I've had these things kicking around my tackle box since I was a little kid, and they came as hand me downs with some other tackle box contents that have since been used, lost, or forgotten. I've just instinctively left them there even when upgrading boxes, and eventually to my tackle bag now. It really is too bad products aren't packaged this way anymore. They appear to all be still there, too!
"Take a boy fishing today"
Those are really cool Anthony!
Hard to improve upon a simple, effective design like that.
I'm sure your kids will be using them too one day ;D
Yeah, those and the round "tin" that Mustad fish hooks came in, were pretty much "staples' for anybody that was fishing, when I was a "yonker". Now, the cost of the packaging would be prohibitive, I suppose :-\. If it can't "go' in a "bubble pack"...it can't go !
Really cool!!!!! - john
I carry little stuff like that in the Altoid boxes.
I'm 76 and been fishing since I was a very small boy. In my experience, this particular split shot tin (and there are dozens that are collectible) is the most common one existent. Certainly available well into the 60's if not later.
Quote from: Sonnett on May 29, 2020, 07:58:19 PM
I'm 76 and been fishing since I was a very small boy. In my experience, this particular split shot tin (and there are dozens that are collectible) is the most common one existent. Certainly available well into the 60's if not later.
Yeah, they're readily available. I probably have 20 or so of those, a half dozen Pflueger metal hook tins and half dozen or so wood Pflueger hook containers. Personally, I like the wood containers the best. Those metal Pflueger hook tins have a tendency to corrode shut.
Quote from: Midway Tommy on May 29, 2020, 08:08:17 PM
wood Pflueger hook containers.
What do those look like Tommy. Never seen.
-steve
Like Tommy, I have a coffee can full of these Ideals, Pfluegers, and also cylindrical tiny wood containers that look like they were turned on a lathe with woodscrew top lids also.
Just tossed them in the can over the years -- along with old fishing and hunting licenses from the 20's and 30's.
Mostly found at the bottoms of old tackle boxes that I have bought over the years.
Best, Fred
Quote from: oc1 on May 29, 2020, 10:19:51 PM
Quote from: Midway Tommy on May 29, 2020, 08:08:17 PM
wood Pflueger hook containers.
What do those look like Tommy. Never seen.
-steve
Here you go, Steve. The top is friction fit, not threaded.
Quote from: Midway Tommy on May 31, 2020, 02:52:27 AM
Here you go, Steve. The top is friction fit, not threaded.
Thanks. Neat little container.
-steve
I've been on a pflueger kick lately (my old direct drive supreme casts like a dream!) And would love one of those hook tins! I'll have to keep an eye out for one. Very neat little tin.