Lately I have really begun to loathe the tins that Wilson’s uses. The snuff always gets caked on the rim and makes it hard to open. Then when you do open, it’s all to one side, no matter how many times you tap it. Then you open the damn thing and it spills out everywhere. Why can’t Wilson’s take notes from Toque and their awesome tins?

100% agreed. I transfer the snuff to another container the moment I open the tin.

I am with you guys. The top has a tendency to be loose and not so airtight so the snuff can dry out or fill up your pocket. It always spills. I like the snap top smash boxes. There has to be something better they can do.

Agreed. At least they don’t use pour out boxes. I hate them even more.

The pour boxes are great for moist snuffs, but I don’t think that any Wilson’s would do well in them. A tub like the ones that Dholakia uses would be okay. Anything but the junk they are using now.

Add me to the list of tin haters. Wilson’s markets the F&T so it shouldn’t be a big deal to use something like that with a screw on lid. I’m sure its a money issue but Toque uses great screw on tins and they seem to be doing just fine. I never carry Wilson’s tins around or any of the other old fashioned similar type tins. Whenever I do open a tin of Wilson’s I always make sure to have a sheet of paper under it to scrape up the inevitable spill. I don’t even like the wooden Wilson’s snuff boxes either. They tend to spill and snuff always gets caught on the bottom of the slide out lid. I just pack everything into empty Packard’s containers to carry around.

I actually like the Wilson’s tins. They’re strong enough, they don’t rust, they seal good enough for coat pocket use if you rap on the cover when the tin is sitting on the table. I used to have the same problem cstokes mentioned but then someone (perhaps it was Snuff Head or ErmTony) said to wave the tin around in a circle and then rap on the top and you will find the snuff sitting nice and even and ready for pinching. Toque tins are great for travel, but I prefer Wilson’s tins for desktop use. Of course the F&T tins are beautiful but they’re not so practical. After a bit of use you can’t pinch from them. If you decant into snuffboxes then F&T tins are great because they keep snuff fresh almost forever.

The Wilsons tins sit nicely in you pocket and don’t spill or rust and have nice curved edges. A threaded tin would be even better with a plastic diaphragm on the top like Toque, but then Wilsons snuff is cheaper (1.20 pounds post free of charge from mill for 10g, as opposed to 1.45 pounds from Toque), so you pay for what you get. I can’t complain about Wilsons snuff though - it is consistently very good despite the tin (except Best SP which I have an aversion to).

I agree about the tins, but I don’t hate them terribly. I do have to open them on a piece of paper. And the snuff does often get around the edges. But I do like the size of them, and I haven’t had any come open in my pocket. I brought some Wilsons Raspberry with me to work today, and this is one of my favorite snuffs. I hated their Kendal Brown though, it was like sand and some bad perfume. Tom502

I like the size of the small tins, purely for carrying around. they can be tricky to open without spillage - I’ll try ermtony’s tip next time.

The spilling issue is bugging me out as well , but they’d be nice and small to carry around (if they didn’t spill so much ).

Once you get the hang of it you don’t lose anything when you open a tin.

What’s happened to my avatar? Can anyone see it?

Yep , i can see it just fine.

It was there until I refreshed the page. Looks like the hosting server is down.

I must admit, I don’t think much of the Wilsons tins either, I’ve lost count of how many times I spill it taking the top off

Now its back - I can see it

Thanks guys. Must be temporary. But why me LOL “Of all the avatars in all the websites in the world, they happened to delete mine” – The Maltese Snuffer

I’m not seeing it.

the reply button is also gone now…oh for the good old days! Alex!!!

I just received some more tins from Toque. I realize another benefit to the screw-on lids is when your tins get bashed in transit. All my snuff stayed safely inside the bashed-in tin. With a regular tin, I suspect it would have been much worse. However one time I did get some Wilson’s tins bashed during shipping but amazingly the tape was enough to hold the lid on and I didn’t lose snuff that time either, so who knows…

I’d like to add that the Ozona Raspberry 5g tin, which was the first snuff I ever bought, seems to be and excellent design, particularly if able to be opened and refilled (tbd) with another snuff when empty.

