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Post by headrott on Dec 20, 2017 15:17:40 GMT -5
This is, IMO, one of the best (darker) VaPers available. This is a very very highly recommended smoke. BUY 3 pounds of it now (it's currently (as of 12/20/17) 10% off, that does not happen too often). Any comparison to Dunhill Dark Flake? Smoking some now in an MM Legend with coffee on the side. Hmmm, I would say not much comparison. Dunhill Dark Flake is definitely sweeter and is lighter (and has less Perique) in flavor (but not light) compared to No. 8 Slice. I like both Dark Flake and No. 8 Slice, but I would take No. 8 Slice out of the two. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 15:18:34 GMT -5
Had my Boston Blackie Cavendish in a Rossi Vittoria Bent Pot.
My first experience with a ghost. I guess I had smoked Distinguished Gentleman in this last go around. I got a hint of Lat before I loaded the pipe, even though it had been cleaned well. I lit up anyway and was pleased with the mix.
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Post by headrott on Dec 20, 2017 15:21:22 GMT -5
Hi Wolfman , I get the impression you've been smoking this a lot recently; is it any good? Any comparable blends? I love it. It's a listed as a VaPer, but it's technically a VaPerBurley. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm told it's similar to Watch City no. 558. Yes, it is definitely more similar to Watch City 558 than No. 8 Slice is similar to Dunhill Dark Flake for certain. Of the three, I prefer No. 8 Slice. That is not to say that I do not recommend Dark Flake or Watch City 558. But No. 8 Slice is best (IMO). |
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 20, 2017 15:21:45 GMT -5
5 Bros./G&H Dark Birdseye in the MM Ozark Maple with a glass of ice tea.
Enjoy your R&R antb ... hope you have a festive holiday season & a happy New Year!
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Post by colorduke on Dec 20, 2017 15:36:18 GMT -5
PA in a 36y Westbrook.
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Post by Stormy on Dec 20, 2017 15:50:00 GMT -5
Dunhill flake in a savinelli spring bent bulldog. Ice tea. JimInks this may take a while 😁 |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 20, 2017 16:17:00 GMT -5
Now smoking G&H No.7 Broken Flake in a 2014 straight MM Missouri Pride Legend with a black stem. Watching nature shows on National Geographic.
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Post by just ol ed on Dec 20, 2017 16:45:55 GMT -5
tea at this desk, DGT '06 965 in IL Ceppo mini-magnum in smoking room.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 17:16:27 GMT -5
Frog Morton and another cup of tea. I bought some Lapsang tea because it sounded like the Latakia of teas- Turns out it is the 'undrinkable, burned-plastic, trash bag of teas' So... you're point is....? Not the latakia of teas? It could still be... depending on how one regards the virtues of latakia. Anyhoo, Sutliff Blue Danube reaches its place in the rotation launching pad, in the Savinelli Trevi 320 ks author shape. Countdown begins.  |
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 20, 2017 18:00:34 GMT -5
Christmas Cheer 2016 in the MM Diplomat Apple with another glass of tea.
I only had a couple bowls left, so I took it out of the jar & put it in a baggie. I forgot about it & it got rather dry , but it's smoking okay.
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Post by duffer on Dec 20, 2017 18:03:20 GMT -5
Turkey is on the smoker. Escudo in my Savinelli Tortuga Smooth Billiard. All is good
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Post by Darin on Dec 20, 2017 18:04:06 GMT -5
I love it. It's a listed as a VaPer, but it's technically a VaPerBurley. I haven't tried it yet, but I'm told it's similar to Watch City no. 558. Yes, it is definitely more similar to Watch City 558 than No. 8 Slice is similar to Dunhill Dark Flake for certain. Of the three, I prefer No. 8 Slice. That is not to say that I do not recommend Dark Flake or Watch City 558. But No. 8 Slice is best (IMO). Gotcha ... #558 is probably my favorite from Watch City. Currently smoking Dunhill Dark Flake in an MM Legend Rob Roy. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 20, 2017 18:46:37 GMT -5
Backed the new Peterson out of the garage. Gonna go for a cruise in Black House Country. I'm very pleased with myself currently as I've jarred most of my open tobacco and I only have a couple tins/pouches that need immediate nursing. The excitement is building. I get to open a tin and experience a new blend free of the guilt of wasting baccy! Next tin will be either Vipratti or Eastern Star. Maybe something from the SPC line. I have only had Plum Pudding thus far and have a few tins of each of the other blends. It's a broad horizon for this pipe smoker, friends. Many new and strange continents waiting to be explored.
