Cellaring - What Do You Guys Do With All The Empty Tins?

[Chasing Embers]

What's that lighter Duane? Do you actually use it.

A Bower' s Trench Lighter from the 1940s, and it gets used quite often.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

If I cellar tins, I just use larger Mylar Bags and put the tins in the bag then seal it. I only can or use mylar bags for bulk tobacco purchased.

 

[olkofri]

If they do not have a warning label I keep a tin of each blend I have smoked.

Ditto. I even keep the ones with the ugly labels, I just peel the propaganda off.

 

[didimauw]

A Bower' s Trench Lighter from the 1940s, and it gets used quite often.

I have a dunhill trench lighter I've been debating on using. All it needs is fluid. I think you just changed my mind.

 

[logs]

The title pretty much says it all but here's a picture just so this isn't a boring wall-of-text thread.

I'm more curious about how you're cutting those labels into a circle. There has to be a better way than scissors. What is it?

As for old tobacco tins... I pee in them and put them in a corner so I can continue smoking uninterrupted, just like my heroes Samuel Gawith and Charles Rattray used to do.

 

[mortonbriar]

I keep them, the tobacco I buy is mostly bulk these days so I do not accumulate tins that fast. I use them as I need them for storing small things and otherwise keep them in a drawer or two with the idea of displaying them in some kind of 'man cave' context in the future.

 

[perdurabo]

Keep the cool ones and toss the crappy ones!

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Where did you get those labels in the right hand side?

These are from Cellar Labels. It's a solid resource but their library of labels is not as extensive as you would hope

I'm more curious about how you're cutting those labels into a circle. There has to be a better way than scissors. What is it?

Yea there probably is a better way to do it but once you get some practice it's quite easy to cut a circle. This way I can kinda vary the sizes a bit too to fit.

 

[scottfree]

I do the magnet thing on my wall behind my pipe racks. Looks way better than an empty wall.

 

[olkofri]

I'm more curious about how you're cutting those labels into a circle. There has to be a better way than scissors. What is it?

Yes, there is: Olfa Circle Cutter.

 

[newportpipe]

I use them for spare change.

 

[luigi]

A Bower' s Trench Lighter from the 1940s, and it gets used quite often.

What about that giant pipe, do you really smoke it, how much tobacco does it hold? I bet a pipeful or two equals an empty tin, to stay on topic.

 

[Chasing Embers]

What about that giant pipe, do you really smoke it, how much tobacco does it hold? I bet a pipeful or two equals an empty tin, to stay on topic.

That's just a bit larger than my average pipe and it gets about one and a half chambers from a 50g tin.

 

[vates]

You may sell them on eBay

 

[lukasstrifeson]

After 36 responses to the question ("what do you do with your empty tins") here's a quick summary/statistics of the answers:

Keep 'em: 6 votes (16.67%)
Keep 'the Special Ones': 7 votes (19.44%)
Toss 'em: 6 votes (16.67%)
Re-Purpose/Crafts/Organizer: 10 votes (27.78%)
Decor: 4 votes (11.11%)
Shooting Target: 2 votes (5.56%)
Pee Pot: 1 vote (2.78%)

Right now I have them sucked onto my fridge magnets, so I guess I should be in the Decor category too.

 

[cshubhra]

I saved some of my trash in my shed. I went in today to put some more trash and could not help taking a picture.

 

[vates]

great collection of malts!

 

[cshubhra]

They are empty bottles, but yes once they were a great collection

great collection of malts!

 

[olkofri]

That's just a bit larger than my average pipe and it gets about one and a half chambers from a 50g tin.View attachment 2292

The Cap'n smoking Esoterica??!! ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

The Cap'n smoking Esoterica??!! ?

I blend Penzance with vanilla and caramel aromatics. I like Pembroke, And So To Bed, Blackpool, and Dunbar but Stonehaven tastes too much like old fashioned treacle cough syrup. That Penzance bag is from 2014.