I know Sutliff produces SPC blends now, but did someone produce it before them? Also, Why did they stop offering SPC blends in bulk?
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That was what my suspicion was. I have an old tin of Mississippi River that is in a McClelland style tin. I wonder why they went over to Sutliff?
I think you all are right. It was very different before Sutliff produced it. I would say the Special Reserve is more what it was like back in the day. But I can’t be a hundred percent certain of this. Maybe Russ will chime in cause I would like to know as well. I still really enjoy the Sutliff version as well (for what it’s worth).
I've been getting heavy into Deception Pass lately. @hoosierpipeguy generously sent me a tin and I'm loving it. I was hoping the recent Galloping Gertie would be as good but that one hasn't done much for me (despite the nice looking Sutliff cake format).
I think Sutliff makes Hoffmann as well as Seattle Pipe Club and Hearth and Home, including Chatham Manor, and Mixture No. 79, plus supplying tobaccos to various of the premium blenders. As sable' keeps pointing out, if you knock Sutliff, you may be dissing that $16 tin you just bought. I know there is an economy of scale. Doing a full line of blends out of a small shop has got to have a mighty slim margin.
I did not know that McClelland's originally made the Seattle Pipe Club bends. That is very interesting information and would love to have some verification on that one.
More of a suspicion, at least in my part, than firsthand knowledge. Like I said, I could be wrong.
I think they might have just changed distributors and heard rumors that we can expect new packaging soon.
I've been waiting patiently for the 8 oz cans of Potlatch to return to market. Where did those things go?
I've been waiting patiently for the 8 oz cans of Potlatch to return to market. Where did those things go?
No one is knocking Sutliff. I am a big fan of a number of Sutliff blended tobaccos. I am just trying to figure out who blended SPC before Sutliff.
This tin does say hand blended by Pipes and Cigars. I guess the thing that throws me off is the style of tin. I am unaware of any P&C or Sutliff product that came this way ??
I wonder if McClelland or whoever McClelland used as a cannery (is that the right term?) just tinned it for P&C? ?This tin does say hand blended by Pipes and Cigars. I guess the thing that throws me off is the style of tin. I am unaware of any P&C or Sutliff product that came this way ??
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That looks like a C&D tin to me.This tin does say hand blended by Pipes and Cigars. I guess the thing that throws me off is the style of tin. I am unaware of any P&C or Sutliff product that came this way ??
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I think you are on to something. McClelland and C&D tins are similar but there are differences. Comparing the MR to both, it looks to be a C&D tin.
I don’t think anyone was finding fault in it. Just trying to figure out who made the earlier versions.
Oh, I didn’t mean it like that, I was genuinely curious.
Thanks for showing a photo of the tin, Jwebb90. Note the canning code: TP-NC-628. That's not McClelland's code which is TP-NC-94. I am at home and not my shop right now, but I "think" C&D's canning code is TP-NC-628. So, while I don't know whether current Seattle Pipe Club blends are manufactured by C&D, I sure do think that early one that you showed a photo of, was.
@pipestud , I had no idea that those little codes identified the producer. Thanks for that ?
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