You could refill these, just make a small funnel, and lighty send it through the hole. Tom502

Z_2K, the Ozona tin can be opened easily. I’ve opened all of mine because the snuff is moist and there will always be some snuff left when it seems to be empty. Use a small screwdriver to carefully lever it open, refill and press the lid back on. Make sure to work over a piece of paper when opening, you don’t want to spill what’s left in there!! Works like a dream.

in my opnion bigblue you remembered that because well it was gods way of teaching you how to fish instead of just giving you some fish.

The circular motion thing works great. Thanks snuffbox for thinking to mention it. My snuff stays fresher in the Wilsons tin if I give the lid a little twist when closing it. It seem to close tighter, so is less likely to pop open too.

Don’t thank me, guys. It was either my snuffing idol/mentor Snuff Head or ErmTony who enlightened me on the topic!

It was Snuff head

Thanks all.

Just received a few new Wilsons tins from Nicotine Rush and what a waste. The Irish High toast went all over the place. They need to find a better way. Is anyone from Wilsons on this site? Are they listening??

You need to carefully place them on a piece of paper, and then slowly open them, so you can get all the excess that falls on the paper, and drop it back in the can. Of course if one has extra different containers, put it in those. Tom502

@ bigbuyer: I think its posted above, but try dropping the tin so it lands flat 2 or 3 times from about 3-4 inches above a table. Also try sliding it rapidly back and forth smoothly on the table while keeping flat. Also put paper under when opening like Tom says. Also good idea to decant about half into another container. True, no one should have to go to all this hassle to prevent losing snuff, but until Wilson’s puts them in Toque style tins I think we have to put up with it. They may not be listening, or they may. They do supposedly have a good customer response on their email on their website. Maybe the group could draft a letter we can all sign?

I wouldn’t worry about losing some when opening the tin. They contain more than the advertised weight from my experience. Wilsons aren’t the only ones who use such tins, McChrystals do as well.

The problem with these tinsis that the lids are in a dome form. The snuff can thus move to above the tin’s rim. Toque lids are flat and the snuff can only go as high the rim of the tin.

true enough sandy, but I still hate having the snuff all hanging over the edge on one side every time I open the tin. McChrystals bother me just as much, but since there are only 3 of those in my collection and 20+ Wilson’s I tend to think of them as “Wilsons’ Tins” more of a nuisance than a big worry. I really don’t have any complaints about their snuff quality or variety.

I’ve never had a problem with the Wilsons tins, nor the Samuel Gawith that are the same. But beware recently I’ve come across new Wilsons tins of snuff with extremely sticky plastic sealing tape that leaves the sticky on the edge of the tin. It is so easy for the tin to stick to your fingers when first opening and it would be so easy to drag the tin with your fingers and up tip it.

Thanks for the suggestions. I still think they need to change their tins so that they work for us. I am sure it is an expensive thing to do. Is there anyone from Wilsons reading our comments??

Each to his own of course, but I don’t really have an issue with Wilsons’ tins. I find the Toque tins more problematic as I always have trouble with the threading. I reckon the best tins around are the new style G. Smith & Sons ones which pop on and off and have a little white gasket which keeps the snuff nice and fresh.

The G. Smith and Sons tins are good and been around many years for J & H Wilson’s snuff, and many pipe tobaccos. I’ve just opened an old tin on J & H Top Mill you could hear the air rush in, as fresh as the day it was milled, and it doesn’t have the present Health Warning!

It’s not a big deal to me, but with the Wilsons and McChrystals cans, I must place them under paper, because snuff comes out around the sides. I like the Toque best, but like any screw on cap, sometimes you may not get the threads together just right, but that’s less a problem than the snuff coming out through the sides. The Dholakia made smash cans being all plastic, I think hold up very well, and their lids stay on good. I actually like them, and think their shape, and label designs are cool. As a tapper mainly, though, I still prefer the tap cans, but I like the Toque cans overall best, now I think of it, as they are more universal, as not everyone is a tapper, and I can pinch a line on my hand just as easy.

I’ve noticed two of my Toque tins will not shut, they just keep cross threading - that is very annoying because you have to find a new tin to put it in - which I haven’t got!!

Haven’t had that happen. I hope I never do. But it’s always good to have some extra containers about. I’ll use whatever I can find if I need something. Pill bottles, old plastic film cans.

