Charles Fairmorn Lancer's Slices

I'm utterly impressed with this simple, yet very high quality, blend. The taste is phenomenal, and LS burns extremely well with minimal relights. I just purchased a 500g factory-sealed bag (foil or mylar) and it arrived at a perfect level of humidification; no drying required. LS provides a HIGH volume of rich, creamy smoke. The smoke will fill a room. It comes as a broken flake and I prefer to smoke it intact as much as possible. Personally, I believe that rubbing it out changes the flavor profile a bit. If you enjoy latakia-forward tobaccos, I highly recommend sampling this tobacco. It's availability can be hit or miss at times. My favorite tobacco is Germain's Special Latakia Flake, but F&K Lancer's Slices may have just knocked Germain's down to second place. ENJOY!

In the tin, I got a burst of lemon, almost like lemon blossoms. Then some smoky spiciness and a hint of fruitiness. The Perique also brings some peppery flavours. Lastly, some notes of leather, mouldy and roasted coffee beans.

Taste: Latakia much more to the fore at the beginning, but balances out smoothly as you progress through the bowl. The Virginia adds a little bit of sweetness. Those lemony aromas are also evident in the taste. Further down the bowl, the leathery notes comes through with the roasted coffee beans also noticeable.

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Holy smokes, I finally got around to smoking this stuff and it was fantastic! What a nice heavy, smokey, leathery meal of a smoke! Packed nicely, I used a partial twist method for packing, sort of a stuff and twist. Lights well, stays lit nicely. The room note is wonderful for those who appreciate pipe smoke.

My cigar smoking comrades in the smoke shop even commented how delicious it smelled!

What a wonderful pipe tobacco. The Virginias used in this mixture release a fantastic molasses,Canadian rye wiskey, fermented hay taste and aroma. Mix in the top of the line smokey taste and aroma from the Latakia used. I have not smoked anything like it. It also rubs out very easy. Packs like a dream, and takes well to a match. Smokes nice and creamy and burns down to a fine gray ash. I would even recommend this to none smokers lol. Simple sometimes is better. Peace.

Relentless, powerful steamroller of a tobacco. Not for the timid. Huge smoky aroma and flavor. At home, recovering from hip surgery, this arrived when i was out. So I ordered another pound. Will try mixing in a bit of oriental & some with a pinch of Perique. This'll make my weekly rotation of a couple dozen Lat forward blends.

This is a desert island blend.

Simple, elegant, rich, creamy and almost decadent. A wonderful, high quality blend for an almost scandalous price.

Its just high quality Latakia mixed with high quality VA's. The lat is fairly dominant, but the VA makes itself known with a sweet and earthy pop that gets richer the longer the bowl goes.

The smoke billows enormously, in a dense cloud, and it gets warmer, sweeter and richer as the bowl goes on.

Ships at a perfect moisture level, packs and lights easily, among the simplest but also finest English blends out there.

SO good. Very nice latakia flavor, with a mild spiciness. Sweet tones come out, just an incredibly good tasting English tobacco. Excellent! If you like Frog Morton Cellar, I think they are kind of in the same area.

LANCER SLICES IS FAR AND AWAY MY FAVORITE PIPE TOBACCO - IT HAS BEEN COMPARED TO BENGAL SLICES - PENZANCE - HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED EITHER OF THESE - HOWEVER - I HAVE TRIED OVER 100 OTHER TOBACCOS - IT'S A SUPER SMOOTH - FULL BODIED MIX THAT TASTES GREAT AND HAS A KILLER BOWL NOTE AND ROOM NOTE AS WELL. I HAD IT BACKORDERED AT P&C - FINALLY GOT BOTH ORDERS AFTER WAITING 2.5 MONTHS - JUST ORDERED ANOTHER 47 OZS - AND OF COURSE IT IS BACKORDERED. LC IS REMARKABLE - #1 FAR AND AWAY.

I went to my local tobacco shop and I was looking for a compatible tobacco for my English pipe. I normally smoke Boswells Northwoods and was looking for something that would not compromise the seasoning of the pipe.

After inspecting a few of the jars I honed in on Lancer's Slices. The aroma was very pleasant out of the jar. I rolled the broken flake into a bowl sized pinch and held my pipe upside down and gently twisted it into the bowl of my pipe. Then lightly pressed it level with the rim of the bowl.

I made the charring light and enjoyed the initial puffs of smoke; tamped the risen tobacco down and lit the tobacco. I only had one relight as I let the pipe rest to cool.

The lightly sweet virginias combine blissfully with the floral latakia and I get a flavor of leathery almost orange spice. This is a very satisfying smoke and one I will be enjoying for a long time.