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Post by Wolfman on Dec 20, 2017 18:47:13 GMT -5
Now smoking Peretti no. 8 Slices in a rusticated Peterson Donegal Rocky bent bulldog with a diagonal band and vulcanite p-lip stem.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Dec 20, 2017 18:48:19 GMT -5
Irminsul
I can't drink the Lapsang. I'm sure many love it, but is not my cup of... Tea. Haha. I love Latakia though.
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Post by craigmillar on Dec 20, 2017 19:48:49 GMT -5
Mr B's Mark Twain in a Peterson 307
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 19:52:19 GMT -5
Last of my tin of 2005 Christmas Cheer. Amount seemed to need a larger bowl so I put it in an MM General, drinking ice tea with lemon and studying stock market reports this evening with ESPN radio in the background.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 19:59:58 GMT -5
Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish in my Sloop John B Poker
This is by far the best store bought Cherry Blend I've tried and I have tried most of them. I get cherry and smoothness
I didn't light one of my digits on fire this time
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Post by JimInks on Dec 20, 2017 20:05:29 GMT -5
Just finished smoking HU Nyala in a 1970s black sandblasted slight bent Savinelli Autograph 05 Horn with a black vulcanite stem.
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Post by Stormy on Dec 20, 2017 20:07:42 GMT -5
Kramers tobacco shop English in a Peterson fermoy Rhodesian.
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Post by slowroll on Dec 20, 2017 20:23:14 GMT -5
HH Vintage Syrian with added perique helping to break in my newly made canted waist stack.
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Post by billyklubb on Dec 20, 2017 20:34:06 GMT -5
3P in the German clay Churchwarden. Earlier it was BR California Wine in the flea market Special.
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Post by Baboo on Dec 20, 2017 20:49:11 GMT -5
Edward G. Robinson's Pipe Blend w/hot Earl Grey no sugar...
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Post by JimInks on Dec 20, 2017 20:51:16 GMT -5
Not far from finishing this bowl of Iwan Ries Three Star Bronze in a 2002 IMP smooth full bend egg shaped meer with a black acrylic stem. Then, it's time for a late dinner.
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Dec 20, 2017 21:08:42 GMT -5
...earlier...HOW Country Doctor...now, HOW Barking Dog in a RD Pipe Drip Author...
 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 21:15:00 GMT -5
Irminsul I can't drink the Lapsang. I'm sure many love it, but is not my cup of... Tea. Haha. I love Latakia though. Like what you smoke and smoke what you like, and in good health too, I always say. Lol. More Lane Ltd. HGL, in the Brakner Antique billiard, with the microrustication finish for which this brand is renowned. Well, maybe renowned is too strong a word. Fairly well-acquainted, maybe.  |
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Post by JimInks on Dec 20, 2017 21:24:12 GMT -5
Relaxing after a hamburger and fries dinner with a bowl of Peter Heinrichs Reserve Crue No. 4 in a medium bend smooth paneled 2017 Celebi Turkish Meerschaum with a gold and black swirl acrylic stem. Watching The Larry King Show for the first time in years.
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Post by TwelveAMnTX on Dec 20, 2017 21:37:44 GMT -5
RLP-6/1-Q mix in the bent MM Diplomat Apple with a glass of ice coffee.
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Post by duffer on Dec 20, 2017 21:44:24 GMT -5
Turkey was great. Now smoking Mac Baren Navy Flake in my Ascorti Business Pipe.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2017 21:50:22 GMT -5
It was CarterHall in cobs all afternoon. Now an after dinner smoke of Sutliff: 507C Virginia Slices in a Pascal Piazzolla semi-churchwarden Billiard. Drink is a Diet Pepsi. Cheers.
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