Samuel Gawith Mayors St James Flake Pipe Tobacco (Loose)

It all started in Kendal, England in 1792. Thomas Harrison was a successful snuff maker. Jane Harrison Thomas’s daughter, eloped in 1838 to a young man of Kendal, Samuel Gawith. When Mr. Harrison died in 1841, he left the business to his daughter and son-in-law, and over the years Samuel Gawith continued to prosper.

In 1865, Samuel Gawith died prematurely at the age of 48. His eldest son, also called Samuel, was only 22 and his father had wisely left the firm in the hands of three trustees, one of whom was this son. The elder trustee was Henry Hoggarth, a boyhood friend and neighbour in Lowther Street who had founded a Kendal firm of land agents and surveyors.

In 1878, Samuel and his younger brother, John Edward Gawith decided amicably to go their separate ways and so the two Gawith firms came into being. Samuel took over the snuff mill and business at Mealbank, and John stayed on in Lowther Street.

The firm in Lowther Street went through some troubled times but, in 1887, a new partnership was founded between Samuel’s youngest brother, William Henry, and Henry Hoggarth junior, to be known as Gawith Hoggarth Company.

Gawith Hoggarth Company continued to manufacture tobacco products and snuff at the Lowther Street works until 2009, when they moved to new business premises.

Then in 2015, the two companies returned back together under one roof.

The Samuel Gawith Plug Tobacco comes in an un-prepared plug form. Plug blocks are cut from a cake, which is produced by fermenting tobacco leaves under immense pressure.

A plug requires slicing and rubbing to prepare it for smoking. Leaving large slices or chunks will reduce the burn rate whilst thinner slices will provide a faster more intense burn.

Due to the added fermentation process, plug tends to be full bodied and would only be recommended for the experienced smoker.

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This moist flake containing Virginia and Perique, has sweet Virginia flavour of hays with a pepper overtone from the Perique.

The tobacco can often be found with sugar crystallisation on the surface due to being pressed with a little sugar to help with sweetening the tobacco.

Smokes well from the tin, but if left to get a little air, it will be cooler and little less tangy.

Like all Samuel Gawith flakes, this flake is another thick one and therefore is slow burning. We find the best way to pack this tobacco, is to loosely break up the flake and don’t pack to tight.

Strength: 3/5
Aromatic Taste: 4/5
Room Note: 3/5