Sherlock Blend For New Sherlock Series Pipe?

[tg51]

Just got a new Pete Sherlock series in and in that same spirit I'm trying to think of a blend to dedicate to it. Anybody have any suggestions for a English that packs a big wallop worthy of Sir Arthur?

 

[logs]

GLP Westminster

 

[haparnold]

+1 on GLP Westminster. I might also mention that Charing Cross is mentioned in several of the stories.

Regrettably the McClelland 221B series and GLP Bohemian Scandal are no longer with us.

 

[cshubhra]

I started a thread on this a few months ago. The result was Black Stoved Virginia in a Shag Cut

The tobacco most folks mentioned is McClelland 221B Black Shag which is no longer available.

 

[writingraav]

 

[perdurabo]

Out on a limb here, C&D Montfort Point Marine...Dark Fired, Perique& Latakia. Very Stout and loaded with Nicotine.

 

[tg51]

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Now that's just unfair. McLelland blends are what really got me into pipe smoking. I just wasn't vigilant enough to stock up when they were going off the market.

 

[tobefrank]

Didn’t Sherlock Holmes dry out the dottle from previously smoked pipes and smoke them again?

You could try that to get the authentic Sherlock Holmes experience...

I must admit that the other suggestions above sound more appealing though.

 

[seanv]

Peterson Sherlock Holmes blend

 

[judcole]

Peterson Sherlock Holmes blend

I gotta go with Sean. It's not a lat blend, but it is a winner all the way.

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I gotta go with Sean. It's not a lat blend, but it is a winner all the way.

The original version of this blend was a very nice ribbon cut straight Virginia.
The contemporary version is heavy with a topping I don’t love.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Captain Black Grape. Sherlock would appreciate the twist.

 

[mso489]

C&D Stratfordshire, bulk, for full strength, and for a refined English, Nat Sherman 536.

 

[kengivens]

Dunhill London

 

[Patrick_Green]

Just found this:

Sherlock Holmes 50g - Peterson Pipe Tobacco | Smokingpipes

Peterson's Sherlock Holmes pipe mixture features Burley and Virginia tobaccos, based on an old Irish recipe from 1889.

www.smokingpipes.com

 

[vates]

Just got a new Pete Sherlock series in and in that same spirit I'm trying to think of a blend to dedicate to it. Anybody have any suggestions for a English that packs a big wallop worthy of Sir Arthur?

What shape did you get?

 

[jpmcwjr]

Didn’t Sherlock Holmes dry out the dottle from previously smoked pipes and smoke them again?

You could try that to get the authentic Sherlock Holmes experience...

I must admit that the other suggestions above sound more appealing though.

That's what AC Doyle wrote! And dried overnight on the mantle, IIRC.
I've always imagine Sherlock smoked a really grungy black rope, which made for really strong next day dottle smoking!

 

[alaskanpiper]

Anything strong.

If it must simply be English, any Gawith brown rope (Happy Bogie is my favorite). If it must be an strong English style blend, Dunhill Nightcap I suppose, although I didn't find that blend to be as strong as it's reputation would have had me believe.

 

[milehighpiper]

I am always impressed by the quality of the inexpensive John Bull Royal English Blend! If you are looking for a good english (not a bad one or a great one) this one is the blend for your pipe. I can see Holmes walking into "Bucking em" palace to meet with someone about a new case and he observes/inspects a jar full of this stuff on a desk and throws it in his pipe!

 

[tg51]

What shape did you get?

The XL11