Politically Incorrect Marketing

[NeverBend]

I'm perusing the Rattrays on Pipes & Cigars for Marlin Flake (backordered of course) and there are several new blends (at least to me) including the four pictured below, that all have clearly printed on their label, "For Gentlemen Only", words that, to my knowledge, never appeared on any Rattray (or any other brand) of pipe tobacco in the past. Am I missing something or are sales at Kohlhase so strong that they want to turn away any female smokers?

[JustTroItIn]

Interesting. Those all happen to be the new Rattray's branded Peterson blends.

Red Lion = Old Dublin
Macbeth = Sherlock Holmes
Stirling Flake = Irish Flake
Sir William = Irish Whisky

[Pugsley]

I noticed that when I was looking at them a few days ago. Figured they meant it wasn't for slobs like me, so I didn't buy any.

[Mister Moo]

I noticed that when I was looking at them a few days ago. Figured they meant it wasn't for slobs like me, so I didn't buy any.

Zakly. It's a written warning to keep away the thugs, druggies, mouth-breathers, hippies, people who use double negatives or end sentences with prepositions and so forth.

Personally, I would smoke some Rattray Marlin Flake if they labeled it "For Runny-Nosed Sissies & Droolers Only".

[NeverBend]

Zakly. It's a written warning to keep away the thugs, druggies, mouth-breathers, hippies, people who use double negatives or end sentences with prepositions and so forth.

Personally, I would smoke some Rattray Marlin Flake if they labeled it "For Runny-Nosed Sissies & Droolers Only".

Count me in the unwanted.

I just wrote on another thread:

Long ago, Rattray Marlin Flake was notorious for molding (1980s and before) but it was still worth the effort .

[Tobias Lutz]

I would think one would know since it is Rattray's that it is "for gentlemen only"

This is the double edged sword of tinned tobaccos vs. bulk. Sometimes I really enjoy the additional facet of the label and art that accompanies the tobacco, and sometimes I'd be better off having it handed to me in a bag to stand on its own merits.

[JustTroItIn]

I guess I'm a bit thick skinned. It could say a lot worse and I would still smoke it.

[Cool Breeze]

I guess I'm a bit thick skinned. It could say a lot worse and I would still smoke it.

Yeah me too.
I'm not the most politically correct guy out there.

I'm also not the kind of person you want to put on speakerphone.

[Bruck]

I dare them to label their tobacco "for hipsters only."

[MrMotoyoshi]

I dare them to label their tobacco "for hipsters only."

I smoked Rattray's before it was Peterson's...