REVIEW | Rattray's "Marlin Flake" - Does it Bite?

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 81

  • @tanju_sarı
    @tanju_sarı 5 місяців тому +14

    This background is the best...

  • @skippyb.coyote895
    @skippyb.coyote895 5 місяців тому +12

    It's always amazing how different people's mouth chemistries work. For me black canvendish smooths out a blend and prevents tongue bite, whereas I really have to be careful with bright Virginias because they'll bite the heck out of me if I get them any hotter than a slow smouldering ember.

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  4 місяці тому +3

      Yep. Something that doesn't work for me might be fine for you!

    • @toddkenneth
      @toddkenneth 2 місяці тому +1

      100% agree. No problems at all with cavendish (except gloopy aros), but certain Virginias will fry my tongue if I don't take every precaution.

  • @VikingPiper58
    @VikingPiper58 4 місяці тому +3

    Hey Bradley - see you got a mention in the Pipe Club of London spring edition magazine in one of the articles - definitely international my friend! Great review 🎉

  • @paulthepiper4602
    @paulthepiper4602 5 місяців тому +5

    Great to see you back and strong 💪

  • @RidingWithDave
    @RidingWithDave 5 місяців тому +1

    I need to try this but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I absolutely love Old Gowrie though and have about 10 tins of it in the cellar.

  • @Nathan-zw7nq
    @Nathan-zw7nq Місяць тому

    My wife is temperamental when it comes to room note. My Virginias she doesn’t like, but the most of my Englishes (except Red Rapparee) she is a fan of the smell. She says the English blends have a smoky incense smell to them. Very interesting.

  • @justintierney2069
    @justintierney2069 5 місяців тому +6

    I liked watching the shadows of the birds flying over head. Thank you for the vid. Glad you are well.

  • @BlakesPipes
    @BlakesPipes 5 місяців тому

    To be honest, I like you doing this outside. Shows more personality and connect with your guests. Keep going with this platform. I guess since all my videos are on a motorcycle, pipe smoking reviews, I am use to it. Great video sir. 😊

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  5 місяців тому +1

      Glad you liked it! Weather permitting, I will be outside more.

  • @darrylthehorntoadpiper
    @darrylthehorntoadpiper 4 місяці тому

    Those are the next booster rockets for the shuttle waiting to be used right ???😂😁

  • @Tomcatpiper
    @Tomcatpiper 4 місяці тому +1

    It is good but a little bitey !

  • @yusufsayed1583
    @yusufsayed1583 5 місяців тому

    Good Morning 😊Beautiful Background 😍 Nice pipe and good tobacco 👍🏼Awesome Description👌🏽 Thanks for the review and sharing your thoughts on the blend 👏🏼👏🏼Have a wonderful day & Happy Smoking Moments 🌬💨💨 Greetings From South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @stevespent2705
    @stevespent2705 5 місяців тому

    Great review, Bradley. Spot on with my overall thoughts 👍

  • @toddm6999
    @toddm6999 5 місяців тому

    Sometimes I feel like eating the tobacco when it smells that good ..but I refrain as I stick it in my pipe.Lastly I find Perique smooths out the Virginia's.Gotta get this stuff..I will wear the long flake around my neck as a trophy 🏆.Would smoke this in my Churchwarden to avoid the bite

  • @richnewman
    @richnewman 5 місяців тому +4

    Man, you are so aggressively anti-Cavendish! 😂 Condimental Cav doesn’t bother me at all. I like it in stuff like Fusilier’s Ration, Bengal Slices, etc. I like this blend, too, though Black Mallory is my fave from Rattray’s.

    • @Bannockburn111
      @Bannockburn111 5 місяців тому +1

      I wouldn't say he's "aggressively" anti-Cavendish. If he were actually that strongly against Cavendish in tobacco blends, he'd say this was horrible and no one should buy it because it has Cavendish in it. Instead he says he enjoyed Marlin Flake overall, and recommended it to anyone that likes VaPer's. 🙂

    • @richnewman
      @richnewman 5 місяців тому +1

      @@Bannockburn111 Well, I say this in a light hearted context, but if you watch his videos you will see that he will knock most every blend that has Cavendish in it, even condimental.

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  5 місяців тому +3

      Don’t forget, I really enjoy 965!

    • @Bannockburn111
      @Bannockburn111 5 місяців тому

      @@richnewman
      I've watched almost all of Bradley's tobacco review videos (a few old ones I haven't seen); I know as well as anyone what Bradley thinks of Cavendish (other than Bradley himself of course). Not everyone likes Cavendish; get over it.

