Tobacquisitions June 2016

I went to my local shop after work today and almost picked up an interesting looking Randy Wiley pipe, but the shop owner gave me one heck of a deal on these two estate pipes instead. The bulldog is a Comoy's London Pride. The Meer has no labeling, but I fell in love with the patina, so I decided to get it. Plus, I got 8oz (more like 10) of the shop's house Virginia flake and 2oz (more like 3) of their house medium English.

That is a great looking meerschaum!

mwinne63 said:

I'm Trusting Riff Raff on this one.

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You won't be disappointed Mike.

mwinne63 said:

+1 It is the first one I have seen that really makes me want a meer.

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He definitely did a good job on it. [emoji106]

Hirsute said:

In a big pot, it's my favorite oriental blend. Simply amazing. Beats the pants off penzance in my book.

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Price said:

Them's pretty strong words, podnuh.

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Hirsute said:

Strong words, but no boast. Even if it doesn't beat penzance for you, there's no denying Tashkent--it's tremendous.

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Okay, added two ounces of Tashkent to the bag of Stonehaven I scored from Peretti's. Package arrived today, so my POTD was a no-brainer.

First impressions: While I don't think it does beat Penzance for me, you are certainly correct... it is outstanding. It's a bit, umm, "creamier" (?) than Penzance is, but not quite as nuanced. That may well be due to this being fresh off the USPS truck, while the Penzance I have to compare it to has about four years on it. Time will tell. Definitely in the same ball park, though. (And it does pair just as sublimely with Lagavulin 16, I might add.)

Price said:

Okay, added two ounces of Tashkent to the bag of Stonehaven I scored from Peretti's. Package arrived today, so my POTD was a no-brainer.

First impressions: While I don't think it does beat Penzance for me, you are certainly correct... it is outstanding. It's a bit, umm, "creamier" (?) than Penzance is, but not quite as nuanced. That may well be due to this being fresh off the USPS truck, while the Penzance I have to compare it to has about four years on it. Time will tell. Definitely in the same ball park, though. (And it does pair just as sublimely with Lagavulin 16, I might add.)

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Glad you like it! Took me a while to dial it in with the right pipe. I like it in a big 15/16 drilled pot, but it's good in anything broad. Gets a little muddled a one note for me in a smaller or deeper pipe.

Its Starting to trickle in.

I've been hearing a lot about the Tashkent, so I just ordered some along with other Peretti baccy. In the meantime, this arrived yesterday and one more SH is expected either today or tomorrow.