King Arthur Blend from thepiperoom.com

[thewileyman]

Anybody familiar with this blend? It's been my favorite for a while now, and my supply is running low. Unfortunately, it looks like thepiperoom.com is no longer selling tobacco, and my emails to them keep bouncing.

Does anyone happen to know of a good blend that might serve as a decent substitute?

[plexiprs]

Well, there new website is certainly lacking for information as well as product. Now they say you can only contact them via email, no more phone calls.

Not a huge fan of aromatics, but this one was on the "To try" list. Wonder if the blend's former name, "Middle Earth Blend" would help in finding an alternate supplier?

Please let us all know if you find out anything about a substitute blend or supplier.

EDIT: A reference to a C&D product in the review you linked may have possibilities. Try this REVIEW

[Reverie Forest]

The King Arthur Blend was the very first tobacco I bought and smoked. The roomies sure loved the room note, but that's all I recall from the blend, other than it smoking super wet. That being my own newb mistake for not drying it out, though.

As far as thepiperoom, all I've been hearing is rumors. After they've been offline all this time, I was surprised they came back at all. Maybe a little more patience.

[thewileyman]

Checked my email just now, and lo and behold, I had a reply from thepiperoom! And the news sounds promising.

From: "thepiperoom.com"
Date: May 23, 2009 1:49:52 AM EDT
Subject: Re: King Arthur blend?

Hello,

Thank you for asking. We hope to offer tobacco again by late summer, if you would like to check back then. In the meantime, we will be adding new items once again as we can.

Our House Blends were blended using various select crop tobaccos, and natural topping, so they are not available elsewhere in any similar form. Please bookmark us and check back.

We appreciate your patience!

Happy Smoking,

Customer Service
ThePipeRoom.com
ThePipeRoom.com@gmail.com

[Reverie Forest]

Good news to me.

[thewileyman]

It's been a while, but I thought I'd post this final update in case anybody's interested.

I received an email from thepiperoom.com this morning stating that their business is officially closed due to the economy. Even if they didn't have the best selection out there, I'm sorry that their luck ran out.

Anyway, it looks like the small bit of King Arthur Blend I've still got in a jar is the last I'll ever have. It makes me all the more glad I ran across this forum, though, because here I've discovered several other tobaccos that I enjoy, and far more that I want to try some day. I'll miss the King Arthur, but at least I no longer think it's the only blend I'll ever need...