G. L. Pease JackKnife Plug
(3.43)
JackKnife Plug: dark-fired Kentucky leaf and ripe red Virginia tobaccos, with their deep, earthy flavors, are layered on a central core of golden flue cured for a hint of bright sweetness, then pressed and matured in cakes, and finally cut into 2 ounce blocks. Slice it thick and rub it out for a ribbon cut, thin for a shag, or chop it into cubes. The choice is yours.
Notes: The first blend in the New World Series - JackKnife Plug was introduced in January, 2011.
From GL Pease: This one has been a long time coming. I’ve had more requests than I can count to make a plug, and to make some stronger blends. There’s something about playing with the tobacco, cutting it, rubbing it out, preparing it for smoking, that connects us more closely with the whole process. A plug like this can be sliced thick or thin, so the smoker gains complete control over the way it will pack and burn. It’s quite rewarding.
My favorite approach with JackKnife has been to slice it very thin, about 1/32″, and rub it completely into a fine shag. Filling the pipe carefully, not packing too tightly, results in a wonderful, cool, effortless smoke, and the fine cut seems to enhance the sweetness of the Virginias and bring out the subtle, natural perfume of the dark fired Kentucky leaf.
Details
| Brand | G. L. Pease |
| Series | New World Collection |
| Blended By | Gregory Pease |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Burley |
| Contents | Kentucky, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Plug |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.43 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 15, 2012 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Just to let the reviewer before me know that most of the reviews of this tobacco (50 as of this writing) are listed under G L Peases's New World Collection. Enjoy the reviews!
ORIGINAL REVIEW 1-31-11, listed under New World Collection: Jackknife Plug: I managed to purchase two tins of Jack Knife Plug from an online vendor when all others were out of it. I paid $3 more per tin than the going rate at other sites. Both my tins were dated 1-24-11.
Upon opening the tin, there was no detectable casing or top dressing tin note - just a mild tobacco smell. I was actually expecting something stronger. It is a fairly easy plug to work with - if you want to call it a plug as it was more cake-like and unappealing. It breaks apart easily if you are so inclined not to use a knife (just tear it). All said, I'm not a fan of how the plug is packed as once it is cut, it has a tendency to break apart into mini-like like pieces that resemble fairly large fish flakes. I say this as I prefer my flakes to have been tighter pressed under pressure. I chose a meer-lined briar for the occasion - one that I reserve for more natural Virginia or Burley tobaccos. It took to the match with moderate ease and required one or two relights along the way. It burned fairly well - most likely due to the fact that it wasn't pressed as a very dense brick. Overall, it was very easy to prepare for smoking.
Before smoking JKP, I thought it would be like Irish Flake, one of my top favorites, but there is no flavoring like with IrF, but its "punch" is stronger - and it can creep up on you with the tendency to smoke it fast for more flavor. The Kentucky leaf made itself known, although it was too harsh for my liking (and I enjoy Kentucky leaf). Not as good as I thought it would be (considering all the hype). As stated - a bit too harsh for my liking and with little natural sweetness. Actually, pretty flavorless. I prefer IF over this one.
UPDATE 12-30-11: What little flavor there is (very little for me) after letting this sit in its opened tin for nearly one year needs to be coaxed with very slow sipping. After all is said and done, still holding at 2 stars. Still have 2 unopened tins. By the way, there was some tobacco bailing wire embedded in the plug of tobacco - good thing it wasn't a brownie!
ORIGINAL REVIEW 1-31-11, listed under New World Collection: Jackknife Plug: I managed to purchase two tins of Jack Knife Plug from an online vendor when all others were out of it. I paid $3 more per tin than the going rate at other sites. Both my tins were dated 1-24-11.
Upon opening the tin, there was no detectable casing or top dressing tin note - just a mild tobacco smell. I was actually expecting something stronger. It is a fairly easy plug to work with - if you want to call it a plug as it was more cake-like and unappealing. It breaks apart easily if you are so inclined not to use a knife (just tear it). All said, I'm not a fan of how the plug is packed as once it is cut, it has a tendency to break apart into mini-like like pieces that resemble fairly large fish flakes. I say this as I prefer my flakes to have been tighter pressed under pressure. I chose a meer-lined briar for the occasion - one that I reserve for more natural Virginia or Burley tobaccos. It took to the match with moderate ease and required one or two relights along the way. It burned fairly well - most likely due to the fact that it wasn't pressed as a very dense brick. Overall, it was very easy to prepare for smoking.
Before smoking JKP, I thought it would be like Irish Flake, one of my top favorites, but there is no flavoring like with IrF, but its "punch" is stronger - and it can creep up on you with the tendency to smoke it fast for more flavor. The Kentucky leaf made itself known, although it was too harsh for my liking (and I enjoy Kentucky leaf). Not as good as I thought it would be (considering all the hype). As stated - a bit too harsh for my liking and with little natural sweetness. Actually, pretty flavorless. I prefer IF over this one.
