Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake

This is a heavy aromatic in my opinion. I can't taste anything but the strong topping. It's like a cheap vanilla and flower perfume that spilled in the bottom of your grandma's purse. I don't think this stuff would get dry if you smoked it on the surface of the sun. Why is it totally black? Honestly, did they smoke this or chew it back in 1792? This could ruin a briar pipe after one bowl and the amount of N is unreal. I hate to waste tobacco but I think I'm going to toss this in the garbage.

This was my first experience with a flake tobacco when I was about 16 or 17 and I hated it then.. and still do! This is what I thought about it then because I had a tobacco diary that I started when I bought my first pipe to make notes about each one I smoked. I bought this because i never had a flake before and I thought it would be really cool to "Rub Out" my tobacco before I smoked it. So at this young age my impressions are as follows...This is old tree bark peeled off a rotten log and put in a tin with church incense! Not only was I repulsed by the incense taste..For the life of me I couldn't break..rub...whittle.. or freaking puree the tobacco so I could properly smoke it in my pipe! Twenty-five years later I decided to try this again when it appeared at my door in a box pass! I still quite never figured out how to "rub out" a flake so I tried again to break this up into something I could smoke. The result was utter and total failure! I had to dump the tobacco out to rub and grind it into something I could smoke and once I did....wait here it comes...IT WAS FREAKING WORSE than I remember! All I tasted was church incense burning with some wet corn silk! That day I vowed to NEVER smoke that again or any other tobacco with that AWFUL incense flavor! The only good memory from this experience I have is that I used a cheap basket pipe for this and had no regrets tossing the pipe and tobacco into my best friends fireplace one evening!

This tobacco is of excellent quality and a first class smoke but I have reservations about it.

It is a little damp out of the tin on first opening but rubs out OK and after a couple of relights burns well.

It is as the reviews I read here before I bought it a good strong solid tobacco.

The smoke is lovely, rich and creamy but I found something was missing.

The flavour is somewhat monotone and boring and after a while nothing at all until you get around half way to two thirds down the bowl and then you can taste the tonquin casing as it starts kicking in properly but by then it's already too late and the toqquin starts to taste terrible at the end of the pipe.

This tobacco seems to me stuck in the middle of nowhere, with nowhere to go.

It is an excellent full strength tobacco, with lovely creamy velevety smoke with no bite as most strong tobaccos are but apart from the Nicotine hit, I found nothing else there compared to other strong twists and flakes and plugs and mixtures on the market which are in my opinion far superior.

Excellent tobacco but no character, the tonquin comes in way too late, even if you like tonquin alone without the other Lakeland flavours, so I really wonder what I'm smoking.

If all you want is a good strong Nicotine hit for sure you'll get one here from the moment you light your pipe up but for a smoke with character I'd look elsewhere, there are far better tobaccos on the market with the same strength and stronger and much more character than this one has.

If you want a good quality, strong tobacco, it's definitely worth a try but personally I'll look elsewhere for my N+ hit.

EDIT .... I'm downgrading this, it's a good quality tobacco and smokes well, the smoke is cool, thick and luxurious but absolutely boring. If the N+ doesn't send me to sleep then the boredom of smoking it will.

I've resigned it to mixing with other less strong tobaccos to lift their Lady N hit.

Just tried it in some Merryval Likrish I bought, just because I used to love liquorice as a kid and it's worked wonders for that.

The Merryval Likrish was missing Lady N and the 1792 flavourless flake is providing it, the mix is delicious, whereas both two tobaccos alone were not so.

Sacrilege it may seem to use a quality tobacco like 1792 this way but needs must.

Sorry Sam but I won't be buying your 1792 Flake again unless I need a strong bland tobacco to lift the Lady N in another.

I had found that the SG line of flakes were very inconsistently sized. The cut would be thin for one flake and then thick for the next flake. Also the flakes were a little difficult to rub out. Lastly, I had trouble keeping this stuff lit and producing an acceptable amount of smoke. I'm not a fan of Tonquin but some of the other flakes had really nice flavors. Eventually dropped the whole line of flakes due to these drawbacks.

