There is a creaminess to this smoke that I really enjoy. It's also cohesive in that no one part really sticks above the others but is also interesting throughout. The brown cavendish really sets this one apart from other English blends (do I dare say this is a "Scottish" blend in the vein of Rattray's?).

In saving the little bit I had of this I was really cheating myself but now that we have been promised a renewed supply I don't feel so bad about smoking it! This is definitely going into my rotation and I highly recommend this blend.

However, it is really good. In small doses, I love it.

Never had the Murray's version, and quite frankly I don't care either. It's history, so why lament over the why's and wherefore's that you've never experienced.

It is what it is, as with most thing's I'm sure it's 'not what it used to be' but....whatever.

Straight faced English blend by Orlik. Does what it says everyone of the 260+ reviewers says it does, without the politics.. Yep it's gone, but so have the dinosaurs, and I'd love to see them walking up Oxford Street these days snacking on the anti-smoking lobby but it aint gonna happen.

Get over it...

Med/full strength English blend, and pretty decent stuff...... Nuff said.

NEXT!!!!!

So instead I'll tell you this, which you already know: On the fuller side of medium. It's savory and oh-so-slightly sweet, it's robust and laced with a heaping helping of Latakia. Layers and waves of full flavored goodness.

This is, I should add, a bit briar-sensitive. It can vary from two stars to four depending on the bowl. Just my opinion.

Let others bemoan the loss of something half-forgotten. Seems to me this tobacco is just exactly what it should be--a medium to full English that delights the senses. Paired with the right briar, this makes you glad you're smoking your pipe.

Personal rating: 10 out of 10 (rare)

Tobacco reviews rating: 4 stars

Still: a try before you die tobacco

I don't find it overly high in nicotine but I should qualify that by saying that nicotine doesn't seem to have that big an effect on me. My grandson rates the room note as better than some of my other English mixtures. It burns fairly well and doesn't need a lot of relights when kept at the right moisture level. Unlike some pipesters, I don't like my tobacco to be crispy dry, it may burn somewhat better but the taste is too harsh for my palate.

I smoked MM965 in two pipes: a Bermel System pipe and a Jan Zeman Latitude 41 North Cape. It smoked well in both, with a slight edge going to the Zeman pipe.

Scores for MM965: taste- 15 of 20; lighting and burn-8 of 10; value- hard to say because it's not available at this time in the USA. Judging by what I've paid in the past, I would give it 7 of 10. That totals up to 30 points and a good ***.