Unique Cigar packaging

[El Presidente]

Used throughout the 1940s and 1950s by the P. Lorillard Company and Consolidated Cigar Corporation, the predecessor to Altadis USA, this special packaging consisted of a vacuum-sealed can with a slotted key soldered to the lid. Similar to an old tuna fish can, you'd bend off the key from the lid and thread the tab on the strip into the key slot, twisting the key and slowly peeling away the metal strip to release the lid. 

 

 

[Bri Fi]

I wonder if there would be a metallic taste. 

[Fuzz AI]

1 hour ago, El Presidente said:

Used throughout the 1940s and 1950s by the P. Lorillard Company and Consolidated Cigar Corporation, the predecessor to Altadis USA, this special packaging consisted of a vacuum-sealed can with a slotted key soldered to the lid. Similar to an old tuna fish can, you'd bend off the key from the lid and thread the tab on the strip into the key slot, twisting the key and slowly peeling away the metal strip to release the lid.

Interestingly, the twist key can opener was invented about 100 years after the invention of the tin can. Before then, cans were so heavy and robust, a chisel was recommended to use to open them. The 2 types of twist key were the roll back lid type (eg tuna/sardines can) or the metal strip round the lid type (eg Spam can). The serrated wheel can opener we use today wasn't invented until 1920, about 150 years after the invention of the can it was designed to open.

[westg]

32 minutes ago, Bri Fi said:

I wonder if there would be a metallic taste. 

I thinks so 

[Capt. Corona]

2 hours ago, El Presidente said:

Used throughout the 1940s and 1950s by the P. Lorillard Company and Consolidated Cigar Corporation, the predecessor to Altadis USA, this special packaging consisted of a vacuum-sealed can with a slotted key soldered to the lid. Similar to an old tuna fish can, you'd bend off the key from the lid and thread the tab on the strip into the key slot, twisting the key and slowly peeling away the metal strip to release the lid. 

 

 

Says "Guaranteed fresh"  pop them buckos open and grab the torch! 

[SirVantes]

Vacuum-sealed!  How does that affect the plume? 

But seriously, it does pose interesting questions on ageing.  

[Fuzz AI]

Most mold requires oxygen to grow, so if it is vacuum sealed, then there be hardly any mold growth. I say hardly any, as mold can still survive in extremely low oxygen environments.

Now, if they pumped in nitrogen to replace the air, that might stop all mold growth.

[nKostyan]

A great solution for the army, Navy, hunting, fishing, extreme sports, etc

 

[Colt45]

5 hours ago, SirVantes said:

Vacuum-sealed!  How does that affect the plume? 

But seriously, it does pose interesting questions on ageing.  

I've always wondered if vacuum sealing / wrapping / bagging might allow for maturation while reducing the negative effects of time.....

[Zaxeiler]

There’s a guy on YouTube that eats really old MREs. Really entertaining. Maybe we can get one of our brethren to begin smoking old and suspect cigars for our enjoyment?

[El Presidente]

56 minutes ago, Zaxeiler said:

 Maybe we can get one of our brethren to begin smoking old and suspect cigars for our enjoyment?

I'm voting ken.