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Post by olbluesmoke on Oct 8, 2023 23:55:08 GMT -5
What was the first tin of tobacco you purchased? Thoughts on said tobacco?
My first tin was Mac Baren's plum cake. The larger tin was enticing and the tin art work was understated yet cool and elegant.
The baccy was bitey and not my preference...still it was the beginning of my pipe journey and quite exciting.
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Post by urbino on Oct 9, 2023 0:23:46 GMT -5
The first tobacco I bought was a store blend (most likely a Lane's blend) from the shop I bought my first pipe from. The first tin of tobacco . . . hmm, I'm not sure.
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Post by olbluesmoke on Oct 9, 2023 0:55:20 GMT -5
The first tobacco I bought was a store blend (most likely a Lane's blend) from the shop I bought my first pipe from. The first tin of tobacco . . . hmm, I'm not sure. I think my first tobacco was a bulk blend...and most likely, as you say, I think it was a lane product as well. My first pipe was a Boswell second, a partially bent brandy. |
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Post by urbino on Oct 9, 2023 2:27:12 GMT -5
The first tobacco I bought was a store blend (most likely a Lane's blend) from the shop I bought my first pipe from. The first tin of tobacco . . . hmm, I'm not sure. I think my first tobacco was a bulk blend...and most likely, as you say, I think it was a lane product as well. My first pipe was a Boswell second, a partially bent brandy. Mine was an Amadeus sandblast. The shape was a knockoff of the Savinelli 316. |
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Post by coalsmoke on Oct 9, 2023 6:37:06 GMT -5
My first tobacco was a pouch of Amphora bought in the same store as my first pipe located on Madison and 42nd in NYC back in '70.
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Zach
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Post by Zach on Oct 9, 2023 7:04:10 GMT -5
The first pipe tobaccos I bought were Prince Albert Cherry Vanilla in a pouch, then some McClelland and Peter Stokkebye bulks, and the first two tins I bought the same day were Balkan Sasieni and Dunhill MyMixture 965.
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Post by Plainsman on Oct 9, 2023 10:08:01 GMT -5
A flip-top box of some kind of navy flake used in a cob. 1957.
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Post by exbenedict on Oct 9, 2023 10:15:58 GMT -5
RLP-6 sold under a local name. Bought it with my grandfather, it was his only blend he smoked.
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Post by username on Oct 9, 2023 11:01:16 GMT -5
Murray's Era Dunhill nightcap and they thru in a couple ounces of bulk I belive it was lane bca when I purchased the pipe as every pipe purchase came with 2 free Oz of bulk and I liked the way the bca jar smelled.
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Post by just ol ed on Oct 9, 2023 12:03:13 GMT -5
According to yellowed notes, in 1962 from long gone B&M, 2oz tin of original 965, about $2 then. Already had a few briars & cobs.
Ed-makes me kinda old-ish that!
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Post by Silver on Oct 9, 2023 12:40:57 GMT -5
My first blends were bulk aromatics that were displayed in those bid glass jars. You could smell them to find something you might like. P)us, they were much cheaper. As I drifted away from aromatics, I bought English blends that same way. Tinned tobacco was more of a treat for me. The first tins I bought were Dunhill (EMP, Nightcap, 965), Rattray's (don't remember which),and Elephant & Castle (Isle of Skye, The Stout).
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Post by qmechanics on Oct 9, 2023 14:06:57 GMT -5
Having been in and out pipe smoking through the years, it is a bit difficult to say. In my initial encounters (The first period of my pipe smoking journey), I smoked B&M blends. My tin and online bulk purchases began around the second great pipe age. The first tins among firsts were probably from McClelland's Grand Oriental series. They pulled me in by reputation and sale (5.00 dollars a tin). I bought most of the entire series with some duplicates. Popping and smoking the Smyrna blend first, I knew I hit a home run, one of many.
