Fribourg and Treyer Cut Virginia Plug Availability

[Ryan]

I have been looking for this stuff for quite a while, with no luck. Earlier this year I found one place that had it, but you could only buy three tins per order and I wasn’t able to make an order before they were out of it.

Is this stuff still being made? Is it normal that it is out of stock for long periods of time? I have tried most of the Va that I have been interested in, but this one eludes me.

 

[sablebrush52]

I have been looking for this stuff for quite a while, with no luck. Earlier this year I found one place that had it, but you could only buy three tins per order and I wasn’t able to make an order before they were out of it.

Is this stuff still being made? Is it normal that it is out of stock for long periods of time? I have tried most of the Va that I have been interested in, but this one eludes me.

The short answer to both questions is yes, and yes.

 

[AcesAndEights]

Country Squire has some right now.

 

[AcesAndEights]

Oh. But I just tried to add it to my cart, and it only let me have one. Haha.

 

[MattRVA]

I received this response from a survey I filled out at Smoking Pipes, my complaint was about the low availability of some blends:
“In regards to your comment about low stock on sought after blends, we sincerely understand your frustation here. As many of us are pipe smokers ourselves, we enjoy stocking our cellars just as much as our customers, and the lack of these limited production blends is a saddening thing. Unfortunately, we are held back by the production of these tobaccos, and manufacturers such as Germain's, Gawith Hoggarth, and Kohlhase & Kopp have a dramatically lower production rate than most other factories. To my understanding, a ton of their hold up tends to be with packaging, and we're actively working with a couple of these factories to see if we can lend a helping hand to provide more tobacco to the U.S. market. Hopefully, we can work something out in the near future to make these tobaccos much more accessible.”

 

[MattRVA]

I wanted to add that the response was from 8/30/23. I was really impressed with the response and I believe them when they say they are trying to get more stock soon, they are a great business and really go above and beyond.

 

[sparker69]

A great tobacco - but yes - I haven't seen it available in awhile. I want to try the Blackjack as well.

 

[trudger]

I scored a bunch of F&T blends this summer from a b&m. It was fresh stock so it’s making its way here.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

CVP is a top 3 Virginia. I'm glad I stocked up big time on this blend several years ago. And I'll buy more to bolster my inventory when it comes available.

 

[yanoJL]

I wanted to add that the response was from 8/30/23. I was really impressed with the response and I believe them when they say they are trying to get more stock soon, they are a great business and really go above and beyond.

Agreed. That was a great response. And I'm feeling a bit optimistic now. I wrongly assumed that supply issues were the result of production capabilities or raw leaf availability. But if packing is the hold up, maybe we'll see improvement.
Thank you for participating in the survey, and sharing the reply.

 

[Winnipeger]

@hoosierpipeguy has all of it.

 

[kcghost]

F&T is hard tobacco to get a hold of and if you get some the dealers will limit you from taking a lot of it.

 

[Ryan]

CVP is a top 3 Virginia. I'm glad I stocked up big time on this blend several years ago. And I'll buy more to bolster my inventory when it comes available.

What are the other two? I need more tobacco to pursue and spend money on!!!

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Cut Virginia and Cut Blended Plugs are both great and age amazingly. Some 15 yo CBP was a top 10 smoke for me.
Good luck!

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

What are the other two? I need more tobacco to pursue and spend money on!!!

I should have said 4. LOL Sir John's Flake Virginia is my favorite first smoke of the day with coffee blend. Pfeifen Huber Virginia Golden Flake is often on the menu for the second smoke of the day. CVP could be 2nd to 4th, it's versatile. Then McClelland 40th Anniversary 3rd or 4th. MB HH Pure Virginia is right there and gets in the rotation reasonably often. Vauen No 14 and F&T Vintage also are smoked regularly. CVP is probably the best all around Virginia Flake for me. GL Pease Union Square and Orlik Golden Sliced deserve mentioning. I think that is 8. If I had only those 8 to choose from all the time, I wouldn't complain much.

 

[vosBghos]

I wanted to add that the response was from 8/30/23. I was really impressed with the response and I believe them when they say they are trying to get more stock soon, they are a great business and really go above and beyond.

This is why you will start seeing formerly K&K now just K being Packaged in The USA, Laudisi is doing everything they can to get more of the sought after tobacco into our bowls.

 

[Sigmund]

I think that they called us pack rats.

We are hoarders. Thats the bottom line. My dad was a pipe smoker and he also hoarded stuff. When he passed loads of sealed clothes and stuff in his closet. Its hard for a manufacturer to guess what will and wont be successful when the customer base has erratic buying habits. Like toilet paper during covid. Who would have thunk!

 

[Lumbridge]

They're out of Cut Virginia Plug at the moment, but Mars Cigars usually has a decent stock of some of the blends that are always sold out elsewhere - F&T, McConnell, etc. My experience buying from them was a good one.

 

[vosBghos]

They're out of Cut Virginia Plug at the moment, but Mars Cigars usually has a decent stock of some of the blends that are always sold out elsewhere - F&T, McConnell, etc. My experience buying from them was a good one.

Mars has the goods on a lot of Wessex deep cuts too.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

They're out of Cut Virginia Plug at the moment, but Mars Cigars usually has a decent stock of some of the blends that are always sold out elsewhere - F&T, McConnell, etc. My experience buying from them was a good one.

That's because Mars usually has a 2 to 5 tin limit.