Tinned Tobacco / Samuel Gawith / Navy Flake 50g

Navy Flake 50g Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-059-0014

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$15.11 Reg. $16.79
MSRP: $19.75
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Details

Strength:
4/5
Room Note:
3/5
Taste:
4/5
  • Components: Virginia, Latakia
  • Family: English
  • 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 Navy Flake is a traditional navy mixture, blending Virginias with a small amount of Latakia — flavored with a dash of rum.

Customer Reviews

Overall Rating:
3.5
39 reviews
A totally typical Virginia
June 26, 2026
Product: Samuel Gawith Navy Flake 50g
Not bad, not worth $16 for 50g when you can get a good bulk Virginia for half the price
not good enough to be called poor
April 06, 2026
Product: Samuel Gawith Navy Flake 50g
Had some smell, had a marginal taste of something that I could not identify.

Totally subpar product from a sub par company.
Good tobacco
March 28, 2026
Product: Samuel Gawith Navy Flake 50g
Let it age. Four year old SG Navy Flake straight from the jar is pretty damn good stuff. It is okay new from the can, but aging it really develops the Virginias into a deep very rich,fruity characteristic, that takes center point over the latakia.
No bread or hay at this point. Very good stuff.
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First try
December 23, 2025
Product: Samuel Gawith Navy Flake 50g
First time trying this blend. I bought 4 tins, one to try and the rest stow away. First bowl was fantastic. I’m going keep one tin in weekly rotation, save the remaining three tins. I have a feeling, this tobacco is going improve with a few month under its belt.
Really, really good.
December 02, 2024
Product: Samuel Gawith Navy Flake 50g
I have no idea how close this would be to what sailors would smoke during Britain's 'Golden age'of sailing, but the fact that it is made with the same equipment that would have been used by SG during the Napoleonic Wars is good enough for me from a sentimental standpoint. I'll content myself with pretending they smoked SG Navy Flake. Plop yourself on a beach with sea salt air, close your eyes and let your imagination wander to by-gone days.
Taste: for me, this is a pleasant alteration of FVF. The base Virginia's take the lead on this one. Latakia is there but subtle, as is the rum. One of my all time favorites! Give it time. I wasn't sure what to make of it at first, but there is nothing like it.
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