calabash
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Post by calabash on Apr 7, 2020 9:21:40 GMT -5
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 7, 2020 10:21:51 GMT -5
I'm not a huge of C&D's small batch projects. It just seems like a way to create a need for something that isn't really needed. The last couple I have bought two tins to test them out and I was not impressed, so I won't be wasting my money any more.
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briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Apr 7, 2020 10:21:54 GMT -5
Me 2...
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Post by peteguy on Apr 7, 2020 12:18:12 GMT -5
I don't buy C&D baccy. I have a few tins that have been gifted to me but I usually re-gift them.
Since I cellar and age my Virginia's I can't take the chance of mold.
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calabash
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Favorite Pipe: Baki meerschaum, 1972 Dunhill
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Post by calabash on Apr 7, 2020 12:26:19 GMT -5
Could be an opportunity to supplement your 401k.
Some dude on another forum is selling the Carolina Red Flake they offered last fall for $18. It sold for $10.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 7, 2020 19:14:50 GMT -5
I just cracked open a tin of 2019 Carolina Red Flake the other day. Totally underwhelmed. I'm not even on the fence over this new one. Hell, this year's Sutliff Cringle Flake blew the CRF out of the water. The only C&D small batch BS I've liked is Sun Bear. It's actually really good. It just seems like they use crap Va, and tin it young, too. Just about every C&D blend I've had was bitey for at least a year. Their balkans, and some English blends are pretty good, and some of the Burley blends. Still, they all need age.
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Post by Goldbrick on Apr 7, 2020 23:24:18 GMT -5
At the price I think I'll pass on this one...the last C & D product I purchased was Bijou, and I like it,but it was 16 bucks a tin... there's just too many great tobaccos out there in bulk for me to shell out retirement bucks like that; Watch City comes to mind.
You young guys can pick that stuff up and think of it as an investment, but these days ,I'm ageing faster than my tobacco. I just thank goodness I have a still have a few older C & D tins i picked up when they could be had for 6 to 8 bucks.
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chasingembers
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First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 8, 2020 0:15:56 GMT -5
Mostly out of the pipe and tobacco game myself. Hard pass. Just another collectible for unscrupulous scalpers to gouge prices on.
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chasingembers
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Posts: 1,912
First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 8, 2020 0:20:39 GMT -5
Don't know who I have less respect for, the scalpers or those willing to pay.
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chasingembers
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First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 8, 2020 0:22:34 GMT -5
At the price I think I'll pass on this one...the last C & D product I purchased was Bijou, and I like it,but it was 16 bucks a tin... there's just too many great tobaccos out there in bulk for me to shell out retirement bucks like that; Watch City comes to mind. You young guys can pick that stuff up and think of it as an investment, but these days ,I'm ageing faster than my tobacco. I just thank goodness I have a still have a few older C & D tins i picked up when they could be had for 6 to 8 bucks. Where did you buy the Bijou? SPC has it for $10.41. |
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Post by Goldbrick on Apr 8, 2020 3:51:45 GMT -5
At the price I think I'll pass on this one...the last C & D product I purchased was Bijou, and I like it,but it was 16 bucks a tin... there's just too many great tobaccos out there in bulk for me to shell out retirement bucks like that; Watch City comes to mind. You young guys can pick that stuff up and think of it as an investment, but these days ,I'm ageing faster than my tobacco. I just thank goodness I have a still have a few older C & D tins i picked up when they could be had for 6 to 8 bucks. Where did you buy the Bijou? SPC has it for $10.41. at the Sutliff pipe show ,here in Richmond,even then I knew it could be had for less, but it was one of those "in the moment" kind of things. I get that part of the price goes to support the shows; it just doesn't seem that long ago when the price was 4 for $32 or 5 for $35...truth is, it's been twenty years! Times have changed, and come May, they might change again...i hope we don't end up looking back on 10 to 15 dollar tins and thinking " those were the days" |
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briarbuck
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Post by briarbuck on Apr 8, 2020 8:37:59 GMT -5
I caved...10 cans on the way. Oh well, so much for willpower.
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 8, 2020 9:07:31 GMT -5
I caved...10 cans on the way. Oh well, so much for willpower. I did too. I eat crow. Only 2 tins, though. One to try, one to sell for $50 in two years (probably not, but whatever. I like to THINK I'm a shrewd scoundrel sometimes. My heart's just not in it, though). |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Apr 8, 2020 19:45:17 GMT -5
I picked up 3. 1 to try and jar, one for later, and 1 for way down the road. The same thing I do with all of the small batch blends.
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chasingembers
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Posts: 1,912
First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 9, 2020 6:01:45 GMT -5
Where did you buy the Bijou? SPC has it for $10.41. at the Sutliff pipe show ,here in Richmond,even then I knew it could be had for less, but it was one of those "in the moment" kind of things. I get that part of the price goes to support the shows; it just doesn't seem that long ago when the price was 4 for $32 or 5 for $35...truth is, it's been twenty years! Times have changed, and come May, they might change again...i hope we don't end up looking back on 10 to 15 dollar tins and thinking " those were the days" I hear you. I miss being able to get full one pound bricks of Black Frigate for under $30 directly from C&D before the Laudasi buyout. I also remember buying my first Savinelli pipe in the early '90s for $25. Just glad I'll never have to buy any more tobacco or pipes. |
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 9, 2020 15:16:16 GMT -5
All you people caving....I will stand strong and man the battlements for my fallen brethren!
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 9, 2020 15:18:02 GMT -5
at the Sutliff pipe show ,here in Richmond,even then I knew it could be had for less, but it was one of those "in the moment" kind of things. I get that part of the price goes to support the shows; it just doesn't seem that long ago when the price was 4 for $32 or 5 for $35...truth is, it's been twenty years! Times have changed, and come May, they might change again...i hope we don't end up looking back on 10 to 15 dollar tins and thinking " those were the days" I hear you. I miss being able to get full one pound bricks of Black Frigate for under $30 directly from C&D before the Laudasi buyout. I also remember buying my first Savinelli pipe in the early '90s for $25. Just glad I'll never have to buy any more tobacco or pipes. you never HAVE TO buy pipes, but you CAN... |
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Post by Cramptholomew on Apr 9, 2020 15:19:45 GMT -5
All you people caving....I will stand strong and man the battlements for my fallen brethren! Yeah, I really feel like a sap. Honestly. Shoulda bought another 250g box of SG, or G&H something. I KNOW that purchase would be worth it. |
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Post by isett2860 on Apr 9, 2020 16:26:39 GMT -5
Since a lot of vaper ‘s are not my go to.
It was easier to pass on this.
I bought 3 tins of the Carolina Red Flake. 2 are DEEP in the cellar.
The one I opened, well 😑 meh. Nothing special. Will see what age does.
In my 4 years. I have now learned not to get all wound up in the hype.
Like the 4 tins of CD Sansepolcro and 3 Father the Flame in the cellar.
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chasingembers
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Posts: 1,912
First Name: Duane
Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
Favorite Tobacco: Black Frigate,Solani Silver Flake, Yenidje Highlander, Angler's Dream, Watch City Slices, Salty Dogs, Mephisto, Ennerdale Flake, Rich Dark Honeydew, 1792 Flake
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 9, 2020 18:06:00 GMT -5
I hear you. I miss being able to get full one pound bricks of Black Frigate for under $30 directly from C&D before the Laudasi buyout. I also remember buying my first Savinelli pipe in the early '90s for $25. Just glad I'll never have to buy any more tobacco or pipes. you never HAVE TO buy pipes, but you CAN... No kidding.   |
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Post by kbareit on Apr 10, 2020 6:42:15 GMT -5
Could be an opportunity to supplement your 401k. Some dude on another forum is selling the Carolina Red Flake they offered last fall for $18. It sold for $10. In all reality if you were to purchase one tin at $10.00 plus shipping and taxes you could easily have $18.00 in a tin and all the B&M's I've found C&D blends at sell between $17.00 and $25.00 a tin. I had some Sun Bear at my pipe club and a guy offered me $30.00 for a tin, I told him he could have it for $15.00 but he insisted and I sold it to him. I did pick up 10 tins. First tobacco I bought since January. |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 10, 2020 17:25:42 GMT -5
I passed this time around, the addition of Perique had me hovering over the mouse. In the end, I bought some MacB Burley flake, because once it's gone, it is gone.
I have more tobacco than I can ever smoke, but I know that I will be bummed when the last of so many blends are out of circulation, I will be regretting that I didn't buy more of some post 2007 blends.
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