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Details
- Components: Virginia, Dark Fired Kentucky
- Family: Burley
- Cut: Flake
About This Pipe Tobacco
Samuel Gawith was the son-in-law of Thomas Harrison, a snuff manufacturer who moved his trade and equipment to Kendal, Cumbria, England from Scotland in 1792. Gawith inherited this equipment from Harrison, and the company has been crafting premium tobacco since, with one of Samuel's two sons continuing the brand while the other joined with Henry Hoggarth to establish Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Though offering separate blends, both brands remain forever linked and still share the same manufacturing facility in England's Lake District, utilizing processes and techniques that date to the brands' 1792 roots. In many of their mixtures, Samuel Gawith maintains the standards enforced by the United Kingdom's strict purity laws of the 19th and 20th centuries — such laws dictating how much and what type of flavorings could be added to pipe tobacco and ensuring that sub-quality leaf wasn't hidden under the veil of exorbitant toppings.
Samuel Gawith's most popular flake tobacco, 1792 features Dark-Fired Tanzanian leaf and Virginias that are steamed and then pressed. Before being cut, the plug is wrapped in a select leaf, pressed again for over two hours, and then baked in a steam press for another two to three hours, further marrying the flavors. Marked by a dark color and decadent flavor profile, 1792 is topped with tonquin and offers a bold, full-bodied smoking experience.
Customer Reviews
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After a few hours of drying time, I loaded it into my Huck Finn cob. It filled the bowl perfectly.
As I lit the first layer of the tobacco, I could smell that sweet Tonquin just chomping at the bit to be noticed, and it wasn't neglected. It's possibly the most delicate flavor I've ever tasted from tobacco.
I haven't enjoyed a blend with Dark Fired Kentucky in it until this meeting. One must be careful when lighting, it can and does bite with a dark, offended flavor like a hastily smoked cigar. So, gentle puffs are paramount.
This is yet another blend that will be a mainstay in my cellar. It is divine providence that it should come to me now, to be burned in my bowl and savored upon my tongue.
The Virginias are so sweet and flavorful, which are then accented by the Tanzanian leaf's robust, spicy and assertive nature. The strength is so confident that this needs to be slowly appreciated.
It required a handful of relights, but I care not. It burns evenly and cleanly makes its way down the bowl.
If this is what late 18th century tobacco is like now, then Samuel Gawith and Kendal House are a testament to craftsmanship and tradition.
The strength is remarkable. The room note is so reminiscent of a good strong cigar, and it waltzes through with the underlying seductive sweetness of the Tonquin flavoring.
If you enjoy robust, complex, sweet and flavorful tobaccos, it would behoove you to experience this. You will not be disappointed....Read More
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