Orlik Tobacco Company A/S Richmond Navy Cut

(3.20)
A classic bright golden flake made of selected, fragrant, fully matured Virginia tobaccos. Its exquisite, very refined, fruity aroma is carefully balanced and develops into perfect smoking pleasure in your pipe.

Details

Brand Orlik Tobacco Company A/S
Blended By Richmond
Manufactured By Orlik
Blend Type Virginia Based
Contents Virginia
Flavoring Plum
Cut Flake
Packaging 50 grams tin
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Extremely Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.20 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 08, 2015 Mild to Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
The Virginias offer a bit of fruity citrus and small dark fruit notes. There's a little earth from the dark Virginia to go with the grass and hay from the light Va. The mild plum and fruit toppings don't sublimate the varietals very much. The toppings and tobaccos work synergistically to create a harmonious flavor profile. The flakes easily break apart to do with as you will. The strength and taste levels in the center of mild to medium. Won't bite or get harsh. Burns cool and clean with a very consistent taste from top to bottom. Hardly leaves any moisture in the bowl. Needs an average number of relights. Has a mild nic-hit, a pleasant, short lived after taste and room note. A very comfortable all day smoke. Three and a half stars.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 12, 2018 Mild Extremely Mild Very Mild Unnoticeable
Here's yet another viginia flake available only in Germany, despite the British-sounding name. Originally I thought it had something to do with the Richmond cigarettes brand in the UK, but was surprised it's produced by Orlik.

There is a huge nod here to Orlik's brilliant Golden Sliced, although this isn't sliced and not as golden. My 'dose' was in a big round tin, rather than the square shown in the illustration. The flakes are arranged in a rather dry crumbly mass which needs to be broken and rubbed out. Doubtful you could smoke this without.

The tin note is typical of many other similar blends (of which there are a few) with a pure yet subtle virginia fragrance that reminds me very much of Capstan's yellow.

There's not a great deal to seperate out this blend from others of this type, but I'd say the quality here sits a little above the Dan Tobacco blends like Former's Private, Kriswill or Timms' Golden, but just below the top quality of Capstan or Sam Gawith's best.

Well worth having, especially at this price (10.5 euros), though of course you'll pay postage on top of that from Germany, yet still it proves VFM.

An all-day, simple smoke in the lower half of the top table of virginias.
Pipe Used: All of them (briars)
PurchasedFrom: DanPipe, Germany.
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 30, 2018 Medium Mild Medium Tolerable
This blend might not be as well known as Golden Sliced but it stands high in quality.once the tin opens a nice sweet plum and citrusy smell comes out.the mostly brown flakes have perfect moisture and texture for rubbing and packing.no drying time is needed,lights easy with a few relights needed.while smoking i found a pefect balance between the tobacco flavours and the topping.the different varieties of virginias offer grass,citruses,dark fruits and spices.the plum topping is sweeter than other plum toppings and works in a very balanced way with the tobacco flavours.very rare i detected some cocoa notes also.the flavours are pleasant and very natural.burns almost fast and medium hot to perfect ash with a lot moisture left at the filter.nicotine level is medium and the aftertaste pleasant.room note is tolerable with no tongue bite.an all day smoke.generally i am pleased from the simplicity of this blend.
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 04, 2011 Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
This one is - as far as I know - only available on the German market. Which is too bad, it's a great Virginia flake!

It's nothing fancy, it really isn't. Don't expect a huge and colorful Virginia blend like, say, McClellands Blackwoods Flake or SG Full Virginia Flake. The Richmond is much more of a wallflower compared to these, and I guess that some smokers would even find it rather boring.

