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Samuel Gawith: Skiff Mixture 50g Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-059-0002

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.

An English blend that highlights Oriental tobaccos, Samuel Gawith's Skiff Mixture features flue-cured tobaccos, with Virginias and Latakia combining with Turkish leaf. Such a blend offers a smooth smooth and natural flavor with an Orientals-forward profile.

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Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g

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  • Components: Virginia, Latakia, Orientals
  • Family: English
  • Cut: Ribbon
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
3.8
24 reviews
If only it was stronger
October 27, 2024
By: arp4257
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
I would call it Oriental – light Balkan type of tobacco. It belongs to the same genre as another classic – McConnell Original Oriental. Only in McConnell the Oriental/Turkish takes the whole front stage while in Skiff Mixture this place is taken by the interplay between Virginia and Turkish. That what I believe makes the blend so tasty and good as well as superior to Original Oriental. Latakia though present throughout stays on background. Tobacco taste is sweet and spicy. Delicious altogether. My problem with this blend lies in its strength or to be more precise in its lack of it. In 2012 I thought it to be mild to moderate in strength and this blend was one of three morning tobaccos of mine. But with passing of time perception changes as well. Today I believe this blend to be somewhere between very mild and mild and after long consideration and additional tins of course removed Skiff from rotation on basis of strength. Nevertheless, as I already mentioned it is a very good tobacco which I would strongly recommend to anyone who is into Oriental blends or prefer mild English blends....Read More
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May 15, 2024
By: Samuel S.
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
I picked up Skiff while still first infatuated with EMP. From what was purported in online forums/reviews, this blend featured some of the same flavors as EMP, with a subtle increase in strength. The first bowl was great, better than expected. The sourness mentioned in other reviews on this page was indeed present, and was delicious to me in that moment. The second and third bowl were just as enjoyable, and at that time I would have rated this blend among my top three. But by the fourth, something started to change. The pipe I used to smoke Skiff became haunted, though the word "ghosting" seems too light a term to describe the phenomenon I experienced. Rather, every bowl smoked in that pipe thereafter was presided over by the Skiff Phantom. Anything smoked in the pipe, any blend whatsoever, tasted like Skiff. Hell, even when I smoked Skiff in that pipe, it somehow tasted more like Skiff, its sour charm bolstered by its phantom in the pipe, intensifying into a pungent soapiness. The pipe has since been decommissioned, as even a draw on an empty bowl delivers that soapy-sour Skiff flavor. I still have most of the tin, and will likely give it a few more months before trying it again. I suspect, however, that this blend will ultimately end up in the garbage....Read More
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Helluva bite to it.
October 08, 2023
By: Curmudgeonly_Piper93
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
It bites me every time I smoke it. And the flavor is too mild and bland to put up with the bite.
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Very smooth
January 30, 2023
By: Pipester.ph
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
smooth, cool, and tasty English blend. No bite at all.
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awesome!
November 19, 2022
By: JassonWB
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
Tin note of tart red wine and a sweet smoky campfire. The tobacco is ribbon cut and a mix of light and medium brown and a little black. Tobacco is slightly damp so no prep/drying needed. Burn is medium with a normal amount of relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and mostly consistent, with notes herbal smoky, wood, mildly sweet, earth, little sour, grassy floral, with a peppery spice on the retro. Oriental/Turkish is leading with Latakia and Virginias supporting. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is very pleasant....Read More
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Favorite English
April 20, 2022
By: Patrick g.
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
I haven't had them all, but this may be my favorite English blend. Good smoke in the tin and the pipe, mellow but spicy enough to just be flat out great. All day for sure, great good weather smoke.
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Mild and delicious
February 11, 2021
By: Landstrider
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
I’m not a huge Balkan style guy, but this stuff hits the spot it’s got the PERFECT amount of Latakia, this is something I enjoy while working or active and need a nice companion puff. It’s a very long ribbon cut that burns flawlessly and I’m happy I tried it
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Not bad...
October 08, 2020
By: Southern Smoker
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
Pretty straight forward English tobacco, overall good but I got a little tongue bite from it.
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Very good
August 17, 2020
By: William P.
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
You can taste and smell the high quality
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Its OK
April 23, 2020
By: Phillip E.
Product: Samuel Gawith Skiff Mixture 50g
This is a very good English blend that is mellow with Superb Latakia. I would recommend this blend to anyone that is looking to try a true English Masterpiece. also this blend is a great behaving in the pipe.
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