I know many decry the security of paint can tins but I have had good success with them (so far). This one Comiy’s Cask No. 4 is a prime example. Had it out on my back porch for a few years. Clearly had gotten rained and snowed upon and was stowed in a random box of stuff. Came upon it recently and thought for sure the tobacco would be dust or at least rigid planks of crumbly flake. Popped the top and the aroma was fantastic, the flakes perfectly pliable and perfectly moist. Compare that to its brethren round tin - the twist top, held as being one of the most reliable of its kind. I was rooting through the cellar the other day and came across a tin of 2018 McConnell Folded Flake that had lost its seal. Flakes bone dry, rigid and crumbly. The other paint tin cans I have seem to do rather well, even after opening more than a decade. YMMV.
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In my experience, I agree with you. As an example, back around 2005 I worked with George Brissie ( the famed Calabash collector RIP) and we opened a tin of Reiner LGF and enjoyed a bowl together. He gave me the tin and I have had it in my cellar ever since. He passed away in the mid 2000’s and I always kept the tin for sentimental reasons and never opened it thinking it would be dried out. For some reason last year I decided to open the tin and the tobacco was in perfect condition and I smoked a few bowls in his memory. I have since jarred the tobacco. I have also had no issues with Heinrich’s paint cans from around 2012-2014. Same with a few tins of Park Square by Peretti that still has McClelland base tobaccos (although they came with a plastic bag inside the tin).
Sometimes they hold up quite well. But not always, and it may depend on who manufactured the tin. My HU tins from 2016, that don't have the plastic cap, have lost some moisture. The tins with the plastic cap have not lost any appreciable amount of moisture.
What on earth led to you storing this tin on your back porch for a few years? Lol. That gave me a good chuckle. I've heard of guys sticking a tin in their glove box, but never anyone subjecting a tin to rain, sleet, and snow.
Once I open a tin it goes into a mason jar after a few days. In the case of the Peretti tins I let the tobacco breath in the tin/bag for about week then transfer to a jar.
Haha. I smoke outside and my back porch is my usual haunt. It’s covered and screened in but rain and snow blow in on the windier days. I must have left it on the table and then at some point it got swept up into a box of random stuff when we were straightening for company. Just found it the other day and had my first bowl from the recovered tin yesterday.
Thanks - I ended up doing the same with my Peretti cans. I asked them and they said it can be stored as is long term, but I had concerns about the plastic bag if I ended up leaving it sealed for years and years.
I quit smoking in 1995 on my 40th birthday and picked it up again in 2015 when I turned 60. In my cabinet was a 1lb paint can of my personal blend from Ed Burak's Connoisseur pipe shop that to my surprise was still quite smokeable if not quite full flavor after 20 years.
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