
What's New!
Welcome to our
re-designed "What's New" page. You will now be able to find news
bulletins from us as well as info on new blends here. We hope you enjoy
the new design and find it easier to navigate. Thanks for stopping by!
New
C&D Prices For 2012
We
regret announcing there will be a price increase on all
pipe tobacco blends manufactured by Cornell & Diehl, Inc for 2012
effective
Feb. 6,2012.
The
new prices will be as follows:
C&D
Bulk Blends:
$40 per lb
2 oz tin: $11.25
8 oz tin: $25.75
1 lb tin: $44
C&D,
Two Friends, and Capt. Earle Blends:
2 oz tin:
$13
8 oz tin:
$33.50
1 lb tin:
$56.75
GL
Pease:
2oz tin:
$15
8oz tin:
$42.75
lb tin:
$72.50
Barbary
Coast & Maltese Falcon: 2oz tin $15.50, 8oz
tin $43.75
5
Blend Trial Pack: $35
8 Blend
Trial Pack: $43
Prices
DO NOT include federal taxes of .36 per 2oz, $1.42
per 8oz, and $2.83 per lb, and .01 per ounce. Taxes WILL BE ADDED to
all
invoices.
We NEVER take
the action of raising prices lightly. In a
year when we saw our production costs continue to rise at an
unprecedented
rate, the price increase has become a necessity if we are to continue
to bring
the same high quality blends our customers deserve and have come to
expect from
Cornell & Diehl. We will continue to fulfill our promise to bring
our
customers the highest quality hand-made blends at the most reasonable
price we
can. As always, we appreciate all the support through the years and
hope we can
continue to count on your support in the coming years.
Sincerely,
Chris, Craig
and Patty Tarler
S&H
will continue to be actual cost plus $2
Chicago Show Report 2011
We're back from the Chicago
Pipe Show and as always we had a wonderful time! It's always great to
see our old friends from around the world and have the opportunity to
make new ones. This year the main topic of conversation was one that
couldn't be avoided as it was all around us--the weather. Chicago
greeted visitors this year with a perfect example of her fickleness
when it comes to the weather; most folks had arrived by Thurs. evening
and did so in shorts and short sleeved shirts since it was hot
(especially for May) and quite humid through the week. By a little past
noon on Friday though the clouds were gathering, the wind was picking
up and the mercury was headed downward at a dizzying pace. By the time
everyone gathered for the pre-show dinner, the rain had arrived though
not with nearly the ferocity of the wee hours yet to come. By Saturday
morning the wind was howling and the temps had fallen to a
bone-chilling level and stayed there through the rest of the weekend.
Good friends got much closer and total strangers quickly made new
acquaintances as everyone depended on body heat to raise the comfort
level of the smoking tent. Old friend Peter Stokkebye, may he rest in
peace, would have been disappointed if not openly scornful at the lack
of vikings laughing in the face of the winds, but even Danes were
scrambling to find warmth. Let's face it, it was COLD, people, and I
can't help but think even Peter would have resorted to a sweater if not
a full blown coat!
Saturday was filled with excitement with the "official" unveiling of
the new GL Pease plug, Triple Play. As expected it met with great
reviews and we returned home with only a handful of tins. The end
result? Once again, just as with JackKnife Plug, we can't make it and
ship it fast enough but we're trying folks, so be patient with us! The
surprise hit of the show was Founding Fathers, the new aromatic blend
we released in January. We were sold out before closing up the
table on Saturday. It was both flattering and gratifying how often
through the day we had someone come to the table and say "I don't smoke
aromatics but my buddy made me try this out in the tent and it's great,
I've got to have some!" The same thing happened with English Chocolate,
the new Two Friends blend released in January. Our apologies to all who
wanted to take them home but missed out; keep checking with your
favorite retailer though, we're making both as fast as we can!
The good--no, make that GREAT news for the show overall was the
continued growth of the hobby. Many comments were heard about the
number of fresh young faces not only in Chicago but showing up in
shops, club meetings and events all around the world. We're definitely
seeing a resurgence in pipe smoking and it was great to see the trend
we've been noticing around here for a couple of years now being noticed
elsewhere and met with such uniform excitement and positive reaction.
No surprise there, we've always known how open, affable, and sociable
pipe smokers as a whole are and it's wonderful to see the hobby
greeting newcomers with open arms. As we like to say around here, fill
a bowl and have sit-down, my friends! It's good to have you with us!
Until next time...
TWO NEW BLENDS TO BE
INTRODUCED IN CHICAGO!
We are pleased to announce two new
blends to be introduced and available at the Chicago 2011 Show. The
first is a new addition to the GL Pease 'New World' series called
"Triple Play". Here are Greg's own words about the new blend:

After the wonderful reception of JackKnife Plug,
more than a few of you asked for a virginia/perique plug. Some
suggested adding perique to JackKnife, which, of course, I
tried, but the balance was wrong. The overall profile was nice, but the
amount of dark-fired leaf competed with, rather than enhanced the
addition of perique. If enough perique was added, the virginias got
lost. After some fiddling with the percentages of the different
virginias, and reducing the amount of dark-fired leaf, everything came
wonderfully into balance, and the result is Triple Play.
Once again, the leaf is pressed and matured in cakes before
being cut into 2oz bars. I think the results are fantastic, and this
one will appeal to lovers of classic VA/perique blends, with the added
fun of having it in plug form. It reminds me a little of another old
blend, but I'll keep my thoughts on that to myself until after this one
is released.
Triple Play will be unveiled at the Chicago show.
Several retailers have already placed their pre-orders, so we're hoping
to avoid at least some of the initial supply problems we experienced
with JackKnife.
Also C&D will be introducing
'First Responders'. Many of our old friends will remember Tribute, the
wonderful blend created by Greg Pease to raise funds for the
victims of the nightmare that took place on Sept. 11,2001. 'First
Responders' is the Tribute blend re-released. Here's more:
First Responders
On
Sept. 11, 2001 America and the entire world changed
forever. While horrified at the devastation that occurred, the world
watched
with awe and wonder the heroism of the men and women who were the First
Responders to the World Trade Center site. C&D recognizes and
salutes their
bravery and selfless dedication to others with the re-release of
Tribute, the
original G.L. Pease mixture created Sept. 2001 as a fund-raiser for the
families of 9/11 victims. A blend of red, bright and stoved red
Virginias with
a dash of Perique and toasted Cavendish.
We hope to see many of you in Chicago
and certainly hope you will enjoy the new blends!