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Jerry R.
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Kramer's - Blend for Cary Grant
Finally Found Mr. Blanding's Tobacco!
One of my most favourite movies is 'Mr. Blanding Builds His Dream House', which has more pipe smokers in it than about any movie I've ever seen. In it, Cary Grant has the title role. His friend played by Melvyn Douglas is constantly showing up, his pipe in his hand, looking through the drawers in Cary's desk and demanding to know "Where is it?". The 'it' is Cary's (aka Blanding) blend of pipe tobacco which Melvyn can't seem to get enough of. For years I have wanted to know what was so special about that tobacco to fill Melvyn Douglas's character with an almost manic desire. Or was it just an act, and the tobacco just a fictional invention? Finally in answer to my own query of "Where is it, if it really did and/or continues to exist?" Here 'it' is! And every bit as desirable as depicted in the movie! It is an English tobacco that even people not so fond of English could enjoy, balanced with just enough sweetness and aroma with the good manners of the actor it had been blended for. I'll definitely want to keep a supply of this around.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Dark
Strong and Good!
I have been a dyed in the wool fan for over 40 years. It's what led me into the enjoyment of tobacco pipes. I had long wished to find a dark shag tobacco that would best fit the description of Holmes's everyday smoke. And now I have found not one, bu... t two that vie for the title. Kendal Dark Shag, and Kendal Dark Bird's Eye. Both are manufactured by the English firm of Gawith & Hoggarth which have been around since just 10 years before Holmes is said to have been born, and both are the darkest shags I know of. Kendal Dark is very strong on the nicotine scale, but surprisingly pleasant to smoke: almost creamy smooth with maybe a touch of flowery or fruity notes. I have added it to my choice of everyday smokes, but not all day smokes. Two bowls of it in a row have given me visions of Holmes's Stradivarius floating over my head and playing 'Barcarole'! I can well imagine the visions Holmes must have had smoking out a three pipe problem with this or the Bird's Eye shag and see the denouement of a seemingly insoluble riddle materialize before his very eyes.
Gawith Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal Dark
String and Good!
I have been a dyed in the wool fan for over 40 years. It's what led me into the enjoyment of tobacco pipes. I had long wished to find a dark shag tobacco that would best fit the description of Holmes's everyday smoke. And now I have found not one, but two that vie for the title. Kendal Dark Shag, and Kendal Dark Bird's Eye. Both are manufactured by the English firm of Gawith & Hoggarth which have been around since just 10 years before Holmes is said to have been born, and both are the darkest shags I know of. Kendal Dark is very strong on the nicotine scale, but surprisingly pleasant to smoke: almost creamy smooth with maybe a touch of flowery or fruity notes. I have added it to my choice of everyday smokes, but not all day smokes. Two bowls of it in a row have given me visions of Holmes's Stradivarius floating over my head and playing 'Barcarole'! I can well imagine the visions Holmes must have had smoking out a three pipe problem with this or the Bird's Eye shag and see the denouement of a seemingly insoluble riddle materialize before his very eyes. I give it five stars, though I had a problem displaying more than 4.71 stars on the display.
