Tobacco storage in a pipe stand.

I have a pipe stand that has a wooden cork lined compartment. The lid has a rubber seal and a white stone screwed to the top. Does anyone use one of these for everyday bulk blends. Currently storing filters in it.

sounds interesting do you think you could snap apicture of it?

I want to know if I barely wet the stone or saturate it.

I want to keep shepherds pie from country squire in it.

I have the tobacco I keep in a decorative humidor in a plastic bag. I wouldn’t mess with the stone. From experience nothing good would come of it. A small Bovida if necessary.

I agree with daveinlax ,a good 6 mil plastic bag with a Bovida packet would be better. I think the cork liner would suck all the moister out of your tobacco and get funky in the process, just my opinion. Very cool item though!

I have a similar stand but with a glass jar in the center. I use the jar for pipe cleaners usually.

Is it possible the jar is a match jar jar? The stone for striking? It would be a bad design but I have seen worse. Or perhaps a cigar jar?

Does the cork have any lingering scent? Or the stone? Either one would have some odour from its original contents.

I agree with both dave and rj, I would not use the stone as a humidifier, both the stone and cork can easily moulder, especially if they have previously been innoculated with mould spores. Bag line it.

Does an 8 oz tin fit inside it? Or possibly a stout tobacco tin from the 50's to the 80's? That may explain the cork lining. It would not surprise me if it was made to house a plug-style tin with the lid removed to make it less a nuisance to access tobacco. With a rubber seal and a wetstone there would be no need to replace the plug in the tin each time.

Curious piece, nontheless.