Epilogue:
The third and last period, carries us to today. Tin and bulk selections have grown as the cellar began to form. Though my consumption is restricted by my current medical plan, I marshal on in that great British tradition 🇬🇧🥸🇬🇧🍻🇬🇧🧐🇬🇧🍺🇬🇧🤓
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Post by don on Oct 9, 2023 16:19:47 GMT -5
Orlik Golden Sliced. I still like it and have a big jar of 2016 flakes to draw from.
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Post by dervis on Oct 9, 2023 18:49:02 GMT -5
A shop in Huntsville AL aptly named The Humidor sold a blend called upland days
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Post by Legend Lover on Oct 11, 2023 9:48:59 GMT -5
My first bought tobacco was a pouch of St. Bruno ready rubbed... I didn't care for it. I haven't tried it since, but I do love St. Bruno flake, so i think my tastes have changed through the years.
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Post by Goldbrick on Oct 11, 2023 10:37:22 GMT -5
My first pipe tobacco purchase was a pouch of Agrossy Black, around this time of year back in 79...my first TIN was C & D Cross-Eyed Cricket; I got that at my first pipe show, out in a local mall in front of The Tinder Box.
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Post by urbino on Oct 11, 2023 16:49:37 GMT -5
My first pipe tobacco purchase was a pouch of Agrossy Black, around this time of year back in 79...my first TIN was C & D Cross-Eyed Cricket; I got that at my first pipe show, out in a local mall in front of The Tinder Box. And you’ve been smoking it ever since. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Oct 11, 2023 17:55:49 GMT -5
My first pipe tobacco purchase was a pouch of Agrossy Black, around this time of year back in 79...my first TIN was C & D Cross-Eyed Cricket; I got that at my first pipe show, out in a local mall in front of The Tinder Box. And you’ve been smoking it ever since. I have been a piper from that time, but no more Cross-eyed Cricket, or Agrossy Black, I did however rummage through those glass jars at The Tinder Box for a time. |
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Post by urbino on Oct 11, 2023 17:58:47 GMT -5
And you’ve been smoking it ever since. I have been a piper from that time, but no more Cross-eyed Cricket, or Agrossy Black, I did however rummage through those glass jars at The Tinder Box for a time. Oh. I would've sworn I've seen you posting Cricket in the WAYS thread for a while. Must be somebody else. |
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Post by username on Oct 11, 2023 18:20:45 GMT -5
I have been a piper from that time, but no more Cross-eyed Cricket, or Agrossy Black, I did however rummage through those glass jars at The Tinder Box for a time. Oh. I would've sworn I've seen you posting Cricket in the WAYS thread for a while. Must be somebody else. I belive it was lady Margaret that also liked cross eyed cricket but my memory is fuzzy on that as she hasn't been on in a while. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Oct 11, 2023 20:48:29 GMT -5
I know Pete{ Darktater} worked his way through a tin not too long ago. I remember it as an Okay smoke, but back then I still had way too much to try to stock up on anything that wasn't really special, plus the idea of cellaring was far in the future for me. I only had maybe two years or three as a piper under my belt, and was far too busy buying pipes.
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Post by urbino on Oct 11, 2023 22:13:08 GMT -5
I know Pete{ Darktater} worked his way through a tin not too long ago. I remember it as an Okay smoke, but back then I still had way too much to try to stock up on anything that wasn't really special, plus the idea of cellaring was far in the future for me. I only had maybe two years or three as a piper under my belt, and was far too busy buying pipes. Ah. That's probably who it was. |
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Post by trailboss on Oct 12, 2023 3:18:44 GMT -5
My first bulk was Stokkebye nougat, pretty sure my first tin was Dunhill Navy Rolls.
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Post by rastewart on Oct 20, 2023 18:45:56 GMT -5
My first tobaccos were in pouches--I'm going to guess Flying Dutchman may have been my first and Borkum Riff the second kind I tried. What did I know of pipe tobaccos? Nothing, it was all about how the pouch looked.
Not sure when or what my first tin was. Maybe Troost--anyway that was one of the first tobaccos I bought in tins. Honestly, for quite a while during graduate school and after, I was poor enough that buying a tin was often kind of a stretch.
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