The Good Ol' Professot

 I received my pipe tobacco order yesterday and the first thing I did was open my eight ounce bag of Old Professor, filled my bowl in my Boswell pipe, and sat down to smoke it.  Smoking it was like shaking hands with an old friend.  I won't review the tobacco, as I have done so too many times.  But a good pipe tobacco brings back good memories of it, particularly if I've smoked it with a friend.

But these days I smoke alone, but my wife knew I was anticipating this order just for this very reason.  She knew I couldn't wait for this order to arrive.  It now has 53 reviews on Smoking Pipes with a 4.08 out of five stars rating.  And now Smoking Pipes is sold out of it as of this posting.  It really is that good, but for quite awhile it was one of those sleeper tobaccos that hardly anyone has heard of.  

I'm not taking credit for it, but the fact is I liked it from the beginning and anticipated its arrival the first time I ordered it and is now a favorite.  I just knew I'd like it.  The description of it was spot on.  Having gone to colleges where smoking was not allowed, I had no professors who smoked pipes, as far as I know.  But they could have named it Joe Blow's Favorite and I'd still like it just as much.  It has just enough Latakia and the Orientals are blended perfectly.  

I guess I am reviewing it again and might not be the last time I'll mention it, because it is what a good English tobacco should be.  It's not for the novice pipe smoker, but maybe more for an old codger like myself.  I often wonder if they should rename it as there are those like myself who smoke it that aren't old professors or remember way back when.  I've smoked a lot of English tobaccos and in my thinking it's just one of the best.

I'll make sure Smoking Pipes has plenty of it on hand because I'll be ordering more of it.  This is just one of those sleepers that has a name that might turn off the non-collegiate pipe smoker.  But I came across it a number of times and the name of it was kind of a turn-off for me.  I had no old professor's it would bring to mind.  It's hard for a blender to rename a tobacco.  But as much as I said I won't review it again, I probably will.  

Some of you might think a pipe tobacco is a pipe tobacco.  That might be partly true as I've smoked a lot of blends.  But Old Professor for me just hits the right notes, as much as my wife dislikes the room note of it.  But in MY thinking, this is what a good English tobacco should be.  I'm smoking some in my Angel pipe this morning while drinking a cup of good Guji Ethiopoan coffee.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave