"New" Dunhill Dark Flake Tins

[btp79]

I ordered a few sleeves of the Dark Flake from SP and if I am reading the date codes correctly, they are from 2016. Did anyone else see the same with their order? I wold have thought the tins would be more recent as they just came back into stock. Any thoughts?
Edit: I am not complaining at all, I'm always happy to get tins with some age on them

 

[blendtobac]

It's possible that they made a large quantity in anticipation of a strong release back in 2016. It has been a good, but not spectacular seller for us, so maybe they just made a lot more than was needed.
Russ

 

[btp79]

Thanks Russ, for everything!

 

[Civil War]

Good to know.

 

[seacaptain]

How do you read the date codes? The one I bought is CB026K01.

 

[btp79]

https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/how-date-dunhill-tobacco
This is a link to dating Dunhill Tins (Post Murray's)

 

[seacaptain]

Thanks. Looks like mine is Nov-16 then.

 

[btp79]

That's pretty cool I also received a few from a B&M today and they are also from 2016. I wonder if Dunhill only made the 1 run?

 

[orobusto]

If it was tinned in 2016, why was it ever out of stock at multiple places for an extended period?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

That method of dating tins is obsolete, according to the link above: in big bold words at the top of that post...

Update: It appears this method of dating is now out of date

 

[opus777]

mine are 16 as well.

 

[ekert]

Seeing how everybody was out of stock and thinking these were gone for good, I stocked up in March from Lil' Brown and those were '16 tins as well.

 

[robcapp]

I just got an order in from SmokingPipes. It had both 2016, and 2017 Dark Flake production.

 

[mrenglish]

This stuff is going to be very good in about 4-5 years.

 

[901blends]

"Scandinavian says manufactured quantities are extremely low on Dunhill Flake, Dark Flake, and a handful of other blends, but production will continue in the coming weeks, so we’ll be on the lookout for them."
That was the word I got from one place I order from.
Now, could they have misheard, misinterpreted, or flat out BS'd me? Possibly.
Anyone who has been watching the slow death of Dunhill the past few years is fairly jaded at this report with the "this is the last of it" ...... "but wait, there's more!" cycle.

 

[3rdguy]

SP's has a 10 can limit and P&C goes the other way with no limits and a sale on them.

 

[ekert]

Yea, feel butt sore about buying from SP when a week later I could have bought more for less.