A little tip that works for me; pack the the tin as you would a can of dip to level the snuff. Place on a level surface and gently open. You will see the snuff practically overflowing the tin. Now use your thumb to tamp the snuff down, packing it with enough pressure to make it form a level surface of snuff in the tin. Do this with enough pressure to take the surface of the snuff a few mills below the lip of the tin. You will now have what looks like a compacted layer of snuff. This can surprisingly stay in shape in your pocket, when you take a pinch just re-tamp it down. Works for me anyhoo…

Oh, that just reminded me, but I think it’s too late. I bought a can of moist dip and hated it, it sat on my desk for a while, but then I through it in the trash, now I wish I emptied out the container, as maybe I could have poured some Bruton in it… that can just may still be in the big trash can… I’ll have to check.

Sandy, put some super glue on the thread on the outside of the tin and leave to dry. Works like a dream. Best thing to do with Wilson’s/McChrystal’s tins: transfer contents of tin to a decent container and dump the tin. The tin was only meant to deliver the snuff to you and certainly not to pinch from. I hate those things. When ever you open the tin, the snuff sits on the side of it, ready to escape. Can this be a selling point? Waste more snuff than you pinch, so buy MORE snuff?!!

“But beware recently I’ve come across new Wilsons tins of snuff with extremely sticky plastic sealing tape that leaves the sticky on the edge of the tin. It is so easy for the tin to stick to your fingers when first opening and it would be so easy to drag the tin with your fingers and up tip it.” I noticed this as well. Take some alcohol (whatever you don’t like drinking!) and dip a cotton ball in it and a couple of swings round the tin and your problem is no more. P.S. to whoever said he likes the G Smith tins, Sam Gawith also offers these tins (someone said they make G. Smith’s snuffs and it would certainly appear so based on the tins, who knows?) but they only sell them in lots of 16 one-ounce quantities (ask Farley) and charge VAT for customers overseas. They turn out to be quite expensive. The tins themselves are really large, big enough so you can place a whole large Wilsons tin inside one, and seal nicely because the lids have a thin rubber gasket on the top. Probably the best of the non-screw top tins.

Sounds like a good design, Snuffbox, though I can see why it would be expensive. Reading through old posts, I read that G. Smith’s contracts to both S. Gawith and to Gawith Hoggarth. I don’t remember the topic, but look for posts from a fellow named “Ji” ( I think).

The tins are actually reusable. I think you could buy their bulk and refill the tins from it if you wanted. The problem is I haven’t seen any online shop that sells the large size tins, only the mill. You can buy 10g or a half or one pound size, but the large tins are scarcer then hen’s teeth.

@Snuffbox, who is “Farley”? Wasn’t there someone on this board called Farley. Hasn’t been here for a while though.

FarleyFlavors is the member from UK who did the group buy for us from SG a few times. I have missed him lately, hope he’s ok.

I think FarleyFlavors was banned some time ago. I think he must have upset someone or somebody.

I recall there was a thread on religion which I stayed out of LOL. I don’t think that’s a reason to ban somebody. I hope that wasn’t the case.

Another member who disappeared without warning is Big Al

I think a good 50% or more of people drop off after a few months. I guess you have to be real fanatic to keep on having the same discussion, which is basically what we do. Farley was banned after posting a paedophile joke, btw.

Another post I didn’t read, thankfully LOL Snuffster, quite right you are. We carry on about the same old things, don’t we! I’m just finishing up the last of a medium tin of Wilson’s Peppermint. A good day to all!

I’ve noticed a lot of memebers will seem to have left then about four or more months later they’ll write something again.

@ sandy130764… Smash-boxes are cheap…buy 'em by the dozen.

Where!!! Wish I could get some.

Tom at Nicotine Rush has a bunch in stock last time I looked

Mars also sells smash boxes.

I would think some hobby shops would have similar things. I found a small pill holder, that is 2 holding areas with snap tops, made for AM/PM pills. It was a dollar and I put 2 snuffs in it, ones I got as samples in a baggy. It works OK.

Mars doesn’t help for me or Pieter or any of the other guys who aren’t American because Mars doesn’t sell outside America.

Yep. Nicotine Rush is the way to go!

“We offer direct shipping to the United States, all U.S. Territories and Canada only.” Strike 2…!

I think if the Wilsons tin and the F&T tin had a baby it would be the perfect snuff tin.

