Perhaps because this is what I smoke every day, I no longer notice the nicotine since I stopped over-drawing. I'll have to try that big bowl idea. I don't necessarily fill the bowl all the way anymore since in my inexperienced state, I seem to be better able to burn it all the way down if I don't.
I appreciate it's nicotine effect in the reverse because some other things are unsuitable because I notice their lack of it. I do sip it. It doesn't bite me, and it's reliably satisfying. I may not know what else I'll smoke on a given day, but I know at some point in a given day at least one bowl will be smoked. It's convenient. I like twists but a lot of times I don't feel like going through the process of prepping necessary for those.
I buy at least two pounds at a time, and when I'm into the second it's time to order again. I cannot imagine being without it. The tonquin has a natural flavor to me, and seems to compliment my idea of tobacco taste. If I had to choose one tobacco to take to the deserted island, this would be the one.
It seemed anti-social with other tobaccos since it seems so different, but I threw together pound ends of St. James and 1792 not expecting any good result but just to clean things up, but they didn't fight and were actually getting along rather well. I plan to do it again with more precision since the St. James is dwarfed in it's shadow for me.
