black Royal
Artisan's Blend
Newminster 400
Country Lawyer

 

[canucklehead]

It will probably be different tomorrow, but for tonight I'll say:

- Presbyterian
- C&D Poplar Camp
- D&R 3 Sails
- GH Dark Plug

If I could choose a fifth it would be something aromatic and people friendly like Half&Half, Mixture 79, or Sutliff/SuperValue Bourbon Whiskey.

These are assuming I have to pick from currently available blends and not extinct or homemade blends.

 

[yanoJL]

Erik Stokkebye Evening Flake
G&H Dark Birdseye
C&D Old Joe Krantz
Peterson Nightcap

A VaPer, a Kentucky, a Burley, and a Lat Bomb.

Yep. That's where I'm at.

 

[Scottmi]

I'm right there with you! trying to cover a few bases with my choices. VaPer, VaBur, English, Aro. Of course from among my favorites.
And of course, Royal Yacht.

Right now shortlist includes:
- Bayou Veermaster (my 50/50 Bayou morning and Hamborger)
- Deception Pass or Pride of Loch Lomond or The Aperitif
- Three Nuns
- Arrowhead or Fireside Chat or KBV Sakura

and Royal Yacht

maybe St Bruno
maybe a codger pouch (SWR or PA)
and then there's HH Latakia Flake or Lancer's Slices

you sure only 4 is good?

 

[warren]

Where you headed. I'd take a bunch of some trusted IRC blend and see what I stumbled on where I was headed.

 

[Scottmi]

also important... WHAT PIPE(S)?

 

[Elric]

Hmmm,...well to cover the bases, maybe:

- Presbyterian
- Newminster 400
- Solani ABF
- Sutliff Mark Twain

I would rely on locally-sourced blends beyond that (depending on destination).

 

[Chasing Embers]

I tend to only smoke two.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I would choose to stay home.

Sir John's Flake Virginia
Vauen No 14
MB HH Pure Virginia
F&T CVP

 

[Jwebb90]

Yorktown
Haunted Bookshop
Superior Navy Flake
Bayou Morning

 

[mso489]

Mine are ever-changing, but right now they would be GLP Barbary Coast, Esoterica Tilbury, C&D Bayou Night and Mountain Camp, and Lane Limited HGL.

 

[Servant King]

As it stands right now:

Mac Baren Vanilla Cream
Peterson Sherlock Holmes
C&D Pegasus
Sutliff Balkan Sobranie Orig. Mix Match

 

[tobakenist]

Peterson Balkan
Samuel Gawith Squadron
Gawith Hogarths Red
Robert Lewis Tree Mixture

 

[Grangerous]

Granger
Pegasus
Crooner
Winchester

 

[B.Fee]

I moved and packed everything in a shipping container. In my luggage was Marlin Flake and salty Dog's that I enjoyed in a meerschaum for a month until the container arrived.

 

[rmbittner]

Unless I was packing for six months or something, I would never travel with four different blends. Because I dedicate pipes to types of blends, that would require too many pipes for a trip. I’d pick one blend, simply choosing from among the tins I currently have open.

 

[OverMountain]

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Headed overseas and had to choose just four tobaccos to take with me. Here's what I ended up choosing:

G&H Co Coniston Cut Plug
GLP Chelsea Morning (wanted to save my H&H black house)
Escudo
7 Seas Black

Almost subbed 7 seas for Bob's Chocolate Flake, but buddy will be partaking too and not sure whether Bob's would be enjoyable for someone who partakes once every few years.

What would you choose if limited to 4? Maybe a suggestion will make me do a last minute sub. Still considering subbing Salty Dogs or Folklore for Escudo.

All these sound good, but why do you think Bobs CF would not be enjoyed by a casual smoker?

 

[trouttimes]

Pembroke
1Q
Artisan Blend
965