Echoed what bigblue says about miamimark’s tins. They are stong steel, smashbox size ans have Toque style screw lids. Buy a bunch at papermart. Speaking of banned members, what happed to llxsklr? did I even spell that right? Can’t think of anything bad he did. Suspension might be more appropriate than outright banning.

@Xander: I’ve been wondering the same thing about him. I don’t know how he got caught in the crossfire with that whole situation.

If he didn’t do anything then why should they suspend him?

witch hunt…

I demand a recount! What thread are we talking about, anyway?

It was the “Joke” thread.

Snuffbox, don’t waste time searching for the thread, it was removed.

Ok thanks guys. Snuffster said something about it earlier. Glad I don’t read off-color threads.

Witch hunt? I don’t think so, l seem to remember he whispered me and called me a whining bitch for objecting to farley’s joke about a little girl being forced to fellate a man. People are soooo brave behind their keyboards…the thing that got me was the way the pair of them were so adamant that it was ok to post that shit.

Calm down snuffster. We certainly couldn’t know what you were or were not whispered! I guess we know now.

What do you mean calm down? Have I said something wrong? I’m not with you there and kindly don’t attempt to tell me what to do

I think he was referring to the language of your post. Sounds angry.

Well if I was it wasn’t directed at anyone here, sorry if it seemed that way.

I think this thread has run its course now; it would be better off e-mailing Wilsons directly about the tins - they are very courtious people.

The tins aren’t perfect but if they change it could be to those stupid plastic pouring ones like Sam Gawith switched to. They really don’t suit this sort of snuff at all. I suppose the reasoning was that Poschl use them and they sell more snuff than anybody.

I would be happy with a screw lid can.

Metal costs more than plastic. The SG tins were steel, very strong but they rust and never sealed well. You can imagine how much less the plastic containers will cost than real steel tins, and for SG they are an improvement since plastic doesn’t rust and spoil the snuff. I suppose the one good thing about plastic “tins” is they don’t ring metal detectors at airports! Wilsons seem very traditional. I hope they’ll carry on with their metal tins which don’t rust, they seal well enough and I like them quite a lot. They’re tops for home use.

As far as tins go, the Toque ones seem the best of a bad bunch. I agree that the WoS are pretty hopeless.

The Toque tins are perfect. They seal tight, keeping the product fresh, and don’t spill when opened. I think that even if Wilson’s didn’t switch over to screw lids, then maybe they could make the top flat, which would keep the snuff level and would prevent a heap from building on one side.

I like the little plastic Dholakia tubs. Their lids stay on well, their size is a nice small, they look flash with the label.

I like the tubs too, but I fear of the thin plastic cracking and snuff spilling out.

The 50g Dholakia tubs that Mr Snuff is carrying are superb - too big to carry around but re-useable and keep the snuff in perfect condition; heavy duty plastic with a screw lid.

Yes Nigel, wish I could lay my hands on some more of those tubs. Small enough to fit into my plastic containers for the freezer but big enough to keep a good portion. Problem with the Wilson’s tin is the top of the lid is higher than the rim of the tin. The Toque tin’s lid fits flush on the tin. If one could stick a thick enough gasket in the lid, it would solve the problem.

Learn to spin 'em like the pros do, cstokes!

I’ve tried it. It’s hit and miss with me. I’ve had issues with the snuff getting jammed in between the lips of the lid and bottom. I have to pry the lid off and then the snuff goes everywhere.

Then it’s time you had a drink with Snuff Head and ermtony. They will show you how it’s done!

LOL, you are probably right. Boy would that be a treat.

Yeah, it’s a shame we can’t all sit down together. Too spread out across the world…

You guys are always welcome!

Thanks, Tony. Would truly love to!

Welcome back to the City ermtony :-} @ cstokes4, If the tin jams with snuff then turn the tin in your hands while gently squeezing the sides of the lid with thumbs and forefingers. You will be amazed how easy it will then open.

I’ll give that a try later, Snuff Head. My Irish Toast is the worst of them all. Of course that might have something to do with me always getting into it.

Toque tins = perfect. They’re even aluminum, so no rust. Plus, easy to recycle unlike plastic. Yes, I do all the tricks to keep Wilson’s in the tin too. The thing is, I shouldn’t have to. I agree with the above, though, if we complain too much they’ll change to a Gawith tin. That’s a step in the *wrong* direction.

