PSA: Check Your Hearth & Home 8 oz Tins For Rust.

[sablebrush52]

I was rummaging through the bins to pull some tobacco that I’m selling. There having been recent discussion that mentioned H&H Anniversary Cake, I decided to pull the 8 ounce tin from 2013. I immediately spotted rust on the bottom, the only tin with rust in that bin.
I opened the tin and found the contents still moist, so I transferred it to Mylar after smoking some to see if it had spoiled and finding it still good.
The bottom of the tin showed several small holes.
Check your stock!

 

[renfield]

Were those the tins with the cardboard/paper sides?

 

[sablebrush52]

Were those the tins with the cardboard/paper sides?

Yep.

 

[woodsroad]

How was it?

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

How was it?

If he doesn’t report back in the hour he dead

 

[sablebrush52]

How was it?

The blend was fine, thank goodness. Much deeper and richer than 10 years ago.

 

[Brad H]

My 3 pounds of anniversary cake came in bags.
How long ago did it come in tins?
Was it just the tins or something in the tobacco that caused it, like a bad batch?

 

[sablebrush52]

My 3 pounds of anniversary cake came in bags.
How long ago did it come in tins?
Was it just the tins or something in the tobacco that caused it, like a bad batch?

Tins can go bad. Sometimes, blends can cause tins to corrode from the inside out, as happened with some older tins of Haddo's Delight and other blends:

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BTW, how long has your Anniversary Cake been in bags? Unless it's transferred to metallized Mylar bags or jars, it will dry out. Regular clear plastic bags are not for long term storage.

 

[Perimeter_Road]

Tins can go bad. Sometimes, blends can cause tins to corrode from the inside out, as happened with some older tins of Haddo's Delight and other blends:

I just had that happen with 3 out of 10 of these newly acquired 2003/2004 GL Pease tins. Rust was on the inside of the can along the seam and the tobacco totally dried out and off-smelling. Luckily I got them for a steal and both cans of Bohemian Scandal were still in perfect condition.

 

[Brad H]

Tins can go bad. Sometimes, blends can cause tins to corrode from the inside out, as happened with some older tins of Haddo's Delight and other blends:

Look CAREFULLY Before You Leap :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion

With all of the crazy "collectible" tin buying action on eBay I've been following a lot of auctions. Several have caught my eye because they are offering something a bit different. Here's one that just completed...

pipesmagazine.com

BTW, how long has your Anniversary Cake been in bags? Unless it's transferred to metallized Mylar bags or jars, it will dry out. Regular clear plastic bags are not for long term storage.

I just put them into Mylar.
The cake came fairly dry as it is.
Left them wrapped in the ziplock they came in, and put them into Mylar while still in the ziplock. Figured it may work better that way to preserve it.

 

[mingc]

Tins can go bad. Sometimes, blends can cause tins to corrode from the inside out, as happened with some older tins of Haddo's Delight and other blends:

Angel's share. All is as it should be.

 

[jguss]

Angel's share. All is as it should be.

The angel's share in action. The blackening you see is the impact of evaporation on tombstones in the cemetery next to the Glenrothes distillery. I took this on a visit to the Speyside with friends almost a decade ago.

 

[mingc]

The angel's share in action. The blackening you see is the impact of evaporation on tombstones in the cemetery next to the Glenrothes distillery. I took this on a visit to the Speyside with friends almost a decade ago.

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Relatedly, West Indians will spill a bit of their liquor onto the ground, as an offering to the "spirits," before taking their first sip.

 

[wyfbane]

I don't even know I'd i have any left among all the boxes and whatnot. Now i have a fun exercise I can do tonight: Seek the H&H tins.

 

[mingc]

I have loads of stuff from the early to mid 200s. I just stuff them into free plastic bags that you get from the supermarket produce section and seal them with twist ties. If I'm out of twist ties, I use leftover bread bag plastic tags. Plastic bags never rust.

For the rarer stuff, I double bag.