In The Name Of Science.

Cool Curious how it would taste this should be interesting. Please take pictures of the Baccy also i assume it would be dry as Hell but re-hydrating should help.

Neat. They look to be in remarkably good shape for being nearly 80 years old. have fun with them.

In my own experience, tobacco that old is only good if it has aged in airtight containers. I bought some very old packs of cigarettes, Picayunes and Craven A's for the same reasons as you, just to smoke a bit of a time capsule. I carefully opened the packs and slowly rehydrated a few smokes in a humid jar with distilled water, longingly waited for days, fired one up.... and was absolutely disappointed.

You may have a different experience. I believe though, when tobacco is improperly stored for all these decades, instead of aging it just breaks down. Once it has dried completely, it begins to lose all of the oils that give it flavor and character, while at the same time picking up any outside odors from the environment it's been in all this time (which is likely to be an old cardboard box in someones attic or barn).

So my advice, since you picked these up to smoke, is to go ahead and give it a try. But don't make the same mistake as me, opening all of the packs. Just open one and see how it has held up. If it sucks, you still have the collectible value of the others.

Congrats on that purchase. Hope it works out for you.

tobacco that old is only good if it has aged in airtight containers.

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That's what I would expect too - hope it's not the case.

That is awesome packaging though. You should save that Durham sack for your walkabout tobacco; too cool

Smokey, Your just in B-town...I'm in Milton...when I get it we will hook up...

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Its a Date buddy let me know.