Gawith's SQUADRON LEADER, RARE Limited Edition Chicago Pipe Show 2008, with Perique.1.75oz/50g. An ENGLISH Mixture Tin No., 204/500 tins.

This is a Rare 17-year old, Limited Edition blend made for the Chicago Pipe Show in 2008, added Perique to the blend to duplicate the Original Blend. Only 500 tins were made for the Pipe Show. This tin is numbered 204. This Samuel Gawith's SQUADRON LEADER, 1.75oz/50/g. Rated among the "Top 110 Tinned Tobaccos" as compiled by Smoking Pipes. A Ribbon-Cut, Fine ENGLISH Mixture of Latakias, Orientals, Turkish and Virginia tobaccos and Perique, as originally blended. "A mild to medium blend" that is not dominated by Latakia. It is the "5th Most Reviewed" pipe tobacco at Pipe Tobacco Reviews. Regarded by many reviewers as: A "Superb light-medium English Mixture, and for what it is, Near Perfect". Also compared favorably to Dunhill, "Standard Mixture Medium". SQUADRON LEADER is "blending perfection for those who appreciate Medium English Mixtures in classic presentation and form". Known also as the "Quintessential English Blend" which was named in Honor of the brave Pilots who flew Gloster Gladiator bi-planes in the early days of WWII. Many regard it as "the ideal all-day, English Mixture. sealed and kept in cool, dark storage.

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