I know Roderick and Namrata watch and post here, do any other Snuff makers post here?

I’ve decided I like the Samuel Gawith dispensers. They seem to keep the snuff very fresh, they fit in the pocket well, they don’t spill when you open them, and if you don’t like taking the snuff from the back of the hand, the snuff can be decanted into a snuff box, tin or bullet. I prefer them to the Wilsons 5 and 10g tins anyway - I wouldn’t dream of taking a fullish one out with me after embarressingly dropping one on the floor at a beer festival last night whilst trying to wrestle the lid off!

@ tom502: Jaap Bes of Molens de Kralingse also posts here from time to time. I’m sure he reads more than he posts. Jay Jay of Jaxons used to post when his snuff was new. Haven’t heard anything from him in awhile. I think the long established companies are too comfortable in their postions to care too much about us. Of course, they may monitor what we say without chiming in. Also as you know several vendors post here. Mr. Snuff, Nicotine Rush, Snuff Store all post fairly regularly, and they are good at taking hints from us. Mars and Rajek’s post once in a blue moon. No one else that I know of. @sandy: tap out tins are fine if you decant, this is true. But that’s only good if you only use a handful of snuffs. If you are using 20-40 different ones on a semi-regular basis, its just not practical to decant that much. Also wide flat tins are good for back of hand people too, since you can pinch, then sprinkle onto your hand.

I could, but that leaves a mess. Any back of hand method is a mess. With tap out tins, I don’t get the choice. I have to tap it out at some point (read: make a mess)

I’ll try it your way next time I have one out. The problem is, I usually end up with too much on my hand and then can’t get it back in the tin after I’ve taken what I want.

I didnt knew about farley !

I find the sniff from the back of the hand the best for me, I get a controlled sniff, can control the amount. I don’t know if this is the “anatomical snuffbox”, but when I place the tips of my index and thumbs together, and while keeping them like that, make a fist, I get an indent right below my index knuckle, and use that. Of course that’s not needed, a pinch or line anywhere works just as well, but I seem to use this indent nowadays.

Thanks for the advice Tom502. Never knew there was an indentation there. Seems to work very well.

I agree with Xander. We need to get the message to Wilsons. Does anyone have a relationship with them?

I thought the anatomical snuffbox was when you cupped your hands together and dumped a half pound drum of snuff in there…but that’s just me

If you look close, the tins of Hedges, Wilsons of Sharrow and Samuel Gawith you will find all the tins are the same. I think there is only one manufacturer of the tins.

yeah they are all the same.

Problem with the type of container SG use now is that you never know how much snuff is left in the tin. The Dholakia smash box is to small for my banana size fingers. Toque 10g tins are perfect. WoS and others using the useless tins, won’t change. Those tins must be dead cheap as against the aluminium tins. But, I agree, we all know by now that very few of us like the WoS type tins. We also know that WoS is not going to do anything about it, just as Poschl is not going to reinstate Packards in th UK. Those companies are big and for them it’s a case of take it or leave it, we have enough customers. And they are right in a way. I will keep on buying their snuff because I love it. I’m lucky in that I can buy Taxi cheap and their tins make very good snuff boxes. Just don’t know what to do with all the Taxi snuff as I hate to just discard it as I’ve often done before.

“If you look close, the tins of Hedges, Wilsons of Sharrow and Samuel Gawith you will find all the tins are the same. I think there is only one manufacturer of the tins.” That seems correct, but it’s hard to figure why the SG tins are notorious for rusting and the Wilsons never do…SG’s additives? Or are they stamped at the same factory from two different alloys?

Pieter you’ll have to stock up on more of Patrick’s boxes and stop buying Taxi, or they’ll think you’re actually buying it for the contents!

The only problem i have with wilsons tins ive got to blame roderick for. Since having the toque tins i now keep forgetting to tap the sides of the wilsons tins. This procedure i had down to a fine art with no spills whatsoever,now i spend half the time mopping up spilt snuff from my desk lol. But seriously the only bug bear i have with the wilsons tins is the labels,they rub off too easy especially when carring them in your pocket. Simon

As long as the warning rubs off Simon, it’s not all bad!

