What Is The Most Out Of Production Tobacco In Your Collection?

[anotherbob]

Smiths themselves wasn't it? There's a lovely short film on British Pathe of Smiths shop in the 50's/60's.....pretty sure they were blending their own snuff 'in house'.

maybe but most likely that was Freyburg and Treyer. If I member correctly.

 

[hawky454]

Wasn’t that a one-off promotional release? Would to get my hands on some, including considering its age now. The annoying thing is that where there is a flake there will be a plug preceding it so in theory that should be possible to have. Then again I don’t recall where I read it, maybe on Arno’s Dutch Pipe Smoker blog talking about the Dutch forum tobaccos, but apparently once production is streamlined for eg a flake, it’s a major pain in the ass to sell in plug format, including due to wastage.

Yes, I bought as much as I could afford. It’s likely they may release it again but not sure. I think they should make this a regular in the HH line up, it’s perfect in plug form and it served as a great ode to the plugs that came many decades before us.

I know they did another release of their Navy Flake in a plug cut, unfortunately I missed that one.

I wish Mac Baren would have at least one regular plug cut release. To my knowledge, the ODF was their first release of a plug but I could be wrong?

It’s been a dream of mine that they will someday release St. Bruno Plug! I’d be all over that.

 

[lochinvar]

Various McClelland and Dunhill.....but you want the older stuff

G. Smith London Export
Craven Mixture
A couple of the original production Three Nuns tall boy tins, with the wood grain label
Charatan Ready Rubbed (purple label)
Original Bengal Slices
A&C Peterson No. 466 Grand Reserve
A few cutter tin and pop top instruction era Rattrays "Made by" instead of "Made For"

And a few tins of a brand I had forgotten, I'm pretty sure they don't make tobacco anymore, a J.F. Germain's

 

[Meerly John]

I'm only about a year into pipe smoking, and so I only have one. I bought a tin of Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky from my local tobacconist a few weeks ago. Came home and discovered what I'd aquired, only to return the store and find out that was the last tin. I've got probably half the tin left.

 

[Terry Lennox]

20 tins of Dunhill Durbar, a wonderful oriental forward English mixture. A true Balkan.

 

[Swiss Army Knife]

I'm relatively new but thanks to my world class B&M I've got Murray's era Nightcap, EMP, and Elizabethan. They're all still tinned, three tins of Murrays' era Light Flake. I have tried the Light Flake and nearly fell on my face with how good it was. Really confirmed ageing baccies isn't a complete myth.

The rest are one tin of McCranie's Murdock's Pipe and Somerled. Both dated 2017. Five tins of McCranie's Red Ribbon 2000, this was only surpassed by the Light Flake but that Red Ribbon is hands down my favorite tobacco I've tried so far. Then one tin of 1996 Red Ribbon.

Buying all that Red Ribbon was my first real foray into spending money to stock up but I could afford it and damn if I'm ever going to see it again for under $50.

 

[leonardbill1]

Both made by McClelland for Levin Pipes International in the early to mid-90s (the Balkan is dated 1993 and the Oriental is dated 1995). I've seen the Oriental for sale occasionally. I've only seen the Balkan for sale once.

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

20 tins of Dunhill Durbar, a wonderful oriental forward English mixture. A true Balkan.

That should keep you going ?

 

[Franco Pipenbeans]

I'm relatively new but thanks to my world class B&M I've got Murray's era Nightcap, EMP, and Elizabethan. They're all still tinned, three tins of Murrays' era Light Flake. I have tried the Light Flake and nearly fell on my face with how good it was. Really confirmed ageing baccies isn't a complete myth.

The rest are one tin of McCranie's Murdock's Pipe and Somerled. Both dated 2017. Five tins of McCranie's Red Ribbon 2000, this was only surpassed by the Light Flake but that Red Ribbon is hands down my favorite tobacco I've tried so far. Then one tin of 1996 Red Ribbon.

Buying all that Red Ribbon was my first real foray into spending money to stock up but I could afford it and damn if I'm ever going to see it again for under $50.

I never knew Murray’s did a light flake - is it like Erinmore flake?

 

[pantsBoots]

I never knew Murray’s did a light flake - is it like Erinmore flake?

Dunhill Light Flake became Dunhill Flake which became Peterson Flake. It was called Light Flake to differentiate from Dunhill Dark Flake, which I really wish they'd start selling in the US

 

[judcole]

I don't have a "collection"; I have a cellar in the sense that the term was used when I started setting tins aside - to age, not because I was afraid of whatever boogie man causes hoarding. I have never gone looking for discontinued blends, and never will.
With that caveat - I have a number of tins of McCranie's Red Ribbon. I have one tin left of the '96 crop, five of the 2000, nine of the '08, and 4 of the '11.
I guess that tin of the '96 crop qualifies.

 

[krizzose]

Various McClellands, McCranies Red Ribbon and Red Flake, and Mick McQuaid’s Plug. In quantities that will keep me happy for decades, but objectively not impressive.