Reviews
Date Added: Saturday 22 May, 2021
Silky Dark is one of my all time favourite snuffs and I use it almost every day. It’s dark, smokey, earthy and rich with plenty of nicotine and a medium, somewhat inconsistent grind. Moist when fresh containing that delicious scent of a farmyard many smokeless tobacco lovers crave. Very happy with my recent order too (this is the first time I’ve ordered snuff from cgars). The vacuum sealed tins I’ve received house some very fresh snuff, which clearly hasn’t been sitting on the shelf for a long time. The tin date code confirms they’re only a few months old. Highly recommended for fans of robust tobacco-centric snuffs. I’ll be getting my Samuel Gawith snuffs from cgars from now on.
Date Added: Sunday 08 October, 2023
Really, the date is very fresh and I wonder if its because this sells so well. I feel like this one tastes very much like pipe tobacco: Kendal Twist. The nicotine flavour is noticeable as soon as you open the tin.It has no additional fragrance， It is very pure.
Date Added: Tuesday 07 October, 2014
As soon as you open the tin you get a hint of rum but mostly a strong aroma of Latakia. A sweet flavour begins to fill your mouth as you take that first puff, this continues throughout as you begin to really taste the rum making this a great smoke and one that I will definitely have again.
Date Added: Monday 26 March, 2018
Somebody kindly posted a message to me on this forum that Samuel Gawith flakes are always very moist and should be dried out before attempting to smoke them. With that in mind I took out a couple of flakes, rubbed them down to something that I thought resembled rubbed tobacco and then left them to dry for 3 hours and certainly appeared to be less moist. The dry notes of this tobacco are a very strong scent of alcohol (I dont believe this scent is near the sweetness of rum, closer to a whisky scent) and a strange, almost plastic note in there which threw me a bit. The tobacco notes were strong, I believe this may be Latakia as it is quite a bot stronger and bolder than the other tobaccos that Ive tried.
I put it in my Peterson straight pipe (with a filter) and, after a bit of difficulty on the initial light, eventually got the pipe going. The tobacco smoked really well after the initial lighting stages, although it did go out on me unexpectedly once (two thirds of the way down) and again at the end.
The smoke was quite strong, but certainly was more to my liking given my prefer
Date Added: Saturday 23 March, 2024
Shockingly bad flake . Difficult to rub out to any degree , takes a monumental time to dry out and even when it has , it is even more of a chore keeping it lit. If there are any hints of rum and Latakia , i can't taste it, in fact it is very bland .
Date Added: Wednesday 08 October, 2014
This tobacco doesn't have the strongest flavour but when it comes to a smooth smoke this is definitely the one to turn to. The subtle vanilla flavour really adds to such a smooth smoke allowing this to be a tobacco which can be enjoyed at any time of day.