I mentioned in an earlier comment, if you ever have a problem with anything related to Wilsons or F&T, just e-mail them! They have handled a problem I had in the past and were very helpful, they even sent me a free tin of F&T HDT for my trouble!

They might even be more responsive to a petition signed by all of us.

Sandy,im not sure that wilsons can do a lot for me with regards to me forgetting to tap the sides of the tin now can they?.As for the labels rubbing off,i can live with that lol,im sure they must be well aware of it by now.The actual tin itself i have no problems at all,mine always seal tight and never have had any leaks in the pocket etc. Simon

Just to toss it out there for thought, the American Skoal type dip comes in plastic round containers with snap on lids that seal well. I use a couple of them to decant. Just make sure to air them out really good, especially if it had wintergreen in it. That stuff soaks into the plastic and just won’t go away.

yeah Spyro. Most snus tins are good too. I let them air out first. However, I’d just pitch the wintergreen ones. That smell lingers. I have a tin of General Wintergreen, I doubt if I’ll ever finish. It reminds me too much of Skoal.

I had some old snus cans, and an American dip can, but I threw them out before I realized I might be alble to use them.

True about the wintergreen cans Xander. However, I have had some Garrett Sweet & Mild in one for a few months and I now have a new flavored snuff with a hint of wintergreen. Its not bad but if you don’t want the extra wintergreen flavor then avoid those particular plastic cans. Also, I found that plastic contact lens carriers can be used to carry some very small amounts. Maybe an evenings worth of discreet snuff. It has the advantage of two seperate compartments so you can tote two different snuffs with you.

I tried the General wintergreen again. Still don’t like it. I got a free can from getsnus and a free sample packet from General. I’ve used two portions out of the can. I’ll trade both to anybody who wants them. Please whisper me.

If you like Wilson’s #22 then you will love F&T’s HDT.

Snuffbox, I’m with you all the way…F&T’s HDT is the one for me.

I’m going to try the HDTs one of these days. Keep hearing so many good things about them. I’ve settled on taking the dry scotches with the pinch method and find its the best way for me to enjoy them. Back of the hand just blows it too deep into my throat and changes the character of the snuff.

Imagine a scotch in a snuff bullet? But then I’ve been snuffing Sparrow Cool with a bullet these last few days, and you can’t get much dryer and lighter than this snuff. I have F&T HDT, and I like it quite well, but it’s not my fave snuff, nor is toasts my fave type.

I actually used bullets with scotch snuffs before. It takes some practice but it is doable.

Perhaps someone already suggested it, but I didn’t read all five pages on this subject. I just got one of those wooden snuff boxes from Wilson’s they carry at the snuffshop. I love it. It is totally leak proof, doesn’t seem to dry out your snuff (although I only keep a day or two worths in it) and it’s absolutely stylish.

The Wilsons boxes are nice, but they’re pricey and some people feel they’re too big for carry (as in they hold too much snuff and certain snuffs can dry out). Try a onefortheroad box and see which you prefer.

Do you have a link for the onefortheroad box? I usually just throw the wilson’s box in my computer bag or lunchbox, but yeah, I probably wouldn’t want to carry it around in my pocket all the time.

@ snuffengnugen: many of the online vendors sell these boxes. onefortheroad is the moniker for Patrick Collins on this forum. You may buy the boxes from most of the online vendors just look under the snuff box section for “Patrick Collins” Or since you are a member of this forum, Patrick will probably sell to you directly if you whisper him at onefortheroad. Do a search of old posts and you’ll find a lot of posts about these boxes. They are first class snuffboxes. I use a Padauk, Zebra, and Canary wood regularly. They all fit in a pocket nicely, and have tight lids.

Patrick does sell direct, and at a cheaper rate than the stores.

*sigh* I’ve just lost 2 Wilson’s tins to rust. One isn’t that old, the other is about 2 years old. I’ve swapped them into poly bags. Anyone else had issues with rusty WoS tins?

I have slight rust on a couple. Its not bad though. I had a couple older Samuel Gawith tins really ruined by rust though. That year round Florida humidity you have can’t help much.

It sure doesn’t. One of them was a really moist snuff, and I read on Snuff Reviews that it is known for rusting the tin. Horray for Roderick’s tins. I wish there was an industry wide switch over!

