Empty Tobacco Cans

[scloyd]

I have a couple of magnetic knife bars on the wall in my smoking porch. I stick some tins, without warning labels, on them. If the tin has a warning label, then it gets recycled.

 

[LotusEater]

I decorate my garage / pipe lounge with empty tins. My garage has plywood. I simply put a screw through the empty tin and into the wall. Then I twist the tin lid onto the tin that is anchored to the wall.

Some photos may be in order?
This sounds like a cool idea.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

You can make a small clock by inserting a clock mechanism (purchased at a craft store for under $10).

Here is an example I did with a candy tin for my daughter. It is sitting on the shelf of a clock my grandfather made. Obviously, his is much better quality.

If I can do it, anyone can.

 

[LotusEater]

I store mine in a large garbage bag for months and then one day just put them out with the rest of the trash. Not really sure why I don’t just throw them out individually?

 

[briarfriar]

You mean it’s possible to smoke a tin until it’s empty?

 

[skydog]

I also keep some to stick around my man cave for decoration and I like the old square tins for a carry tin I can throw in my pocket. 8 ounce tins are great for storage in the shop but the rest get thrown out.

 

[hauntedmyst]

I fill them with stuff I find around the house and give them to the homeless. Sometimes cheese and crackers, sometimes cash, sometimes life advice, sometimes extra USB cables they include with everything these days. If nothing else if gives them a place to put their teeth or cigarette butts.

 

[bullet08]

Fill 'em with BB and play street hockey with it. Really piss off some neighbors.

 

[trouttimes]

I send them back into the ground from where they came.

 

[NC TX ID pipeman]

I keep them in storage for future decorations but realized how easy them newer cans rust ...so maybe they will go for other use as shooting targets or something else...Just seen several really old ones in antique stores and lot of them are build so well that no rust on them at all...some from 30s 40s ...

 

[dctune]

I sew all mine together and make underwear out of them.

 

[SoddenJack]

Saved them at first, but never found much use for them so now I recycle. Solani 100g tins are nice to keep.

 

[mortonbriar]

I love when I finish a tin, it means getting this out of the drawer:

And labelling it 'small washers' or some such thing. In fact this making labels is my ACTUAL hobby, I smoke a pipe just for the side product of tins to label.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Trash them.

 

[tzinc]

I am keeping tins that have pictures I like (Nightcap, Black House etc). Haven't figured out a way to remove the labels safely so I could stick them in my journal. Other than decoration when I buy bulk I dump them into the tins or when I carry out.

 

[Jacob74]

I actually read an article somewhere about Altoids tins that people turned into sewing kits, survival kits, and even a radio. Don't ask me how they did a radio, but I suppose the sky is the limit if you're imaginative enough. I assume tobacco tins could be used similarly.

I made a fire making kit out of a Bob Ross mints tin, and made a very successful trade with it at Wasteland Weekend this year. I'll be using some Cult tins to do the same again for next year.

 

[shermnatman]

I wait until about oh-dark-thirty in the middle of night, sneak across the street, and I tie them with wire to the under-carriage of the car of my buddy, @Grangerous .

Then, I get up early in the morning, just before he leaves for work, make my tea, load my pipe full of Prince Albert, and pull up a comfy chair, light-up and watch out the window and across the street to his house for the fun-and-games to begin; for when he eventually gets in his car to leave for work in the morning.

I like to count the number of times he stops his car before he gets to the stop sign at the end of our street; gets out of the car, walks around it while scratching his head, gets back in, drives about 10 feet down the street, and stops the car to begin the process over and over again.

So far, his high-score is: 5.

I also like to try to read his lips at distance and guess just which curse-words he is saying; as he tries in vain to figure out where the ratting sound is coming from.

By the time he makes the turn at the stop sign and disappears around the corner, I am usually doubled-up in tears from laughing so hard.

It's a great way to start the day; very entertaining. - Sherm Natman

 

[eljimmy]

I am keeping tins that have pictures I like (Nightcap, Black House etc). Haven't figured out a way to remove the labels safely so I could stick them in my journal. Other than decoration when I buy bulk I dump them into the tins or when I carry out.

Use a blow dryer. The heat will loosen the glue enough to peel it clean.

 

[Hovannes]

Ones in the glove box hold spare fuses, bulbs & related auto stuff (deck screws to repair punctures with a battery powered drill) and of course change for feeding parking meters
Ones in my creel contains an assortment of trout flies, another for leaders
Ones in the desk for postage stamps
The ones on the work bench for loose screws, nuts and bolts
The ones in the camp box for char cloth, Coleman mantles, stuff like that
The one in the shooting kit for cleaning patches, foam ear plugs
The ones in the camera bag for cable release, filters
I've got repurposed tobacco tins all over the place!

 

[dog_park_piper]

Holds small dog treats