Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 12:11:47 GMT -5
If you want to have your tobacco out where you can see it, I guess jars are best. I use those round labels on jars and mylar bags. If I were keeping a lot of jars out where I could see them, like on a bookshelf, I think I would also put the round labels on the sides of the jars. With those big SG plug boxes, I chop the plugs into about 45-50g each, then heat-seal each plug in a small, thin, black bag after affixing an appropriate round label to each bag, then stuff most of them back in the SG box. Works great for smoking, but also for giving plugs away. I have to go pick up five boxes of plug next week, so it will be an all-afternoon event printing labels, cutting plugs, packing and storing. But it's fun also.Sure is! Nothing feels better than to have a full cellar to chose from. There will be two I've never tried in plug form - Cob (1792) and St. James Flake - so I'm really looking forward to it.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 14:13:56 GMT -5
No matter what containers one uses, I guess it's that age old problem: you can have efficient storage, or you can have accessible storage, but you can't have both. My concern is, knowing the remarkable extent of my laziness, anything I can't easily see is likely to go unsmoked. I gotta have stuff where I can see it. But I need my cellar to not take over my apartment. If you want to have your tobacco out where you can see it, I guess jars are best. I use those round labels on jars and mylar bags. If I were keeping a lot of jars out where I could see them, like on a bookshelf, I think I would also put the round labels on the sides of the jars. With those big SG plug boxes, I chop the plugs into about 45-50g each, then heat-seal each plug in a small, thin, black bag after affixing an appropriate round label to each bag, then stuff most of them back in the SG box. Works great for smoking, but also for giving plugs away. I have to go pick up five boxes of plug next week, so it will be an all-afternoon event printing labels, cutting plugs, packing and storing. But it's fun also. Bookshelves are the storage I have, so that's what I'm using, yes. The problem you still have though, even with jars (or original tins) and open shelving, is something has to go in the back. With shelves of much depth, that's the stuff I'll lose sight of. I'll still have it in my spreadsheet, so I'll still know it's there. Maybe seeing it listed there will be enough to trigger me to go, "Oh, yeah, let's dig that out and give it a whirl." I've just been using blue tape and a sharpie to label my jars and mylar bags. It doesn't look as nice, but it's sufficient for me.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 14:17:52 GMT -5
If you want to have your tobacco out where you can see it, I guess jars are best. I use those round labels on jars and mylar bags. If I were keeping a lot of jars out where I could see them, like on a bookshelf, I think I would also put the round labels on the sides of the jars. With those big SG plug boxes, I chop the plugs into about 45-50g each, then heat-seal each plug in a small, thin, black bag after affixing an appropriate round label to each bag, then stuff most of them back in the SG box. Works great for smoking, but also for giving plugs away. I have to go pick up five boxes of plug next week, so it will be an all-afternoon event printing labels, cutting plugs, packing and storing. But it's fun also. Bookshelves are the storage I have, so that's what I'm using, yes. The problem you still have though, even with jars (or original tins) and open shelving, is something has to go in the back. With shelves of much depth, that's the stuff I'll lose sight of. I'll still have it in my spreadsheet, so I'll still know it's there. Maybe seeing it listed there will be enough to trigger me to go, "Oh, yeah, let's dig that out and give it a whirl." I've just been using blue tape and a sharpie to label my jars and mylar bags. It doesn't look as nice, but it's sufficient for me. The nice thing about the round labels printed with the actual correct marketing image, is that you can spot them without having to read your blue tape. If it were me, I'd 'tier' each shelf;e.g-if you have jars three deep on each shelf, the middle row would be 2" higher than the first, and the back row 4" (a couple of 2x4's). Then I'd put the round labels at the top front of each jar so I could see them.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 14:23:42 GMT -5
