Orlik Tobacco Company A/S Richmond Navy Cut

A very nice quality flake, not exceptional, but very good all the same.

The flakes are well cut and nicely presented, allowing easy seperation, moisture content is fine and flakes can be rubbed or folded without extra drying time.

A very good medium bodied smoke, smooth and a little creamy, no bite, burns well without relights all the way down and no dottle to waste.

Now for the tragic part, I've gone through several tins of this and each time, having opened the tin (and very carefully replacing the lid) within a few days, the taste and flavour have vanished.

Was this a bad batch ? young tobacco ? I still have a couple of tins left, now with a year or so on them so I may be tempted to crack one open to see if the taste and flavour will remain a little longer.

Therefore only three stars whereas four would have been an almost certainty.

Rubbed this one out and smoked it in medium size chambers as this is my weapon of choice when it comes to VA flakes. Cold smell is decent and of raisins with wooden notes. Packs easily when rubbed out and takes flames fast then burns a bit hot if not sipped very slowly.

Offers a lot of assets a VA flake can do. Hay grass and citrus notes on top of a natural tobacco taste. Not much of added aromas detectable for me in here though the plum is a bit more present in the second half. I can not taste any Cavendish at all even though it is mentioned in the tin description.

No big ups and downs to be expected but that's no problem. Nice and easy all day VA - a summer tobacco for me it is.

This is the second historic Richmond mixture. Once you pop open the tin you see the nicely trimmed flakes waiting for you to enjoy them, even though they are quite moist at first and need some drying. They are not very pressed making it easier to fill the pipe, light it and keep it puffing.

It has an honest Virginia taste without too much sweetness. Surely a small bowl fits best to this tobacco, cause when I tasted it in a big bowl, after the 3rd /5th it became much stronger but also a bit bitter. I like it, but not as much as Mixture.

I'll start by saying, first of all, if you read all the reviews on here about this tobacco (it won't be too much work as there aren't that many) you'll realize that you either try it yourself or you'll never really know what it's all about. In principle, that could already be a virtue, since it indicates that it is not too similar to many other mixtures.

Before opening the tin, I was reminded of University Flake by Peterson, Plum Cake by Germain's and Royal Yacht, formerly Dunhill and now Peterson, thinking it might look like one of them since they all have a plum topping. In the case of UF, the fact that it contains Burley already makes it different and in the case of RY, even though it doesn't have burley, it behaves as if it did (I'm talking about the Dunhill version). So it would seem that opening a Richmond Navy Cut tin was going to be a surprise either way. Well, it wasn't such a surprise. When I tried it, I realized that it was what you would expect, a flavored virginia where the plum is noticeable, as is the case in UF. As simple as that. This ingredient is well combined with virginia, without clashing, as it happens with other flavored flavors whose flavor is different from that of tobaccos naturally. It produces a sweet, simple, and relaxed smoke, although it is not exciting. The same flavor is maintained continuously throughout the smoke. It burns well and does not bite the tongue.

For better or for worse, the Richmond Navy Cut is this: tobacco virginia with a smooth plum topping, no fuss…