Blend Club 2023 | November - Escudo - Navy de Luxe 

Just wanted to say a big thank you. It’s a year now that I’ve been smoking a pipe, and you’ve been my biggest source of helpful information.

Mr Muttenchop, Thank You for all you do and have done for the community!

🙂🙂🙂🙂 I’m a vaper smoker and I keep a tin of this blend on hand in my rotation always. Now I love the pop’s of sour I get along with the pepper of the perique and then the sweetness of the Virginia comes in it’s just a fantastic flavor profile it’s definitely a blend that rewards the slow smoker!

😊😊😊😊😊 I this is my first vaper blend, I’m really grateful you broke that term down. I really enjoyed this tobacco blend, but I only have English blends and aromatic to compare it to. I’m trying to break away from aromatics just a bit. Kinda like when you first start drinking black coffee, it isn’t necessarily all that great. In regards to tobacco, I’ve been using cream and sugar and not really tasting the coffee for what it is. I’ve smoked quite a few aromatics and then decided to go straight to heavy English blends. It was like going from extra cream and extra sugar to burnt gas station coffee. So this was a nice treat for me.

Great review as always. Difficult to get in England, but Peterson Deluxe Navy Rolls available and I believe same or very similar. Very enjoyable smoke! 😊😊😊😊

Loved the video. Looking forward to trying it. I am a novice pipe smoker and enjoy your teaching videos. Gid bless.

👍👍👍👍 Delicious blend. This is one of my favorites. Perfect moisture; deep, delightful flavors,; no tongue bite; lovely room note. Cheers!

I have a tin on its way right now. As soon as it comes in, I'll leave a review. I have recently become a fan of perique, so Im excited. Thank you sir.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Escudo is one of my favorite Navy blends. I love the peppery hit you hit you get from it and how the sweetness comes in to mellow it all out. When you can get your hands on it. I buy a few tins to keep on standby. Like Muttnchop said the price has definitely gotten ridiculous. But it's definitely worth a shot at least once

👍👍👍👍. Good ol’ Escudo! I would definitely give it a 5 if the price wasn’t so high. There are plenty of other vapers just as good but they are much cheaper. That being said, I always have a jar of Escudo on my shelf. The tin note is always sweet, you really get the fruity notes right off the bat. It’s always a little moist in my opinion so i always rub it out and let it sit for 10-15 minutes before I load it up. I always get the sweet, spices, and bready flavors while smoking it. Many people complain that it has a lot of nicotine , but I’ve never gotten a buzz from it. The room note is very mild. I would highly recommend Escudo for new pipe smokers, but if price is an issue then go with something like elizabethan from Peterson. As always great review Muttnchop!

Thank you for all of your videos. It was because of you. I got back into pipe smoking and now my wife smokes with me in our new pipe room. We just started our RU-vid channel, thank you and Merry Christmas.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ To be Escudo is the quintessential VaPer blend. I never have to dry it out, and it’s never too dry. It’s ready as is and I think it genuinely could be a great beginning tobacco. I will agree that it is a little expensive for a single tin of tobacco, but always worth keeping a tin or two.

I can only smoke this blend when I first wake up for some reason, otherwise I'll start sweating like I ate a chili pepper 🌶 ♨️🥵 The flavor for me was like smoking a good cigar while snorting black pepper up my nose.

Mutton, I wanted to write on your most recent video that I just enjoyed my first hour and fifteen minute pipe bowl. There is a tobacconist near me that carries pipe blends and cigars but not pipes. Anyway, I used all the tips I learned here at the YTPC. Packing looser and smoking slower/cooler is the secret! I mixed some wet black Cavendish with a drier English blend. Delicious. I'm going to get a smaller pipe for nights that I have less time. Thanks for this awesome channel! Cheers, Jordan in NJ

This is, bar none, my all-time favorite summertime tobacco. I've got half a dozen or so tins cellaring, and limit myself to smoking one tin per year, usually just on sunny Sunday afternoons on my back porch. I've tried quite a few VaPers, and while some come close, none have matched it. In my opinion, Escudo is the gold standard for VaPers. Thanks for the review!

⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️ Had to use the anchors given the connotation in the name and my naval service. So this will likely become a 5 once I try it with some extensive age on it. Yes it is pricey unfortunately, but you can see why. It smokes beautifully. If packed properly, it will give you a continuous steady smoke with no relights. It will start to build some excess juices, so will need to run a pipe cleaner through in between at times. Other than that it’s great. Again regarding the pricing, just use sparingly as a treat like Muttnchop says!

😊😊😊😊😊. If I could give 8 I would. This is maybe my all time favorite, with the possible exception of Maltese Falcon. But if I could afford it, I could be a happy guy with nothing but this to enjoy.

❄❄❄ This was fine, but didn’t make an enormous impact on me. I expected more since it was also so highly recommended by the Carolina Pipe Cottage. The room note is very nice, but the flavor is otherwise fairly flat. It’s not terrible, but it doesn’t delight me the way other similar blends do. For example, I prefer Orlik Golden Sliced.

Also these types of VaPers escudo. Luxury navy flake etc.. are very subtle and must be sipped. Smoke slowly with as little heat as possible. You don’t just blast the lighter to it and puff hard . The secret is in the slow sipping

Found a tin tucked in the back of my cellar and man was this stuff good. Had a very tangy but fruit forward note for the most of the smoke. With pepper coming in every so often. 👍👍👍👍 would be 5 if price was not so high

😊😊😊😊 First blend club that I smoked along with your video. Always enjoy these videos. Keep ‘em up.

