Help pick. What are your top three tins and bulk. Read below for more details

[MLBbreton]

I got a bonus for some training I did and I want to build my tobacco collection. As a newbie I've barely built up much "cellared" tobacco in my collection. I need to take a break from buying pipes . So tobacco it is.
So assuming you can buy three tins and three pounds of bulk what would you buy. Don't worry about what I like. What would you buy.
Only readily available tobacco. No nostalgic picks from 10 years ago. It has to be available at one of the online stores.

Thanks in advance for your participation.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

For bulk I would do Haunted Bookshop, Luxury Bullseye, and maybe an aromatic just not sure which one. But that's just me and I would probably change my mind as soon as I bought them lol

 

[Singed]

Bulk: Virginia Slices (Sutliff), Oriental Silk (C&D), Byzantium (C&D). Honourable mention: Old Professor (Sutliff), Pegasus (C&D). I'm not much for tinned blends.

 

[D.L.Ruth]

Bulk: Virginia Slices (Sutliff), Oriental Silk (C&D), Byzantium (C&D). Honourable mention: Old Professor (Sutliff), Pegasus (C&D). I'm not much for tinned blends.

Oh yea, Byzantium is a good one too

 

[Balisong]

I smoke mainly English/Balkan blends from G. L. Pease that contain only Virginia, Latakia and Turkish/Oriental tobaccos. From highest to lowest Latakia:
Abingdon
Westminster
Kensington

 

[Gaius Marius]

What a fun way to get tobacco suggestions.

3 Bulk:
Arango Balkan Supreme
Hearth & Home Butternut Burley
TCS Riverboat Queen

3 Tins:
G. L. Pease Quiet Nights, two tins
Granger

 

[MLBbreton]

What a fun way to get tobacco suggestions.

3 Bulk:
Arango Balkan Supreme
Hearth & Home Butternut Burley
TCS Riverboat Queen

3 Tins:
G. L. Pease Quiet Nights, two tins
Granger

Thank you.

 

[peter cornbriar]

No tins
Bulk:
1) Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bull's Eye Flake, (This one for long term cellaring, i.e. apocalypse)
2) Scotty's Butternut Burley Aro
3) Lane BCA Aro

 

[ReB]

I remember, when I was in college, trying a friend's custom blend of bright virginia and other virginias with a light latakia component. I loved it. Any suggestions as to what might be in the ballpark of a blend like this?

 

[Balisong]

Two that come to mind are C&D Yale Mixture and G. L. Pease Laurel Heights.

 

[ReB]

Thanks Balisong. I'll give them a try.

 

[supdog]

If you are a newb and want to buy 3 lbs of bulk. you should buy them in 2oz incraments. That will give you 24 samples to try. I wouls suggest some Va/Pers, some english blends, maybe a balkan or two, some burley blends, maybe a straight virginia. Go to tobacco reviews and read what people are saying about blends you might be interested in. You don't want to spend $40 on something you don't like or care for. Maybe get some blending tobaccos to give you what specific tobaccos taste like. Besides this will give you variety, instead of 6 blends , you'll have 27 blends to choose from.

 

[Blackhorse]

Make sure your intended vendor ships to WA state. Quite a few don’t. Vendor sites usually have a section in the back that covers shipping, etc.

Note copy of Pipes & Cigars website:

“ Montana

Due to Montana State Regulations, Pipes and Cigars does not ship the following products to Montana addresses:

Filtered Cigars
Utah

Pipes and Cigars does not ship products to Utah.

Vermont

Due to Vermont State Regulations, Pipes and Cigars does not ship the following products to Vermont addresses:

Small Cigars (Weighing 4.5lb per 1000 or less)
Washington State

Due to Washington State regulations, Pipes and Cigars cannot ship little cigars or loose tobacco to Washington residents.”

 

[Swede]

I've read on likely this forum that English blends don't age that well, so possibly consider the type of blend. I do believe Virginia Perique blends age well, and would expect the same from burley. Another factor might be that some tinned blends have developed mold even while as new sealed. Unless you were going to pop tins and jar, this might influence towards bulk. If you like pressed tobacco like cakes and plugs, bulk can be pressed using homemade presses. Here's a real simple and cheap example. You might get interested in blending your own, as I did with this Virginia and Perique.

 

[Eutychus]

Bulk (These are blends I love and am now starting to buy in larger quantity)

Wilke Royal Admiral (semi-aro English)
Watch City - Rouxgaroux (Virginia/Perique)
The Country Squire - Choctaw (Aromatic)

Tins (I have relatively little experience here)

Drucquer & Sons - Inns of Court (American English)
Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic
Edward G. Robinson’s Pipe Blend (Aromatic)

 

[ralphmcculley]

Bulk I buy,
Country Squire's Cowboy Coffee
Cornell and Diehl's Pegasus and Winchester.
Gawith Hoggarth Brown Flake aromatic
Rum Flake
Tins Peterson Royal Yacht
Peterson University Flake
War Horse Bar
Tubs I have a lot of those stocked up from when Lane moved to Denmark. I have all the Captain Black series
Sir Walter Raleigh regular and aromatic
A few tubs of Lane Limited Ready Rubbed.

 

[Idlefellow]

Not necessarily recommendations, just favorites:

Bulk (I guess, since they don't come in tins):
1) Figgy Pudding
2) Hunter's Creek
3) Shepherd's Pie

Tins:
1) Presbyterian Mixture
2) Half & Half
3) Edward G. Robinson Blend

 

[MLBbreton]

I've read on likely this forum that English blends don't age that well, so possibly consider the type of blend. I do believe Virginia Perique blends age well, and would expect the same from burley. Another factor might be that some tinned blends have developed mold even while as new sealed. Unless you were going to pop tins and jar, this might influence towards bulk. If you like pressed tobacco like cakes and plugs, bulk can be pressed using homemade presses. Here's a real simple and cheap example. You might get interested in blending your own, as I did with this Virginia and Perique.
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Way cool. l love coins and could blend my own which would be fun.
I make custom pasta in patterns. I wonder if I could do that with a roll?
Thank you.

 

[Swede]

Way cool. l love coins and could blend my own which would be fun.
I make custom pasta in patterns. I wonder if I could do that with a roll?
Thank you.

I bet you could. I just used the veggie can, then discarded it because you want that bottom to press against. Then, just cut with a can opener. If you do any plain or patterns, please post.

 

[MLBbreton]

I bet you could. I just used the veggie can, then discarded it because you want that bottom to press against. Then, just cut with a can opener. If you do any plain or patterns, please post.

I'll have to figure out the difference between expanding the pattern vs compression of it in the tube. I think I'll watch a couple of hard candy pattern videos for ideas.

This is the kind of patterns you can get with pasta. (Not mine I'll look for pictures)
Tobacco patterns TBD.