I did a thing! or...The Case of the Over Engineered Cellar Jar Lids

[Pooka]

I just started cellaring and my collection is tiny...so to over compensate , I might have gone a touch overboard on the jar lid label game!

What do you think?

ps. Yup, I have a typo in my combo jar…oopsie!

 

[Blackhorse]

Repousse? Sharpie? Whatever.

Brilliant! Seen a lotta cool stuff guys (etc.) have shown here. This is one of the coolest.

 

[AlphaWarrior]

Lol I had a miscellaneous b&m English blend combo jar that I held onto for 9 years hoping it would improve.

 

[Timbo]

Nice work, very smart looking. What's the medium?

 

[Pooka]

Lol I had a miscellaneous b&m English blend combo jar that I held onto for 9 years hoping it would improve.

Did it ever?

 

[Pooka]

Nice work, very smart looking. What's the medium?

I etched the graphics directly onto the metal with a laser system. Believe it or not the images started out as photos of actual labels, all except for the WC bulldog before substantial manipulation in Photoshop.

 

[AlphaWarrior]

Did it ever?

I gave up on it.

 

[Eutychus]

Pooka, you da man!

 

[MLBbreton]

I've made multiple attempts at labeling my lids.
I have the labels, the apps and pictures. I just don't have the patience to get through them.
Kudos to you. They look amazing.

 

[Zeno Marx]

Look great.

 

[arich52]

Great!

 

[Timbo]

I etched the graphics directly onto the metal with a laser system. Believe it or not the images started out as photos of actual labels, all except for the WC bulldog before substantial manipulation in Photoshop.

Nice work and they look stellar.

 

[Bill (w/eoPd)]

I etched the graphics directly onto the metal with a laser system.

They look good, resembling the effects achieved through repoussage and/or chasing.


Did the process compromise the coating on the internal side of the lid?

 

[Pooka]

They look good, resembling the effects achieved through repoussage and/or chasing.


Did the process compromise the coating on the internal side of the lid?

No, the undercoating is completely intact.

 

[Pooka]

I’m new here so I do not have permission to post in the Trading Post section here yet. Once I do I plan on offering custom lids in trade for tobacco samples. Thought it could be a fun way to try out new blends, grow my tiny cellar, and share the lids with you all.

 

[Blackhorse]

Pretty sure we have bylaws here covering this kind of thing. You’ll need to bag up about 20% of each blend and send it here (my place) for testing and evaluation. Once we know how the testing goes we will likely approve it for home consumption.

No need to thank me. Sure, it’s a significant burden…but service to our membership in this way is one of the major motivations for the Moderators involvement with BoB.

 

[MLBbreton]

I would be down for that.