Lane Limited Edgeworth Sliced

My first impression of the tin aroma immediately upon breaking the seal is a casing reminiscent of the current production of Three Nuns. I think Three Nuns smells like bacon, but what I think I am noticing are curing sugars, such as Molasses. Hence, how the three connect in my olfactory sense. Molasses is often used to cure bacon and it has been suggested elsewhere that Molasses is involved, at least historically, with Edgeworth Slices.

In actually smoking Edgeworth, it is really unique. It really does not remind me much of anything else in pipe tobacco blends in smoking it. In the tin aroma, I also detect chocolate undertones, as I also do with Stonehaven, Royal Cavendish Perique, and Barbary Coast. I doubt cocoa has been added to any of the above mentioned (compare to Bob?s Chocolate Flake for the difference- it is added in Bob?s).

Edgeworth is a species for a method or philosophy toward processing tobacco that is more from an age past.

I do not taste the presence of flue-cured leaf. The fire-cured leaf is really a unique treat that should be respected on its own merits and for its undeniable strength.

If someone else were smoking this and I did not know they were smoking a pipe, I would say that they were puffing on a mild cigar with Indonesian or Dominican leaf, perhaps with a flavor-enhanced wrapper that is ever so lightly imbued.

I do not recommend rubbing this out for reasons of maintaining the reasonably cool smoking quality inherent, though careless puffing is not advised. I also only pack one flake for best burning.

I cannot say that I have fallen in love with this, but it is worthy to keep around when the mood arises. I am going to play with blending this flake with other leaf to add what is missing for my tastes.

Slices of Burley, burley, burley!!!!!!What more can I say. If Your a burly lover then this is the stuff for you. Lets just call this a High grade Burley. What I like most about this is that i can just toss a few slices into a pouch and hit the road. Being slices, thy hold their PERFECT MOISTURE CONTENT, for quite a while. Also easily rehydrated with a disk, if left too long. When fully rubed out, this blend tends to burn hot if not handled with restraint. however, if you simply brake up the slice and fill your bowl that way......PERFECTION!!!!!!. Upon the first touch of flame to tobbacco, a smooth creamyness hits the palate, which then settles down into a nice even toned smoke. great for an all day. 10

Wonderful Kentucky and Tennessee White Burley Tobacco leaves are aged in wooden hogs head casks with a sweetener. The tobacco is then pressed into large cakes and sliced. That pretty much sums up Edgeworth slices. Nothing fancy. Made just like they were at the turn of the last century,only now I'm sure some African Burley is being used in the process. A natural tasting burley smoke that starts off well,and turns bland about the third of the way down. Take yourself back to the day of the white fleet,and enjoy a bowl of this natural tasting pipe tobacco goodness.

Another great burley whose flakes have great presentation in the gold foil and light blue tin but ES is not for the faint of heart. ES is the strongest burley blend I have smoked to date and, for me, it gushed plumes of blue and gray smoke that must have been reminiscent of the ?Donora Death Fog.? The sweetness and nuttiness are there but it is more of a heady smoke than a sweet smoke and, IMO, is best enjoyed after a full, heavy meal. Popeye would love this stuff!

I rate this tobacco 9.85 out of 10

I've been smoking this blend for over a year now so I think it's high time I wrote a brief review of it. Edgeworth Sliced is my favorite Burley. This is not a smoke for the beginner or the aromatic smoker...this is a real man's tobacco! Big thick pungent leathery slabs of dark brown high-grade Burley all wrapped up in gold foil. The slices are on the moist side, a bit sticky and very pliable. They rub out great and fold very well. One slice folded twice seems to make a perfect fit into most pipes.

The flavor starts out sweet and grassy. Slow burning and requires very little relights. Smokes down to a fine white ash. The strength increases as the bowl winds down yet never loses it's sweetness. The nicotine content is quite high and smoking this on an empty stomach may cause a head rush and upset stomach.

I like a bowl of this with fresh coffee every night after dinner. One folded flake in a standard billiard can last up to two hours of nice cool smoking pleasure.

What a genius! I didn't even know this was Burley. Tastes like most other sliced tobaccos. If folded and smoked slowly it smokes full flavored and a long time! An excellent if somewhat uniform smoke.

10/23/04: My tin has really dried up over time. The tin being a press-on lid doesn't seal very well. This still smokes very well even bone dry. A very fine Burley. Very smooth, mild flavor and plenty of kick. Not an all-dayer by any means but really good when desirous of some nice Burley.

October 2004

Like several of the above reviewers, I am a not-usuually-a-Burley-guy smoker who makes an exception for ES. It has a mellow-sweet, nutty, straightforward flavor, largely without the "soapiness" that I sometimes associate with Burley tobacco--perhaps this is a function of the added Virginias? The light brownish/yellow flakes look and load terrific(ally). I would have rated it higher, but I am not an all-day smoker and this is simply too light as a regular evening smoke for me.

Very nice tin.

Very nice olfactory presentation....smells like sweet grass.

Nicely cut flakes....rubs out well.

Nicotine content is considerable.

This is not a straight burley....but mixed with some VA I believe.

Packs well....smokes ok....clean light and burn but less volume of smoke than I prefer.

I love Virginias but love the Burleys too....Id rather smoke Peterson's University flake....I like this flake since it reminds me of some cigar characteristics, UF that is....this flake is just ok.

I smoke cigs now but plan on leaving them behind come Oct 2004...I like to have a few tins to fall back on and unfortunately this is not one...I like it but just does not have enough complexity of flavor or fullness of smoke volume for me.....I will rotate between University Flake and Dunhill's Light Flake.

But everyone has different taste..give it a try...I found this at JRs for 9 bucks..shipping included..for a 100g tin.

This is a strange flake indeed. Upon opening the tin, it smelled like Va... I'm normally not into pure burley, but this one had a nice smoothness and coolness to it. The typical earthy and nutty undertones which is typical of these blends are complimented with a thick, sweet and full taste. Maybe due to an extra long maturing process?

If you are a beginner in the world of pure burley blends, this one may be a good approach, but watch out! It can make your head spin if you puff it too hard!

I cannot smoke this every day, but when i need something strong and different from my usual Va-flakes, this is the one i return to.. An all-time classic..

Jakob Kiilerich, Denmark