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<blockquote data-quote="Zeno Marx" data-source="post: 549689" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>My first flake was maybe my third tin ever purchased? Something very early on. Escudo. Not because I was astute or lionhearted, but simply because that it what the shop guy recommended. Who knows, maybe he wanted the extra couple bucks in the till? Or he was really keyed into what flavors I was chasing? Like so many of us pre-internet, we were at the whim of shop owners and other randoms who just happened to be in the shop when we were. Shop workers were the mentors. I basically took every recommendation he made, and either I was entirely malleable or he knew his stuff (probably a little of the former and a lot of the latter). His taste pretty much became my taste. He only smoked tins. I only smoked tins. It was a couple years until I ventured out and established my own path. I smoked many tins of Escudo in my first several years. For whatever reason, he nailed it. Other than Escudo, flakes weren't common in my repertoire. Until the 2000s, I was a 95% English smoker. It's now the complete opposite.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of tobaccos that were more than here and there and bought with consistency and decent quantity: McClelland #2015 and #2035. Then Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake. C&D Night Train (does that count?).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeno Marx, post: 549689, member: 1211"] My first flake was maybe my third tin ever purchased? Something very early on. Escudo. Not because I was astute or lionhearted, but simply because that it what the shop guy recommended. Who knows, maybe he wanted the extra couple bucks in the till? Or he was really keyed into what flavors I was chasing? Like so many of us pre-internet, we were at the whim of shop owners and other randoms who just happened to be in the shop when we were. Shop workers were the mentors. I basically took every recommendation he made, and either I was entirely malleable or he knew his stuff (probably a little of the former and a lot of the latter). His taste pretty much became my taste. He only smoked tins. I only smoked tins. It was a couple years until I ventured out and established my own path. I smoked many tins of Escudo in my first several years. For whatever reason, he nailed it. Other than Escudo, flakes weren't common in my repertoire. Until the 2000s, I was a 95% English smoker. It's now the complete opposite. Speaking of tobaccos that were more than here and there and bought with consistency and decent quantity: McClelland #2015 and #2035. Then Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake. C&D Night Train (does that count?). [/QUOTE]
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