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Recently had some conversation concerning the issue of receiving postal damaged tins in the mail. One trader mentioned that he had received a tin that was damaged enough that the tin had lost its factory seal. This discussion caused me to wonder more about the issue of sealed tins.
I was reading through some of the tobacco reviews and read where one writer was expressing his disdain with one of the well known tobacco manufacturers because he had discovered two tins he had purchased at different times that were not factory sealed when they arrived.
This leads me to ask several questions:
How can a person test a tin for seal without attempting to actually open the tin?
Are there always the tell tale signs present which indicate that the tin was in fact sealed? The slightly audible "Whoosh" of air entering the tin for example? I have opened tins before and was not really sure that I sensed a sealed tin. Mostly the smaller rectangular tins seem more difficult to tell.
Do some tin shapes seal better than others? For example the round tins whith the screw-on lids vs the square with simple press-in-place lids.
As a result of the above questions, would it be best policy to ALWAYS open and transfer traded or even purchased tobaccos for that matter to mason jars just to be on the safe side; and not just assume that any tin is in fact sealed?
I have several tins in my cellar that I have received in both trade and purchase. Possibly, I had better get them transfered to jars before I discover one day they were not sealed and are now just dust.
Harkpuff :
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I was reading through some of the tobacco reviews and read where one writer was expressing his disdain with one of the well known tobacco manufacturers because he had discovered two tins he had purchased at different times that were not factory sealed when they arrived.
This leads me to ask several questions:
How can a person test a tin for seal without attempting to actually open the tin?
Are there always the tell tale signs present which indicate that the tin was in fact sealed? The slightly audible "Whoosh" of air entering the tin for example? I have opened tins before and was not really sure that I sensed a sealed tin. Mostly the smaller rectangular tins seem more difficult to tell.
Do some tin shapes seal better than others? For example the round tins whith the screw-on lids vs the square with simple press-in-place lids.
As a result of the above questions, would it be best policy to ALWAYS open and transfer traded or even purchased tobaccos for that matter to mason jars just to be on the safe side; and not just assume that any tin is in fact sealed?
I have several tins in my cellar that I have received in both trade and purchase. Possibly, I had better get them transfered to jars before I discover one day they were not sealed and are now just dust.
Harkpuff :
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