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Reviewed By:	Date:	Strength:	Flavoring:	Taste:	Room Note:	Recommendation:
JB	05/07/2005	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This tobacco is similar to GLP's Stonehenge, so if you liked Stonehenge, you will likely dig Rusty Hinge. It's not a dead ringer, but certainly in the same ballpark. I like this tobacco quite a bit, but the earlier comment about letting it dry out for a time before smoking it is accurate. My only complaint is that the good folks at Knoxville should take the time to put a label on each tin, even if you buy it in bulk to get the discount. Otherwise, you get plain white tins.
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Pounder 5000	01/31/2005	Medium	None detected	Medium	Tolerable to Strong
I picked some of this stuff up at the Kansas City show and must say it's not to bad. Not as sophisticated as 633, Escudo, or LGF, then again I'm not sure it was ever meant to be. This is a simple, straight forward flake that kind of reminds me a bit of a cross between Haddo's (stronger) and 2015 (weaker). Perhaps not polished, but nonetheless very tasty and good with a cold beer. Curiously this was offered along with some other new blends, most noticeably a tonquin flavored Va flake by Samuel Gawith known as Grey Man Flake. For some reason however I can't find it on the Knox website, nor any other for that matter. Perhaps the best of the new tobaccos I have tried lately, try it if you can find it.
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Ranger	01/24/2005	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Another fine tobacco from the Tavern label. Tasty broken flakes that packed easily, needing very little dry time for an smooth smoke. I thought there was a whiff of a topping such as chocolate (though very, very mild). Whatever it is, my tin was quickly smoked and thoroughly enjoyed. I found the Perique to be blended nicely with the Virginias.
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NEWMAN	11/11/2004	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Another of my trials from Knox Cigar in TN but this one is only available from them tinned. The dark flakes were partially rubbed out and as with others in this line, moister than my ideal when the tin was opened. Based on my prior experiences, I believe some drying improved the lighting and burning rate and no relights were usually needed and a cool smoke resulted. This blend is made by G & H but I found no soapy, Lakeland taste. They kicked the Perique up a notch from their Samuel Gawith blended Laurel Flake to the point that the VA influence is hardly evident. "Just the right amount" as indicated in their description is relative to the smoker. Although not a strong tobacco, I found this blend too heavy with Perique for an all day smoke and greater than McClelland 2015 which remains one of my favorites of this group along with Caledonian 499 and Reiner's Long Golden.
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