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Post by bigwoolie on Mar 3, 2020 13:01:26 GMT -5
Im running really low on my Old Dad blend, and so its about time order in the 4 seperate tobaccos that I use, and go to work. I sat down and did some math, and I will have 45oz of the final blend, and it will cost me about 120.00, including shipping. Ill have to ship it to my son in Idaho, and pick it up when I visit the grandbabies, cant ship it to WA.
That puts me at roughly $2.70 per ounce for a custom blend that I really, really enjoy. Now, that seems to me to be pretty reasonable, but math isnt my stong suite. Does that sound reasonable to you guys?
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 3, 2020 13:04:16 GMT -5
Long as you like it and can afford it...that is all that matters...you enjoying your favorite blend is critical to having a good smoke....at least for me it is.
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Post by kxg on Mar 3, 2020 13:09:50 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well.
Are you willing to share the recipe?
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Post by puffy on Mar 3, 2020 13:12:22 GMT -5
I studied math when I was in school..I graduated in 1960..You can guess how much I still remember.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 3, 2020 13:47:18 GMT -5
Seems reasonable to me, I'm paying over $6 an ounce for Old Ironsides
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Post by bigwoolie on Mar 3, 2020 14:06:43 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well. Are you willing to share the recipe? You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it.  |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 3, 2020 14:19:31 GMT -5
I think it sounds smooth and tasty
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Post by insignia100 on Mar 3, 2020 18:08:38 GMT -5
May have to order some black cavendish and try this...
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 3, 2020 18:13:32 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well. Are you willing to share the recipe? You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it. Have you tried Warhorse Ready Cut? It's not incredibly far off from this. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 3, 2020 19:06:06 GMT -5
You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it. Have you tried Warhorse Ready Cut? It's not incredibly far off from this. It does cost twice as much, though. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 3, 2020 19:10:46 GMT -5
It also looks like it's out of production. Mars Cigar has some at the best price.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 3, 2020 19:27:48 GMT -5
It also looks like it's out of production. Mars Cigar has some at the best price. Already? That's nuts. I have two tins in the cellar, guess I better hang onto them. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 3, 2020 19:53:27 GMT -5
Treasure them. I have my hoard of McClelland's labeled "My Precious". 😍😜🤠
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 3, 2020 20:10:35 GMT -5
You can work magic with S.W.R. and Carter Hall; I've done it a few times...making you own personal favorite is priceless ,when you look at what a McClelland tin can fetch these days.
Well Done B.W.!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2020 23:35:34 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well. Are you willing to share the recipe? You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it. That sounds pretty good and a great price. Especially if you like it! Win Win!!! I did some rough math an my Red Queen V blend I do costs about $2.33/oz or $8.21 per 100g. May be a tad higher when you factor in shipping costs on the components but I can 4 of the 5 from the same source which is mostly Sutliff. I say rough because eventually I need to buy perique and I'm currently using an old batch (5+ years old) that was given to me and no clue on the source I'm going to hit up Mark Ryan to see if he determine sourcing for me. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 4, 2020 7:39:38 GMT -5
When you compare it to UK prices, it's extremely reasonable.
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Post by stone on Mar 4, 2020 7:59:59 GMT -5
I studied math when I was in school..I graduated in 1960..You can guess how much I still remember. Even if you could remember, I doubt if you could find an abacus |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 4, 2020 8:43:33 GMT -5
I studied math when I was in school..I graduated in 1960..You can guess how much I still remember. Even if you could remember, I doubt if you could find an abacus You kids and your new fangled gadgets! When I was a kid we just carved notches in a stick for up to 50. More than that and we had to hire a scribe to carve it in stone. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 4, 2020 8:45:45 GMT -5
I studied math when I was in school..I graduated in 1960..You can guess how much I still remember. Even if you could remember, I doubt if you could find an abacus I wouldn't count on it. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 4, 2020 8:46:47 GMT -5
Even if you could remember, I doubt if you could find an abacus I wouldn't count on it. 🤔😂 |
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Post by kxg on Mar 4, 2020 17:19:55 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well. Are you willing to share the recipe? You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it. No laughter here! Thanks for sharing. I think I may have all of these on hand, so I will give it a whirl. I'll let you know what I think when I get a chance to smoke it. |
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Post by isett2860 on Mar 4, 2020 18:22:45 GMT -5
I studied math when I was in school..I graduated in 1960..You can guess how much I still remember. Hey Larry. iIm turning 60 this year. Still Wondering when I will get to use that knowledge I was given, Like when Washington crossed the Delaware. Have you? Just wondering when I use some of this info I was tested on! 😆 |
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Post by kbareit on Mar 4, 2020 19:35:14 GMT -5
That's reasonable in my books. As a point of comparison, my cellar currently has a little over 73 pounds of various blends and the average cost is $3.06/oz. I would say you are doing quite well. Are you willing to share the recipe? You guys are gonna laugh me right off the forum. 4oz SWR Regular - burley tobaccos 4oz Carter Hall - burley with some virginia with a light topping 4oz Lane BCA - black cavendish 1oz Blending ODF Kentucky Burley I buy the 14oz tubs and mix like that, its more economical. To you more sophisticated smokers, I know how it must sound. But have you ever found something with a value greater than the sum of its parts? This was a happy accident I found on a whim and a lark. And its easy and affordable. And I like it. I'm going to have to try this. Just have to get some SWR, I have everything else. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Mar 5, 2020 12:22:21 GMT -5
Yesterday I mixed up a test run of "Old Dad". I used some very old Edgeworth instead of S.W.R., but I rubbed the tobaccos until they were very well mixed.
In the afternoon I took over the wife's overstuffed armchair and had a very fine smoke in a large, no name billiard.
I followed with another bowl ,in the same pipe ,in the evening ,and I'm having some in my C.L.P. pot right now. I really like this blend, and I know this CH pouch I made up wont last long; there's a big jar of this in my near future.
Thanks, Bigwoolie, I'm calling mine "Big Daddy's blend"
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 6, 2020 10:04:17 GMT -5
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Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 6, 2020 16:01:15 GMT -5
Josh made a great blend that I have the good fortune to have a couple of jars put aside for the future...he made a great blend sometimes we just get lucky!
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Post by stone on Mar 10, 2020 12:04:53 GMT -5
Even if you could remember, I doubt if you could find an abacus You kids and your new fangled gadgets! When I was a kid we just carved notches in a stick for up to 50. More than that and we had to hire a scribe to carve it in stone. Thanks for the memory of notches in a stick. When I used to rabbit hunt we would always keep track of how many rabbits we got up and how many we killed. As the dogs got better and better, we had to create a tally stick to keep track |
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