So no one knows if this is an old tin or not?
how is the snuff in it? Looks like an old tin indeed!
It looks collectable snuff_noob. Never seen one like that either.
It’s so old it predates the British Letter-Swivelling Revolution of 1594.
And they even knew tobacco can damage your health in 1594. Just like the Romans knew asbestos could in the years B.C.
in view of the health warning, its not that old. i’m wondering whether this might actually be a new label?
I haven’t actually opened it yet, so no clue of what condition its in. It was the only tin of it they had and I had never seen a tin like it before, so I bought it.
I’ve seen a picture somewhere of a tin like that or was that a dream. I really swear I have. I think the sticker would be the easiest thing to change. They may even have added their own sticker to the snuff as in the place you bought it. What I like about your pick is it looks sinister. Like your an undercover cop nubb whos document what you found on a suspect. And will be laughed at by the older cops. It’s really the lighting though that does that and your serious expression. I say open and see how it is and give us a full report cause I’am curious too. Sure at the most a month and a half roughly someone will give us a straight answer.
I bought a tin of Wilson’s SM recently with the same red label. The contents was still fresh, surely not an old tin.
That looks a lot like the tin of SP Silver I just got from ermtony. I just picked it up and realized that the health warning using the the current verbiage is a sticker which peels off. It looks like that one underneath.
So it seems as if this is just an outdated sticker and the snuff inside should still be good?
No, mine had a modern UK warning label (THIS TOBACCO PRODUCT CAN DAMAGE…etc) over the simplistic warning print (Tobacco Seriously damages etc, etc) that yours had. My sticker actually covered the part from where it says ‘Sharow Mills’…straight to the bottom. When peeled away, it looks like yours. Yours appears to have a sticker for the name of the snuff only. Presumably at one time it was more economical for them to print universal stickers for all tins, and then slap a sticker on it to label the name of the snuff. My label is the right way around though, lol. I’d be curious to know what is beneath your name sticker. In either case, if the tape band around the tin’s seam is tight, the snuff should be fine. I opened this SP snuff a few days ago and it was very fresh smelling. I’ve even had a few tins that were much older and still seemed fresh. Of course I’ve also had some that were completely dried out and scentless, or had corroded the tin from within. Older tins seem to be hit and miss, if any air is getting in at all, then all bets are off. Let us know what you find.
Ermtony has a nice picture of the one I have HEREThe white part peels away revealing a label similar to yours.
Well the sticker is one complete sticker, and the metal underneath appears to be blank metal. The sticker is actually on the correct way, my built-in camera on my MacBook doesn’t do the whole “mirror correction” thing, which is why it looks reversed. I opened it and it seems rather dry, still has a lemon scent to it, similar to McC’s Mild Lemon, but it also has a “dirty/dusty” scent to it. Not sure if thats what its supposed to be like, as I’ve never had Lemon Grove before.
Well, it sounds like it might have dried out then. I have had a few that had that scent you describe. If you like it well enough, then snuff it up. If you don’t like it, please don’t write off Lemon Grove until you try a fresh tin, as its really a great snuff. At worst, you have a little piece of history and perhaps a collector’s item. Plenty of folks collect old tins. There is a huge image gallery of them on the yahoo snuff group. I’m just teasing about the label. I thought the reverse image was kind of amusing.
Its good enough to finish, its only a 5g, and I do get a “lemon grove” vibe from it. I can image walking into a lemon orchard, smelling the lemon trees and soil lol.
McChrystals Mild Lemon has become my “take to the island” snuff which means it is my #1 favourite.
Mild Lemon is unbeatable! I’d only rank it behind getting an unexpectedly large amount of money in the post, or maybe sex. But seriously, it is THAT good.
My guess is it was bought in bulk and packed with permission by Rik in Austin Texas. But I could be wrong.
I’ve got a 250g drum of ML