Went to my local antique shop and found a box of velvet, low and behold it is unopened. Planning on smoking it just trying to judge the age. Any help would be great thanks.
Looking to age this box of velvet.
- Thread starter Thorin Pipenshield
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Nice find! I'm going to guess... it's old. 
Good luck rehydrating it, but then again it's velvet so it's possible it's still moist. LOL
Let us know how it smokes once you try it.
Good luck rehydrating it, but then again it's velvet so it's possible it's still moist. LOL
Let us know how it smokes once you try it.
Decided to open it last night, might try the pipe offer and surprisingly the tobacco is still somewhat moist with a heavy raisin bag note.
Not familiar with the Velvet brand. But the photo of the product in what appears to be a foil pouch reminds me of finer cut ribbons of chewing tobacco, like Red Man. I thought much of Kentucky and Ohio burley found its way into chewing tobacco. But that is just uninformed perception.
A guess as to the age:
There's no bar code on the outside of the box.
Bar codes started being used in 1974.
The coupon inside the box has an address with a zip code.
Zip codes were introduced in 1963.
I suspect that old box/pouch of Velvet came from within that 11 year span.
It's fun finding "antique" treasures from the pipe world!
There's no bar code on the outside of the box.
Bar codes started being used in 1974.
The coupon inside the box has an address with a zip code.
Zip codes were introduced in 1963.
I suspect that old box/pouch of Velvet came from within that 11 year span.
It's fun finding "antique" treasures from the pipe world!
The cut looks exactly how I remember Velvet when I tried it around 30 years ago. Granger back then wasn't the ribbon it is today but a loosely compressed ready-rubbed cut.
A quick search in the Tobacco Archives produced this hit. It's just starting point and with a lot of work you might be able to nail down the exact promotion or confine it to a more limited time frame. The latter link was the initial search criteria: NEW! VELVET-GRANGER PIPE OFFER.
www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu
Ligget & Myers Tobacco Company, March 1968
See #6
Continue to work Velvet and Granger pipe combinations
www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu
Industry Documents Library
Ligget & Myers Tobacco Company, March 1968
See #6
Continue to work Velvet and Granger pipe combinations
Industry Documents Library
that looks great actually. Usually they don't but I can catch that raisin whiff from the pics alone.