US Pipe Tobacco Companies ?

[NookersTheCat]

This is @NookersTheCat s bailey wick .

We all have our own little obsessions haha
Mine started around 5 years old running to hug my grandpa in his den's easy chair and being absolutely entranced by the aroma of something I was being taught to hate... wow, I think I may have just had a psychological breakthrough on the root of my hedonistic tendencies...

 

[NookersTheCat]

I’m not sure what that means.

Just his polite way of saying I'm kind of unhealthily obsessed when it comes to Middleton trivia

 

[dd57chevy]

I’m not sure what that means.

I misspelled it , but it means having knowledge of a given subject .

Definition of BAILIWICK

the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff; the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

 

[mingc]

I misspelled it , but it means having knowledge of a given subject .

Definition of BAILIWICK

the office or jurisdiction of a bailiff; the sphere in which one has superior knowledge or authority : a special domain… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

Also an administrative area, as in the Bailiwick of Jersey, where Germain's does its magic.

 

[NookersTheCat]

Also an administrative area, as in the Bailiwick of Jersey, where Germain's does its magic.

Again, learn something new everyday lol
I always used to think it was just a southern bastardization of "bale-of-wheat"

 

[greeneyes]

Apparently Tobaccopipes and CupOJoes both closed their doors pursuant to this ... "change." Anyone know what happened to the Tobaccopipes previous owners (names escape me) that had been kept on after being purchased by Sutliff? I think they mostly handled public relations stuff and represented the company at pipe shows.

 

[Hutch Piper]

Sutliff couldn't even make flakes. They had to commission STG to do that. The majority of what Sutliff did was pour toppings onto already processed leaf. That was about it... and tin them. I'm not sure what science you are referring to.

For years on here, we've had three members who would always say, "Sutliff processes tobaccos for other companies." Yes, they poured goop onto tobacco for other companies. I'm sure they may have done other stuff also, but gooping the leaf was sort of their main job.

Sutliff supplied nearly 50 percent of the leaf my tobacconist used to blend their blends. Most are non-aromatic. That’s all gone now.

 

[Ahi Ka]

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

It's not really much different than the rest of the world. Really I'd argue the US is the only country with a major manufacturer that is almost entirely pipe tobacco focused, C&D. Kopp in Germany could also qualify but they have less market presence worldwide than C&D does stateside. STG is the overlord but pipe tobacco for them is an afterthought, it's a drop in the bucket. They make more on accessory sales than they do on blends.

We're a very small market and while I mourn the loss of Sutliff because they were a great go-to for cheap bulks they weren't the only option. C&D in the US, the Gawiths and Germain's in the UK, Kopp and Dan Tobacco in Germany, hell even boutiques like Vincent Manill in Belgium keep our little market pretty well stocked with options.