Favorite Seal Breaking Tool

[PreppyHippy]

I just used a handy screwdriver to wedge under the edge of the lid of a square tin, in the dimpled slot by a corner. Worked fine, but everytime I do this I wonder if there's a better tool for the job since with too much bending of the metal edges the tin will have more air to dry the leaf out.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Teeth.











...or a pipe nail.

8)

 

[Steveaux]

Quarter.

 

[kieveryuu]

Czech pipe tool.

 

[glpease]

I keep an old English penny in my pocket, an artifact of the day when a penny was actually worth something, was made from copper, and could be used as button on a constable's jacket, or a weapon in a pinch. It's the same size as a US half-dollar, and is so ideally suited to opening tobacco tins, I'm left to wonder if they weren't originally made with that very coin in mind. (If you haven't got a penny then a ha'penny won't do, neither a coconut, a tuppence or a threpence, and the new pound coins, which carry about the same monetary weight as a penny did then, are much too thick. )

 

[idbowman]

Czech pipe tool.

+1.

 

[kaiser83]

Quarter.

+1

 

[monbla256]

Nickel or a quarter, whichever is in my pocket

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Flat Screwdriver.

Simple and it works...

 

[user 2031]

7.62 x 54R... a bit messy, but never fails. :lol:

 

[DrT999]

Quarter.

+1

+2-- seems to work better for me than other coins or a screw driver.

 

[Johnny]

Quarter for me too. If I don't happen to have one kicking around, I'll use the spoon on my Czech tool

 

[jbrown287]

+1 for the flat blade

 

[beetlejazz]

Czech pipe tool.

+1.

+2

 

[sstodvictory]

I use one of those cheapo aluminum nail-type tampers to open my tins.

Steve

 

[PreppyHippy]

Well at least no one uses dental tools.

I'd have thought most coins would be too wide, but now that I look at it, as long as there's a sufficient dimple in the underside of the tin, coins ought to work fine. I'll remember.

I must say Mr. Pease's special coin and habit of its use is pretty cool. Almost worth looking for a coin shop to find one of my own.

Thank you all for the replies. If anyone else has a neat habit or a sentimental one I'm sure still interested.

Thanks again!

 

[awoodby]

I just use my fingers. Does get a little uncomfortable by about the 6th tin of an order but damnit I want to smell them NOW!

 

[gravel]

I generally use whatever coin I have available. I never use a club, because that is cruel.

 

[Anthonyx2b]

see, ive never had a problem because i havent owned a tin yet sadly. I'm thinking of getting some Orlik golden sliced.

 

[PreppyHippy]

see, ive never had a problem because i havent owned a tin yet sadly. I'm thinking of getting some Orlik golden sliced.

When you get a tin pay cash then. The pocket change will get you smoking right away!