School Me on Dunhill London Mixture
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BAT, (who owns the Dunhill trademark for use with tobacco), ended their licensing agreement with STG (who has manufactured and distributed the Dunhill-branded tobaccos for years now) a while back. STG continues to produce London Mixture and sells it under to ubiquitous name of Standard Mixture.
Cool, thanks. Is it safe to assume that this tin has a little age to it since it still says London Mixture?
It's going to be at least 3 years old since it says "Dunhill" on it. If you want to find the code next to the barcode on the back, we could help date it.
Nice, thanks! I think I may have gotten a decent deal at $17.
Now, can someone tell me how this smokes with a little age on it? I’m hoping that the Orientals really shine.
It’s wonderful IMHO. A little more orientals than most other Latakia blends. It’s a classic.
Definitely a fantastic blend! I am down to one last tin.
It's no longer made. Peterson's Standard Mixture is the old Dunhill Standard Mixture Medium, I believe, not London Mixture.
That's what I thought. @woodsroad you got me excited for 2 seconds. Stop that.
FYI: The K&K Clone of London Mixture is branded Robert McConnell Piccadily Circus. If you like London Mixture you should try a tin of that when it becomes available. I love London Mixture but I haven't tried Piccadily Circus yet because I still have 5-year old tins of the former, probably produced at the same time as the one you got. It's a great smoke and has aged just fine.
Counting from 1990 + 27 = 2017, L is the 12th letter so December and the 5 behind it make 12-5-2017 or for the ones who note it correctly 5-12-2017.
I'm totally making this up but it could confirm the 5th of December by @Chasing Embers
Edit: the last 4 is a enigma, maybe machine number?
Dunhill doesn't make tobacco anymore. You can get the Peterson version of the tobacco which is still made the same they made the tobacco for Dunhill. Unfortunately, Dunhill London Mixture didn't make the cut, so it's gone.
London Mixture is not the same as Standard Mixture.
London Mixture is not the same as Standard Mixture.
I keep a thread bookmarked, so I can always get to this post: Dunhill Tin Dating :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/dunhill-tin-dating.23591/#post-35410230
Thanks a lot. Is that the way to read any production date, or is it specifically Dunhill?