G. L. Pease Sextant

Presentation: Cream colored label with what I would take a wild guess and say is a sextant, and fancy cursive reading "Sextant". For those who don't know, this is a navigation instrument.

Cut: Comes in a broken flake, rubs out into a chunky ribbon cut. Moisture was fine for me if not a touch on the moist side.

Tin note: Smells of a slightly fruity sweetness and a smooth smokiness.

Tasting notes: Earthy, toasty, and a bit tart on light up. Slight bread on the finish. Somewhat smoky but it's very smooth. I didn't even realize this had a rum topping until I looked the blend up on the site. I wish all alcohol toppings were done like Greg does them! I didn't realize it was there but after seeing that it's in here that makes sense, it definitely adds something to this blend while being discreet. There's a slight slight sweetness with every puff. It's not obvious but it is there and modifies the earthiness. I taste remnants of Abingdon or Kensington in here. This blend is similar to those, but this blend comes off as a much less obvious english blend. Like an english blend in disguise, although as the bowl progresses, the "disguise" diminishes. Also just noticing some spice here and there later into the bowl.

Mechanics: A well behaved blend, I have nothing except to say that this is a very cool smoking blend. You don't need to think about cadence when puffing on this one.

Extra Remarks: While I did write a lot in the tasting notes, I do feel that this blend is somewhat of a straight shooter. A nice english blend but with a twist. Decent complexity, not in the variety of flavors it throws at you, but in the nuance of the few that are there, flavorful, easy to handle. Oh, also this might pack a bit of a wallop for the nicotine lightweights. Overall a good blend, 3 stars.

Sextant to me is a great latakia strong flake from GLP.

Tin note: Smokiness, Spiciness, that hint of rum/liquor.

Packing: Crumble up the broken flakes into one of my pots or author shapes. It seems to love a flatter bowl.

Lighting: After the charring light, seems to burn well. Only needs an occasional relight when I dont pay attention while sipping.

Bowl Flavor: To me the latakia and orientals star in this one. Do not get much of the rum. As it burns it moves back and forth from smoky to spicy. Never becomes harsh to my taste at least.

Overall: A great compliment to Navigator in this series. Nice for an evening while drinking a dark rum and coke or maybe a scotch. Does hit me at least with a pretty strong Nic punch

I opened the can about 2 months ago and put the baccy in a mason jar. The smell was potent and seemed pretty spicy to my nose. I was put off a bit because it made me think smoking it would also be very spicy.

Same night I rubbed it out a little, loaded up a bowl (I think it was my bent Stanwell freehand) and I really just didn’t like it. It came off as too peppery (my original fear), not much smoke production, and thin tasting. So I didn’t smoke any more for a month and a half.

Now to today: a thorough rubbing out, loaded a full bowl in my Peterson 120 Dublin and oh what a tasty treat! I don’t know if it just needed to be free from it’s canned Bastille for a time, or if it just didn’t like my Stanwell. Either way, it’s now a nice and smooth taste, the flavors are mellow and well blended, and just a small punch of pepper. Really enjoy it and I’m glad I revisited with a different briar.

An interesting variation of a Navy flake, Sextant is balanced and potent. The red Virginias are sweet and impart citrus notes. The orienals are tangy and buttery, the Cypran Latikia is rich, woodsy and resinous. The dark fired Kentuckys are nutty and toasty rich. Perique adds stewed fruit, black pepper and a sour nuance. The Dark rum casing sweetens the blend and adds several spicy notes, molasses and tannins while intensifying the blend overall. Burns at a medium pace and leaves a little moisture but no dottle. Strength builds mid bowl. Very complex and satisfying but takes some patience.

An all day smoke to few but the experienced naval Capitan.

This is a English mix with a rum topping served in a broken flake form. My tin contents were dry and the first couple of bowls were unremarkable. I was going to write this blend as a dud, but then it dawned on me to rehydrate it via the sponge method and oh boy was there a difference! I rubbed the broken flake out and sometimes I just poured the flakes into my pipe. By rubbing the flakes out it requires less relights.

3 stars cause I shouldn't have to rehydrate tobacco

I`m not shure if I like the Sextant. Normally I prefer naturally tobaccos or on the other side aromatic tobaccos. I think a tobacco between both genres is very diccult for me. So the first third of the pipe I was a little angry about Greg. I asked me what want he purpose with this tobacco? The added flavor was for me too dominant so I feel the smoke a bit boring and not complex. But than the tobacco turned round. The tobacco, especially the latakia get mor body and the taste brings me essentiell and tarry notes.The combination of the flavor and the latakia tasted me very well. It is an unusal combination but it is a interessting combination. I don`t like it every day but when I smoke it I enjoy this blend. So I think it is not a great tobacco, but it is a nice and very well balanced tobacco for people, who like a latakiablend with a bit sweet flavor. recommended

Tin note of sweet and smoky with a little spice. The multiple shades of brown Broken Flakes rub out easily. Tobacco is damp and may need a little drying. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is medium to strong and nic is medium. Flavoring is mild, with notes of sweet rum. Taste is full and consistent, with complex notes of smoky, herbal spices, musty wood, floral, dry earth, mild tangy sour, sweet grass, mild orange bitter, toasted bread, spicy, mild tart dark fruit, a sweet nutty background note, and a peppery retro. Latakia is barely leading the Virginias with Oriental/Turkish supporting. Kentucky is providing support where needed. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

I was surprised by this one. I was expecting it to be much stronger than it was.

The tin I used for this review had a 2020 tin date, so roughly two years old at smoke give or take. A slight bulge in the top got me excited. On opening the tin, there is a nice cut flake. Mostly dark tobaccos. A very strong latakia smell, with a note of the mentioned rum topping. The rum scent was not as prominent as I expected.

It probably did not need any air time, but my routine is to give everything at least 30 minutes (personal preference) so that is what it got. Rubbed out easily, and loaded easily. Light was easy, and on the light, Mr. Pease became a magician.

When flame hit weed I got a very strong and heady latakia hit. I smiled and thought "buckle up, this one is going to be fun", and then....Abra Cadabra (sp?)...Poof, the rug was pulled out and it almost instantly mellowed for me.

I am not going to lie, I was a little disappointed. I was ready for the in your face strong english experience. Instead I got a steady freddie, medium as you go experience.

Don't get me wrong, it was a good blend. Very balanced, the rum note does not come through as much as I was hoping, but a good blend. I just kept looking for what never came. Every relight as I worked down the bowl I thought "yup, here it comes", but it never did. It was much tamer than anticipated. It is definitely lat forward, but for me, not a strong spicy exotic lat forward.

While I very much liked this blend, I don't think there was enough here for me to think back on it and really want a bowl later. I don't smoke as many latakia blends as I do Va/Vaper/Vabur blends, and so when I dip into a latakia blend, I really want to be hit over the head with it. If you are a person who smokes english blends often, this would probably fit nicely in your rotation. If you are a person who takes out an english occasionally to be wowed by it.....

GL Pease Sextant - This is an interesting blend . Similiar to HH Vintage Syrian but with more Kentucky added . It can get quite spicy at times . I has a decent amount of sweetness. The Latakia is always in the background. Well rounded .Sometimes the Kentucky almost takes over then the blend . The Turkish-Orientals are tasty . The Virginias have just enough sweetness to balance the stronger tobaccos . The Rum fades after about a third of the way down . I like it . It has aged nicely .Recommended 3