That’s pretty amazing, to still be sealed like that. If you open it please take a picture and post it.
What a find!! - 1942 Dunhill Sliced Rolls Sealed Tin
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After the operation, yes.
A risky business indeed. I had exactly the same conversation with Betty White, who made identical remarks about Bea Arthur. In retrospect it's probably what killed them both.
I agree with Sablebrush. The baccy inside tins this old can be past their prime. Not saying it won't be enjoyable and a great sharing experience. Just that what you get from it may be an echo of what it once was.
Didn't know where you were going with the Donna thing Mike. I thought it might have been an old slutty girlfriend of yours. The Beat Goes On, wow, blast from the past! Either way hilarious exchange, especially if you add the the equation that Donna from the song was actually a Don sometime before or after Woodsroad dated her/him. Not that there is anything wrong with that.....
The friend who acquired this had an idea to reach out to Dunhill and let them know this was still around. Thoughts?
It’ll come as no surprise from me, but I’m in the camp of preserve the tin as is, sealed. With this many years on it, the likelihood of it being a heavenly smoke are likely slim; once this is cut open, it’ll just be another used tin. Even if the tobacco is awesome, with this much age, it’ll very likely degrade rapidly after opening (according to many accounts of people opening vintage tins) and you won’t be able to smoke it all before this occurs (which is probably why someone recommended a pipe club share).
If you leave it sealed, it has the potential to be the best tobacco ever in your mind forever. I suspect reality is almost sure to disappoint.
If you leave it sealed, it has the potential to be the best tobacco ever in your mind forever. I suspect reality is almost sure to disappoint.
Jesus Christ. You’ve got a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Are you seriously going to sit there and stare at the tin? Have friends over and say “ooh”?
Open the fucking thing, once you have a plan to be around pipe smokers, and smoke it.
It’s not like you’re using the Mona Lisa for a scribble pad, it’s tobacco. Use it, or sell it to someone who will.
Are you seriously going to sit there and stare at the tin? Have friends over and say “ooh”?
Open the fucking thing, once you have a plan to be around pipe smokers, and smoke it.
It’s not like you’re using the Mona Lisa for a scribble pad, it’s tobacco. Use it, or sell it to someone who will.
I’m in the crack it camp but I also don’t have much interest in unusable things in general. Pictures of course would be needed to archive what it all looks like.
I'm not a gambling man so I'd sell it amd buy alot of something I would smoke. But that's just me.
Maybe worth a try, but they try as hard as they can nowadays to distance themselves from tobacco and related products.
If the OP doesn't post again, we can assume he's smoked some and has passed away right?