Dating a 3 Nuns Tin ??

[cigar_040]

I've done some searching here and there trying to date this tin I won on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=013

Does anybody know or can tell me if this looks like an older tin from the '90s?

Here are some more pics that I took.





Thanks for any input !!

Andy

[kjd2121]

Take them to dinner and a movie!!!

[Kayak_Rat]

Originally Posted by kjd2121

Take them to dinner and a movie!!!

I was going to say it might be a one sided relationship......

[jgros001]

http://www.loringpage.com/attpipes/tobdatepaper.html

Limited information here....I don't have the experience but can tell that it cannot date from before the '90s.....other information I see shows production changed from Imperial to Orlik (around 2000?) but I don't know how that affected the tin labeling if any.

[MickSCollins]

May be shooting from off in left-field here, but the "Fr.10.90" does look an awful lot like Febr. (Danish abbreviation of February) shortened, and the 10.90 is a common dating system, so I'm guessing it would be February 10, 1990?

But I could be wrong.

[IHT]

or swiss franc? welcome to the pipe forum.

here's a photo i just took. the one on the left is from bruce, who wrote 90s on the back of it. the one on the right is from a trade with dubinthedam for current production.
the older one on the left, the back has Fr. 12,40.
i know in germany, they use a "," between their dollar/cents instead of a "."

[IHT]

just noticed the sides of these two tins as well.
one has SFr 12,40 on it, the other says made by Imperial blah, blah, blah. if you can narrow down when imperial made it, if yours is the same, then i think you've got a winner.

hell, i noticed that the two have different types of fonts on the front, and yours was imported by someone else.

[MickSCollins]

Thanks for the welcome.

I'm all out of ideas then...

[ultramag]

I can't undestand why everyone can't just put a date on the product, especially since everyone is into the aging thing. Even if they would do just the year and then changes wouldn't be necessary every day.

[bigkev77]

Is there an internet site where you can buy this? I have read alot about this stuff but can't find it anywhere.

[IHT]

Originally Posted by bigkev77

Is there an internet site where you can buy this? I have read alot about this stuff but can't find it anywhere.

you can click here, then click on "imperial" on the left frame, then find "three nuns" in the main frame (don't click the photo, it only enlarges it). around $12 US, but then you gotta pay to ship it.
can't give you a direct link because of the way their site is set up.

one of these days i'd like to do a group buy to save us all on shipping, i just can't fund it right now.

[bigkev77]

Originally Posted by IHT

one of these days i'd like to do a group buy to save us all on shipping, i just can't fund it right now.

That is a great idea.