Samuel Gawith / Gawith Hoggarth Merger Confirmed: Exclusive Interview

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pipesmagazine.com

• Feb 27, 2015

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James Foster (Pylorns in the forums) and I worked on this one together, and it was quite exciting.
Check it out -

Gawith's One Big Happy Family Again After 150 Years: Merger Confirmed

 

pitchfork

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Nice work! Really looking forward to this one. I still have to check out the Randy Wiley interview -- maybe this weekend.

 

mso489

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• Feb 27, 2015

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What a great piece of pipe tobacco history in the making, and going back to the Eighteenth Century

as well. I always wondered what it was with these two similarly named outfits, and now I see the tale

unfolding, again. May they continue to produce their hearty/hardy blends into the future and in some

cases ghost our pipes as well. I've been to their Lake District and count my days there as among my

happiest. Wordsworth lore and old English music hall and sunset after ten p.m. in the summer. Ah.

 

oldtoby

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Hmm... wonder if FVF will have that hint of Lakeland essence now? Food for thought. :wink:

 

pitchfork

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At first I thought this was a radio interview, but a great read in any case.

 

kanaia

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Excellent article Kevin and James. As usual pipesmagazine forum is on top of it.

 

bloodwood

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Good to see in this era that instead of one of them going out of business they're joining to become a stronger, larger company that is sure to bring some interesting variety.

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My thought also.

A gleaming example that bigger is better.

 

david555

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Interesting. I hope the fantastic tobaccos from each house goes unchanged.

 

yorkshirepipe

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I think it's great and I don't think the blends will be anything short of what both currently produce, fantastic tobacco!

 

lochinvar

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Great article guys. Hopefully this move will ensure another two centuries.
What is keeping me from absolute panic is that they are keeping their own machinery. That should keep Lakeland contamination at bay. I've never had a problem from Samuel Gawith, but the few times I have tried G&H, it seemed like the unscented still carried some scent.

 

ivapewithfire

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• Feb 27, 2015

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It's a very good article.
@oldtoby
I sure hope they don't Change FVF. I love the flavor as it is.
Time to run to the B&M to pick up a couple tins for the cellar....

 

dmcmtk

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Guys, great article!

 

andrew

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Hmm... wonder if FVF will have that hint of Lakeland essence now? Food for thought.

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I doubt it, G&H uses one machine for all their tobacco so the scented tobacco and the unscented tobacco gets contaminated in a sense, whereas SG has machinery for the unscented tobacco and one for the scented tobacco.

 

yohanan

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Excellent article, I enjoy both companies products, and I'm looking forward to see what will become of this. ::

 

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lestrout

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• Feb 27, 2015

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Good on you, all involved.
hp

les

 

jarit

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• Feb 27, 2015

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I doubt it, G&H uses one machine for all their tobacco so the scented tobacco and the unscented tobacco gets contaminated in a sense, whereas SG has machinery for the unscented tobacco and one for the scented tobacco.

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Ah, that would explain the whiff of lavender in unscented GH blends.
I think it's surprising that I've never noticed any aroma transfer in SG tobaccos considering....:

EDIT: Forgot to thank for the report. So, thanks!

 

crusader

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• Feb 27, 2015

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If it makes both companies stronger, I am all for it. To me, they embodie what is all pure in this vocation. Viva Gawith (hagarrth)!

 

yazamitaz

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• Feb 28, 2015

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I've smoked a lot more SG than GH. As others have mentioned, I do hope the SG line remains the same.

 

carytobacco

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• Feb 28, 2015

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Sounds exciting. Any word on what this means for US distribution of both brands? SG has been with one large distributor for a while and GH distribution was just changed from a small company to another big wholesaler.

 

woodsroad

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• Feb 28, 2015

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I see a discrepancy here:
"so the machinery is going and the men are going and the raw leaf is also going. There will be no layoffs or consolidation of employees. As far as the brand is concerned - the only difference is it will be made under a different roof. The men and machines will be the same."
"We are leaving the Kendal Brown house. What will happen after that is it will be turned into a snuff museum where people will be able to come and see the machinery working and see how snuff is made."
How does the machinery remain at Kendall House, but production move to GH?

I honestly hope that this works out, but change is inevitable. Let's hope that it is good change.