Bookshelves are the storage I have, so that's what I'm using, yes. The problem you still have though, even with jars (or original tins) and open shelving, is something has to go in the back. With shelves of much depth, that's the stuff I'll lose sight of. I'll still have it in my spreadsheet, so I'll still know it's there. Maybe seeing it listed there will be enough to trigger me to go, "Oh, yeah, let's dig that out and give it a whirl." I've just been using blue tape and a sharpie to label my jars and mylar bags. It doesn't look as nice, but it's sufficient for me. The nice thing about the round labels printed with the actual correct marketing image, is that you can spot them without having to read your blue tape. If it were me, I'd 'tier' each shelf;e.g-if you have jars three deep on each shelf, the middle row would be 2" higher than the first, and the back row 4" (a couple of 2x4's). Then I'd put the round labels at the top front of each jar so I could see them. Where are you getting the original marketing images, and how are you sizing them to fit the labels? The tiering would work for jars, that's a good idea. You lose some space, but not horribly much. Doesn't work so well for tins, though. Might have to rig up some kind of purpose-built rack for those.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2021 14:29:10 GMT -5
The nice thing about the round labels printed with the actual correct marketing image, is that you can spot them without having to read your blue tape. If it were me, I'd 'tier' each shelf;e.g-if you have jars three deep on each shelf, the middle row would be 2" higher than the first, and the back row 4" (a couple of 2x4's). Then I'd put the round labels at the top front of each jar so I could see them. Where are you getting the original marketing images, and how are you sizing them to fit the labels? The tiering would work for jars, that's a good idea. You lose some space, but not horribly much. Doesn't work so well for tins, though. Might have to rig up some kind of purpose-built rack for those. I use cellarlabels.com - you can order sticker sheets to print the labels on, upload a template, then copy images from the website into your template. If you need a label that isn't on the site, you can google that tobacco blend and copy the image into the template. You can also scan tobacco tins, bags, etc, and use those. KBV provides the same size labels with their blends, in case you've ordered from them. If you make your own blends you can design your own images and slap those into the template.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 14:35:25 GMT -5
Where are you getting the original marketing images, and how are you sizing them to fit the labels? The tiering would work for jars, that's a good idea. You lose some space, but not horribly much. Doesn't work so well for tins, though. Might have to rig up some kind of purpose-built rack for those. I use cellarlabels.com - you can order sticker sheets to print the labels on, upload a template, then copy images from the website into your template. If you need a label that isn't on the site, you can google that tobacco blend and copy the image into the template. You can also scan tobacco tins, bags, etc, and use those. KBV provides the same size labels with their blends, in case you've ordered from them. If you make your own blends you can design your own images and slap those into the template. Interesting. I'd never heard of cellarlabels.com. I'll check it out. Thanks!
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 19:10:44 GMT -5
No 2x4s or round labels, but I spent the afternoon jaring up my bulk stuff and then moving some things to another room and reorganizing. I used a variety of jar sizes, 8-, 16-, and 32-oz. Why? Because I had a bunch of the larger and smaller sizes; especially the larger.
Also used the Dymo to put a label on the side of all my tins so I know what they are when they're stacked. Stole this idea from Sparks via nightking. We'll have to see if the more arty labels are necessary. My printer is laser, so I'd have to buy an ink jet just to make colored labels.
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Mar 21, 2021 20:00:38 GMT -5
No 2x4s or round labels, but I spent the afternoon jaring up my bulk stuff and then moving some things to another room and reorganizing. I used a variety of jar sizes, 8-, 16-, and 32-oz. Why? Because I had a bunch of the larger and smaller sizes; especially the larger. Also used the Dymo to put a label on the side of all my tins so I know what they are when they're stacked. Stole this idea from Sparks via nightking. We'll have to see if the more arty labels are necessary. My printer is laser, so I'd have to buy an ink jet just to make colored labels. Look at you Mr. Fancypants. Masking tape and a sharpie not good enough for you I see? LOL... cheers brother. 😉
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 20:03:21 GMT -5
Settling back down in the den, dang if this place doesn't actually look better with all that stuff moved around.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 20:04:06 GMT -5
No 2x4s or round labels, but I spent the afternoon jaring up my bulk stuff and then moving some things to another room and reorganizing. I used a variety of jar sizes, 8-, 16-, and 32-oz. Why? Because I had a bunch of the larger and smaller sizes; especially the larger. Also used the Dymo to put a label on the side of all my tins so I know what they are when they're stacked. Stole this idea from Sparks via nightking. We'll have to see if the more arty labels are necessary. My printer is laser, so I'd have to buy an ink jet just to make colored labels. Look at you Mr. Fancypants. Masking tape and a sharpie not good enough for you I see? LOL... cheers brother. 😉 Ha! There's not room on the side of a 50g tin for blue tape.
