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  1. Terry Lennox

    Initial Enthusiasm Resulted in Acquisition Disorders

    Pipes can always be turned into cash. Smoked or unsmoked. I put an odd lot of 6 or 8 pipes I thought nobody would want on Ebay and it had multiple bidders. Groups of pipes tend to do well because people are looking for lots to restore and resell. You'd be amazed what a bunch of random pipes can...
  2. Terry Lennox

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    I don't guys, should I pull the trigger?
  3. Terry Lennox

    How to Stop Tobacco from Aging?

    Agree with this. I have not used a vacuum food sealer myself but I have heard from people who do that the tobacco did not age the way they had hoped and were disappointed. You may like the result of very little change. Also agree that small jars or smaller containers/amounts are good because the...
  4. Terry Lennox

    Are These Two Different Tobaccos Really the Same?

    I'm guessing the two blends in question are Escudo and Deluxe Navy Rolls.
  5. Terry Lennox

    Stirling Flake == Irish Flake?

    K&K in Germany used to make the Peterson blends but the contract moved over to STG in Denmark and K&K developed the Rattray's flakes to be replacements. So they should be quite similar to the old flakes you remember.
  6. Terry Lennox

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    No warning labels. May I ask what country? Cheers.
  7. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Wow looks amazing. In recent tins these are now individual standard cut flakes instead of rolled.
  8. Terry Lennox

    ***What Are You Smoking, May 2024?***

    Breaking in a new purchase that arrived today with some Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices.
  9. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Only thing I would say is whatever leaf STG feels they need to use for production in a given year would be the case whether or not the tin sticker says Dunhill or Peterson.
  10. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    I'd say all the difference is attributable to age. Which did you prefer as a smoke?
  11. Terry Lennox

    A DTM/Orlik Question for Those in the Know

    I believe STG is the only house in the world right now that can do the large coin cuts like Escudo and LBF. Mac Baren's spun cut is a smaller diameter. So any time you see these by another house (Wessex, DTM) it is contract manufactured by STG. The STG coins are cut from rolls spun in long...
  12. Terry Lennox

    A Match for Capstan Blue?

    The original Capstan used an ingredient called coumarin. It imparts a particular flavor that is hard to describe and the chemical has been banned in certain countries for use in food. Imperial Tobacco used a code word for coumarin many years ago but it was discovered in litigation documents...
  13. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Very intrigued by this photo of Levant Mixture. I've never had it but I spot a lot of nice Oriental in that mix so it makes me want to try it as I like Oriental forward Balkans. Have to add it to my next order.
  14. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Amazing stuff. What did that Fryer's taste like? Cheers.
  15. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    That looks great. I think they were inspired by the old State Express London Mixture which had a whole oriental leaf laid across the top like that. I have an old empty tin that still has the leaf in it. Cheers.
  16. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Great looking stuff. Looks like a finer ribbon cut. The current version is more coarse cut, almost like a rubbed out flake which is typical of K&K.
  17. Terry Lennox

    TAD Acquisitions 2024

    Love those Avo's. My favorite are the XO line. Cheers.
  18. Terry Lennox

    Opening A Tin? Show Us!

    Looks amazing.
  19. Terry Lennox

    Aging and Pricing Thoughts

    My sense is age itself is not important. Scarcity is. I have this suspicion that cellars are packed to the gills with Dunhill label STG tins that people are planning to eventually sell. Problem is most of the blends are still in production with nothing different but the name Peterson on the...
  20. Terry Lennox

    Aging and Cellaring Tobacco

    I just want to add one clarification to the above: for me the issue with aged Squadron Leader (and Balkans) is not the softening of the Latakia, which can be good. It's that the components had melded into one flavor. I could no longer pick out the Orientals or the Virginias. That dance and...
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