My dad is pretty much a hoarder of neat/interesting things. Found this while walking by his work bench in his basement. Can anyone guess what year it is from?Neat Tin
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My dad is pretty much a hoarder of neat/interesting things. Found this while walking by his work bench in his basement. Can anyone guess what year it is from?
Read us the tax stamp where it says "Series XYZ" and we can tell you the exact date.
117 from the pics but i can get better pics when I go back over in a few days
Appears correct. The date would be 1947, apparently. Occasionally you can find these with tobacco still inside them. Despite being bone dry for decades, somehow, after all those years, it is a wonderful smoke after a little passive dehydration. Top quality burley. None better.
I was thinking of using mine to store matches and using the ribbed back for striking.
One of the greatest tobacco’s ever blended. Awesome tin art.
I am 33 years young. I still love looking through my dads stuff with him (hes 71). He can for the most part tell you where its from or what it was used for. Maybe someday ill share what we see.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen old Edgeworth tins, and I never once bothered to notice that this was an American blend. The name, the tin art, and the fact that it was a flake all suggested “British” to me. Amazing. If any other US blenders were producing flakes in the 1940s, I’m unaware of them.
Curious, though: How is it this illustrious blend hasn’t been resurrected, if only in name? You’d think there would be a blender out there eager to capitalize on the history.
Curious, though: How is it this illustrious blend hasn’t been resurrected, if only in name? You’d think there would be a blender out there eager to capitalize on the history.
The "Greys" smoking mixture. Major Drapkin & Co.
Old, very old. Unused and still sealed. I bought it years ago with two more sealed tins. One went to a collector in Canada on ebay and ofcourse I had to open the other one...
The tin is not a vacuum type. The tobacco is well packed inside. Still great looking, dry not pulverised. I had it in the humidor for a while and it came back as good as could. Very sweet tasting and mild. I will smoke it again but certainly won't open this tin.
I think I should have placed this post somewhere else here... sorry.
Your tin is a very nice tin btw
Your tin is a very nice tin btw