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Post by JimInks on Aug 16, 2017 9:17:32 GMT -5
... that you haven't, what would it be?
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Post by antb on Aug 16, 2017 9:44:02 GMT -5
Original Bell's Three Nuns. Have only heard good reports   |
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Post by Darin on Aug 16, 2017 9:55:05 GMT -5
Original Bell's Three Nuns. Have only heard good reports
That would be a good pick. 
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Post by crapgame on Aug 16, 2017 10:03:49 GMT -5
Barking Dog if that is vintage.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 10:24:52 GMT -5
Walnut, Barking Dog or any of the Old Burley non aromatics.
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Post by JimInks on Aug 16, 2017 10:47:06 GMT -5
Original Bell's Three Nuns. Have only heard good reports My all time favorite tobacco. Savinelli Doblone d'Oro is the closest thing made today that resembles it. |
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Post by JimInks on Aug 16, 2017 10:48:21 GMT -5
Walnut, Barking Dog or any of the Old Burley non aromatics. At least you can try Chestnut, which is virtually identical to Walnut. Match Barking Dog is almost the same as the original, only a little better. |
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Post by profrmdover on Aug 16, 2017 10:53:13 GMT -5
Jim, you know the story of my antique store find. Was very tempted to pop that tin of Balkan Sobranie. So, that would be my pick!
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Post by sparks on Aug 16, 2017 11:29:53 GMT -5
Walnut, Barking Dog or any of the Old Burley non aromatics. At least you can try Chestnut, which is virtually identical to Walnut. Match Barking Dog is almost the same as the original, only a little better. I have several tubs of Walnut that I was fortunate enough to stumble upon before they discontinued it. I can say with total confidence that Chestnut is a superior blend, at least compared to the most recent incarnations of Walnut. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 12:06:30 GMT -5
Probably the original Balkan Sobraine, or maybe an original Dunhill London Mixture when it was actually made by Dunhill. Or the original McConnell's Oriental when it was made in London.
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Post by peteguy on Aug 16, 2017 13:39:59 GMT -5
Sobranie of London Virgina #10
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 19:01:59 GMT -5
Garfinkel's Marlowe.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2017 19:07:59 GMT -5
Fribourg & Treyer Cut Blended Plug
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Post by billyklubb on Aug 16, 2017 19:48:10 GMT -5
I have a few unopened tubs of Pinkerton era Half & Half if that's on anyone's list. You have to take the whole tub though.
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 16, 2017 20:37:06 GMT -5
I've been thinking abut this all day and I got nothin'. I smoked most of the classic blends over the past 47 years. Time for the tin foil cap.
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Post by billyklubb on Aug 16, 2017 21:16:51 GMT -5
I've been thinking abut this all day and I got nothin'. I smoked most of the classic blends over the past 47 years. Time for the tin foil cap. You know what goes good with the tinfoil cap? Pinkerton era Half & Half. |
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Post by peteguy on Aug 16, 2017 21:57:49 GMT -5
I've been thinking abut this all day and I got nothin'. I smoked most of the classic blends over the past 47 years. Time for the tin foil cap. You know what goes good with the tinfoil cap? Pinkerton era Half & Half. BWAHAHAHA! |
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Post by papipeguy on Aug 16, 2017 22:02:21 GMT -5
Yep, smoked that too.
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Post by danno44 on Aug 16, 2017 22:33:30 GMT -5
With all the hoopla about it, another vote for Bell's Three Nuns. Had a chance at a tin in Chicago but if I recall a very expensive tin that I passed on and went back later in the day to get once the pipe I was after was not at the show (the Savinelli Punto Oro Natural Smooth 321 that I ended up getting a few months after the show which turned out to be the first one made available for purchase in the USA for certain, and according to Laudisi possibly the world), and it was gone.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 0:13:25 GMT -5
My main thought was Bond Street. I got that from Pipestud and am happy. Hickory and Sugar Barrel are next, but the matches work until I can afford more vintage. The joy is they are all in the realm of possible thanks to the Net
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Post by antb on Aug 17, 2017 1:41:49 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 5:51:59 GMT -5
He said one VINTAGE blend, didn't say Discontinued Vintage Blend. I've had the new stuff and would like to have had the Original way back when. |
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Post by antb on Aug 17, 2017 5:56:15 GMT -5
He said one VINTAGE blend, didn't say Discontinued Vintage Blend. I've had the new stuff and would like to have had the Original way back when. OK. |
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Post by craigmillar on Aug 17, 2017 6:44:41 GMT -5
Gallaher's War Horse Plug.
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 17, 2017 7:37:57 GMT -5
Only because it's what my grandfather smoked, I would like to try George Washington.
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Post by JimInks on Aug 17, 2017 10:43:05 GMT -5
Only because it's what my grandfather smoked, I would like to try George Washington. I tried it, and thought it was pretty decent. Wouldn't mind smoking it again. Anyway, Pipestud has a tub for sale if you're interested: pipestud.com/famous-old-drugstore-tins/ |
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Post by Zach on Aug 17, 2017 10:52:06 GMT -5
Walnut, Barking Dog or any of the Old Burley non aromatics. Walnut and Barking Dog were both aromatics, but I mostly smoked the match blends. I do really like the Barking Dog Match from Sutliff, and to mention it, really like the Walnut match as well. If you haven't tried them, you really should get an ounce of each. I was sad when Sutliff stopped tinning the Barking Dog match. They used to sell it in the Private Stock series as Man's Best Friend. Now it seems you can only buy it bulk as Barking Dog Match, only on P&C, and I will no longer order anything from P&C. Here's hoping SP gets that blend in bulk soon. I've been out for about 3.5 years. |
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Post by Zach on Aug 17, 2017 10:56:15 GMT -5
My main thought was Bond Street. I got that from Pipestud and am happy. Hickory and Sugar Barrel are next, but the matches work until I can afford more vintage. The joy is they are all in the realm of possible thanks to the Net The matches are better. |
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Post by jitterbugdude on Aug 17, 2017 10:58:47 GMT -5
Some Edgewood in the little pocket sized tin. My father must have smoked a boatload of this stuff based of all the tins I found after he died. They were full of bolts, taps, dies etc.
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Post by Zach on Aug 17, 2017 11:03:37 GMT -5
Wow this is a very tough question. There are hundreds of them.
Most wanted would probably be...
Gallaher's War Horse Plug
Original Dunhill's London Mixture made by Dunhill, from the first couple years. Add to that the Baby's Bottom and original My Mixture blends.
1930s-40's Three Nuns and Capstan Blue Flake
TONS of the English plug and flake tobaccos gone from the SG and GH & Co. houses.
SG Bracken Flake
Original Edward G Robinson blend from the very first release.
Original Sutliff Mixture 79 ( So I can finally lay to rest the big dispute on how different it is these last few years)
Edgeworth Slices
Original Bengal Slices
Literally hundreds more, especially looking at old discontinued Rattray's/Dunhill/and British catalogues. Hundreds more.
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