Copper

Yes to both, Fred, but the tobacco smell is fading due to the fact I love the smell of pipe tobacco. LOL!
I’m not sure how that cap got so scratched up. Sure doesn’t help me make out the writing.

This thing is supposed to be removable and twist off I think. There’s just a tad of rust, I think, fusing the two silver metal sections together. I would like to break th free without pliers or something stinky like WD-40 as I would like to preserve as much of the tobacco smell inside as much as possible. Maybe some mineral oil would help? Any suggestions??

Apparently there was some little piece of paper or sponge inside that cap intended to be moistened to help keep the tobacco moist.

Billy, without destroyin the patina, I got nothin--I was thinkin some heat--but thoughts & a quarter don't get ya much today.

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Fri. Jan. 21, 2022 4:03 pm

Billy does yours have the original veneer liner? Mine still smells of tobacco after 100 yrs.***** whoops, I can see it in your pix!! OUTSTANDING The peening on yours is excellent!!!

Yep. Mine looks to be made of cork.
I like yours too.

I have my grandpa’s pipe as well. Nothing extravagant. Just at a minimum 50 year old Gulf Stream Whitehall.

I’m the only grandchild of five that remembers Pap smoking it. These will be the boy’s someday. To him one was owned by a great grandpa, the other by a great, great grandpa. One from my side, one from her side. He remembers his great grandpa. Not many 15 year old kids can say that.

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Fri. Jan. 21, 2022 8:37 pm

Billy, without destroyin the patina, I got nothin--I was thinkin some heat--but thoughts & a quarter don't get ya much today.

That might just work, Fred and be the most gentle. It’s worth a try.

Some real interesting pieces you have there, Fred. I love old stuff like that. Don’t have many old things like that, but I do like things like that.

Hoytman wrote: ↑

Fri. Jan. 21, 2022 8:41 pm

That might just work, Fred and be the most gentle. It’s worth a try.

Yes, and half right. Heat and cold is what to try. Put it in the freezer for about 20 minutes and go get the wife's hair dryer.

Then take it out, wrap a rag around the inside of the lid, and then heat the knurled cap on high for a minute. Then back in the freezer. Do that chill and heat a few times to break the corrosion loose. Then try loosening the cap by hand while it's still as hot as you can stand to touch.

By getting it as cold as possible first, you shrink the metal. Then just heating the cap expands it. That contraction then expansion action should break the corrosion bond without excessive heat to change the patina.

BTW, they are called "tabaco humidors".

My Uncle had a wooden one with pipe racks on each end of the square humidor. Unlike the metal ones that need a wood liner, the all-wood ones like my uncle's - sealed only on the outside with a vanish - would help retain the correct moisture level without having to add water.

Paul

Yea, and only half right...as mine is “called” a “Rumidor” ...brand name...no longer made.

I will try the suggestions, Paul.

Paul, if it was sealed on the outside with "VANISH" how could anyone enjoy the historical vision??????????????

Sunny Boy wrote: ↑

Fri. Jan. 21, 2022 9:01 pm

Yes, and half right. Heat and cold is what to try. Put it in the freezer for about 20 minutes and go get the wife's hair dryer.


My Uncle had a wooden one with pipe racks on each end of the square humidor. Unlike the metal ones that need a wood liner, the all-wood ones like my uncle's - sealed only on the outside with a vanish - would help retain the correct moisture level without having to add water.

Paul

freetown fred wrote: ↑

Sat. Jan. 22, 2022 8:05 am

Paul, if it was sealed on the outside with "VANISH" how could anyone enjoy the historical vision??????????????

Fred. The varnish outside helped keep moisture stored in the wood. Just like yours uses the veneer liner inside a metal cannister.

BTW, In the mention of humidors, I forgot to add that "tobacco cans" were what you buy the tabaco in. The humidor is what it would then be stored in.

The distinction may be and old timer thing because tabaco cans were a source of phone jokes when I was a kid. Call up a place that sells tabaco and ask is they have Prince Albert in a can. If the reply was yes, then tell them to let him out.

Paul

Ohhhhh, ya meant VARNISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)quote="freetown fred" post_id=792609 time=1642856742 user_id=5449]
Paul, if it was sealed on the outside with "VANISH" how could anyone enjoy the historical vision??????????????
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freetown fred wrote: ↑

Sat. Jan. 22, 2022 2:29 pm

Ohhhhh, ya meant VARNISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)quote="freetown fred" post_id=792609 time=1642856742 user_id=5449]
Paul, if it was sealed on the outside with "VANISH" how could anyone enjoy the historical vision??????????????

Have I told ya how much I hate autocorrect ?

Paul

No need Paul--I already know!!! LOL

I wonder how old some of those pieces are, Fred? Like the pitcher, and the tea kettle? Any of them tinned inside?

Some are Billy--I'm thinkin goin all the back to late 1700's--1800's