Escudo being discontinued?

Captain Pegleg

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May 25, 2013, 4:11:02 PM5/25/13

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Good day ASP!
Just ran into this rumor, has anyone heard anything on this? Check
out EBay's Escudo auctions, specifically the one from Pipestud....
Now smoking a bowl of Escudo in a Dunhill Shell LB, water on the
side.
Randy

Bob Landry

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May 25, 2013, 4:49:32 PM5/25/13

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Hmm, guess I'll hang onto those tins, then....

Mark McKay

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May 25, 2013, 11:47:07 PM5/25/13

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Hey Randy......I looked around and I could not find anything on
this....if true I'm sure some baccy company will pick it up.....if not I
have some 15 tins in the celler...and I'm not in love with it.....maybe
sell some off someday....:)

Mark McKay

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May 26, 2013, 1:30:49 AM5/26/13

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Hummm...thru Google the PS site had a Warning of damage to your
puter....directly was disabled....so the site is down....donno what is
going on....is PS gone...I donno.....:(

Jimmy Muraco

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May 26, 2013, 10:27:07 PM5/26/13

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Over the years I have heard the same rumor and it has always been just
that...a rumor. It's been my experience that when a popular blend really is
in danger of discontinuation, the retailers are the first to know and they
sound the alarm for the hoarders to stock up. Such was the case with the
beloved Edgeworth Sliced (R.I.P.). Escudo is currently blended by Orlik. I
would suggest contacting them for the real details.

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JtN©

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May 26, 2013, 11:48:12 PM5/26/13

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On May 26, 10:27 pm, "Jimmy Muraco" <pager...@NOSPAM.optonline.net>
wrote:

Are you sure the current is made by Orlik?

JtN ©2013

Jimmy Muraco

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May 27, 2013, 11:00:54 AM5/27/13

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I have heard Orlik and I have heard Stokkebye. It is currently under STG so
either way, STG owns it. (Source:
http://www.st-group.com/index.php/pipe-tobacco/complete-brand-list)
Either way, even if it ended up discontinued, there are still Dunhill Navy
Rolls, Stokkebye Bullseye Flake, Davidoff Coins and Olsen Big Coin. All are
pretty much the same with very subtle differences.

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On May 26, 10:27 pm, "Jimmy Muraco" <pager...@NOSPAM.optonline.net>
wrote:
> Over the years I have heard the same rumor and it has always been just
> that...a rumor. It's been my experience that when a popular blend really
> is
> in danger of discontinuation, the retailers are the first to know and they
> sound the alarm for the hoarders to stock up. Such was the case with the
> beloved Edgeworth Sliced (R.I.P.). Escudo is currently blended by Orlik.
> I
> would suggest contacting them for the real details.

Bob Landry

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May 27, 2013, 11:46:47 AM5/27/13

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On Sat, 25 May 2013 13:11:02 -0700 (PDT), Captain Pegleg <capta...@aol.com> wrote:

Pipestud posted on SF this AM that he checked back with the blender from whom he originally got
this information. Turns out that what he was told is that it MAY be discontinued, but that the
current holder is still making money off of it.

Or something like that.

Bob

tom clemons

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May 27, 2013, 12:48:18 PM5/27/13

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Thanks, Bob. I have about 40 tins, much of it purchased some time ago when there was another rumor about it being discontinued. Only good thing to come from the rumors is that I used to "jump" and now I've got a lot of aged tins!

Cheers,

Tom Clemons
ASP Fall 1998