What Pipe Smokers Are Losing...

PappyJoe

So while having coffee this morning I logged into tobaccoreviews and did a search to see just what the Sutliff Tobacco Company manufactures for other brands/labels/tobacconist. I've tried being as accurate as possible.

Blends Manufactured by Sutliff Tobacco Company according to tobaccoreviews.

Sutliff Tobacco Company:
281 Currently Available (until they aren’t)
65 Discontinued Blends

Private Label Blends
184 Currently Available
27 Discontinued
According to Tobacco Reviews, Sutliff also made blends for:

Admiral’s Choice

Backwoods
Bengal Slices
Benjamin Hartwell
Blender’s Gold
Brigham Enterprises

Century
Chris Morgan
Cobblestone
Cup O’ Joes

Dream Castle Tobacco Company

E. Hoffman Company: Distinguished Gentleman

F&K: Bat with a Hat

Gurkha

Hearth & Home
Holt’s Cigar Company

Iwan Ries

John Cotton

Kramer’s Pipe & Tobacco Shop: Father Dempsey

Missouri Meerschaum

Per G. Jensen

Pipes & Cigars: Angler’s Dream

Seattle Pipe Club
Smoker Friendly
smokin joes cigar
Super Value

The Country Squire
The Smoker: Civil War
Tobacconist Reserve Ltd.

War Horse
Watch City Cigar
Wessex: Gold Slices

 
In other places I have posted that out of 80 unopened tins in my possession, I only had 10 that were made by Sutliff or MacBaren. I need to amend that number to 11. 
What this is telling me is that I don't smoke that many blends made by Sutliff. 

That being said, I am going to miss exploring the Gurkha line of pipe tobaccos that I just discovered. 

@leonard - Did I miss any blends?

motie2

Sutliff catered to the aromatic smoker, IMHO

Leonard

There are probably more brand/blend names out there, but I doubt there are more actual blends. For instance: Super Value = Blenders Gold = Smoker Friendly = Admirals Choice.

Wessex Gold Slices: not sure what that is, but Wessex doesn’t make tobacco, so you’ve already smoked it.

you’ve also likely smoked anything under Missouri, Iwan, and many others under different names. 

Im sure that there are some unique blends in there, but a lot less than we would like to think.

PappyJoe

@Leonard
Oh, I'm sure there are blends that were just packaged with different labels for different companies. 

I've never smoked Wessex Gold Slice under that name but I saw it listed on a lot of on-line tobacco shops. 

ghostsofpompeii

This is like the passing of an old friend, or for collectors of physical media, it's like a favorite movie or album that's gone out of print.   

KA9FFJ

Well, I can't disagree, but on the positive side:
1. We still have our pipes
2. Blend variety may not be there like it was, but as long as we still have several blends we still enjoy, I for one, will still be happy...
🙂

Ruffinogold

Its really a drag . Sutliff did make a lot of bends across the board and as luck would have it , MB and Sutliff were the two producers that really did it for me for reasonable money and always in stock blends . Sutliff had some repackage stuff but the amount of unique blends were far greater than the double brand packaging by far . I never got around to cobblestone high spirits because I knew that it was relabeled bulk , as an example , just by the descriptions ... at least I was pretty sure they were 

IRC had some super unique blends that weren't in Sutliffs line up of bulk stuff . I think because IRC created them and at some point in the past and had Sutliff make them for them [ Im guessing ] .  IRC really had it going on , imho . The way they incorporated oriental and latakia into an aromatic was spectacular and I havent had anything even close to those aromatics that they made for IRC . Every producer has their own flavor profile , in a sense , and MB and Sutliff just nailed it . If you happen upon IRC Three Star Bronze , you'll be in for something fantastic ! IRC Old Colonial was maybe one of the great blends . Imagine Carter Hall but way smoother and better . Sadly , I have 1 unopened 7 oz container is all . It was in the top 10 for me 

Anyway , its really kind of depressing to think about . Im guessing the future will have 2 or three producers of pipe tobacco ... or less . I wont be around forever anyway 

I hold no grudge against STG . I think they make some great blends . Actually , I like or love a lot of their products . They got me because I hate C&D , GLP and H&H products . Its a flavor profile thing , along with a a harsh thing , and I just dont smoke any of their products nor will I . Ive tried but they are just pure crap to me 

Tell ya what . PIPESANDCIGARS.COM is a horrid website . I know stg own them now and I only bring it up because maybe they will get that place up to par , as its been sub par and I wouldnt spend any money there for some time now . wvsmokeshop and smokingpipes are the only place left for me because anytime I try to order from IRC , it doesnt seem to want to ship to Georgia for some reason 

Anyway , if STG people read this place .... pipesandcigars sucks ... fix it , just saying 

motie2

@Ruffinogold

It’s a funny thing. I’m primarily a Sutliff guy, and I’ve mostly dealt with P&C since I took up the pipe again in 2017 or thereabouts. I never had a negative experience with their website, and I am quite fond of their hardcopy catalogues. 

ghostsofpompeii

Since I still have an extensive tobacco cellar it's been a while since I've ordered anything new from Pipes & Cigars. But I've always had a positive experience when ordering from them. My orders come in a timely fashion, and their on line and physical catalog has more than enough blends to choose from. 

PappyJoe

For the past two years I have cut back on ordering any tobacco or pipes on line. I haven't stopped completely (it usually an impulse buy when I do) but I have occasionally ordered from P&C. I have never had a problem with getting my order that was their fault. The problems usually is caused by USPS.