I asked this in the thread "Can we talk Navy Flake", What makes a navy flake a navy flake?
Tantamount to a thread jacking (my apologies rafterman) so this thread is born.
Previous searches never got me an answer, today I'm no closer.
Several on-line dictionaries offer the same definition of "tobacco finely cut from a block". Uh-huh.
Found 2 related threads on puff.com, no one gave a definitive answer in either one.
Did a search on tobaccoreviews for blend names that included the words Navy Flake. Seven hits.
The name Navy Cavendish had been mentioned so I included that one as well for a total of 8 "data points".
All are predominately Virginias with one distinguished as totally Black Cav and a second that includes Cavendish.
2 have Perique, only one includes Latakia
4 are flavored with rum, 1 cites aromatic fruits
5 specify aging while under pressure.
7 show as Air cured, 1 as Flue cured
Admittedly small set of data but my take at this point is that Navy Flake may well have had specific meaning in days of yore but for now it seems to indicate little more than a marketing departments choice of blend name.
I don't even want to think about Navy Cut!
What passes for the data:
Bulk No.2035 Dark Navy Flake
McClelland
...light blend of fine Eastern Belt Lemon leaf and cutter grade tobaccos ... transformed through pressure, aging and light stoving into beautiful dark pungent cake.
Air Cured
Black Cavendish
Broken Flake
Luxury Navy Flake
Peter Stokkebye
... mature Old Belt flue-cured Virginia's spiced with Louisiana Perique.
Flue Cured
Virginia
Perique
Flake
Navy Flake
Mac Baren
...flake blended from the finest Burley tobaccos with added ripe Virginias and Cavendish...
Air Cured
Burley
Cavendish
Virginia
Rum
Flake
Navy Flake
Samuel Gawith
...traditional offering of Virginias, pressed with just the right amount of Latakia and flavoured with Rum...
Air Cured
Virginia
Latakia
Rum
Flake
Navy Flake
David P. Ehrlich Company
...Navy blend in rectangular, easily-rubbed-out flakes.
Air Cured
Burley
Virginia
Flake
Navy Flake
W.O. Larsen
...blend of golden Virginia tobaccos spiced with Louisiana Perique. Pressed in cakes and aged before it's cut into delicate slices... added rum....
Air Cured
Virginia
Perique
Flake
Royal Navy Flake
Holger Danske
...Virginia tobaccos matured under high pressure with discreet flavor of aromatic fruits...
Air Cured
Virginia
Flake
Navy Cavendish
McClelland
...traditional Navy Cavendish, pressed in cake and aged naturally with Dark Jamaican Rum ...
Air Cured
Virginia
Rum
Flake
Tantamount to a thread jacking (my apologies rafterman) so this thread is born.
Previous searches never got me an answer, today I'm no closer.
Several on-line dictionaries offer the same definition of "tobacco finely cut from a block". Uh-huh.
Found 2 related threads on puff.com, no one gave a definitive answer in either one.
Did a search on tobaccoreviews for blend names that included the words Navy Flake. Seven hits.
The name Navy Cavendish had been mentioned so I included that one as well for a total of 8 "data points".
All are predominately Virginias with one distinguished as totally Black Cav and a second that includes Cavendish.
2 have Perique, only one includes Latakia
4 are flavored with rum, 1 cites aromatic fruits
5 specify aging while under pressure.
7 show as Air cured, 1 as Flue cured
Admittedly small set of data but my take at this point is that Navy Flake may well have had specific meaning in days of yore but for now it seems to indicate little more than a marketing departments choice of blend name.
I don't even want to think about Navy Cut!
What passes for the data:
Bulk No.2035 Dark Navy Flake
McClelland
...light blend of fine Eastern Belt Lemon leaf and cutter grade tobaccos ... transformed through pressure, aging and light stoving into beautiful dark pungent cake.
Air Cured
Black Cavendish
Broken Flake
Luxury Navy Flake
Peter Stokkebye
... mature Old Belt flue-cured Virginia's spiced with Louisiana Perique.
Flue Cured
Virginia
Perique
Flake
Navy Flake
Mac Baren
...flake blended from the finest Burley tobaccos with added ripe Virginias and Cavendish...
Air Cured
Burley
Cavendish
Virginia
Rum
Flake
Navy Flake
Samuel Gawith
...traditional offering of Virginias, pressed with just the right amount of Latakia and flavoured with Rum...
Air Cured
Virginia
Latakia
Rum
Flake
Navy Flake
David P. Ehrlich Company
...Navy blend in rectangular, easily-rubbed-out flakes.
Air Cured
Burley
Virginia
Flake
Navy Flake
W.O. Larsen
...blend of golden Virginia tobaccos spiced with Louisiana Perique. Pressed in cakes and aged before it's cut into delicate slices... added rum....
Air Cured
Virginia
Perique
Flake
Royal Navy Flake
Holger Danske
...Virginia tobaccos matured under high pressure with discreet flavor of aromatic fruits...
Air Cured
Virginia
Flake
Navy Cavendish
McClelland
...traditional Navy Cavendish, pressed in cake and aged naturally with Dark Jamaican Rum ...
Air Cured
Virginia
Rum
Flake