Being a native Virginian, I've started taking an interest in the rich history of pipe tobacco companies established among the tobacco warehouses in Richmond, VA. Among two of the more famous tobacconists were Larus & Bro. Co. (Edgeworth Smoking Tobacco) and J.G. Dill Co. ("Dill's Best" Smoking Tobacco). It's rather sad when you think that these once well-established and respected national brands have since gone the way of the dodo. Today the Dill Building still stands in Richmond but has been renovated into a high end apartment building.
Does anyone know if any modern day tobacconists have revived the "Dill's Best" smoking tobacco blend? If so, I'd love to get some and try it.
Recently I purchased a circa 1930s J.G. Dill "Dill's Best" advertising card with the original pipe cleaners inside. In the advertising write-up, there was an interesting paragraph which I think still sums up how many of us feel about pipe smoking. It reads: "Man's Comforter for Over 300 Years: In those places which men feel is their own -- whether it is their home, their shop, lodge or camp -- there is where pipe-smoking reins supreme. There is where you, your pipe and your tobacco are natural companions, and there is where for over 300 years pipe-smoking has calmed and soothed men, made them more tolerant and happy, led them to deeper thinking and clearer reasoning."
Does anyone know if any modern day tobacconists have revived the "Dill's Best" smoking tobacco blend? If so, I'd love to get some and try it.
Recently I purchased a circa 1930s J.G. Dill "Dill's Best" advertising card with the original pipe cleaners inside. In the advertising write-up, there was an interesting paragraph which I think still sums up how many of us feel about pipe smoking. It reads: "Man's Comforter for Over 300 Years: In those places which men feel is their own -- whether it is their home, their shop, lodge or camp -- there is where pipe-smoking reins supreme. There is where you, your pipe and your tobacco are natural companions, and there is where for over 300 years pipe-smoking has calmed and soothed men, made them more tolerant and happy, led them to deeper thinking and clearer reasoning."
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