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woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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At one point, SPC was making $2 a tin in royalties from STG/P&C/M&D. Sutliff was manufacturing under contract to STG, STG was warehousing and distributing. SPC did not touch the product, they collected royalties. Under FDA rules, STG could possibly take over production, but since they were only the distributor and not the manufacturer, that may not be possible.
 
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At one point, SPC was making $2 a tin in royalties from STG/P&C/M&D. Sutliff was manufacturing under contract to STG, STG was warehousing and distributing. SPC did not touch the product, they collected royalties. Under FDA rules, STG could possibly take over production, but since they were only the distributor and not the manufacturer, that may not be possible.
Speaking of the FDA, I just stumbled across the news that it's chief tobacco regulated has been removed along with 2 offices worth of tobacco regulation staff responsible for drafting new regulations and setting policy:

 

woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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Speaking of the FDA, I just stumbled across the news that it's chief tobacco regulated has been removed along with 2 offices worth of tobacco regulation staff responsible for drafting new regulations and setting policy:

That's the second piece of great news this year on pipe tobacco, the first being the SCOTUS knock down of regulation overall in the Chevron defeat ruling.
There is hope!
 

BurleyVonPuffington

Part of the Furniture Now
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I'm eager to hear what you come up with, but I'd highly recommend saving at least a little bit of your PPSR so that you can keep comparing it directly instead of smoking it all up. Perhaps you might even save a few ounces for way off in the future. It's up to you, though!
Oh, no doubt. Can’t see if you’re coming close, or have something a little different that you personally may like just as well, if you don’t have the real thing there to compare.

I’m frustrated by the same thing usually, though. What most consider a “strong” English blend comes across to me as about a 5 on the flavor intensity scale, and they’d be great, if the flavor were just cranked up to 10. One man’s strong is another man’s “delicate and subtle”.
 
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wyfbane

Lifer
Apr 26, 2013
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I love the SPC blends. They are delicious. I have, however, had a helluva time reconciling why they priced those tobaccos so high.
It's like they piggybacked on the price hike MacBaren did some years back for no reason whatsoever.

Even so, it would be nice if they could work out some way to keep the tobacco coming. Maybe even at a lower pricepoint, since we are wishing... lol
 
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woodsroad

Lifer
Oct 10, 2013
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SE PA USA
Good.
My OCD-induced stash will now be that much more valuable.

In the early 1900's, my little corner of Upper Bucks County, PA was a cigar production powerhouse. To this day, a dozen or more cigar factory buildings still survive within a 1/2 hour drive from my house, three within a five minute drive. Philadelphia was a major tobacco trading center and home to many cigar brands, such as the eponymously named Phillies, by the Bayuk Cigar Company.