Greetings from South Africa

[tobakenist]

Hi and welcome Rick from Northamptonshire, England.

 

[Bles]

Thank you for the warm welcome, it is much appreciated
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[dPero]

Hello

 

[trouttimes]

Welcome from Alabama, USA.

 

[AroEnglish]

Welcome! What's the pipe tobacco scene like in SA? Are you able to get many of the blends that are available in the US and EU?

 

[yanoJL]

Hello Rick, and another welcome from California Happy to have you here, friend!

 

[MRW]

My Name is Rick and I am from Pretoria, South Africa.
I collect and refurbish estate pipes for my enjoyment. I developed a liking for English and Balkan blends and lately started enjoying Virginia tobacco and Vabur blends.
I'm looking forward to being part of this forum.
Thank you for having me.

Groetnis

Hello and welcome to the Forum from Deep in the Heart of Texas. You will find this site to be informative and the members insightful (and at times, most entertaining). Enjoy your stay!

 

[Bles]

Hello and welcome to the Forum from Deep in the Heart of Texas. You will find this site to be informative and the members insightful (and at times, most entertaining). Enjoy your stay!

Thank you for the warm welcome, Sir. Much appreciated.

 

[Bles]

Hello Rick, and another welcome from California Happy to have you here, friend!

Thank you Sir. Much appreciated.

 

[Bles]

Welcome! What's the pipe tobacco scene like in SA? Are you able to get many of the blends that are available in the US and EU?

Thank you Sir. It all depends where in South Africa one stays. If you live close to the cities, the tobacco scene looks much brighter than for those staying in the more rural or platteland areas (small towns). I'm staying in Pretoria, one of the main cities in South Africa. Peterson tobaccos like Early Morning, Night Cap Mixture 965, and a lot of aromatic blends are easily available. Also close to me but nearer to Johannesburg we have a tobacconist called Puff and Groom who sells quite a few Samuel Gawith blends. We are also fortunate for Wesley's tobacconist in Rosebank, Johannesburg where the late Collin Wesley was an excellent tobacco mixer who spend quite some time abroad to study and research the art of blending tobaccos. Fortunately his wife continues with his legacy by running the store and continue selling their house blends. They blend some pretty good tobacco in my humble opinion.
There are also quite a few other Tobacconists blending their own house blends. I regularly order from Parys Tobacconist in the Free State province his house blends which are couriered within a day or two to where I stay Excellent stuff.
Then we also have your normal grocery stores selling Borkum Riff, Holland House, Fox, Jock and Boxer ect.
Then ordering from abroad is also possible although the exchange rate is not worth the effort.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Welcome & enjoy. ️

 

[Bles]

Welcome & enjoy. ️

Thank you Sir

 

[AroEnglish]

Thank you Sir. It all depends where in South Africa one stays. If you live close to the cities, the tobacco scene looks much brighter than for those staying in the more rural or platteland areas (small towns). I'm staying in Pretoria, one of the main cities in South Africa. Peterson tobaccos like Early Morning, Night Cap Mixture 965, and a lot of aromatic blends are easily available. Also close to me but nearer to Johannesburg we have a tobacconist called Puff and Groom who sells quite a few Samuel Gawith blends. We are also fortunate for Wesley's tobacconist in Rosebank, Johannesburg where the late Collin Wesley was an excellent tobacco mixer who spend quite some time abroad to study and research the art of blending tobaccos. Fortunately his wife continues with his legacy by running the store and continue selling their house blends. They blend some pretty good tobacco in my humble opinion.
There are also quite a few other Tobacconists blending their own house blends. I regularly order from Parys Tobacconist in the Free State province his house blends which are couriered within a day or two to where I stay Excellent stuff.
Then we also have your normal grocery stores selling Borkum Riff, Holland House, Fox, Jock and Boxer ect.
Then ordering from abroad is also possible although the exchange rate is not worth the effort.

Glad to hear that you’ve got a great amount of blend options available to you. Hopefully you don’t get taxed as heavily as the other Commonwealth countries.

 

[AreBee]

Welcome from Connecticut, USA!

 

[Bles]

Glad to hear that you’ve got a great amount of blend options available to you. Hopefully you don’t get taxed as heavily as the other Commonwealth countries.

O we do! Here it is called Sin Tax. We are heavily taxed on all alcohol, tobacco and sugar products.

 

[Bles]

Welcome from Connecticut, USA!

Thank you Sir

 

[warren99]

Welcome from California.

 

[gawithhoggarth]

Also close to me but nearer to Johannesburg we have a tobacconist called Puff and Groom who sells quite a few Samuel Gawith blends.

We don't have a distributor or importer for South Africa.........

 

[simong]

We don't have a distributor or importer for South Africa.........

Good info!


Hello Rick & welcome from the UK!
As an interesting aside, everybody’s favourite Sherlock Holmes, Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg. Not a lot of people know that!

 

[AroEnglish]

O we do! Here it is called Sin Tax. We are heavily taxed on all alcohol, tobacco and sugar products.

Guess it’s one thing all commonwealth countries have besides the crown