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McClelland Black Shag (50g tin)

The first in the 221B Series, it is a very finely cut stoved Virginia running from dark red to jet black. This is characteristically McClelland, and is probably significantly more elegant than what the Great Detective puffed at in his old and oily clay. This is cool, has high to mid-range notes and a certain restrained pungency and tanginess. It is aristocratic and incisive. The aroma is light, and this could be smoked incessantly, much like Holmes consuming shag by the pound from his tobacconist, Bradley’s. It is quite delightful, and burns to a white ash. Try it in a clay, but it smokes well in any size bowl. SH, by the way, did not nail the Persian slipper where he kept his shag to the mantle, contrary to the label (see “The Musgrave Ritual,” “The Empty House,” “The Naval Treaty” and “The Illustrious Client”). It merely resided there, as did the dottles from the previous day collected for his first morning pipe (bleh!).

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