Can we take a moment to appreciate beautiful packaging/tin art?

We all know there are certain aesthetic qualities to pipe smoking. Straight or bent. Bowl shape. Grain. Stem material. Flake color and pattern (I'm looking at you Luxury Twist Flake). Blowing O's through the air. Custom tampers. Rustication. Sandblasting.

Well, I just got in a tin of McClelland's Blackwoods Flake, and I love the packaging. It's so classy, with it's raised gold logo (and boy do I love the McClelland logo), subtle tones, simple fonts. It got me thinking about tins and packaging in general. Some tins, by comparison, look pretty ugly.

Which ones do you love? Could be tin art, company logos, bulk packaging (hey maybe there's something great out there), pipe boxes, whatever. Pictures are obviously encouraged!

I always can take a moment for beauty.

Solani silver flake 100g tin. It's timeless.

Great idea for a thread!

I enjoy Kingfisher for some reason. That little bird is so welcoming



I also love the Vintage C&D tin art

I like the tin art on the Momoyama I received from Senshi, pictured in this thread: http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/380983-Peach-Mountain-PIF/page3
That is one tin I will keep once it is empty. I also like the tin art on Squadron Leader.

Senshi said:

Great idea for a thread!

I enjoy Kingfisher for some reason. That little bird is so welcoming

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It reminds of something in 1950s Vegas. It's flashy, but still has some kind of odd class to it.

I have a soft spot for nostalgia.

Nice photos.

Not to be cocksure...but there are some tins that I was thoroughly fond of

Can't go wrong with the Grouse.

I do really enjoy the SG tins. Skiff Mixture is pretty cool and so is Perfection (even though I didn't enjoy that tobacco)

It's one of the charms of pipe smoking for me. The graphics and fonts on the tins are very classy.

Found these old girls in an antique store today in a country town out west.

OkieStubble said:

I have a soft spot for nostalgia.

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i thought that was really cool

Robster said:

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where they still sealed?!

This is a great thread. For years I've really appreciated some cigar bands more than others (my wife made my first humidor with a 50-count cigar box, decoupage, and some great bands), and the same appreciation extends to tins. I have the whole Drew Estate line, and they look good. All posted are nice; I especially like the Solani and Kingfisher tins. Thanks again for posting all of these.

House blends from a local B&M here in So Cal.

Boro62 said:

where they still sealed?!

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Ha! If they were I could have retired on those Sobranie tins I'd warrant. Alas no, but they were very cool. I just couldn't justify $10 a tin when one with real tobacco in it is the same price.

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House blends from a local B&M here in So Cal.

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Whoa! Slick!