US flakes I can try

[Briar Lee]

Ummmm... either some people need some geography lessons, or maybe they didn't understand the question.

I think PS Luxury Navy Flake is made by Sutliff in Virginia.

Regardless of where it’s made, it’s made of all USA grown old belt Virginia and Louisiana Perique, and American tobacco peddlers sell the hell out of it, cheap.

If it’s not an American flake, what is?

Wales is part of the United Kingdom on the British Isles, damned close to England.

If PS LSN was as common over there with them there limeys as it is here, the feller would likely not ask us.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

If it’s not an American flake, what is?

PS stands for Peter Stokkebye, which is a Danish company. Not all Virginias were grown in the US. More is actually grown in Canada and Ukraine, but it also is grown in Africa and South America. There are also pockets here and there all over the world that produce Virginias.

 

[Briar Lee]

PS stands for Peter Stokkebye, which is a Danish company. Not all Virginias were grown in the US. More is actually grown in Canada and Ukraine, but it also is grown in Africa and South America. There are also pockets here and there all over the world that produce Virginias.

It seems to matter a lot where cigar tobaccos are grown, but Virginia tobaccos are grown all over the world.

Zimbabwe has a growing Virginia tobacco Industry.

Zimbabwe’s bid to expand tobacco growing faces challenges

Some farmers hoping to cash in on the ‘golden leaf’ are frustrated by the high cost of bringing their crop to market.

www.aljazeera.com

The descriptions of PS LNF claim its old belt Virginias, which imply it’s grown in the North Carolina bright leaf region, and Perique is burley processed in St. James Parish Louisiana.

Fifty years ago when I took up pipe smoking, the major players in American pipe tobacco were RJ Reynolds (Prince Albert-Carter Hall) Liggett and Meyers (Velvet) Brown and Williamson (Sir Walter Raleigh) and American Tobacco Company (Half and Half). If those companies even exist today they don’t make those brands. But even in made in Denmark, those are American brands.

Peter Stokkebye is part of the Scandinavian Tobacco Group now, which owns Lane, so maybe LSF is made in Tucker GA, or it might be made in Denmark. I thought it was Sutliff.

But if it’s not the best selling American flake today it’s one of the most well known.

I have six pounds aging and two pounds I’m smoking on.

PS Luxury Navy Flake needs to be on every list of American market flakes to sample.

 

[vosBghos]

It is, however I think its mostly available in the US Market I don't see it for sale on too many UK/EU websites. I saw synjenco has it but they have a lot of things.

Not sure why Europeans value C&D so highly I think a lot of there stuff is mediocre and or over rated. I guess its just because you don't have access to it? My B&M carries a ton of great tobacco and not one tin of it is C&D.

Might be that C&D has a distinctly American quality to it a rough edge some say, in the same way an American might enjoy Lakelands a more delicate sensibility. I like both when the mood suits YMMV

 

[wales smoker]

Also, Watch City makes some very good flakes; don't know if they ship overseas.

Maybe check out the Wessex flakes; they're not made in the US, but highly regarded by many.

You're lucky to have access to all those Gawith flakes and ropes overe there!

Wessex City looked interesting but all out of stock!
Yes we have Gawith flakes but just look at the price we have to pay compared to the US
Thanks anyway

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It seems to matter a lot where cigar tobaccos are grown, but Virginia tobaccos are grown all over the world.

The terroir of where cigar leaf is grown is more important to cigar leaf, because cigar aficionados require each leaf to have an exact specific set of flavor notes and distinct quality profiles. However, in Virginias, we can have different varieties of bright leaf seed stock, different color cures, and processes to pull as many varieties of flavor as possible. So, it is fair to say that variety if what pipesmokers prefer over specifics. The processor will flue cure the tobacco and then use one of many processes to color cure the leaf after that. There is no one specific leaf called Virginias. It is more of a catch all marketing term for all flue cured varietals.

 

[Puff nstuff]

Wessex City looked interesting but all out of stock!
Yes we have Gawith flakes but just look at the price we have to pay compared to the US
Thanks anyway

I saw at least 4 flakes made by Watch City available in bulk on their website last night.

Wessex are tinned, made in Germany, and yes, frequently sold out on many sites.