Gawith 'Cutter Top' on Tinbids

[condorlover1]

I have never seen one before and yes I am bidding on it. Anyone else on here ever see one before. I heard rumor of Gawith 'Cutter Top' tins showing up with Squadron Leader but I have never seen one in my life. Anyone else throw some light on the subject?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

That's an interesting lot. I hope you get it, Condor.

 

[BingBong]

Someone posted a pic of an old cutter top "Mild" Skiff Mixture recently, I think, but no story about it. Exactly the same artwork as today.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Linky: Auction #92384 [contro-vento] | TinBids.com - https://tinbids.com/auction/92384/

 

[condorlover1]

Thats the tin that is for sale on tinbids that was supposedly found in a long shuttered tobacconist and is shown on Instagram. The bidding will go way over $300 before it is done and thats more than I am willing to pay as I usually find them for people on here during my UK visits. I just asked @simong about it as he is usually the source of all knowledge on these things.

 

[Terry Lennox]

Anyone ever notice that we rarely see tins of Sam Gawith blends from before about 1990? Yes, I have seen the pre-war Squadron Leader empty tins on Ebay with the plane. But where are all the tins from the 60's, 70's, 80's? Even the empties. Very few ever come up.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Anyone ever notice that we rarely see tins of Sam Gawith blends from before about 1990? Yes, I have seen the pre-war Squadron Leader empty tins on Ebay with the plane. But where are all the tins from the 60's, 70's, 80's? Even the empties. Very few ever come up.

I've wondered this myself.

 

[jguss]

I've wondered this myself.

The answer is always the same: the Illuminati.

 

[Waning Embers]

Anyone ever notice that we rarely see tins of Sam Gawith blends from before about 1990? Yes, I have seen the pre-war Squadron Leader empty tins on Ebay with the plane. But where are all the tins from the 60's, 70's, 80's? Even the empties. Very few ever come up.

Smoked and thrown away

 

[condorlover1]

My guess is that it was a pretty regional tobacco so the empty tins just got tossed in the rubbish. Since it was not a widely distributed mass produced blend that reduced the chance for empty tins to become screw or bolt repositories on a garage shelf. Most of what they did was twist which was sold in lengths wrapped in waxed paper and tin foil as I remember buying it that way in the early 1980s. Probably the same for the plug as well. I wonder if they did 'cutter tops' of Ennerdale?

 

[condorlover1]

Went for $305 which was $5 more than I was bidding. That is not a terrible price by 'Cutter Top' standards but still a hell of a premium for 2 oz of tobacco!