5 out of 5 It's the latakia. Excellent balance. It's the latakia. Excellent balance.

5 out of 5 Delicous & light I love this tobacco! I do not know why... I have only been smoking a pipe for 3 weeks now and I received a tin with some pipe sale deal. I find my tastes lean towards savory aromatics but this stuff is hard to put down.

4 out of 5 wonderful wonderful

5 out of 5 Masterful My favorite pipe tobacco. Wonderful in every regard. The latakia is elegant. It really doesn't bear the campfire notes as many latakias do. The notes here are more of floral and incense. Beautiful. And the orientals emerge buttery and vintage revealing the smoke's true identity as a masterful Balkan. This one will go down in the books as a tobacco of yore. In thirty years I will pine for it and tell the youngens how it was in the days of white knight.

5 out of 5 Good strong flavor Was looking for a replacement for black house, in event it became unavailable. Good latika and cut.

5 out of 5 One of my favorites for One of my favorites for sure.

5 out of 5 Baking Soda? Great when I'm in the mood. I love picking out that "baking soda" flavor that people say comes from the Yenidje. Really interesting and kind of a heady smoke.

4 out of 5 Worth every penny! Had a blast smoking this!

5 out of 5 My new favorite My new favorite

4 out of 5 Not bad at all Nice flavor and a great aroma. A little sharp on the tongue but it mellows into the bowl.

4 out of 5 Not quite sobraine but a very good blend. I was recommended this blend by someone on a forum who asked me if it was worth buying balkin sobraine as he had smoked this for a while and wasn't sure they were much different so i picked up a tin. I must say i do enjoy it and it is very similar to bs but much more muted in my opinion. It has i similar earthy yet sweet and spicy oriental forward taste but again about 3 nothches down from sobraine.

5 out of 5 The best. Never tried bsosm but if you like your balkan blends oriental forward and more incense-y than campfire-y then this is the one for you. Plenty of lat but more balanced and varied in flavor than the black label clones. This is a favorite smoke. Always an adventure for the palate. Thank you, Russ, for blessing us up with this fine blend.

5 out of 5 Tasty,smooth Tasty,smooth

5 out of 5 An amazing English blend This is a wonderful English blend and if you like the natural rich flavors of a good English blend this is one you need to try. It reminds me of a smokey Mesquite BBQ in the summertime. The flavors stay with you long after smoking and they don't disappoint.

5 out of 5 Best of the Balkans This is my favorite tobacco. Tons of flavor from the orientals and latakia and none of the pepper that make other tasty blends painful to retrohale. This also has a bit of sweetness that bumps the complexity and overall balance over other blends such as Blackhouse. It's simply delicious.

5 out of 5 THIS IS A VERY GOOD BALKAN... This a very good Balkan...current product is a bit different to a tin I had on hand, from 2 yrs ago. Tasty and lingering goodness on the palate. [THE PACKING RUINED BY THE GOD AWFUL NICOTINE WARNING...USING 1/2 OF THE TINS GRAPHICS...AKIN TO A CRAYON SMEAR ON MONA LISA'S EVOCATIVE SMILE! HEY BIG BROTHER, GO BACK TO TEARING OFF FLY'S WINGS. CHEESH!

5 out of 5 Fantastic Beautifully smokey from the Latakia with a light sweetness. Instantly one of my favorites.

5 out of 5 Excellent Great stuff! I enjoy this blend very much, great blend!

4 out of 5 Savory! Very savory. I find it a bit tough to light and it tends to smoke a bit on the hot side. I like the flavor.

5 out of 5 Nice Balkan! Oriental leaf really shines in this blend.

5 out of 5 Robust! Very full bodied and smoky. The room note is very intense making this one ofnthe few tobaccos my wife won't let me smoke inside.

5 out of 5 Close to the original Balkin Close to the original Balkin Sobraine.

5 out of 5 Campfire My first thoughts upon smelling the tin note were smoked sausages on a campfire. This blend is savory, smooth and smokey. Moisture was fine straight from the tin with few relights. I like to use this blend to break in new pipes as it burns evenly for creating cake.

5 out of 5 Perfection! In my opinion one of the best English blends I've ever smoked and over the decades I've smoked them all. . .Worth the price.

