Just decanted some of my bulk Grand Cairo into a 10g Wilson/Sam Gawith/Tranters type tin. I notice a puff of snuff as I placed the lid. Beware, that is not rust. The tin was clean it’s just snuff from my fingers.

Eh? So you have holes in the tin? On purpose?

@Xander, LOL! I place the snuff into a better tin and presented it to ermtony last night in our pub. I also brought in that ‘sieve’, so Tony could see it with his own eyes.

It really was full of holes! Never seen one like that before. Now enjoying super-fresh Grand Cairo

And I think I told you what snuff was once in there. You won’t be purchasing that again LOL!

Did you have it in your pocket with keys or something sharp? Did you drop it in concrete or asphalt, or some other rough and hard surface? I’m baffled. Am I going to have to inspect all my tins, now? I can’t imagine snuff eating through steel.

@ Alex:- No to all, to your questions. It is strange, but steel is only strong because it knows the ponding and white heat. I once had a household paint tin go in a strange manner, it looked like someone had scored it with a Stanley Knife. I think it would be stresses of bending the tin.

Beware; he who sails in ships of steel, there’s a-lot going for the wooden ones.