Which was the moist one? Roderick’s are the best overall, but they don’t seem to be quite tight enough, I can usually smell the strong scented ones through a closed tin.

F&T do make the best in terms of storage. They seal the best and the snuff stays fresher stacked on top of itself. The only thing I don’t like about them is that they are not pinch-friendly.

Maybe just use some recycled medicine bottles. Are they air tight?

Medicine bottles are pretty close to being airtight. Another option would be a Tight Vac container. They’re readily available in headshops and online.

I use one of these to carry my daily snus supply to work. $1.99 at Riteaid. They have different colors,are just a bit bigger than Patricks snuffboxes and would probably hold 5-6 grs or better per side. I just did a quick test and didn’t see any leakage from shaking it but of course being a cheap plastic thing YMMV. Mines never come open in my pocket. They’re pretty comfortable to carry in a pants pocket and theres plenty of room to get your fingers in to pinch.

My wife is diabetic and has to test her sugar daily. The test strips she uses come in a heavy duty plastic bottle that I grab as soon as they are empty to store snuff in. They are about 2/3 as tall as an F&T tin, a bit smaller around and close up like a smash box. I think you could run them over with a truck and still use the snuff. I’ve collected a few of them so far, and when I get a bad tin like Wilson’s or one that has been damaged in shipping I just transfer to one of them. They easily hold 10 grams, I’ve not really tried to see how much more they would hold but I doubt they would hold more than 15 grams.

am I the only one who likes the wilson tins??? Though I have noticed certain times the tins do rust. I’ve noticed it seems to be consistent with particular snuffs. Like royal george seems to rust easily.

I dislike the McCrystals tins. I find those get difficult to open.

I hate all tins that do not have a screw on top. Too hard to open and too easy to spill.

I have one of those AM/PM containers. In one side I have Madras Snuff and the other Himalaya Snuff.

tom, do the flavors contaminate with that container, or do they keep well?

zombie thread … arise from the dead … but stupid newbie punk question (again) … WoS markets/owns F&T, yes/no? If so … why not move all tins to F&T’s lovely tins? Better seal, screw top, etc. - cost issue? brand recognition? using up old stock tins? Or am i way off base?

Yes, they do make F&T. I think they look at it this way: don’t fix what isn’t broken! Some ppl don’t like the tins, but alot do. You can’t please everyone and they do the job. Atleast they’re not tappers! Also, I’ve noticed ALOT of reasons snuff millers do what they do is TRADITION.

I always gently shake back and forth before opening and that almost always settles the snuff so it’s not all mounded up on one side. I agree though, these tins are crap!

lol I do the exact same thing. I don’t think they’re crap- they just fill it up ALL THE WAY! I’d rather it be overflowing with snuff than underfilled…

yeah, i think they would error on the side of “tradition” as well … but the FT tins look and work so well … i would error on the side of snuff freshness and preservation. i will agree though, if the snuff weren’t piled so high, it would make the tins more manageable. i find i am sniffing off my desk or towel often when i try opening my WoS’ … this is after the “leveling and shaking” move that we all do with them. i also tap the top … why? dunno …

Just drop the tin on a flat surface two or three times before opening it. Works everytime. No spills.

No Xander, drop the tin into the dustbin after the contents has been transferred to a proper container.

Quote Pieter “No Xander, drop the tin into the dustbin” NOOOOR, Pieter those tins must get recycled!

I usually transfer all my Samuel Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth snuffs to the Wilsons tins. They get reused a lot.

@Xander … you don’t find the GH screw top “tins” to be better than a Wilson’s tin? I kind of like the ease of use with the GH “tub”. I do like and find the SG new 20g tins very nice. Pleased to be away from the tap boxes.

Yes, I was reffering to the “sneeze boxes.” Those in tubs, stay in tubs. However, the Wilson’s tin is great for pocket use, which is handy to me.

for some reason those 5g small tins corrode easier than 10g tins in my experience. Anyway, recycled tins are the way to go, especially for clumsy persons like me. Just yesterday I left my snuff tin on a bench in park, got it back though.

To be honest, I love the small WoS tins. I use them for almost all my decanting and storage of odds and ends needs.

Pardon me for dredging up an old thread, but I just wanted to thank @Xander for the ‘pick up and drop’ technique mentioned above. This has greatly reduced the amount of spillage I get from my WoS tins.