Three Star Blue Vs Sir Walter Raleigh

I have to admit that I have been spending more time (than is perhaps desired at this time of the year), imagining in my mind which one of the above two pipe tobaccos will be able to fill the beautiful bowl of the pipe I will be able to indulge in when I get my ducks in a row and have the photos ready and the pipe & plaque ready to go.  There are, of course, "fancier" pipe tobaccos that I have, but I am aiming for the two that please my palate and mind the most.

Both pipe tobaccos are so beautiful and delightful in very different ways.  It will be a tough decision.

 The Three Star Blue, is a gently aromatic blend of burley with a slight vanilla cast.  But, what is especially different about Three Star Blue is that it has in addition to the beautiful burley tobacco, it has some cavendish and perique pipe tobaccos as well.  These two additions tend to make the smoke more smooth and sort of velvety in texture.  Very, very tantalizing.  

Sir Walter Raleigh is a "plain" burley leaf pipe tobacco, but "plain" is a word that is a bit of injustice to the leaf.  In reality, Sir Walter Raleigh is a pipe tobacco that has a some what "rougher" smoke and texture, but it is "rough" in very pleasing ways.  Flavor wise, it is rather simple, but has hints of flavors that are reminiscent of both brown sugar/molasses and also hints of flavors that are almost whisky-like.  With this leaf being cub-cut, the smoke tends to be thicker and more substantial.  It also has the cache of being the first pipe tobacco I ever had tried way back in my youth.  It too, is very, very tantalizing.  

It will be a hard decision.

I am still sorting through the potential pipe that will be the display pipe.  It has grown to be a more elaborate task than I had originally planned.  But, it is rather fun, although I am also feel a bit of impatience at my indecision.  Truth be told, I have currently "narrowed" the pipes for selection down to TEN potentials (haha, I jest in using the word "narrowed".... when I started to rummage through the boxes of pipes, so many ended up striking my fancy that the number of candidates grew to the now ten).  

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Running went well.  It was indoors, but still, I felt pretty good getting it finished.  

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