Gawith and Hoggarth #7 Broken Flake Discontinued?

[damacene]

Apologies if this was already covered in another thread. Does anyone know if this has been cut from the G&H line? I know another Lakeland favorite of mine "Kendal Flake" was discontinued a bit back. I hope Ennerdale isn't the only sauced lakeland they're keeping. I get that they get some hate online,, but some of us really love them.

 

[georged]

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[gawithhoggarth]

No not discontinued, just now put out under its other name - Mahogany.
Mahogany and Broken No 7 are the same thing - just it was called one thing for tins and one thing for bulk.
Now it's the same.

 

[damacene]

No not discontinued, just now put out under its other name - Mahogany.
Mahogany and Broken No 7 are the same thing - just it was called one thing for tins and one thing for bulk.
Now it's the same.

Awesome, thank you very much for the quick response! I'll keep an eye out for it if it comes stateside. And I won't feel guilty smoking the rest of my stash...

 

[Pipes1863]

Awesome, thank you very much for the quick response! I'll keep an eye out for it if it comes stateside. And I won't feel guilty smoking the rest of my stash...

Check Smoking Pipes I saw it there, but it is likely out of stock.

 

[Sobrbiker]

No not discontinued, just now put out under its other name -

Many of us are sad that’s not the case with regular Kendal#7…

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Clearly not that many of you or it would probably not have been discontinued!
Kendal#7 has not been made for years.
And it was not being put out with two different names depending on if pre-packed or bulk.
Blends are not just 'discontinued' without thought - 95% of the time it is because they simply do not sell enough to make it worthwhile keeping in production. Only on the odd occasion is it because we can't get component ingredients.

 

[Skippy Piper]

Many of us are sad that’s not the case with regular Kendal#7…

Have you given a recent production batch of Kendal Dark a try? It's remarkably similar to the old Kendal #7, so much so that I'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart in a side by side comparison.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Have you given a recent production batch of Kendal Dark a try? It's remarkably similar to the old Kendal #7, so much so that I'd be hard pressed to tell the two apart in a side by side comparison.

Unfortunately, by Rachel’s timeline of its demise I found #7 when it was NOS already.
It’s at a perfect place strengthwise for me between the Kentucky’s (KK, DBE, and KD) and Kendal Mixed. The former are just a bit heavy on my palate for a “back to back” all day blend in my pocket, and the latter just a bit light (but a better “all day”). #7 was in the “Goldilocks” zone for me.
For not selling much, so many of their blends that have got the axe in the short time I’ve been around were pretty hard to find in stock here in the states, while many of the new offerings are easier to find and “drops” don’t immediately disappear.

 

[JoeW]

Unfortunately, by Rachel’s timeline of its demise I found #7 when it was NOS already.
It’s at a perfect place strengthwise for me between the Kentucky’s (KK, DBE, and KD) and Kendal Mixed. The former are just a bit heavy on my palate for a “back to back” all day blend in my pocket, and the latter just a bit light (but a better “all day”). #7 was in the “Goldilocks” zone for me.

This has been my experience too: Kendal Dark is good, but Kendal No.7 has a little extra oomph that really makes it just right for me (and, for some reason, it's particularly good after a bowl of Pegasus). Unfortunately I came to pipe smoking too late in life to help keep it in production, but thankfully I happened to notice back in May when @Skippy Piper mentioned that it was out of production, and managed to find a 500g bag.

 

[Sobrbiker]

This has been my experience too: Kendal Dark is good, but Kendal No.7 has a little extra oomph that really makes it just right for me (and, for some reason, it's particularly good after a bowl of Pegasus). Unfortunately I came to pipe smoking too late in life to help keep it in production, but thankfully I happened to notice back in May when @Skippy Piper mentioned that it was out of production, and managed to find a 500g bag.

That’s about when I grabbed the last 500g SPcom had…

 

[JoeW]

That’s about when I grabbed the last 500g SPcom had…

500g won't last forever, but at least it's more than the 2oz I had before!

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Must be pretty old (hence does not sell well) if managed to get a bag still in May when it's not been made for a few years.

 

[JoeW]

The date code on my bag is 20 309, which would be 2021-08-20 if the old lore about date codes is correct.

It's unfortunate that too few pipe smokers appreciated one of the finest blends!

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Can't say for definite off top of my head but it has definitely not been made for maybe 5 years or so. The fact that you could still find a bag to buy 4 or more years after it stopped production shows how little it sold.

 

[khiddy]

Must be about time to ramp up for a limited production and refill the shelves then!

 

[ThermionicScott]

Unfortunately, by Rachel’s timeline of its demise I found #7 when it was NOS already.
It’s at a perfect place strengthwise for me between the Kentucky’s (KK, DBE, and KD) and Kendal Mixed. The former are just a bit heavy on my palate for a “back to back” all day blend in my pocket, and the latter just a bit light (but a better “all day”). #7 was in the “Goldilocks” zone for me.
For not selling much, so many of their blends that have got the axe in the short time I’ve been around were pretty hard to find in stock here in the states, while many of the new offerings are easier to find and “drops” don’t immediately disappear.

Would a mix of Kendal Dark and Kendal Mixed replicate it?

 

[BlueRidge]

Must be about time to ramp up for a limited production and refill the shelves then!

please leave sam gawith Hogarth out of instagram hypebeast shite drops sir. it's hard enough for us American peasants to get our scraps unless you're @jpberg who white knights and shills for 500 grams of dark plug per post

 

[Sobrbiker]

Would a mix of Kendal Dark and Kendal Mixed replicate it?

Get outta my head!!

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Must be about time to ramp up for a limited production and refill the shelves then!

Well it didn't sell well when last in proper production so er.........no!
And you can't JUST do limited runs - every blend has to be registered (costs) , there would be artwork and labels to do, finding time in an already packed production schedule, packing schedule......
We don't tend to bring back blends that were discontinued because they were not great sellers. That makes little business sense.