5 out of 5 Great Smoke Great cool smoking leather and earth blends.. Turns very creamy about 1/3 through the bowl

5 out of 5 Complex Smoke I'm new to pipes and this is only the 15th or so tobacco Ive tried but, it is by far the most complex interesting tasting tobacco I have experienced! Will be in my rotation for now on!

4 out of 5 Good replacement for Balkan Sobranie As described and overall satisfactory. Only criticism would be inconsistent cut, lots of coarse bits.

5 out of 5 Loaded With Pleasant Flavors! I bought one tin to try, and it is awesome! It requires (for me) a large bore (.8") and tight pack, but it smokes cool and dry. The flavors are complex and somewhat subtle, with all tobacco types taking center stage at some point. Very pleasant, very relaxing. Goes well with ales or wine, too. The orientals make this blend stand out. I see more in my future!

1 out of 5 Altered formulation? Is my palate alone in sensing that this latest batch is "different?" I am world's biggest addict of WK, having smoked and praised it for years, so am loathe to bring up this possibility. The liveliness, the spice, the famous kick, as well as balkan aroma--in tin, and in smoking pipe--are dialed down considerably. I will write Pipes and Cigars directly to get their take, and see if I am way off target. Am tempted to not to award even a single star.

5 out of 5 La Dolce Vita You will note that WhiteKnight has for some time now been sold out at all the major tobacconists. This blend has thus entered that Valahlla of those maybe half dozen blends throughout the World where supply can barely meet demand. For those members of my old generation, you may understand when I write, "Yes, I had to wait in line a long time to dance with, and later kiss, Anita Ekberg. Yet every moment of waiting was worth an exponential factor of ecstasy."

5 out of 5 H & H Homerun Having always read great things about Balkan Sobranie I thought I would give this a try. This was my first dance with a tobacco containing orientals and it certainly won't be my last. Very smooth and earthy but with hints of spice and I also got a hint of cedar on the palate after I finished. I had to tamp several times but never needed to relight. I'm looking forward to enjoying this tin and will definitely buy it again.

3 out of 5 Although I am in no Although I am in no way a connoisseur of pipe tobacco I found this blend to come short of my personal favorite . I find a flake to be more to my taste , or maybe a cavendish? I’m still exploring

5 out of 5 Awesome Blend I never smoked the original blend that WhiteKnight was created to emulate but this is an awesome blend. Pipes and Cigars needs to increase production quantities to keep this in stock. The next time it's available I'm going to order several tins so I don't run out again. I'm tired of waiting for it to be re-stocked.

1 out of 5 Balkan Sobranie it ain't Just don't get the reviews that say this reminds them of the original Balkan Sobranie. I smoked BS almost exclusively in college back in the early 70's, and this is NOT that blend. It is hard to keep lit, and I got quite a bit of tongue bite from it. Have tried it in several different pipes, and instead of growing on me as some tobaccos do, it seems to get worse each time. Rather bland flavor, not enough Latakia. And as for room note, I just don't get it at all. I used to have friends walk up to me on campus and say "I knew it was you, cause I smelled your pipe from a block away". This has none of that aroma, that love or hate it, was very distinctive. Guess I will try to finish the tin, but definitely will not be ordering more.

5 out of 5 Don't let this one pass you by If you are reading this, you are in the right church, and in the right pew. If you have a tin of this, read the back of tine label. "incense" "intoxicating" are sublimely accurate words. If you don't like this if you have smoked it, you owe it to yourself to try it again. If you are on the fence after you have smoked this, wait a few weeks because you owe it to yourself to try it again. As you read this, you may already know that this is on back order at all retail suppliers. This is because supremely discriminating smokers have discovered and embraced this other-worldly blend. From the 1970s, I smoked all Sobranie pipe tobacco and their cigarettes. Freud wrote that one cannot remember a smell, one can only be reminded of a smell. Freud didn't write anything about strength, taste, tin note, room note. He would have wished he had, had he smoked this homage--cigar adoring, as he was.

5 out of 5 Both are great tobacco's I Both are great tobacco's I prefer white night.

4 out of 5 love it! great stuff! previously was exclusively smoking frog morton cellar for my latakia, but this stuff is my new favorite.

5 out of 5 Sweet Dreamin Ain't exactly sure what Russ was shooting for but I'm sure pleased w/what he hit!!! This,, Black House n HH Vintage Syrian rotate as my very end o' day pipe . Th last thing before th lites go out!! I'm a thinkin that's nuff said!!!!