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 throughout the years, Escudo has been & still is one of my top three favorites.

😮😅😊 it’s a good smoke but at its price point unless it’s on sale…I will try others

Looking forward to trying this! The price has prevented me from trying it in the past but I think it’s time. Cheers!

🙂🙂🙂I gave it a three, it was kind of flat to me. Not a lot of taste for me. I can smoke it, but not my favorite. I can taste some creaminess. 🙂🙂🙂 Mrs. Whitetail, same experience.

🧙‍♂🧙‍♂🧙‍♂🧙‍♂I love it...I just fold it and stuff it and smoke it in a large pipe. Very nice.

I enjoy Escudo very much. I've been smoking it for a year.

My favorite!!! Thanks for the BC Review.

Thanks!

😋😋😋😋😋 Love Escudo. While I'll rub out the coins from time to time I usually take two, stack them, then roll them up in a cylinder and shove em into my pipe. Regardless it is a quality blend. Thanks for all of your reviews and blend club videos :)

😀😀 - it burns hot. I’m a savinelli fan, and have tried in a 320, 673 and a 311, as well as some cobs, including a country gentleman and pride, all burned hot. Not sure if it is the Perique or what, but always end up with bite. Orlik, capstan gold and opening night perform well in any pipe for me, regardless of pipe. Might be the Perique, technique or maybe too moist. My tin was from 2022 (opened at the same time-in a mason jar). Appreciate any recommendations to improve my experience!

Great video! Escudo Navy Deluxe is my favorite!

This stuff is great..thanks for the recommendation.

I believe it has much more V. Driving the bus indeed. Great job

😮😮😮😮 I love this blend for my Vaper days

Watching your videos while smoking is the best❤

I’m going to have to try that. Do you have a video on room notes of varieties of tobacco? For instance the smell of burley vs Virginia vs oriental etc. There’s many blends I love the smell of while I’m smoking them, however I often wonder if non smokers around me are getting the same smelling enjoyment as I am.

🌝🌝🌝🌛 The first time I smoked escudo, I was a rookie piper who had a sprint to the finish cadence and never considered the nic hit of different tobaccos. Ouch! 😵‍💫 I learned a lot from that bowl and since have slowed down and have enjoyed much more.

BriarBlues loves it.

Love it but indeed the price is somewhat expensive. But noneteless smoking less and enjoy it 👍

😮😮😮😮 I am unable to join the chorus of ‘best’ or ‘king of the heap’ but this is an excellent VA/PER - it is strong, steady, and could become the ‘reference’ for comparison. Which is how I see Escudo - it is better than, it is stronger or weaker than - something else. In general, this blend is strong and full in taste. The perique is definitely present but secondary (as is usually the case) to the deep, rich Virginia. In my view, this is not as good as Windjammer, or Fairbourne from Emerson_Southern_Forged (ESF). It is at the same level as Haddo's Delight and Chenet’s Cake. It stronger or fuller than these but whether that is a good thing or not depends on the individual. Escudo is better than Orlik Golden Sliced, and slightly better than Peretti's No. 8 Sliced, and slightly better than Stokkebye's Twilight. Escudo is way better than, say, The Beast, Three Nuns, or Stratford. Escudo needs a day or so of open-tin drying out and an easy cadence. Escudo is clear in who it is and, as mentioned, a good reference for a VaPer. It retains a close to 3.5 out of 4 rating on Tobacco Reviews with a huge number of reviews. While I will go to it now and then, and think it deserves 4 of 5 stars on Muttnchop’s rating scale, it is not a go-to for me.

Come back to Lakewood Ohio!

🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿 Same as others would be a 5 if the price was a little cheaper. I go for a much heavier PER in my VAPER’s if I was to say something negative about Escudo

Muttnchop, have you had Mac Baren’s Royal Twist Deluxe? If not gotta order some up!

🤑🤑🤑 Escudo is a solid, but boring smoke for me. Most of the people I know who love it are ex-cigarette smokers. I prefer something more along the lines of Bayou Morning for more of a perique kick.

I live near Poche Perique Tobacco farm and its awesome.. want a tour?

Im confused about all the different tobaccos out there I liked old toby/ tombigbee except it was a little wet but after drying out burned great. Do you have any recommendations that is close to that? Thankyou sir

I've never understood the term"vapor". If it's Virginia and perique tobacco blend, wouldn't it be "Viper"?

greeting from China！ Love your videos！ can i ask, does ecodo is similar or to the Peterson deluxe navy？😅

🦌 it tastes exactly what a freshly cut hay field smells like . Just not my thing

How does it compare to Orlic golden slice?

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Please do a short video on nicotine levels and what to watch for as far as high and low potency tobacco types and blends. So us nicotine lightweights know what to look for when buying a blend. Example: i like to have a pipe for flavor, relaxing and the act of having a smoke, not to get bombed by high levels of nicotine. I hate that feeling. i like low weak blends.

When do you announce the 2024 blend club list?

That's what that smell and taste is. I couldn't figure it out until you said Apricot. Thanks.

My only problem with these reviews is that my wallet is only so big and as a new piper I'm playing catch up!

Dried fruit

You burn your shirt sir..

💨💨 Escudo doesn't do it for me, I find it to be flat, boring smoke. For the money, there are far better choices than this overhyped blend.

I personally think this blend is way over rated for the price!

Perfect, I didn't know what Vaper stood for.

1/2 I just cracked the tin, and wow...