Goodbye 2011

The last video of 2011! Some thoughts on Dunhill, Balkan Sobranie, and the future.

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Entertainment

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• Pipes
• Pipe Smoking
• 2011
• English
• Vintage
• Bria
• r Dunhill
• White Dot
• Balkan
• Tobacco
• Sobranie
• Balkan Sobranie
• Daftlilly1

[thvisualstenographer]

Well said! I totally agree with your assessment of hand carvers of today. As I'm sure you are aware we had the same thing happen with high-end pens. I thought I might see a sidecar in the video.

Here's hoping you bring your pens out to play soon.

[asianhombre]

@thvisualstenographer Interesting you mention the Sidecar, which I like but haven't found the perfect one. I myself am a fan of the Sentryman model and usually purchase a new one each year.

[cmasailor]

That pipe is Stellar. Thanks for the education on Dunhill, and thank you for acknowledging the year to year decade to decade differences between products of organic nature and the futility of the exercise of argument therein. We, behing human, however, compete. And as primal as the urge is to compete and argue finite solutions in our lives, the only truth, in taste or otherwise, is that everything is relative. It is the job of the master blender, And our own, to appreciate what we have to work w

[asianhombre]

@cmasailor Quite true, and well-said.

[astroman2112]

I'd be willing to bet the future of Dunhill pipes is quite secure for the foreseeable future and at the least self sustaining. The Dunhill shop in HongKong can hardly keep stock (China is currently a huge market for high end pipes). Another case in point is the recent re releases of their Pipe tobacco blends.I'm sure they studied the market carefully for that move. I think they're aware of the new wave of pipe smokers coming along, as we can see here in the Ytube community to some point.

Cheers,

[asianhombre]

@astroman2112 One of the realities of Dunhill's governance is that, as I mentioned, the Pipes don't totally fit in with the overall image that Richemont wants to present. As such, you will find NO mention of Dunhill pipes on their website, or mention of their availability for purchase at the Dunhill Homes (such as the one you visited in Hong Kong, slightly different then their normal smaller retail stores). It might be profitable, especially in Asia/PAC, but I think Richemont doesn't like it.

[thegreekone69]

Myles, this is Behike54 from BoB. Yeesh! Your vidies are downright bordering on sublime. Thoughtful, informative, and funny. INCREDIBLE! A real treat. Many thanks!

[Aharndts]

Heck, the bottle of Glenfidich that I bought 10 years ago and a bottle from today. there are differences that are noticeable. Maybe the peat had a layer of something that was full of dead English war horses... (Battling William Wallace) or the barrels came from Jim Beam instead of Jack Daniels.

[DailyPuffer]

I couldn't agree more. We must always approach the matter bearing in mind that tobacco consists of an organic product: therefore subject to a natural unevenness and irregularity. As soon as we assimilate this reality, we may begin to contemplate tobacco differently.

I see this blend of Sobranie as a passionate effort to recover the original by all means possible; achieving the impossible or unthinkable at times, even.

Sir, what a pleasure it was listening to your sensible words. I tip my cap.

[PipeKorea]

Thank you for this Video, I love it!

A lot of food for thoughts in it.....

Cheers and take care

Christian

[MrSmokeGuy]

Cool video. Happy New Year! With so many good blends out there and the search for that perfect blend never ceasing the hype will burn out about this one too. JF Germain has created a demand and now market manipulation begins.

[GothamCitySmoker]

Excellent video. I agree the new Balkan Sobranie is very good and should be judged on its own. Also very interesting about the sales of Dunhill pipes in Hong Kong and China. I would be interested in more about the market for Dunhill pipes in Asia. Anyone know how many they sell? Cheers.

[MojoMilt]

Great video - lots to think about. Happy New Year!

Frank