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Created by J.M. April 2007 A carefully well balanced blend creating a mild but full bodied flavor. A Kentucky Burley ripened to the fullest flavor. This is a winner with our customers, no other Burley like it!

It is a light English blend of Virginias, Burleys, Latakia and Perique and is topped off with a bit of Wilke’s unique fermented black cavendish. Truly a social English.

Simply put, DGT is just lighting a pipe, smoking some of it, and waiting until later to finish the rest. The twist is that with some tobaccos, most often Virginias and Virginia blends, this improves the flavor and behavior of the pipe.

I was beginning to worry. Every time I’d visit pipesandcigars.com I’d check to see if Russ has turned out anything new. My wait is over. Two new blends – a lighter English reminiscent of Dunhill’s Early Morning Pipe and a burley cake that may bring back memories of the old Edgeworth slices.

Manufactured from dark leaf ‘whole leaf’, rather than strips the mid rib (or stem) gives the “birds eye” effect. A strong smoke which was particularly favoured by the fishermen, as the finer cut mean the tobacco was easier to light and to keep in on board ship.

As good as it smokes, this will also always be my “Iraq pipe.” That ended up being my last deployment. I never had the chance to treat myself to a better pipe at the end of a deployment because I never got to go back before I retired. If I had to thin the herd down to my favorite dozen, that pipe would remain in my collection and I’d say goodbye to pipes I’d spent much more on.

Please watch the video and discuss it in this thread on the forums.

One of the oldest Wilke recipes. Virginia and Burleys are mixed with a non-aromatic Black Cavendish tobacco and topped with a generous amount of superior Latakia creating a traditional medium strength English blend. A rich mellow blend in the true British tradition.

Some good news about the comments/discussion features here on Smoking Pipe Tobacco.

Back in the day, I’m sure most people didn’t have to go far to buy pipes and pipe tobacco. More and more, for most of us, if we want to take advantage of any kind of selection we need to go online.

I am often asked to suggest online retailers. I’ve dealt with quite a few and had a lot of good experiences. There are plenty of reliable business people out there keeping our hobby alive.

Rather that go down a list and possibly forget someone, I think it better to offer a few guidelines I employ when buying online. If you have never purchased from a particular business before, here is what I suggest: