How to Date: HU Tins

[bostoneo]

Is there anyway to date HU tobacco tens?

 

[Casual]

Ask them out for coffee.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Direct from pfeifendepot. I received this 6/6/18.

Some HU tins have a small 4 letter code near top of the rim – the last of these 4 letter stands for the year – it is now „R“

Other HU tins have a little orange sticker since last year – there they simply put the date of manufacturing – easy.

 

[mingc]

Direct from pfeifendepot. I received this 6/6/18.

Some HU tins have a small 4 letter code near top of the rim – the last of these 4 letter stands for the year – it is now „R“

Other HU tins have a little orange sticker since last year – there they simply put the date of manufacturing – easy.

Is R 2019 or 2020?

 

[sandollars]

20

 

[mingc]

20

Thank you.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Is R 2019 or 2020?

Since I said I received the email in June 2018, I'd assume R is 2018.

 

[mingc]

Since I said I received the email in June 2018, I'd assume R is 2018.

Email; direct quote. Got it. Much thanks.

 

[BROBS]

Great info.

 

[cshubhra]

I got an S. That means R cannot be 2020. So as @hoosierpipeguy said - R is 2018,S is 2019 and T is 2020

As pictures say a 1000 words

 

[cshubhra]

Looking into the code again, K might mean November ... I am speculating but the above code in my pic may be November 2019

 

[cshubhra]

This is probably true for all K&K tobacco not just HU. For example this is Jan-2020 and most probably the reason why my Estervals order was back ordered

 

[cshubhra]

Meanwhile 50g Dockworker tin is still an Enigma

 

[3rdguy]

This is probably true for all K&K tobacco not just HU. For example this is Jan-2020 and most probably the reason why my Estervals order was back ordered

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That is indeed the same system for K&K.

 

[mingc]

I didn't realize we were talking about K&K date codes. See Janez/Pipe&Tobak's video below (he also talks about other manufacturers' codes too). The first letter is irrelevant. The second, third, and fourth letters are the day, month, and year; A is 1, B is 2, . . ., AA is 27, and so forth. So, A/W/A/T is 23 Jan. '20.

DrewSmokes made a very useful excel Pipe Tobacco Tin Dating Tool unsing Janez's info, linked here: DrewSmokes - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2BX0kGNwtWbjKz3T1hhLbw/about

 

[btp79]

Meanwhile 50g Dockworker tin is still an Enigma

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Good stuff there ?

 

[rmpeeps]

DrewSmokes chart.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Thanks, guys...great work!!!???

 

[Worknman]

Why dont some manufacturers just put the dang date on it instead of a code?

 

[bostoneo]

I noticed some use the codes that K&K used