Are Cornell & Diehl Plastic Canisters Okay for Medium-Term Storage?

[Road To Pines]

EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9)

I just received my first big bulk purchase: 14 oz. Cornell & Diehl's Chestnut. It comes in a big ol' plastic canister with knurled lid. After I remove the thin film sealing the canister and dip into the tobacco, is the canister meant to serve as a storage container for the coming months?

I've jarred probably 6 or 7 of the original 14 oz. in a couple of mason jars for longer term storage, but I wanted to know if there are any cautions against using the canister the tobacco came in to store the rest. It should be no different than a traditional tobacco jar, right? I figure that if the tobacco starts to dry out, I can let a clay humidifier sit in there for a while.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

In all of my years of ordering tobacco, I have never gotten a large plastic tub from C&D. Chestnut? Never heard of it. Weird. Maybe someone can help you.

Plus my response bumps it up to the top.

 

[prairiedruid]

Hearth and Home Chestnut????

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Hearth and Home Chestnut????

That’s what it must be.

 

[seanv]

I just received my first big bulk purchase: 14 oz. Cornell & Diehl's Chestnut. It comes in a big ol' plastic canister with knurled lid. After I remove the thin film sealing the canister and dip into the tobacco, is the canister meant to serve as a storage container for the coming months?

I've jarred probably 6 or 7 of the original 14 oz. in a couple of mason jars for longer term storage, but I wanted to know if there are any cautions against using the canister the tobacco came in to store the rest. It should be no different than a traditional tobacco jar, right? I figure that if the tobacco starts to dry out, I can let a clay humidifier sit in there for a while.

I think you will be fine for a while. Just keep the lid on

 

[FurCoat]

I would transfer it all to jars. Plastic is no bueno for storing tobacco

 

[JojoYoMama]

I'm a newbie to this addiction ? but I make alot of handmade bath products that use oils and the oils wear away plastic containers which is why all my essential oils come in glass. I'd assume the oils would seep thru the plastic and you would lose the fragrance and taste from doing so ??‍

 

[Chasing Embers]

They're fine.

 

[edger]

I mason jar stuff from C&D. They seem to avoid lots of moisture, and their blends can arrive fairly dry and ready to smoke. Tinned stuff is over moist for longer shelf life.

 

[Road To Pines]

Ga! Yes. Stumbling thoughts; I got my signals crossed.

 

[Road To Pines]

In all of my years of ordering tobacco, I have never gotten a large plastic tub from C&D. Chestnut? Never heard of it. Weird. Maybe someone can help you.

Plus my response bumps it up to the top.

Hearth and Home. I had an aneurysm.

 

[Road To Pines]

That’s what it must be.

Yes, you're right. I had a hitch in my giddyup.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Yes, you're right. I had a hitch in my giddyup.

It happens ?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Hey no problem, with everyone throwing out these letters like C&D, HH, H&H, ODF, etc... they all get a little confusing. I hope you really didn't have an aneurism. That's some serious stuff.

 

[Road To Pines]

Hey no problem, with everyone throwing out these letters like C&D, HH, H&H, ODF, etc... they all get a little confusing. I hope you really didn't have an aneurism. That's some serious stuff.

Thanks, mate. Yes, only a metaphorical aneurysm. But real enough to lead to embarrassing results!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

But real enough to lead to embarrassing results!

Man, no one has ever embarrassed themselves on here more than me, ha ha. You'll have to work much harder to top my doozies.

 

[logs]

Assuming the stuff has PG on it I expect it should do fine in a tub for as long as you care to keep it. That's how tub blends work.

 

[Road To Pines]

Man, no one has ever embarrassed themselves on here more than me, ha ha. You'll have to work much harder to top my doozies.

I learned that in traditional Japanese arts -- the ones suffixed with -Do ("the Way of...") -- sincere students and apprentices hope and plead to be embarrassed, because it drives lessons home deeply, and it keeps them humble and puts the art, rather than their ego, at the forefront.

If your claim is true, you are probably very far ahead of me in good character traits.

Thank you for making me feel at home.

 

[didimauw]

Man, no one has ever embarrassed themselves on here more than me, ha ha. You'll have to work much harder to top my doozies.

It's true....

Hahaha

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It's true....

Hahaha

It's part art, part science.