Good question. But I've never assumed that labeling (or any marketing blurbs) for any tobacco product was entirely accurate.
Or perhaps a suspiciously large industry, that's just going to have many duplicate, triplicate, or more blends cleaned up.
There are a LOT of duplicates out there.
Have you replicated this over multiple tins/bulk buys? What you may be experiencing there is batch inconsistencies.
I'm always reminded of this thread concerning Sillems/mcconnell - Sillem's Commodore / John Ayelesbury's Commander / Robert McConnell's Latakia Flake - Identical? :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/sillems-commodore-john-ayelesburys-commander-robert-mcconnells-latakia-flake-identical.85589/
I’m also dumbfounded by people who can’t/don’t/won’t distinguish between brands and the companies that own the brands and produce the products. You know, the people who go catatonic when you tell them Peterson’s doesn’t manufacture tobacco and Dunhill hasn’t manufactured tobacco for decades.
Thank you Leonard. It means a lot to hear from the source and helping to keep rumors from getting worse. Appreciate you taking the time here.
Is it actually though? He said Sutliff has been increasingly profitable each year since MB acquired them in 2013.
I can’t imagine all of the employees themselves “caring about the pipe tobacco world” I mean as far as a paycheck goes for some lot; and well the rest surely aren’t left with much to care about now.
Profitability and volume are not related. One company’s financial health doesn’t reflect overall consumption of tobacco. What we do know is that domestic production of pipe tobacco has had a precipitous decline over the past decade or so.
Never made those claims. However it is often harder to be profitable in a shrinking industry than a growing one. Especially an 11-year streak of continually increasing profits.
I am not asking what each or any of the Sutliff employees cares about.
