Has Any from McClelland Actually Made a Statement About Their Future
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Any McClelland virginia blend will be worth it's weight in gold.
I see 40th selling on ebay for around $35 a tin...and it is still available at Smoking. Imagine how much it will go for when it finally sells out. In two or three years it will sell for crazy prices.
And slowly but surely the last tins of other McClelland blends are selling out everywhere. I bought a ton of McClelland, but I feel I was unprepared and could have done better. My supply of Dark Star sucks. I always imagined I could just go online and buy a couple more tins whenever I needed to do so. All good things come to those who wait? Ha...not when it comes to pipe smoking.
I'm not buying any more McClellands right now, because I have a fair stash of tobaccos for my needs, but I'm not opening any McClellands either, to see how rare a bird I have in these tins. They are the master blender of Virginias, to my tastes. Others do a fine job, but they are the primo blender. That's how I feel about C&D and burley. Then there's Russ O. who can do it all. I am so glad C&D passed off its blending to SPC once the originators were gone or retired. I'm still suspecting, on a very outside bet, that Dunhill will finally pass off its trademark brands to a different owner, whether that would mean maintenance of their character and quality or not, which would remain to be seen. I think this has been the nature of the pipe tobacco market for many years, if you review the history.
As far as Dunhill goes, I think it won't be gone for a while. Mostly because I think many retailers of cigars would have a few tins of dunhill stuff even if they carry nothing else.
My B&M sells DNR for small price of $35.99 plus tax.
Normal tins are $26.99
They sure will sit around untill we really need them.
His McCelland has been raided. He had 5 Tudoar Castle which I bought myself at huge premium along with few Balkan Beauties. My buddy got all his Dark Star and St.James Woods.
Normal tins are $26.99
They sure will sit around untill we really need them.
His McCelland has been raided. He had 5 Tudoar Castle which I bought myself at huge premium along with few Balkan Beauties. My buddy got all his Dark Star and St.James Woods.
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