What Should We Buy Before the Door Closes?

[Slowpony]

I’d probably stock up on C & D. I know they’re kinda hit or miss but I go back a while with them.

 

[select565]

only companies that are based in the USA will have to deal with these new laws? Blends made by companies elsewhere will not be effected?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

only companies that are based in the USA will have to deal with these new laws? Blends made by companies elsewhere will not be effected?

They’ll certainly be effected if they want to sell in the USA.

 

[select565]

They’ll certainly be effected if they want to sell in the USA.

Ah I see. So if they produce a blend that Sells better in USA and doesn’t sell great elsewhere they might put it on the chopping block

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Ah I see. So if they produce a blend that Sells better in USA and doesn’t sell great elsewhere they might put it on the chopping block

Yes, but hopefully for people in other parts of the world the Chinese market for most of the blends will keep them from being discarded.

 

[kg.legat0]

 

[BROBS]

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It can go... I won’t be hurt.

 

[kg.legat0]

I don't go for it daily, but sometimes it hits the sweet spot I think I like Orlik DSK better

 

[oldguyoldpipes]

Little-by-Little, We Die.
Because we let them kill us.

 

[logs]

Yes, but hopefully for people in other parts of the world the Chinese market for most of the blends will keep them from being discarded.

May end up having to buy Quiet Nights from China. Imagine that.

 

[anotherbob]

I know if I stock up on something it will end up being fine and totally available for years to come. In other words just send me a lb of what ever you want to stay on the market. Trust me that is how life works with these types of things.

 

[mikethompson]

If the FDA fee is only around $3,500? If that's all it takes to get re-approved, I can see many of these brands continuing on.

That really doesn't seem like a lot of money to approve a new blend, but I don't have the numbers to crunch in front of me. They could sell about 6 tins in Canada and cover the $3500 easy haha!

 

[Casual]

That really doesn't seem like a lot of money to approve a new blend, but I don't have the numbers to crunch in front of me. They could sell about 6 tins in Canada and cover the $3500 easy haha!

To be fair, they’ll still only make $5 on a tin. The government gets the rest.

 

[mikethompson]

This is true. I also erroneously assumed Canadian pipe smokers buy their tins in Canada.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

May end up having to buy Quiet Nights from China. Imagine that.

if that becomes the case maybe also order one of these with your tins...

 

[cigrmaster]

@cigrmaster, you sure about Capstan Blue? That's been around forever. The Mac Baren though... that's a good point. Probably the entire HH line is going away. Arrrgh.

It was off the market so long I have no idea what the deal is going to be.

 

[mso489]

Here's another approach, in addition to whatever you decide to do. Stock up on condiments like unflavored black Cavendish, Latakia, Perique, Turkish, cigar leaf, and single leaf Virginia and quality burley, to doctor your own mixes to give variety and life to whatever blends you end up having on hand. Not so useful for people with a hundred pounds plus of premium tinned blends, but for people with lesser stashes, a real boon, I'd think. Some of these you can smoke singly as well as in mixes, depending on your taste. Also, I think tubs are cost effective to really stretch your supply through time.

 

[cigrmaster]

Wow.. that's quite a lot. Is Capstan the most plentiful item in your cellar?

Actually I have more tins of Wessex Brigade Campaign Dark Flake. I have about the same amount of Capstan as I do Astleys no 44 and Brigham Klondike Gold. I also have over 100 tins of Rotary Navy Cut, 140 of Butera Dark Stoved,. I have a bunch of bulks that weigh in at 12-14 pounds like Stonehaven, SG Best Brown, FULL Virginia and St James and Solani 660 Silver Flake. I knew the stuff I liked would be either discontinued or real hard to get. I also have at least 125 Fribourg & Treyer Cut Virginia Plug As it turned out that Rotary Navy Cut and Brigham Klondike Gold both got discontinued.

Years ago out of the blue Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky got discontinued and I was pissed as I loved iit and it was cheap, It came back in 30 gram tins in 2016. I grabbed a test tin loved it and got 100 more, You never know when something is going to get discontinued. My guess is that blends from Wessex, Fribourg & Treyer and Astleys get discontinued. JI hope I am wrong but I would rather have too many than not enough.

 

[logs]

My guess is that blends from Wessex, Fribourg & Treyer and Astleys get discontinued. JI hope I am wrong but I would rather have too many than not enough.

That's quite a collection you have there. My problem is my tastes are too mercurial. A few years back I was a major perique junky. Now it bores me. More recently I went through a Balkan phase and stocked up on a variety of GLP blends. Now I only smoke them occasionally. Even the straight VA blends I was all heavy into six months ago are starting to flag. They just don't grab me like they once did. These days my thing is strong burley blends. I can't get enough of them. But it won't last. Makes it hard to cellar. I wish I could focus as you have.

In any case you're probably right about Wessex, Fribourg & Treyer and Astleys. They're hard to get and I don't see it getting easier.