UPDATE 12-30-11: What little flavor there is (very little for me) after letting this sit in its opened tin for nearly one year needs to be coaxed with very slow sipping. After all is said and done, still holding at 2 stars. Still have 2 unopened tins. By the way, there was some tobacco bailing wire embedded in the plug of tobacco - good thing it wasn't a brownie!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 02, 2012 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable |
I skipped the plug form of this and bought the "Ready Rubbed" release. I can't compare the two, save for my assumption that this one is easier to prepare, but the flavors and strength are fantastic. Sweetness, but not overwhelming, married with an intense body and deep flavor.
This one seems to be aging quite well, too, as every time I go back to it, it seems to improve.
This one seems to be aging quite well, too, as every time I go back to it, it seems to improve.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 01, 2011 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Better than triple play and like it will let it age for a while.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 09, 2011 | Medium | Mild | Mild | Unnoticeable |
I'm sure this won't be a popular opinion and I don't like to be the first reviewer to start off this string with a so-so review but here goes anyway. I have smoked several of G.L. Pease's blends and I am about to break into my second one of Jackknife Plug and I have to admit it is a fair tobacco but only that. Fair.I know that this will come as a sort of slightly blasphemous statement to all the diehard Pease fans but that is how this blend affected me. Good even at times but not great. Does it lack something? I don't know. Maybe. I am not that much of an expert having only smoked Virginia blends and Virginia/Perique blends since 1973 so I may be wrong in my assessment. I didn't notice any flavorings and to me that is a good point and I don't give a rat's patootie about the room note so that's irrelevant to me.The "flavor" is a good medium strength and somewhat enjoyable use of the time smoking but to me there is no "Wow" factor in this blend. Would I buy more of it? Probably not unless it was seriously discounted pricewise. Do I reccomend it to the committed Pease fans? Sure do. I just don't believe I'm one of them.I'll keep on trying Pease blends though in hopes of becoming a true-believer someday and maybe one day? All those singing the fulsome praises for Pease blends must be enjoying something I apparently have missed out on. Who knows? It could happen.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 09, 2011 | Very Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I prefer mine well rubbed out and quite dry. Burns a little faster, but you get more flavor and more nicotine with less effort.
When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!
When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 10, 2011 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
This blend, while young, shows great promise. Out of the can, it smokes with notes of pepper and key lime. great, long lasting mouth flavor. No bite. I like this blend cube cut. I have no doubt, this precossious blend, will mature into a great smoke. I will stash a few cans to age.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 22, 2011 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Good tobbaco,Fair taste and burn qualities but nothing to get all that excited about. Crumbled the whole plug not bothering to go to the trouble of slicing it. i really on' see what all the hoopala is about though.Have tried several of the Pease blends and the same reaction to them all. Probably just me but I've yet to become worshipful Pease fan especially considering the prices.Glad to see ohers love it so much and maybe litle aging will improve this somewhat.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 23, 2011 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Well, based on the tin note, I was ready to buy half a dozen of these plugs. It smells so very good! Now, as a caveat, when I had my first (and only) bowl of this, I had just some Iwan Ries VA flake not 2 hours before. Perhaps that affected my palate, but I found this to not be all that great. I mean, it wasn't bad and I have already bought another tin to let age, but I wouldn't put it up as one of my top smokes. I'll have to revisit this review after a few more bowls of this. For now, maybe I'll just sniff it often! 🙂
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 06, 2011 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
like any tobacco, what you get out of it depends so much on the pipe and the place and conditons under which you smoke it. for example, i smoke it at home in a controlled evironment in a particular pipe which just seems to highlight any tobacco and it is a 4*. but on the golf course in a different pipe and certainly not the same condtions as my basement, it is completely different. this is the same for any tobacco. if i go to the beach and i have some salt air, they all react differntly. so when i see the comments about this or that it really doesn't mean all that much to me because i don't know where it was smoked, in what it was smoked and any of the other variables. yikes.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 15, 2024 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant |
This blend is amazing. The Kentucky and Virginias combine to make a succulent smokey sweet flavor that is a sweet as any aromatic, without being aromatic. Many people will probably want to cut off a slice and let it dry a smidge, but I found it great right from the tin.
Sorry, my palate isn't refined enough to identify the many different flavors. All I can say is it is seriously yummy. Its one of a handful that I'd rate 4+ if I could (C&D Black Frigate, HH Dark Fired Kentucky, Sutliff Barbados Plantation, and Rattray's Exotic Passion round out that group...I like my smokes sweet, evidently).
Sorry, my palate isn't refined enough to identify the many different flavors. All I can say is it is seriously yummy. Its one of a handful that I'd rate 4+ if I could (C&D Black Frigate, HH Dark Fired Kentucky, Sutliff Barbados Plantation, and Rattray's Exotic Passion round out that group...I like my smokes sweet, evidently).
Pipe Used:
Dunhill County Quaint Dublin
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
11 months
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