Guess The Blend Based on Tin Art

[scloyd]

Tin art: A pair of criss-crossed muzzleloader pistols above an eight point star.

Clue #2: The brand - A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. Charles Manson was a _____ leader.

 

[tschiraldi]

Clue #2: The brand - A relatively small group of people having religious beliefs or practices regarded by others as strange or sinister. Charles Manson was a _____ leader.

Cult Militia

 

[scloyd]

Cult Militia

Yes sir, you are correct.

 

[tschiraldi]

The background color on this one has changed a bit. It was once a grayish color, then a light blue, now more of a Royal blue. There is a picture of a large sailing ship on the tin.

 

[canucklehead]

The background color on this one has changed a bit. It was once a grayish color, then a light blue, now more of a Royal blue. There is a picture of a large sailing ship on the tin.

 

[tschiraldi]

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Nope.

 

[canucklehead]

The background color on this one has changed a bit. It was once a grayish color, then a light blue, now more of a Royal blue. There is a picture of a large sailing ship on the tin.

 

[tschiraldi]

Outstanding! You got it! I thought I would have to drop a hint or two for that one! You're up.

 

[canucklehead]

Outstanding! You got it! I thought I would have to drop a hint or two for that one! You're up.

There's a lot of blue tins with ships! I was trying to think which ones have been around for a long enough time to have changed labels over time. This would have been my next guess:




Also blue with ships but don't fit your clues:

 

[canucklehead]

Maroon, freehand, smoothest.

 

[tobefrank]

Artisans Blend

 

[canucklehead]

Artisans Blend

No sir.

 

[tobefrank]

 

[canucklehead]

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Yes! Velvet is the one.

 

[tobefrank]

The hint for my next entree into the game is: roaring lion

 

[kschatey]

The hint for my next entree into the game is: roaring lion

All Drucquer & Sons labels feature a roaring lion, so it must be something else...

 

[kschatey]

The hint for my next entree into the game is: roaring lion

Hmm... MacBaren HH Vintage Syrian had a lion silhouette too, but not sure that's it's roaring or not. So, I'm not sure. It's probably a McClelland that I would not be familiar with since those were way before my pipe smoking time.

 

[tobefrank]

Another hint: the roaring lion is not a picture on the label, it is a hint on the blend name.

The label is white with the blend name in medieval letters and a red and a black medieval lion on each side of the blend name.

 

[tobefrank]

I'll add another hint. The blend is made by a German tobacco maker but the blend name is in a language that is not German nor English.

 

[jttnk]

45 minutes of searching I am totally stumped.