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Mar 21, 2021 21:09:54 GMT -5
Settling back down in the den, dang if this place doesn't actually look better with all that stuff moved around. Photo please.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 21, 2021 22:32:23 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I need to do something with the wires. My modem and router are on the shelf above. Just look at the jars! Before today, you couldn't even see that back row of jars. It was buried behind a fortress of tins, jars, and sundries. And that shelf was intended to be for my easy-access, go-to blends of the moment. Now it sort of is again.
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Mar 22, 2021 10:01:14 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I need to do something with the wires. My modem and router are on the shelf above. Just look at the jars! Before today, you couldn't even see that back row of jars. It was buried behind a fortress of tins, jars, and sundries. And that shelf was intended to be for my easy-access, go-to blends of the moment. Now it sort of is again. Loving your pipe collection Urb!
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Mar 22, 2021 12:35:56 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I need to do something with the wires. My modem and router are on the shelf above. Just look at the jars! Before today, you couldn't even see that back row of jars. It was buried behind a fortress of tins, jars, and sundries. And that shelf was intended to be for my easy-access, go-to blends of the moment. Now it sort of is again. How well does the Carter Hall jar seal? Good for long term?
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2021 12:47:56 GMT -5
No 2x4s or round labels, but I spent the afternoon jaring up my bulk stuff and then moving some things to another room and reorganizing. I used a variety of jar sizes, 8-, 16-, and 32-oz. Why? Because I had a bunch of the larger and smaller sizes; especially the larger. Also used the Dymo to put a label on the side of all my tins so I know what they are when they're stacked. Stole this idea from Sparks via nightking. We'll have to see if the more arty labels are necessary. My printer is laser, so I'd have to buy an ink jet just to make colored labels. The color printer actually gets me in trouble at times. 99% of my printing is simple black and white text, but the printer sometimes gets in some weird 'color' mode where it tries to print my shipping labels in color. They end up taking forever to print and are blurry. Simple is often better.
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 22, 2021 14:30:27 GMT -5
Since my handwriting is totally illegible to even me..I rely on a Brother P-touch label printer for which I have several boxes of tape. I print out the label for the jar or ceramic container...neat and readable.
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Mar 22, 2021 14:41:38 GMT -5
Since my handwriting is totally illegible to even me..I rely on a Brother P-touch label printer for which I have several boxes of tape. I print out the label for the jar or ceramic container...neat and readable. wow! Impressive sir.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 22, 2021 16:55:50 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I need to do something with the wires. My modem and router are on the shelf above. Just look at the jars! Before today, you couldn't even see that back row of jars. It was buried behind a fortress of tins, jars, and sundries. And that shelf was intended to be for my easy-access, go-to blends of the moment. Now it sort of is again. Loving your pipe collection Urb! Thanks, Ted! It's a pretty decent variety of shapes, brands, finishes, sizes, countries of origin, etc. I'm digging it.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 22, 2021 16:58:39 GMT -5
Yeah, yeah, I need to do something with the wires. My modem and router are on the shelf above. Just look at the jars! Before today, you couldn't even see that back row of jars. It was buried behind a fortress of tins, jars, and sundries. And that shelf was intended to be for my easy-access, go-to blends of the moment. Now it sort of is again. How well does the Carter Hall jar seal? Good for long term? I've had no problem so far, Christopher. I've heard people say you can do almost anything to Carter Hall and it'll still be moist, though. The big bail jar on the other end is LBF, though, and it seems to be doing fine, too.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 22, 2021 17:01:45 GMT -5
Since my handwriting is totally illegible to even me..I rely on a Brother P-touch label printer for which I have several boxes of tape. I print out the label for the jar or ceramic container...neat and readable. My little Dymo only handles the skinny tape, so the print would be contrasty as hell, but very small. That makes it great for tins, since there's not much real estate on the sides of those. I might get a bigger labeler someday.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 22, 2021 17:03:11 GMT -5
No 2x4s or round labels, but I spent the afternoon jaring up my bulk stuff and then moving some things to another room and reorganizing. I used a variety of jar sizes, 8-, 16-, and 32-oz. Why? Because I had a bunch of the larger and smaller sizes; especially the larger. Also used the Dymo to put a label on the side of all my tins so I know what they are when they're stacked. Stole this idea from Sparks via nightking. We'll have to see if the more arty labels are necessary. My printer is laser, so I'd have to buy an ink jet just to make colored labels. The color printer actually gets me in trouble at times. 99% of my printing is simple black and white text, but the printer sometimes gets in some weird 'color' mode where it tries to print my shipping labels in color. They end up taking forever to print and are blurry. Simple is often better. Interesting. I would've thought the color cues were a major contributor to being able to easily identify the marketing labels without having to be able to read them.
