Hey folks,
I need to get my next order ready cause I'm running out of snuff. Now, I usually add 10 tins of Viking Brown to my order as it is one of my favourites but I've noticed people complaining in the shops comments that it's not the same snuff anymore. Can anybody confirm that? Did the brand switch to a new manufacturer? If it has changed I would try 1 tin first before ordering my usual amount.
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I'm not 100% clear on the details
The last couple tins of Viking Thor's Hammer I received was in a WoS "large" slip tin rather than the SG/GH vac tin. It also had a WoS date code on the WoS under-tin paper label. So it Appears to me that WoS is at the least doing the packaging.
I recall reading that WoS acquired G&H if not SG as well. SG made Viking and owned G&H. I Believe there was mention that WoS might try and save the old G&H tooling.
I assess my new-packaged Viking Thor's to be the same tobaccos but with a finer, more consistent grind and less moisture. The former could be from grinding on different equipment? Or perhaps all of it comes from the use of the WoS packaging line (drier since tin isn't sealed, more consistent maybe there is a sifting station)?
If it IS no longer being used, that is a fundamental change to manufacture.
We need to know what is going on.
@Humppa, they are made by WoS now. Please take a look at this: https://ibb.co/x6h1zY1
In the same document Gawith Hoggarth & Co Ltd is listed as the manufacturer of SG SNUFF VIKING DARK.
With those thin little tins, the magic is gone. Look how they massacred my boy!
They should switch to vac. I wouldn't mind paying some extra to get WoS snuffs vacuum sealed.