  • @howardberger2226
    @howardberger2226 5 місяців тому +1

    On all your videos you keep saying that you're not doing " room note". So why don't you stop mentioning it. Either you do the room note note, or you don't period!
    Enough' s enough!! You don't have to say over and over again that you're not doing the room note. Or are you OCDC? Please!!
    I've been watching you for years. I like your reviews. But it's annoying to have you repeat the same meaningless thing over and over.

    • @howardberger2226
      @howardberger2226 5 місяців тому

      I didn't fly off the handle or even a nest. I was just making a statement.

  • @IslandPipers
    @IslandPipers 5 місяців тому +3

    Rattrays Marlin Flake is a staple in the pipe tobacco world. A great blend alongside Old Gowrie and Hal O' the Wynd. 🤙

  • @meanderinoranges
    @meanderinoranges 5 місяців тому +3

    Can confirm, the Zippo lighter with the pipe insert is spectacularly reliable in windy conditions.

  • @MC-gj8fg
    @MC-gj8fg 5 місяців тому +1

    I've not experienced tongue bite with Marlin Flake. Meanwhile, cavendish, boring on its own, adds a light, naturally sweet mellowness that plays well with the stoved virginias and perique IMO.

  • @JojoB0725
    @JojoB0725 4 місяці тому +1

    I have so much of that stuff in my cellar from 2016 🎉

  • @Nighttrainpiper
    @Nighttrainpiper 5 місяців тому

    Looks like you are filming from the post-apocalypse

  • @lngonza
    @lngonza 5 місяців тому

    I like Rattray´s 7 Reserve, for me is awesome.

  • @treeofnoreturn3238
    @treeofnoreturn3238 5 місяців тому

    I enjoyed this, but cavendish, for me, has this Diet Coke effect and leaves a bad mouthfeel. The tobaccos in this blend are high quality, I just can’t do it with the cavendish.

  • @lesbrady
    @lesbrady 5 місяців тому +1

    I also liked the background setting.

  • @Rurik8118
    @Rurik8118 5 місяців тому +1

    Keep it up ! Thanks for the share )))

  • @chrishynes6091
    @chrishynes6091 5 місяців тому

    It's not a flake... it's a belt.

  • @aiarch
    @aiarch 5 місяців тому +1

    Indeed a beautiful blend. compared to my favorite Ratray (Hal o the Wind) it's like 5% less in taste

  • @darrylthehorntoadpiper
    @darrylthehorntoadpiper 4 місяці тому

    Smell sounds ugly to me , moldy hay yuck 🤢

  • @ramachandranpharan3367
    @ramachandranpharan3367 5 місяців тому +1

    Your new Surroundings is very Refreshing. If possible do your review more often Outdoors.

  • @VladArov
    @VladArov 5 місяців тому

    👍👍👍💯💥

  • @MakonenDahlbornMackis
    @MakonenDahlbornMackis 4 місяці тому

    Hal of the Wyn
    No Cavendish, No Latakia, No Orientals.
    I’d rather have the headlined in my rotation. It’s awesome!
    Much rather than Quiet Nights from G. I. Pease or Plum Pudding by Seattle Pipe Club!
    😊

  • @cenoviopereira8603
    @cenoviopereira8603 5 місяців тому

    One state over he can smoke schedule 1 drugs in the park, crazy world huh?

  • @tombrown1898
    @tombrown1898 5 місяців тому +1

    Bradley, Black Cavendish can be either Virginia or Burley in origin. The Virginia can bite, but not in small amounts. The cheap one-sucker Burley is what is used for those candied big bag tobaccos at Walgreens. Unflavored, it can be sooty and no good at all. I actually have a VaPer on order: Dan Tobacco Treasures of Ireland--Limerick. I enjoyed it 25 years ago. We shall see. Hey, what are the tanks and silos in the background? Reminds me of my working days, when I was in and out of such places all the time. Great show today!

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  5 місяців тому

      Hi, Tom! I can’t remember if I mentioned it in this video or not, but I definitely prefer Virginia based cavendish (more English or European style) to burley based. In small amounts, such as in a blend like 965, I don’t mind Virginia based cavendish at all. Thanks for watching!

