My Final Dunhill Order
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Yes, it's kind of sad. I have several tins each of Dunhill and McClellands blends, and I plan to stretch out opening these over some years, so the brands can linger with me for years to come. We'll never see the like of McClellands again, though some blending house will gain ascendency in Virginias as they did. I am more wait-and-see on the Dunhill blends, thinking they could emerge either as good match blends or as a whole line of the same recipes licensed to someone else. I feel the Dunhill line is less final in its being discontinued. The McClellands blends were the purview of two specific people, and unless they come out of retirement, that's the end of the line.
Kohlasse and Kopps (Spelling?) have already started releasing their versions of all Dunhill blends. From what I was told, they have the rights to the recipes, but not the names, so they are all very similar, therefore easily identifiable, and the tins look practically the same. (same color, style, font, designs etc...) I have not tried any yet, but Country Squire talked about one of them in the last week or two if you want to go and listen. I would be interested to know if anyone else has tried them, heard anything, about how close they are to the originals.
For me Dunhill has been a nostalgia brand. In my early days of pipe smoking I found myself in London and paid their store a visit. The guy behind the counter showed me their “my mixture” blend ledgers with literally thousands of custom blends including blends for people like Charlie Chaplin and a variety of other well known pipe smokers.
I walked out with a tin of My Mixture 965 and Jermyn Street and fell in love with high quality pipe tobacco. They helped me along on my journey and though I never smoked a tin of Jermyn Street again I have always had some 965, EMP and Night Cap in my life.
I walked out with a tin of My Mixture 965 and Jermyn Street and fell in love with high quality pipe tobacco. They helped me along on my journey and though I never smoked a tin of Jermyn Street again I have always had some 965, EMP and Night Cap in my life.
I just placed an order for 5 tins of EMP. I enjoy it in a cob while tinkering around on the weekends. But I have recently discovered Piccadilly and think it is similar and better. I am starting to get a little nervous and starting to increase my cellar.
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