|
|
|
Post by mrlunting on Mar 22, 2021 17:05:24 GMT -5
How well does the Carter Hall jar seal? Good for long term? I've had no problem so far, Christopher. I've heard people say you can do almost anything to Carter Hall and it'll still be moist, though. The big bail jar on the other end is LBF, though, and it seems to be doing fine, too. Awesome thanks so much, I couldn't read the other jar. That gives me a couple things to look into. Another question if I may. Are they mild enough to be considered as a daily smoke? BLF I haven't tried.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 22, 2021 17:25:32 GMT -5
I've had no problem so far, Christopher. I've heard people say you can do almost anything to Carter Hall and it'll still be moist, though. The big bail jar on the other end is LBF, though, and it seems to be doing fine, too. Awesome thanks so much, I couldn't read the other jar. That gives me a couple things to look into. Another question if I may. Are they mild enough to be considered as a daily smoke? BLF I haven't tried. CH definitely is. And, although no two people are alike on these things, it's hard to imagine LBF not being mild enough for most folks.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
Location:
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2021 17:27:38 GMT -5
The color printer actually gets me in trouble at times. 99% of my printing is simple black and white text, but the printer sometimes gets in some weird 'color' mode where it tries to print my shipping labels in color. They end up taking forever to print and are blurry. Simple is often better. Interesting. I would've thought the color cues were a major contributor to being able to easily identify the marketing labels without having to be able to read them. I was talking about when I print text items that are meant to be black and white. Color always prints fine, and all of my labels are in color.
|
|
|
Post by taiguy66 on Mar 22, 2021 17:38:54 GMT -5
Since my handwriting is totally illegible to even me..I rely on a Brother P-touch label printer for which I have several boxes of tape. I print out the label for the jar or ceramic container...neat and readable. Nice collection Walt!😁👍
|
|
|
Post by pepesdad1 on Mar 22, 2021 19:56:24 GMT -5
Thanks, Ted...been at it seriously since 2013.
|
|
|
Post by Gandalf on Mar 26, 2021 19:34:24 GMT -5
I'm making 2"x2" labels for my jars and Mylar bags. Avery labels. 12 labels per sheet. Can't see the perforation in the photo. Here's a test sheet. Still needs some work. Making other sheets for other brands too - using their logos.
|
|
|
Post by urbino on Mar 27, 2021 0:25:26 GMT -5
Since my handwriting is totally illegible to even me..I rely on a Brother P-touch label printer for which I have several boxes of tape. I print out the label for the jar or ceramic container...neat and readable. My little Dymo only handles the skinny tape, so the print would be contrasty as hell, but very small. That makes it great for tins, since there's not much real estate on the sides of those. I might get a bigger labeler someday. Actually, my Dymo handles up to 1/2" tape, which is plenty big. Guess I'll be relabeling.
|
|
thewingedsloth
Junior Member
working on it
Posts: 243
First Name: maybelater
Favorite Pipe: Todays pipe......
Favorite Tobacco: Semois mixes.
Location:
|
Post by thewingedsloth on Mar 30, 2021 9:35:39 GMT -5
Hi! My lancers slices comes in a 500gram bag (16oz) which is the largest amount i buy. When it is opened I portion out my daily amount to smaller tins.(i just re-use old 2oz SPC tins) then i carefully double wrap the remainder and put in the bottom of a humidified ammo box..(my storage is limited in an Airstream trailer) I have kept it like that for months and the tobacco has no problems. I do have two 8oz cans of blockade runner and SPC mississippi mud which I am loathe to open as I have yet to decide how to store the remainder once opened. Guess I will end up smoking an entire can pretty quickly?..lol Anyhoo, so far I have yet to have a blend dry out in storage but I am sure any mistake can change that! Good luck with your quest!
|
|
JimK
Junior Member
"Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light".
Posts: 162
First Name: Jim
Favorite Pipe: Canadian
Favorite Tobacco: almost any Virginia/Perique blend
Location:
|
Post by JimK on May 28, 2021 10:46:18 GMT -5
I keep 8 oz. in an apothecary's jar I purchased at a kitchen supply store. A large Mason jar sounds like a good idea. Or you could use one of those large, industrial sized mayonnaise jars too.
|
|