Not me though. In fact this one has been one of my favorite flakes during the last couple of years, and besides a dull tin a while ago I've never been disappointed with it. For me it's more or less the perfect all-day-smoke, and I would even go as far as to call it a potentiel desert island tobacco. Again, it doesn't have the deep dimensions of some of the 'big' Virginias, but it sure has a nice little character of its own, and I often find a great variety of sweet fruity flavors coming at me. Delicious! Lo-fi but delicious!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 20, 2010 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
First impression:

This is a very good Virginia Flake. The tin scent is very sweet, just a good, matured high-quality Virginia. Medium- blonde flakes, obviously high-quality leaf. Stuffing a Flake, I always use the fold and roll method. It works pretty good with only half of a single Flake. The tobacco is not pressed too tightly, so it is very nice to handle. Lighting it is no problem and it stays lit well down to the bottom of the bowl. Pay some attention and smoke it slow. If you really do, you will fully enjoy it. Otherwise, as many Virginias, it might get hot, but that will be no problem either. This tobacco is very easy to handle in temperature. Its taste is surprisingly not as sweet as one may expect from the tin scent. It's rather spicy and smoky, even though the natural Virginia sweetness is always preasent in the background. The taste is becoming fuller after the middle of the bowl. Its smoke is creamy and full. All in all, a very good Virginia Flake and a classic, respectively on the German market. I wouldn't recommend it, as any Flake Cut Tobacco, to beginners, though. If a good English tobacco is a 'gentleman', this one is a 'sailor'. You may image sailors smoking this in the harbour after the work is done 🙂 Rich and satisfiying. And in my opinion, better than f.ex. McBarens' VirginiaFlake. A nice change of pace for an english smoker like me. I like it.

UPDATE: This tobacco has proved very well since I cracked the tin. It's just a great smoke. It's a steady and reliable tobacco, something you can always trust. It seems to give me the same kind of silent enjoyment every time I smoke it. Earthy, slightly sweet, malty and grassy. An everyday- anytime smoke for me.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 28, 2013 Medium Mild Mild Pleasant
Seven years between tins I would still claim that Richmond Navy Cut is one of the most consistent and reliable flakes I've smoked. Typical Danish cased Virginia Flake reminiscent of blue Capstan and why not Troost Slices. Affordable, nice and easy.
Age When Smoked: fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 20, 2015 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This lighy aromatised pure Virginia flake can be recommended to those who want to try this kind of cut for the first time.

The tin note of these mottled brown flakes smells of grass and hay as well as a slightly sweet of plums.

Moisture in a fresh tin is perfect, so you can easily fill your pipe using the fold and stuff methode. After the charring light I level out the ashed before the true light.

The Richmond Navy Cut develops plenty of fume. There's a sublime sweetness that goes allong well with its nutty, malty and fruity flavors, but most of all there's natural tobacco taste. It somehow resembles a Va/Per, even though there's no Perique in the blend. However, it's important not to smoke this tobacco too hot, because then the pipe will start to sputter. Towards the bottom of the bowl the smoke gets a little stronger. It usually burns down evenly to some dark grey ash.

The room note is dominated by genuine tobacco scents.
Pipe Used: Stanwell Lilje
PurchasedFrom: Local Tobacconist
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 05, 2014 Medium None Detected Mild Pleasant
The tobacco requires no magic to be well fired. For a flake he glows very well. The heat development is surprisingly low. In summary, very good smoking qualities. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble with the taste. Initially, a light sweetness from the Virginia is noticeable. This sweetness is quickly drowned out by a very natural and bitter taste paired with a mild soap taste. The taste of this tobacco lacks in balance, finesse and subtlety. For me, the taste experience is too uncouth. If this tobacco is smoked too greedy and too fast, he will punish your tongue with descreet brand.

If you like more natural and primitive tobaccos, you might have some fun with the Richmond Navy Cut. However, I stay married with the Mac Baren Navy Flake...
Age When Smoked: Initial purchased, fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 15, 2011 Medium Medium Medium Pleasant
Reasonable price and high quality, Could find it only in Europe.Five Stars if possible.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 09, 2009 Mild Extremely Mild Mild Pleasant
i think this brand name is around some 30 years. Maybe then it was still UK made. As far as I remember there have been 2 Richmond flakes around both somewhat similar. Actually a nicely made flake - if scented, only a bit. The maker is using obviously high quality raw tobaccos and its reasonable priced.

You can´t go wrong smoking this tobacco if somebody like natural VA flakes.
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