Nording Pointer

I've been swimming against the assigned current, evolving from english to aromatic tobaccos, though I enjoy both types when done well. Aromatics tend not to be done well, though, I suspect flavoring is added to poor quality tobaccos to disguise. Ergo, the omnipresence of inexpensive, common drugstore aromatic blends and their stigma. Nording's Pointer is not one of them. It is a quality product and not over-sauced.

Unlike some other reviewers, I find adequate flavor in this blend, but I have to be patient until after the first quarter. Mostly sweet, vanilla-ish, standard Danish aromatic taste and smell. This is your social tobacco; many will enjoy your smoking it. The room note is very nice without smelling like burnt sugar nor perfume. Though I smoke for my own enjoyment, it helps to have something others like as well.

Though moist, it takes to the match readily and requires few relights. The flavor increases well into the second half and lasts to the end, unlike cheaper blends.

Nothing particularly unique about this blend. Better than the cheap aromatics, good to have around. Smoke this in a pipe dedicated to this type of tobacco, as it leaves a pleasant residue incompatable with say, balkan blends.

Pointer is said to be a Danish style Va/Burley blend. There is supposed to be a subtle flavor, but I never found it.

What I did find was some weak Va that couldn?t hold its own against the slightly bitter Burley. The two never quite meshed ? it was more of a clash. End of the bowl was no better than it started, with a bitter finish.

The Pointer doesn?t get a bone from me.

As a new pipe smoker, that had only smoked aromatics, this was my first introduction to a Virgina and Burley blend. I picked this up to break in my new Nording Hunter Moose pipe.

I am very pleased with this tobacco. It has a very mild, sweetish smell and taste. It burned well all the way down to the heel.

It might be too light for some more experienced pipe smokers, but I think it was a great first step. Now my aromatics seem overly flavored and too "goopy".

My wife enjoys the room note, it is mild as well. She told me it smells as a pipe should smell.

This tobacco was highly priced at my local tobacconist ($15/50g), but it can be found online for half the price.

This is definitely my favorite tobacco at the moment!

I tried this tobacco more out of curiosity and JBR was out of stock of Nording Hunter's Retriever.

I immediately fell in love with Pointer as this is one of those tobaccos that rides the fine line of being an aromatic but leans more towards a Virginia Blend.

Very mild and very satisfying to me and I guess that is what really matters. No tongue bite, not an overwhelming aroma and the taste is very mild.

This tobacco has earned a place on the shelf of one of my favorites, and would recommend it to anyone who is starting out in becoming pipe smoker.

I had to be persuaded to try this blend. After all, Erik Nording does pipes ... what does he know about tobacco? I was corrected when someone pointed out to me that McClelland blends this for Nording. OK. Let's pop the tin. Caramel popcorn. I swear the tin smells just like caramel popcorn. In my mind, this proves that I'm going to hate it because I don't like overly sweet, goopy tobaccos. It is finely cut ribbon, chocolate in color with an occaisonal lighter flake here and there. The tobacco appears a bit moist, but not overly so for a tin blend. It packs well, and I pack it loosely. The room aroma for this tobacco is delicious. Kind of a "cookies in the oven" character. The first few puffs prove rewarding. I CAN taste the burley and the casing provides a gentle hint of flavor. I'm halfway through before I realize how mild this blend has been on the tongue. Definitely no bite. Just mild, lightly cased, tobacco flavor and copious clouds of sweet smelling smoke. This is good stuff. The final third of the bowl can be a little wet. I suggest drying this blend out a little before packing. This is a good crowd-pleaser blend that will produce a rewarding and mild smoke.