How to Date: HU Tins
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Direct from pfeifendepot. I received this 6/6/18.
Some HU tins have a small 4 letter code near top of the rim – the last of these 4 letter stands for the year – it is now „R“
Other HU tins have a little orange sticker since last year – there they simply put the date of manufacturing – easy.
Some HU tins have a small 4 letter code near top of the rim – the last of these 4 letter stands for the year – it is now „R“
Other HU tins have a little orange sticker since last year – there they simply put the date of manufacturing – easy.
Since I said I received the email in June 2018, I'd assume R is 2018.
I got an S. That means R cannot be 2020. So as @hoosierpipeguy said - R is 2018,S is 2019 and T is 2020
As pictures say a 1000 words
As pictures say a 1000 words
Looking into the code again, K might mean November ... I am speculating but the above code in my pic may be November 2019
This is probably true for all K&K tobacco not just HU. For example this is Jan-2020 and most probably the reason why my Estervals order was back ordered
I didn't realize we were talking about K&K date codes. See Janez/Pipe&Tobak's video below (he also talks about other manufacturers' codes too). The first letter is irrelevant. The second, third, and fourth letters are the day, month, and year; A is 1, B is 2, . . ., AA is 27, and so forth. So, A/W/A/T is 23 Jan. '20.
DrewSmokes made a very useful excel Pipe Tobacco Tin Dating Tool unsing Janez's info, linked here: DrewSmokes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BX0kGNwtWbjKz3T1hhLbw/about
DrewSmokes made a very useful excel Pipe Tobacco Tin Dating Tool unsing Janez's info, linked here: DrewSmokes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BX0kGNwtWbjKz3T1hhLbw/about
Why dont some manufacturers just put the dang date on it instead of a code?
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