FVF

[DETROITPHA357]

Well I've been waiting for the right nite to try some of the pipe tabacco Greg gave me at the Chicago Herf a few months ago.
Well as he showed me, I rolled the Tabacco up and shared it to fit the bowl. I tammpered it and lit it up. The smell of it be for the lite was of fresh figggg's The smoke was very light compaired to cigars as I smoked a JDN earlier today (dont tell greg i talked about cigars in the pipe forum) Im not good (as of yet) with IDing flavor and taste but I will say by the time I finished my second bowl I was very pleased and I must say it was a very light smoke but fullfilling and I hope to have another nite like this one with some of the same stuff.

Oh yeah I actually filled the bowl properly this time.

[SIZE="1"]IHT - this was SG FVF.[/SIZE]

[jesto68]

I just finished my first bowl as well. While it wasn't as strong and flavorful as a cigar, it was enjoyable. I think that once I find a brand or blend I enjoy, I may like it as much as a good cigar.

I am afraid that this hobby is as slippery a slope as cigars.

[DETROITPHA357]

Originally Posted by jesto68

I just finished my first bowl as well. While it wasn't as strong and flavorful as a cigar, it was enjoyable. I think that once I find a brand or blend I enjoy, I may like it as much as a good cigar.

I am afraid that this hobby is as slippery a slope as cigars.

becareful it's some people around here that some very very very mean people and will make you smoke very very very good pipe tacacco watch out for them.

[NCatron]

If I'm not blind, I don't think you ever mentioned what the tobacco was. Inquiring minds need to know!

[IHT]

Originally Posted by NCatron

If I'm not blind, I don't think you ever mentioned what the tobacco was. Inquiring minds need to know!

he acquired a half tin of Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake.

i was hoping he'd get to review it during the "TOM - FVF" month was over. but any review is better than no review.

[DETROITPHA357]

Originally Posted by IHT

he acquired a half tin of Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake.

i was hoping he'd get to review it during the "TOM - FVF" month was over. but any review is better than no review.

Im telling ya im going to miss my own funeral due to work. All I knew was FVF but I knew it was more than that. Thxs for the update, and thxs for the smoke.

[IHT]

no problem. and you finally got to watch someone pack a pipe.
there's more than 1 way to skin a cat, though.

[DETROITPHA357]

Originally Posted by IHT

no problem. and you finally got to watch someone pack a pipe.
there's more than 1 way to skin a cat, though.

I started 2not smoke it once I saw how well it was packed. It actually smoked longer this time and I got a chance to enjoy it, (both of them) not sure if I should have had 2bowls but I did enjoy them both. Dang now I want another1.

[smokeyscotch]

Originally Posted by DETROITPHA357

becareful it's some people around here that some very very very mean people and will make you smoke very very very good pipe tacacco watch out for them.

We'll have to smoke a bowl when you get to Bama. When you coming anyway? You better get in touch, man. We need to get together.

[TimB]

I prefer SG FVF over just about every cigar I have ever had. The only thing better is *difficult* to come by and runs $25/stick (ends in VI)

Anyway for $25 I can get over 1/2 lb of FVF

[DETROITPHA357]

Originally Posted by smokeyscotch

We'll have to smoke a bowl when you get to Bama. When you coming anyway? You better get in touch, man. We need to get together.

Maybe next time.

[dogsplayinpoker]

I may have missed it, but it seems no one has reviewed SG's Full Virginia Flake. I will preface my review with the fact that I have smoked almost 3 lbs of this tobacco over the last year. I like it.... alot.
Upon first opening a tin or jar of FVF you will get hit with the hay smell. I, being a country bumpkin, enjoy the smell of hay. If you don't, don't worry it goes quickly. This blend is almost always very moist. A little time under a desk lamp fixes this. Just lay a few strips(flakes) out and wait around ten minutes. You may have to relight a bit.
I have tried the folding method, broken flake method and fully rubbing this tobacco out. The winner for me is fully rubbed.
The review of FVF is simple. It is straight out tobacco. After you get a bowl going, you begin to detect the spiciness. I get a peppery twinge in the back of my throat like a full bodied cigar. There is no sweetness to this blend and that hay smell is completely gone after firing 'er up. My wife complains that it reminds her of chewing tobacco. I don't see it but hey, she has "relations" with me so I won't begrudge her opinion.
That is pretty much it. The "full" taste of the tobacco and the spiciness are well represented throughout the entire bowl. There is no waxing and waning of flavor, no subtle nuances. Also, there doesn;t seem to be ghosting effect in the pipe. I have smoked FVF in nearly all my pipes at one time or another and never got a whiff of hay.

[IHT]

nice.

one of my favorites. when i open the tin, it reminds me of figs and raisins.
probably one of the best VAs available on the market today.

i've tried it in bulk and tin form, prefer the tin form for some reason.

[Big T]

Nice review. I'm gonna give this one another shot. Granted, I've only tried one bowl, but I couldn't seem to get much flavor out of it. It wasn't bad at all, just kind of on the bland side. I just packed it with the fold and stuff method, so maybe next time I'll rub it out fully. I've got an ounce or so from a trade with Mad Hatter, so I'll reserve judgemnet til it's all gone.

[Mad Hatter]

I agree with DPP, except I do note a subtle natural sweetness but no pepper. Surprised me as a "Full" tobacco because I usually equate the term full with dark and nasty from my experience with English and smoked tobaccos, and this had none of that, just a thick bodied "brown" smoke. Love it! Plan to buy a pound.