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.

[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.

[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".

[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...

[cpmcdill]

There are a growing number of shops springing up (in big cities: NYC, London, Tokyo etc) which cater to fellas who embrace "The Art of Manliness" and sell pipes, cravats, shaving mugs, mustache wax and similar implements, and it could be that Rattray's is trying to get its products well positioned in that burgeoning market.

[MrMotoyoshi]

There are a growing number of shops springing up (in big cities: NYC, London, Tokyo etc) which cater to fellas who embrace "The Art of Manliness" and sell pipes, cravats, shaving mugs, mustache wax and similar implements, and it could be that Rattray's is trying to get its products well positioned in that burgeoning market.

Have you been to shops like that in Tokyo?