What Do You Guys Do With Empty Tins?

[aussielass]

Just wondering what you guys do with empty tins? I'm praying the answer is not "throw them all in the bin"!!!!
If you do, please think about posting the smaller ones this way (I'd pay of course) because the tobacco I buy from my guy interstate only comes in ziplock bags and I was hoping to find something neat to store it in - no, jars are way too big, I only get 50gms of each one at a time, and that costs $40 flippin' bucks plus postage!
If you keep them, or they're a valuable commodity, please forgive my naive question

 

[aussielass]

Ooooh no, don't throw them away, send them downunder to the poor little Colonist who can't get any - deface them as much as you like, peel the paper off etc. I promise I won't sell them, honestly, I just want them to store my modest baccy collection, not that you could call it that. Hell, I need lidded thimbles to store the $10 samples in grrrr.
I'll pay shipping, AND I got some fancy smancy pipe related stickers I can send - an Italian seller sent them to me and they need a ute (that's what we call a Pick-up) to go on

 

[terry]

Trash can...duh!

 

[terry]

lmao @ Paul the Pipe Ninja!

 

[pipeinhand]

So Paul, after she gives you back your head, does she get you some? :lol:

 

[terry]

:rofl:

 

[pipeinhand]

Sometimes I wake up grumpy, most times I let her sleep. :laughat:

 

[uberam3rica]

I only have one metal tin. The rest are the ones with the plastic lid. If i Get more of the metal kind, i''ll be sure to let you know. If you need some thing to store your collection of tobacco, then put them in mason jars. They're hermeticaly sealed, so they stay fresh for a long time

 

[aussielass]

Cheers uber, that would be great. 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.

 

[loborx]

 

[spartan]

That's awesome Loborx. Is it fully functional?

 

[loborx]

Yes. I cut out a hole in the box to snug fit the tin. It has a bit of a resonator/banjo tone. I also slapped a piezo transducer to the bottom of the tin with a volume knob and jack so it can be plugged in. Sounds really dirty and nasty through my tube amp. Put the reverb to ten and let that black snake moan! :twisted:

 

[jasongone]

very cool cigar box guitar!
my tins store tobacco and some random herbs.

 

[logandow]

remind me Aussie and I'll send you some once I get some duplicates. I collect mine but I don't need more of one kind

 

[pipeninjamaster]

So Paul, after she gives you back your head, does she get you some?

I let him keeps his head, I just threaten to keep his balls.
But in all seriousness, we keep some tins around in the garage for screws, nails and crap like that, but we also have a large selection of empty tins Paul is hording, but will most likely never be used.

 

[wallbright]

I know I am not the first but I use them as emergency pipe kits. I also take one of the pipe kits with me when I am about town and might want a smoke. I have a larger tin that actually houses the lighter as well.

 

[juni]

If you need some thing to store your collection of tobacco, then put them in mason jars

This. Jars are really cheap.
I keep one tin of every tobacco I try and the rest I throw away.

 

[aussielass]

Loborx - damn that's the most amazing thing I've ever seen - reminds me of "Where'd you go black-eyed joe" or whatever that redneck song was.
Oh how I envy you guys having prerty tins everywhere & being able to pack them up with baccy, tamper & pipe to put one in each car, one in each handbag, one in every drawer, sigh.
Mason jars cost an absolute squillion here & they've got to be trucked in from the other side of the country

 

[ichbinmuede]

Loborx you stole my idea! Haha I was going to try that on one of my own CBG builds! I figured it would give it a banjo sort of tone and I'm glad I was right. How'd you secure it? Did you rout a sound hole underneath so the bridge is contact with raw tin or leave the wood underneath?
Yep Loborx had the exact same idea I had for my empty tins. :lol:

 

[cortezattic]

If Mason jars are not practical consider re-using the jars from fruit jams, jellies and preserves. They usually seal very well and won't have unpleasant odors.