    • @tombrown1898
      @tombrown1898 4 місяці тому

      ​@@stuffandthingsyoutube Hello Bradley! I received the Dan T. Limerick and have had a few bowls of it. Not being a Virginia and VaPer connoisseur, I didn't know what to expect. Even though I enjoyed this 25 years ago, that has no bearing on my opinion of it now. In short, it's very good! Quite smooth, but quite full, with a healthy vitamin N kick and a lot of smoke. There is a sweet casing, but without added flavor. A pure VaPer, which I believe you would enjoy.

  • @doug1863
    @doug1863 4 місяці тому

    As always Bradley , excellent review. Hope you are doing well. .

  • @Mehrshad_F
    @Mehrshad_F 5 місяців тому

    thanks for the video and your efforts Bradly.
    I can undertsand and know how uncomforting or distracting recording outside and trying to do a review might be.
    Just as an idea which I'm sure you have thought of it already, but is recording inside your car an option?
    I think it would fix most of the problems you are currently having.
    Love!

  • @Hutch.Piper10
    @Hutch.Piper10 5 місяців тому

    I can’t smoke this blend unfortunately. It gives me tongue bite.

  • @berettaEarlofCheesesteak
    @berettaEarlofCheesesteak 5 місяців тому

    Nice! Thanks Bradley.

  • @TheGmarian
    @TheGmarian 4 місяці тому

    Bradley, have you ever tried leaving the room for a few minutes to gauge the room note? It wouldn't be quite the same as smelling someone else's pipe smoke, but maybe it'd give you a good enough idea to use in your reviews.

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  4 місяці тому +1

      I have in the past, but I like the smell of pretty much every pipe tobacco, so that's not much of a gauge! :-)

    • @TheGmarian
      @TheGmarian 4 місяці тому

      @@stuffandthingsyoutube LOL Fair enough.

    • @TheGmarian
      @TheGmarian 4 місяці тому

      @@stuffandthingsyoutube Hey. Bradley. I don't want to bother you, but this is too funny not to share. I remembered that in his review of Elizabethan, JinInks talks about it changing hands, but the new version was pretty close. Then, he added that this wife made a comment, "Oh, you're smoking that stuff again." She doesn't care for the room note of either version. :D

  • @smashingartful
    @smashingartful 5 місяців тому

    Love these videos out in the field

  • @paulthescandinavian4992
    @paulthescandinavian4992 5 місяців тому

    Thanks for the review and a Happy 1 st of the May, Paul

  • @Orochi_001
    @Orochi_001 5 місяців тому

    For me, cavendish mostly just waters blends down. I prefer zero or barely any, and want to be punched in the face with VaPer flavor. Thanks, Bradley!

  • @jaredyoung5340
    @jaredyoung5340 5 місяців тому

    I'm always interested to hear your VAper reviews as I am really coming on to them.
    The digester tanks in the background are pretty cool, looks like they're repainting them? Have you been kulshan brewing? It looks like a pretty neat spot!

    • @stuffandthingsyoutube
      @stuffandthingsyoutube  5 місяців тому

      They stripped them down, and I think they’re going to seal them with some sort of rust neutralizer and leave them unpainted. Thanks for watching!

  • @GolLeeMe
    @GolLeeMe 5 місяців тому

    A great review under challenging environmental conditions. Love the post industrial backdrop too. 👍

  • @bigcountrybriar9911
    @bigcountrybriar9911 5 місяців тому

    I have a similar relationship with cavendish. I love a few blends with condiment amounts of cavendish but most give a sensation like they could bite. Appreciate the review Bradley

  • @SergueyGorokhov
    @SergueyGorokhov 5 місяців тому

    Hi, Bradley! Thanks for the review and all the cool videos❤ Love your channels. As for the presentation of the flake, in Russia we call it "a belt".

  • @JohnZetty
    @JohnZetty 5 місяців тому

    On location video review! Really dig it. Hope you’re doing well sir. Appreciate what you do for the pipe tobacco community.

  • @JAdame24
    @JAdame24 5 місяців тому

    I was able to acquire a 100g tin of this with the date of 2017. Opened it a couple of days ago and the smell was amazing. Going to be trying it tonight for the first time!

  • @xxLIBERTYorDETHxx
    @xxLIBERTYorDETHxx 4 місяці тому

    Reminds me of fruit-by-the-foot, for adults. 😂

  • @Handlesarereallydumb
    @Handlesarereallydumb 5 місяців тому

    “It tastes like moldering hay”
    Normal, sane people: 🤢
    Us pipe smokers: 🤩