your favorite snuffbox?

Probably the one that never gets to empty.

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The post by @Mouse      “Handy if you are out in the woods deer hunting, less likely to get shot while taking a pinch.”

Reminds me of a hilarious article that I read many years ago here in the UK.

Not sure if it was about Canada or USA  but apparently when the hunters go out into the woods and wilds, deer hunting,  they manage to shoot, maim, and kill  quite a few of their fellow hunters each year.

One of the reasons given was the use of white toilet tissues.

Apparently after being caught short, and  whilst squatting down in the bushes twitching a bunch of white toilet tissue in their nether regions, other hunters mistook them for white tailed dear, and subsequently let loose with their guns.

Hence the deaths and  injuries.    

The advice from the hunting groups and powers that be was to take bright pink coloured toilet rolls with you, and you would be less likely to be mistaken for a white tailed dear.

So it begs the question…Where are you chaps putting your snuff, if a bright orange snuff box is safer whilst out hunting?      :-O

By the way, the article in the newspaper was the genuine thing.

picked up this repousse box at an estate sale. 830 silver with gilded interior. Love this box as if were one of my children (maybe more).

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only have one but I love it. One of the plastic mr snuff boxes. It fills up with a days usage for me and if I lose it I won’t cry. Someday I want a nicer special occasions snuff box though.

1958  hallmarked  silver with a gilded interior.

My one and only posh snuff box. 

The other few are impractical wooden ones.

This is small, curved, and fits in the pocket lovely.

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My fav snuffbox is the one with the most snuff in it.

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i know this isnt a snuff box but its a snuff jar, i just recently bought it. very happy with my pick up. also has a spoon on the end of the cap.

Snuff Jar

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@ArtChoo

Wow!  We have near twins!  The auction I bought mine at said it was an “Edward Horton, 1909”, but who knows?

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Silver snuff box from 1880
1880sboxtiny

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@SunnyDay if that ever gets stolen know I would be a suspect. No of course not but I really like that box. Nice

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@bob hey bob its realy magic i am guarding it with my life.
it was love on first sight!
screw food who needs that anyways right :slight_smile:

i find the scene is just amazing with its raytracing 3d kind of style.
the oxidation on the silver draws in the details like some modern graphic cards shadow and ambient occlusion while letting the sunlight tickle the box draws in highlights similar to hdr and bloom.

in reality you can see even more details and i am still marveling at the beauty giving me goosebumps.

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I know that snuffbox! The guy who had it last died of tuberculosis.

My fave is the little French dark wood box bottom right, sorry I cannot get this image to rotate correctly in this forum. IMG_0065

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i like to the toque tins to refill. easy screw, and easy taking

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oh yeah, when i make time to fill them up - i enjoy the metal snuff bullets the best

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The box on the right. IMG_5428

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That is a lovely snuff box

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I use a German silver Ted Cash capbox for my snuff day in and day out, all day. Love it to death. Simple, but pleases my Bauhaus sensibilities.

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Searching boxes on ebay… time to put the phone down before I do something stupid! Some neat selections up there. Looks like a lot from UK and many of those do have bids so I’m not the only fool looking. My sister- and mother-in-law do the flea market & antiques circuit as a pastime. I might finally tag along to see if there’s anything interesting by chance and stay off ebay for now. Thanks for the obsession guys & gals

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Straight from the workshop of @remjob Takes me back to my Kansas roots

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