ID old glass jar tobacco?

[username1]

Found these in a house I bought, I probably have 10 of these jars. I think it's union leader but I can't find that union leader was ever placed in a glass jar like this. Too old to smoke or rehydrate and go for it? Looks like they fell out of favor in the 70s but weren't selling in glass in the 70s, this could be 100 years old for all I know. "Cellared"

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

Those look cool

 

[kcghost]

Hmm. Looks problematic to me. I would open one jar and remove the tobacco from it. More than likely, it is completely dehydrated by now. But, if not, you could light up a bowl see what it tastes like.

 

[username1]

Hmm. Looks problematic to me. I would open one jar and remove the tobacco from it. More than likely, it is completely dehydrated by now. But, if not, you could light up a bowl see what it tastes like.

I'm not a Burley fan, at least if burley smell's like cigarettes which I think most I've tried have. From reading online, at least when they went out of business they were pretty burley based. Oh well I'll experiment, possibly rehydrate some with honey whiskey, I've heard rehydrating with water can cause mold accidents.

 

[username1]

Well it was union leader, unfortunately the home art gallery coupon expired in 1915 .

 

[username1]

Better picture of the expiration date, the tobacco smells pretty good but also has a bit of a metallic smell at the same time. Any experts on deep cellaring to chime in?

 

[solideogloria86]

Pictures of the tobacco would be helpful. If it were me, and I didn't see any mold, I'd rehydrate and smoke it.

Since it's you, you have to make your own decision.

 

[username1]

Moved it to a pint jar with lid, now that i realize it's 105 years old I'd hate to put whiskey in it, guess I'll have to look at rehydrating.

 

[coys]

Glad that was found by another pipe smoker and not someone who would’ve just chucked it as an old jar without even looking!

 

[FurCoat]

Looks smokable to me. I'd smoke it as is. If you feel the need to rehydrate, tape a damp cotton ball, preferably distilled water, to the botton of the lid. Might take a few weeks of redampening the cotton. I've used this method before with good results.

 

[FLDRD]

Still hoping to see another bit of info on this...

 

[username1]

Still hoping to see another bit of info on this...

I haven't smoked it yet, I still have a few sealed. I reached out to Steve1989MRE to see if he wanted one.

If someone's into the antiques and would smoke a bowl possibly for their youtube channel I'd send them a sealed jar.