Who Is Your Favorite Pipe Tobacco Blender?

[shikano53]

Well, Mike and I have been pipe smoking buds on here since we kind of both started pipe smoking about fifteen years ago. We generally keep in touch a few times a week via Meet. He does blend his own tobacco for His own personal consumption and his process is quite interesting, at least to me looking in from the outside.

 

[NomadOrb]

C&D - (Bob Runowski, Craig Tarler, Jeremy Reeves)
GLP
Per Jensen
Ernie Q
Whoever made Brunello Flake at Savinelli.

 

[Cigar City Piper]

Whatever geezer came up with Gawith Hoggarth Twists and Flakes over a 100 years ago. That guy understood tobacco.

 

[John Brandt]

@John Brandt - Wilke

I could name some others (like whomever blends Arrowhead for Paul's Pipe Shop, and whomever blends for Boswell's are up there for me, and I love Three Star Blue) but I like a lot of different blends and many from the sources above, but I go with the blender of my favorites and a couple of his are at the very top of my list, tons right behind.

Thanks glad you enjoy the blends

 

[waterbelly]

I'm not very knowledgeable in this area but I have enjoyed every G L Pease blend I've got my hands on. It's not always easy in the uk

The dark lord! I firmly believe he is the best blender working today.

 

[badbriar]

GLP, Russ, Jeremy - there are many more ultra talented blenders. Thank you to all!

 

[LongIslandPiper]

Who is your favorite pipe tobacco blender, and why? Here are a few in no particular order:

GL Pease
Jeremy Reeves of Cornell & Diehl
Steve Willett of LJ Peretti
Ernie Q. of Watch City
Ken Byron of Ken Byron Ventures
Per Jensen
Russ Ouellette
Jon David Cole & Quinn Crawford of The Country Squire

Almost identical list except Jon David Cole from TCS is higher up on mine and after Russ Ouellette
I have Emerson Southern Forged

 

[Elric]

Greg Pease
Rudiger Will (Solani & Reiner's)
Jon David Cole (TCS)
Bob Runowski (C&D)
Whoever came up with FVF

 

[VDL_Piper]

Greg Pease is right up there and whom ever is making Gawith Hoggarth stuff must be commended.

 

[Searing75]

G.L. Pease for me as well. Just great stuff!

 

[boston]

Craig T. and Greg P. were the first guys I knew in the business. Both knew their stuff, and loved both their blends. Night Train and Old Hollywood from Craig, and Abingdon and Samara from Greg are examples. They both did Tribute, which I recall was Greg's recipe from "fools cap". I purchased a lot of that and I'm it was very fine...but lost most of it to rust and mold. It was the thought on that one, families of freedom got the proceeds.

Sick Silverman of Chief Catoonah had some of my favorites. McClelland came later for me and they made amazing blends. Now the living guys, still Greg of course, and Ernie Q are the only guys I know anymore. I do like Gawith and I like all the Sunbear versions from Jeremy Reeves.

 

[boston]

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Rus blending John Cotton prototypes, 8-15​

I remember that contest. A recreation right and the judging was at the Chicago show? I connected Dick Silverman with Craig Tarler because Dick wanted to be in the contest and wanted to consult with Craig on something...stoving maybe...I forget now. But anyway I think Dick came in first. I have a few of those tins.

Unless I'm wrong....and it was another contest and blend recreation...

 

[woodsroad]

I remember that contest. A recreation right and the judging was at the Chicago show? I connected Dick Silverman with Craig Tarler because Dick wanted to be in the contest and wanted to consult with Craig on something...stoving maybe...I forget now. But anyway I think Dick came in first. I have a few of those tins.

Unless I'm wrong....and it was another contest and blend recreation...

Nope.
Russ was blending the prototypes of the John Cotton’s and War Horse tobaccos that Standard Tobacco debuted at the show. Not for a contest.

 

[boston]

Nope.
Russ was blending the prototypes of the John Cotton’s and War Horse tobaccos that Standard Tobacco debuted at the show. Not for a contest.

Got my stories mixed up I guess....need to check the tins. I thought there was a contest to see who most accurately recreated blend . Thanks.

 

[boston]

https://pipesmagazine.com/blog/pipe-news/john-cotton-throwdown-winner-now-available/

Memory was not entirely wrong!

 

[EchoPlex]

One of my current favorites (and probably relatively unknown) is a micro-batch blender named Big John who runs Niall of Nine. He uses rare and hyper-aged blending tobaccos to create some incredible micro-batch blends. Really looking forward to "Dead Gods", which seems very much like a tribute to McClelland and uses all vintage leaf which was then pressed/married for a year. So far everything he has released has been wonderful, intriguing, and contemplative stuff.

 

[Searing75]

One of my current favorites (and probably relatively unknown) is a micro-batch blender named Big John who runs Niall of Nine. He uses rare and hyper-aged blending tobaccos to create some incredible micro-batch blends. Really looking forward to "Dead Gods", which seems very much like a tribute to McClelland and uses all vintage leaf which was then pressed/married for a year. So far everything he has released has been wonderful, intriguing, and contemplative stuff.

Can’t seem to find this for sale online? Where do you purchase?

 

[EchoPlex]

Can’t seem to find this for sale online? Where do you purchase?

He's on Facebook - Search for Niall of Nine there. It's all sold out, but there's another batch release coming next month, I think.

 

[CurlingWisps]

Tried so many sine I started about a few years ago. I seem to have settled on GL Pease blends. They seem a lot more sophisticated than most. Current favourite… Regent Flake.

 

[Sig]

I probably like Per Jensen blends the most overall. Meaning, he doesn't have any blends I don't like.
Craig Tarler and Jeremy over at C&D are great.
Russ Ouellette has many great blends. And of course Mike McNeil was a legend.
GLP has many decent blends.