I just opened a tin of Samuel Gawith "Sam's Flake" and carefully moved the contents into a jar. In doing so, I discovered all sorts of little hairs in the bottom of the tin. Closer inspection revealed little hairs throughout the flakes as well. I did not experience this with the Samuel Gawith "Chocolate Flake" tobacco that I also recently opened, nor have I seen such a thing with any other tobacco. Has anybody seen this before with this or any other tobacco? Please advise.
Samuel Gawith Sam's Flake - Hairs In The Tobacco?
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It's burlap and rope.
Here's a photo of some I found in Spark Plug (GL Pease; I later found some rope in Timm's London Blend #1000):
Here's a photo of some I found in Spark Plug (GL Pease; I later found some rope in Timm's London Blend #1000):
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I will be contacting SP on returning (8 Tins) If SP won't accept it back, PM me on a trade. I'm smoking it as we speak and it strikes the right chords for me. But, I won't know for sure until I've burned through a whole tin
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That's good news. I have also sent a message to the store where I purchased it and am hoping for a favorable response.
Interesting. I guess the burlap or twine must be from the tobacco bundles, curing, and/or blending process that gets missed?
hemp and jute are both vegetable fibers. Probably safer for you than tobacco.
had a carpet installer tell me about smoking jute. I guess it’s what they used to use to back carpet with. He was an interesting guy...
Doesn’t surprise me, though, finding some fibers in tobacco. I’d guess that there’s really no way of keeping them out after a certain point, since tobacco is frequently shipped in burlap sling bags. Still a bummer though, I wouldn’t want to smoke it just from a flavor standpoint...
If it has a tail or feet don’t smoke it, otherwise ... meh.
Maybe, but I just haven't seen it before and there is so much in this tin it's like somebody went for a hair cut, swept up all of the clippings, put them in this tin, added tobacco, and shook the whole thing up.
Yeah, definitely gross and some bad quality control at that point! I hope it gets resolved some way, keep us posted!
Probably just pubes. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
Cut them some slack. To hair is human, to forgive divine.
Who knew they actually meant it came with some of Sam's Flake?
Haha never seen that much in a tin before.
About two years ago I found a sizeable chunk of thin rope in a bag of Esoterica.
About two years ago I found a sizeable chunk of thin rope in a bag of Esoterica.
3 days ago I found a staple in my tuna salad. I was chewing it. I've been looking at mass produced products a lot harder since then. Now I can unfortunately add tobacco to that list..
Sent a message and pictures to the retailer and was informed that it was mold and that a replacement tin has been sent already. Regardless of the actual problem, I really appreciate that the retailer resolved it even though it really wasn't their fault or problem.
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