![]() I suspect in another decade or so it will be all but past. The way of tobacco, the way it used to be, is going away. Though no less chagrined today to hear about retailers notifying customers about lines of tobacco being discontinued or shorted, it comes at little surprise. I enjoyed the heck out of it and learned a lot, mostly I learned what I liked. We'd open tins, try blends and bs about tobacco and briar. There was something of an informal pipe club that used to gather there, Tuesday nights. His son was a carver, they had a blending room in the basement and had a great selection of branded tobaccos and cigars. P, a true gentleman, erudite and knowledgeable, generous with his time, always dapper in bow tie and tweed. A family business started in the 1940's, it was then run by Mr. This was partly because of my local tobacconist and was fortunate to have, to my mind anyway, a great, old school, B&M shop near to where I lived at the time. Later on, middling years, I came back to it. My dad smoked a pipe and I toyed with pipe smoking as a young man but left it alone for many years. Though truth be told I never much cared for aromatics. Lane 1Q is probably the best selling pipe tobacco in the US and has been for some time. ![]() Gawith Hoggarth Louisiana Perique Flake 4 oz Last year when P&C had another Dunhill sale I stocked up a little. I have a couple of tins of Navy Rolls boxed up in the closet with some others. This morning I had Early Morning and this afternoon it's Deluxe Navy Rolls.
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