Samuel Gawith Cob Flake
(2.89)
Dark fired leaf hot pressed and cut into a 6" flake before adding a dressing of tonquin flavor. A full strength, full flavored tobacco.
Notes: Marketed in the USA under the name "1792 Flake".
Details
| Brand | Samuel Gawith |
| Blended By | Samuel Gawith |
| Manufactured By | Samuel Gawith |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Burley |
| Contents | Kentucky, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Tonquin Bean, Whisky |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2005 | Extremely Strong | Mild | Very Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I received a tin of Cobb Flake from an overseas friend who claimed this to be 1792 Flake. I think he's right because the appearance of the leaf, the shape of the tin, and particularly the face meets floor effect after smoking half a bowl convinced me.
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2010 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Full | Tolerable to Strong |
This is a very high quality dark flake tobacco, and very well presented – as you would expect from Samuel Gawith; it seems to me to be the same whether you buy it in a tin as 1792 flake or loose, as Cob Flake, though – as is so often true with SG tobaccos, the tinned version is improved by a bit of drying out. For what it is, you can't fault it: cool, slow-burning, won't bite unless you beg it to, not unbearably strong, full of flavour – all the things you look for in a quality flake. Personally, I don't like it, because I don't like either the flavour or the room note; but each to his own: this is certainly worth a try, if only to say that you have. It's an acquired taste. If you like eccentric flavours, you'll get on fine with 1792; if you like straightforward uncased flakes, you won't.
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