Has Anyone has Rich's Old Fashioned 759 or Any Other Blend of Theirs?

[ScienceSmoker]

I'm always searching for good shag-cut English blends, and I was led to Rich's Cigar Store, which sells lots of various pipe blends. They're apparently considered pretty good. I emailed them and got a response from Bill Shindler. He was very nice, and even sent me pictures of Old Fashioned 759 and our Old Perth. I was going to order some Old Fashioned, until he told me the price: $15.65 for 2 ounces plus $12.25 for shipping. So... almost $30 for 2 oz of bulk tobacco. Yeah...
So my question is for anyone out there who has had this blend before... is it worth it?

 

[Calvinandpipe]

Both those blends were exceptional when Steven Books was blending for them. I don't think that they are nearly as good now.
Steven left Rich's in 2010, I think, and passed away in, I believe 2017.
Bill has the recipes, as I understand, but just can't duplicate the results.