Well, I just ordered one. I lost a Patrick Collins zebra wood box the other day, my very favorite box. This should go some small way to console me.
Thanks/Mahalos @n9inchnails for the lookout for me I appreciate it.Shaka to u :-c and Aloha.
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And here are some nice images of the one I bought:
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How tight are these boxes? Are they more of a tabletop snuff box or would they do fine in your pocket?
They are about as snuff proof as wooden snuff boxes get and are pocket sized, you can see in the one pic that they are about 3 inches long. A tip on how to get them open (some of them close right tight) is to wedge your finger tips under the lid then roll them up to pop the lid open
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I just ordered one more, and thatās me for new snuff boxes until 2018. Before these two, I havenāt bought any boxes for ages. These days, I tend to find myself using one or two boxes most of the time. But I love good woodwork, and these look beautiful.
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Cool, glad to see some appreciation for real snuffboxes, wood being in many ways better than metal or plastic for snuff keeping. I got 8 pieces from this seller already, but only use 2, the rest I bought just because they were too cheap judging their real value.
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@Gilliat, Iām not convinced wood is the best material for snuff boxes if you use anything other than fine, dry snuffs. But thatās okay, thatās my profile. Dholakia White and HDT probably make up 90% of my snuff intake. Iām buying these two for daily use, and those are probably what they will carry most of the time.
Metal for example is prone to fast temperature variations,Ā and plastic unless very good quality and density cracks or takes the smell of snuff,Ā impossibe to get out. As long as you keep each snuffbox dedicated to a category, I do not see a better option. Not to mention the feeling of a good hard wood, skilfully processed, which no other material is able to give. I also appreciate good jewellery work and have a few nice (and too expensive) pewter, brass, and stainless steel snuffboxes, but for me still these rosewood ones seem to be the best.
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Great spot, @Gilliat - thank you! I have just pushed the button on a wood and horn one from the site.
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I received my three boxes from this vendor. They are really beautiful, maybe a little bit bigger than ideal for me, but still easily fit in the pocket. Very happy with this purchase!
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Pics pls. Iām curious about othersāĀ preferences, havenāt seen manyĀ of the already bought ones!
@Gilliat, I posted the vendorās images earlier in the thread. Those images are better than any I could produce on my own.
Hereās my attempt to post the pic for the one i boughtāusing the vendorās imageā¦it is a great box btw!
@yisraeldov, thereās one up there now that is a bit like a chessboard - not really, not the right number of squares, but like the one you were admiring. Four days left. Make the guy an offer, he provides a small discount if you ask. Put me out of my misery, Iāve bought six now, three still on the way. I like the plain wood ones best, without the metal bands and the encrustcheons. Like the chess box. Iāve ordered one cow horn one, just for variety
@JarartaBoy, thanks, but Iām saving my snuff budget to get some OSP #4
I went mostly for the ones with metallic lip on the cover, as they open/close more smoothly and if they have the metal ends and continuous hinge even better, those are the areas that will see most wear, so the design is quite well thought. Apart from that, the front decorations are quite easy to remove/replace if one fancies modding them.
I have to be happy with my very old flip topsĀ 
:(( Ā I wish I could had grabbed a few dozen of the new ones.Ā
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