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"Velvet" Tobacco Can | Tobacciana1193 of 1395 |  |  |
Posted 2 years ago
bahamaboy
(225 items)
An older Liggett & Myers pipe & cigarette tobacco can. I found this in an attic of an old house I was remodeling and found it filled with the very old style wooden clothes pins. It still remains filled with those same clothes pins.
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My uncle smoked many cans of velvet. lol
Very cool. I hope your uncles still alive and kickin and possibly kicked the "Velvet" habit. Thanks for the comment.
bahamaboy, No unfortunately he passed away about 5 years ago, never kicked habit. This velvet can brought back memories of him. I miss him dearly. You have some great items.
Wow. Sorry to hear that. But thank you very much for your compliment. You have some awesome items yourself. Of the few people that are following me, I feel kinda bad cause I know they are getting tired of the emails one gets when someone they follow posts an additional item. I myself love to see others post new things, and be notified of such, but the way I'm posting stuff, it's gotta be getting old already, for them to be constantly inundated with a barrage of emails, notifying them about the new postings. Sorry for that folks. I think/hope I will soon get to the point that I will be close to getting done. I just don't see it coming in the next few days unfortunately. Oh well...
nice tin, never heard of that name before
Thanks for stopping by shortfellow. I haven't seen another either. But I'm not a collector of tobacco tins, even though I really like them. This one I just ended up with, along with the old clothespins that filled the inside. Thanks again for looking and for taking the time to make a comment.
Velvet tobacco has been around for decades and as far as I know is still made today. It is a very popular pipe tobacco as well as some using it to roll cigarettes. It is in the same category as half/half and model pipe tobacco. Your tin is a older velvet tin and is very collectable. No I am not a smoker, but all my uncles burned plenty of pipes up in there time.
Thank you StihlCollector for your expanded comments on this piece. I appreciate it tremendously.
You are very welcome. Hope you have a great week my friend.