I purchased a sample of 1792 Flake, and my tobacconist told me it would put hair on my chest. He was right, I'm now a bloody wolfman.

I'm an aromatic kind of pipe smoker, who dabbles in English blends. I had to try this one after reading some reviews. My pipe smoking hobby would never be complete without trying 1792.

I rubbed some out and put it into my Kaywoodie, which I use a lot for English blends. Right away I got a peppery feeling in my mouth, something I've only had before once when I tried Peterson's Irish Oak.

I've just put my pipe down, and I haven't felt ill or dizzy. (yet)

I don't particularly like the taste, the strength or the room note.

My analogy for 1792 Flake is this: It is like sipping a whiskey, whereas an aromatic is like sipping a cider. You don't do 1792 for the flavour.

I started pipe smoking for the flavours and aromas, and this doesn't suit me at all.

I imagine this one is more for the hardcore, the nicotine addicts, and anyone who needs to feel more manly in front of other men. My 1 star rating is not an indication that it is a BAD tobacco, it just reflects that it is the opposite of tobaccos that I personally enjoy.

I am a fan of SG flakes. I figured I would enjoy this product as well. I was wrong. When I opened the tin I noted that the aroma was a little weird (probably the Tonquin flavoring). I used the air pocket method, rubbing out the flake lightly. The tobacco lit well and burned well. The taste was initially pleasant but definitely strong. This tobacco tasted unlike anything I had smoked previously. As I smoked about 1/2 of the bowl, the room started spinning and a queasiness set in. Mind you, I regularly smoke full English blends such as Dunhill's Nightcap without such problems, but this was too much. Of course, the nausea affected the taste of the tobacco which now resembled something found in the bottom of a monkey cage... Two hours later, after my vertigo/nausea had subsided, I returned to my man cave and was smacked in the nose by the lingering stench of this tobacco. It took two weeks for the stench to clear. I thought I had ruined my flake pipe, but after three salt treatments it has returned to normal. I will keep the remainder of this tin as I plan to use it to prank my pipe smoking friends on camp outs. It was apparent that SG designed this flake for nicotine fiends only. If you are such a fiend, this is the tobacco for you! Recommendations: 1. Smoke this outside only. 2. Smoke this in a pipe you hate or in a cheap corn cob. 3. Do not smoke this on an empty stomach (however, I smoked this after lunch with no preventive benefits) 4. Keep a bucket handy. I would like to say I will never smoke this again... but again, women forget the pangs of childbirth and eventually have more children :).

I got this tobacco as a sample at my local tobacconist and I'm glad I never bought a tin of it. I smoked it today while taking a stroll through the forest. Although the production quality of this tobacco seems excellent, the whole thing unsettled my palate and stomach for the rest of the day. The flakes have the look, feel and even smell of a very old leather belt, maybe one from 1792 ;-). I was interested in the tonka bean flavor which is indeed a mellow vanilla flavor that tastes and smells as if it has been infused with incense. I tried my best to keep this tobacco lit, without much success. I had to relight constantly and when exhaling through my nose I had to retch. After half a bowl I couldn't bear it any longer. Later on while having dinner, I noticed that the tonquin flavor still coated my palate and ruined my appetite. I have much respect for die hards who like this blend, but I must say this is really not my cup of tea.

This tobacco had almost a chemical flavor to me and burnt very hot. My tongue and taste buds seemed to suffer. There were moments of grand flavor, but they were few and far between. I do enjoy a strong tobacco, but this seemed a bit harsh. Perhaps the tonquin?

I'll have to give this another try to make sure it wasn't just me or a bad pipe day. Perhaps tongue gremlins. I'll update the review later after trying it again.... I'll make sure to let it sit for about 30 min. before loading my pipe.

I haven't been able to bring myself around to trying this again. Maybe later this year (2011).

Tonquin tobacco?this is bad i not can whith this tobacco