What Do You Guys Do With Empty Tins?

[matchstickman]

I do all kinds of nifty things with my empty tins, namely using them to store homebrew tobacco concoctions that I make in small doses. I have an old tin of 3 Oaks Syrian that is currently home to a few bowls worth of a 50/50 mix of Mississippi Mud and 1Q. I dont even want to tell you fellas (and lasses) how badass this homebrew smoke is! ::

 

[wolfscout]

@ aussielass I may have a couple empty tins up in the cabinets. I'll check. in the meantime, PM me your addy and If I have what I think I do, I'll ship 'em. Beats thinking about trashing them. I like that someone wants them.

Some tins I keep because in the years to come they'll be collector's items. have you looked what a tin in nice shape on Ebay brings for a tin in great shape?

But I have extras and currently they don't have any real value. so I can share some. lol

 

[porshcigar]

Save, remove label, and refill with bulk blends.

 

[tanless1]

There is one size ,wide- mason jar that almost fits a 50gm tin. I use them over the can mostly....better seal.

 

[jcsnaps]

I give them to needy smokers from other countries that need to store stuff. Send an address Aussielass and I'll send some tins. Would that be empty or full? :D

 

[aussielass]

A thousand thanks WolfScout & jcsnaps, PMs sent & I insist on paying shipping for your EMPTY tins, bless your collective cotton socks. I'm wondering what I could send you over as gifts to repay your kindness - I suppose you hate Vegemite, every o/seas person does - oh, that's right, they made it illegal in USA didn't they, dang fools, it was what made this race of Convicts so big & strong!
Marc, ticky tacky placcy in my handbag when heading out to a cafe, walking 20' away to pack a pipe, I'm afraid pulling tupperware out of a fancy smancy purse just doesn't do it for me, I'd feel like a green weed smoker. I bought a job lot of bags thinking they were the ones that take pipes, tools, baccy, matches, pipe cleaners etc - turns out they were all mouldy old (ancient) and perished plastic things, gaaargh. There was only one in the entire batch I will cherish, an antique french rubber one that on first glance looks like a puckered elephant's anus = I'll be taking pics & putting up a thread about these magnificent things that you just don't get anymore real soon.
Our jars in markets all have plastic screw on type lids, checked out the peanut butter, not a single metal lid on the shelf.

 

[uberam3rica]

No Mason jars near me, and they'd be miles too large anyways, because I can never afford to buy more than 50gms of one type at a time.

they dont sell any kind of canning jar near you? I've got real small mason jars that only hold 100g of tobacco

 

[aussielass]

Cheers Baskerville but $53 for shipping is a tad out of my league.
Marc, unfortunate any leather pouch rockin' & rollin' in my purse is going to get totally mashed up, hence the need for lightweight tins. I went on eBay searching for non-collectibles & they wanted a small fortune for Bob Marley, strange big green leaves, black skulls with flames coming out of where their nostrils once were, sigh.
I have 2 lovely gents who've offered to send me they're tins that would otherwise become landfill so I'm extremely grateful and forever indebted. I offered to send them pure gum-leaf baccy but they didn't seem keen

 

[aussielass]

Oooh yes, I've been a lookin' and a biddin' but you boyz keep pipping me at the post, and I'm damned if I'll pay $50 for something that was probably a shilling and sixpence
Besides, with the tins the boyz are sending, I'm going to have little "Pipe Survival Kits" stashed in front & back of house, every car glovebox, my purse etc. That way, when I'm really doddery they'll be laying all over the place so I don't get too frantic wondering where I can lay my hands on one. I suppose I'll just get into this & the buggers will introduce those damn ring-pull tops like coke cans.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Paint them white or orange and use them as air rifle targets.

 

[maduroman]

lass, the song was cotton eye joe....
i have an aussie ex-pat for a buddy and will be picking his brains re our pm exchange...

 

[aussielass]

Howdies Paul, that's ever so sweet of you. I don't know what the other 2 lads have in mind at this point, so how's about I commit your very kind offer to memory and let you know in due course. Cheers, Di

 

[rigmedic1]

I keep a couple of old square tins to carry flake tobaccos, but the rest get nailed to the rafters in my workshop.

 

[bootlegbonvivant]

 

[terry]

Neat clock bootleg!

 

[olderthandirt]

For sure on the neat clock!

Wonder why I never come up with clever ideas like that!

 

[logandow]

on the subject of a baccy flap, is this a baccy flap? Also I really like that clock. have you ever considered making and selling them? Might make some decent cash on ebay

 

[olderthandirt]

logandow

The Baccy-Flap is made of bakelite. The 2 halves are threaded.

What you have pictured looks like a large snuff tin or perhaps even a snus can.
ETA: Also reminds me of a patch tin for muzzle loaders.

 

[logandow]

thank you kindly

 

[yoru]

A bit late on the draw here but I gotta say
" I suppose you hate Vegemite, every o/seas person does " --- Lies and slander! . . well, liable anyway. I love vegemite.