Empty Tins

[cigrmaster]

If my ex wife doesn't take them, I throw them out. I have no use for empty tins that take up space.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I keep a few to empty jars into when I open a jar. I especially like the square ones, as they fit best into as jacket pocket and seem to make a better seal. The rest get added to the pyramid that I am having built.

 

[anotherbob]

I keep them for reference. Oddly it's easier to remember an opinion on a blend I smoked years ago. Also they smell awesome for years after all the tobacco is gone.

 

[Akousticplyr]

 

[fightnhampster]

St. Vincent DePaul...

 

[Mr.Mike]

I have a magnet bar on the wall in my smoking room/porch. The tins that have nice tin art get stuck to the magnet bar.

That's a great idea! I was literally going to post this question today. I was thinking of nailing them to the wall from the inside of the tin but this method had less holes in it.... Baaazing!

 

[scloyd]

That's a great idea! I was literally going to post this question today. I was thinking of nailing them to the wall from the inside of the tin but this method had less holes in it.... Baaazing!

I bought them at Harbor Freight. Link: 18 in. Magnetic Tool Holder - https://www.harborfreight.com/18-in-magnetic-tool-holder-60433.html?_br_psugg_q=magnetic+bar

 

[Chasing Embers]

As soon as i open a tin, the contents go into a jar and the tin goes into the trash.

 

[rmpeeps]

I give them to some weed smoking friends.
They seem to appreciate them, not as much as Cheetos, but oh well....
Solani hinged tins are their favorites.

 

[Akousticplyr]

I give them to some weed smoking friends.
They seem to appreciate them, not as much as Cheetos, but oh well....
Solani hinged tins are their favorites.

There's the solution to the upcoming flavored tobacco legislation crisis. Dunhill and all the manufacturers buy cannabis shops and reblend. "Virginias, black cavendish, a touch of lakatia and a dash of mary jane- with rum and brown sugar casing"

 

[danimalia]

I usually toss them. I do keep a Pease/C&D style tin or two for storing small amount of tobacco on the go or in the car. When I used to handroll cigarettes, the old square tins were perfect as cigarette cases.

Those clocks are incredible.

 

[prndl]

Swmbo makes jewelry as a hobby. She unlabels some of the tins, dresses them up and giftwraps her jewelry in them.

I also keep a few of the older, not-so-alarming square tins for carrying, They do fit well inside a pocket.

The rest get tossed into the recycle bin.

 

[kylef]

For musicians- they make nice guitar pick holders. I also remove the stickers, put them on my music gear flight cases and refill some of the tins for carrying bulk tobacco around. I even print & laminate approprate jar labels for the reused tins.

Beat me to it. I keep my picks in one, too.l

 

[raybrown55]

I'm actually using a large tin of Rattray's Exotic Orange to collect the lighters that my son (cigarette smoker) leaves everywhere in our house...

 

[seldom]

I like the square tins for fly fishing nymph boxes. Round ones work too. This link has an example: Tobacco Tin Fly Boxes - https://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/64823/

 

[jaytex1969]

I like to stack them precariously all around the command bunker, so that they fall over every time I attempt a maneuver and I can then curse bitterly and kick them.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Removing labels in tact? Anyone!

 

[shanez]

Removing labels in tact? Anyone!

You might try wine bottle label lifts.

 

[Bowie]

I like the square tins for fly fishing nymph boxes. Round ones work too. This link has an example: Tobacco Tin Fly Boxes - https://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/64823/

Wow, this is a great idea. And it gives me another excuse to play with my fly fishing gear during the winter off-season.

 

[lawdawg]

I throw them away. I already feel as though I have too much stuff overall, and I don't really like to be tied to it. I've gone through several relatively large-scale purges of physical possessions (getting rid of the things I don't really use) and always feel that a task has been accomplished or that a burden has been lifted afterwards. That reminds me, I've got a few good things lying around that I need to sell on eBay.