End Getting Closer for Dunhill?

[goose61]

Noticed that bulk supplies for Nightcap, EMP and 965 have all started drying up in the past couple weeks (Smokingpipes now only lists EMP its bulk section). Would be nice to save the tins for later, but that might not be an option for much longer.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Would be nice to save the tins for later, but that might not be an option for much longer.

Smoke other blends to make those last longer?

 

[mikethompson]

Well the death rattle was sounded back in, what, December? Maybe earlier?
I'm surprised its lasted as long as it has really, given the run on blends when we here they are closing. I remember a departed member on here showing off tins and tins and tins of Dunhill blends he bought earlier this year.

 

[mso489]

I still have some tins of good (to me) Dunhill blends, and at the rate I smoke, they should be available, though dwindling in number, for a while. Meantime, as I persistently say, there are so many wonderful blends promising to stick around for years to come, if we can work around regulatory ardor.

 

[sablebrush52]

Well the death rattle was sounded back in, what, December? Maybe earlier?

The death knell was sounded 18 months ago. At this point, anyone who hasn't stocked up didn't care to.

 

[mso489]

I'd love to know the inside story on how a widely distributed going brand didn't get sold to one of the other pipe tobacco blenders. It doesn't mean the Dunhill blends would have remained as they are, but an established brand going "poof" is quite a spectacle. Clearly, I'm not one of those who panicked, but as a business phenomenon, I'll tell you, there's an untold story here. Or the sale will be announced once the last tin is sold to panicked customers. As they say, stay tuned. Branding (establishing a brand and customer base) is the hardest part of marketing consumer products. You don't just let it go. It's money on the table.

 

[floridapipeman]

There definitely has to be something going on as it defies logic, common sense and good business practices to just let it all go. Time will tell.

 

[seacaptain]

There definitely has to be something going on as it defies logic, common sense and good business practices to just let it all go.

Tell that to McClelland.

 

[mikethompson]

Well the Dunhill 'brand' is still around, they just aren't doing anything related to tobacco. So it would make sense they don't want anyone to make Nightcap, as that would interfere with their 'NEW' brand image. Now while the recipes weren't sold, and then distributed by C&D or whoever as Night's End or Early Hours pipe is another story.

 

[jaytex1969]

In unrelated news, Captain Black announces its new line of flavors, including:
Early Morning Poop

Fright Slap

My Mix 666

From The Baby's Bottom #38

and

Spoiled Yacht

 

[Chasing Embers]

The nine tins of Elizabethan I have have been untouched for four years, and is likely a lifetime supply. Too many other tobaccos out there.

 

[sablebrush52]

There definitely has to be something going on as it defies logic, common sense and good business practices to just let it all go. Time will tell.

BAT was pretty clear when they made the announcement. The pipe tobaccos were not a significant source of income, so they were easily jettisoned. Dunhill cigarettes will still continue to be made.

 

[seldom]

My problem is not knowing where (country/continent) I'll be in a year. Hard to stock up with that uncertainty. Here in Germany, Dunhill tins (50gram) can still be found for about 12-14 Euro/ 14-16 dollars. I probably will not buy any. There is a lot of great pipe tobacco available from blenders in Germany and I'd rather try blends that I have a chance of obtaining in the years to come. I can't cellar and if I find something I really love I don't want to be crestfallen when it's no longer available.

 

[bnichols23]

Wellllll, I guess we can all see that jaytex's been hitting the cleaning fluid again.... :mrgreen:

 

[Chasing Embers]

Oh no..... :rofl:

 

[spartan99]

Noticed that bulk supplies for Nightcap, EMP and 965 have all started drying up in the past couple weeks...

Flake disappeared even earlier. Ironically, Dark Flake is still available.

The death knell was sounded 18 months ago. At this point, anyone who hasn't stocked up didn't care to.

Yeah. They've been pegging the meters at SPC all year long, so it's not like they under-produced on their way out.

 

[mso489]

If the Dunhill brand just closes, never to be heard from again, I'll skulk off and won't advertise my mistaken notions. If someone finally emerges as a buyer, certain they can capitalize a known brand even if Dunhill couldn't, I'll be tiresome crowing about it, the genius of the week. I apologize in advance.

 

[mikethompson]

As you've said plenty of times MSO, there are plenty of blends to try.

 

[jpmcwjr]

You weren't the only one - and possibly not the first- to say he thinks the brand will be around despite all the gloom and doom. And I pretty much don't care, as they make no blends that aren't surpassed by other suppliers, including some of our stellar American blenders.

 

[Chasing Embers]

as they make no blends that aren't surpassed by other suppliers, including some of our stellar American blenders

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