Solani 660: Silver Flake

I would definitely recommend this to anyone. Very pleasant, in fact my only complaint is it required relighting - a minor complaint at best. I would store it in a jar however, it will dry out if left in the tin.

In very frank words: Everyone should try this blend at least once in their life time.

It is an excellent mixture and so many reviews with 4 stars (including this one) can't be all wrong.

I won't go into much detail, because I don't wish to spoil the surprise for a 1st time taster of this blend; and because I am very tired at the moment.

4 stars, all the way.

I am opening another tin at the moment. This is a very fine tobacco. A very friendly smoke with good taste through al the sequences and layers of a good medium sized bowl. it's not only friendly by taste, but by burn rate also. When properly packed,lighted and puffed,it won't need a relight untill almost at the end of the enjoyment 1,5 hours later. I like this smoke with a large mug of coffee, but it goes well with good Belgian beer too. The only complaint i can think of, is that this blend is so good that i smoke to much of it.

The tin looks good, but it is not very well engineered. To keep this tobacco fresh, i recommend a good sealbag,or to put the 660 on your daily smoke list.

This is my favorite Virginia flake yet. The Kentucky leaf adds just the right amount of spice and complexity to a smooth, sweet, Virginia blend. It lights and smokes well offering a lot more flavor then most Virginia's I've tried which tend to be as tame as smoldering tea leaves.

if there's anything out there better than this stuff, i definitely want to try it. for now, this is my daily leaf.

Great looking tin and presentation but like others have said the tin didn't close tight enough;the tobacco would clearly dry up if left in the original tin. Very nice flake which crumbled slightly when I switched to a better container. It smokes evenly every time. The bowl will get a little hot if I go too fast. I've ordered several other Solani selections and look forward to trying those, but I'm sure this one will be one I always come back to.

Others have mentioned the high price of 660. I've found it at just over $17.00 for a 100g tin. Most of the quality 50g tins are in the $8.00 to $10.00 range so I think the 100g tin of 660 is an acceptable price-it's worth it.

This was my first flake. Exactly what I hoped it would be after reading these reviews. Beautifully tinned, sophisticated, fine and unique (in my limited experience). Long burning, great in a church warden or other smallish fine pipe. Strong enough to flavor a pipe, so maybe match it to a pipe used for similar flavors/strengths of tobacco. Solani Silver Flake is to pipe tobacco what Brooklyn East India Pale Ale is to beer.

What can I say about Silver Flake...it is like fold'in and pack'in Jessica Alba up and smoke'in her in ur pipe FANTASTIC! Used fold/pack in a Medium/ bent Dublin Ardor, a few relights this way but once goin she smoked like a dream...but beware if u puff her too hard she will bite u, but if you sip slow she will reward u with explosive flavors....

All in all, get yourself of this wonderful blend, got to snag a few tins for cellar... Two long folded flake side-by-side in tin...but will not preserve it, transfer to mason jars

I had a good write-up on this quality blend... took about an hour's time out of my life on an update & ran into a run-time error thingy again. Has happened to me on several occasions. Will not be wasting any more time writing reviews. If I could leave this site for good without a trace, I would. No more! JimInks is right about the flavoring... back in 2010 when I wrote a review, if I'm not mistaken & I have a good memory, the description stated a whiskey flavoring. Needless to say, I'm upset & will read rather than write from here on out... what a bummer. This shouldn't happen... seems really mysterious to me!