5 out of 5 The Ideal Daily Smoke My daily smoke and absolute favorite. A nice overtone of incense prevails in this blend, it's mild and doesn't bite. An essential of any person who enjoys Latakia.

5 out of 5 Treat yourself! Got this guy in the sampler pack and was not disappointed! I smoked outside so I didn't get a good room note, but the flavor was good by itself, and it paired well with my glass of Bulleit Bourbon! Still new to finding the notes and differences between tobacco and blends, but I would definitely buy this again!

5 out of 5 Oustandng and Highly Recommended!!! I have smoked the original Balkan Sobranie from tins dating back to the early 70's, but these tins were 40 years old. So, I cannot really make a fair comparison between WhiteKnight and the original Balkan Sobranie - nor do I want to. I was utterly impressed with WhiteKnight and so I focus my attention on WhiteKnight based on its own merits. I regard this blend as WhiteKnight - not as a reincarnation of the original Balkan Sobranie. WhiteKnight is a fantastic blend. It has a very rich and diverse profile that is ingeniously balanced. The oriental tobaccos assert this blend well. WhiteKnight smokes remarkable smooth even with an aggressive cadence. I prefer to smoke WhiteKnight using a pipe with a wide chamber diameter. I dedicated a Savinelli Canadian with a chamber diameter of 0.84 in (21.34 mm). In summary, if you like Latakia blends and are fond of oriental tobaccos, I highly recommend WhiteKnight. It is readily available and reasonable priced. What more can you ask for? I give it 6 out of 5 stars.

3 out of 5 First time with a cake tobacco - different. I bought this along with Fusilier's Ration and BlackHouse as possible replacement for the Balkan Sobranie I remember from the '70s. They were all good mellow smokes and I enjoyed them very much but they didn't seem to match my memories of Balkan Sobranie. I will probably buy them again after trying some of the other Latikia mixes. It was my first time with a cake tobacco and I wasn't quite sure how to use it. That may have affected my results.

5 out of 5 Amazing blend OMG, I'm in love! Hands down the best blend I've ever packed a pipe with. I find myself looking forward to the first bole of this everyday. a little sweet, very smoky, with a nice touch of spice. I'm a cigar guy, but I think this blend could make a pipe smoker out of me easily. Silky smooth, to my palate, with a rich taste, and an amazing aroma. thanks Hearth and Home, this tobacco makes my day!

4 out of 5 Satisfying Smoke My rating is as follows: one for the flavor, two for the burn, three for the room note, and four for the price. It goes well with Yeungling lager, but that's just me talking.

5 out of 5 I Need Help-- I first thought this was just an OK blend, but the I had never bought tinned tobacco before. After trying another bowl after the tin had been opened, I got a serious lesson in tobacco aging as the next two bowls were far nicer. A more distinctive and complex Latakia note without the alkali aftertaste I had experienced before with Dunhill's 965. BUT WAIT-- Since I also had a tin of Dunhill's My Mixture 965, being intrigued by its huge number of reviews that didn't wow me, AND a half an ounce of Lane BS-005... Yup: I decanted all three and blended them in a glass jar and let 'em sit a week. Well! Now we have an extremely complex smoke, very English in character and soothing to the soul. It is heavy in smoky Latakia taste with the fullness of the Western components and yet waaaay in the back sits the Oriental/Turkish leaves like a note of nutmeg. Wonderful! So: two tins each of 965 and WhiteKmight, one ounce of BS-005; throw into a glass jar, blend well (I used a kitchen fork) and ignore for as long as you can manage. Might even buy a largish tin, pack the blend tight and store in the basement a year to see how it compares to the young stuff. However, if you're not psychotic like me, the WhiteKnight will please.

5 out of 5 Yup, That's Good Stuff! Great stuff, like Dunhill's My Blend, but without the overuse, IMHO of Burley. Nice balance.

5 out of 5 Fabutastic!! I ordered this for my son for Christmas and he absolutely loved it!!! Thank you!

5 out of 5 Perfect recreation A friend recommended that I try this as he knew my love of the old Balkin Sabrani (yes I spelled it wrong LOL) mixture. All I can say is that if you loved the original you will find this sublime! Well done!

5 out of 5 Dobrin Pamoukov Everything was OK