Empty cigar boxes - crafts? Re-gifting? Ideas?

[Toothpick]

The cigar shop I visited sells their empty boxes for a $2 donation to the troops. They use the funds to send cigars to the troops. I took 3 for $10 last time I was there and my intentions are to use them in a tupperdor if run out of room in my humidors.

They have a LOT to pick from. So I’m wondering if any if ya’ll repurpose cigar boxes for anything?

 

[Kentos]

My friend is collecting of his for an eventual wall art thing.

 

[ajkel64]

It’s a nice gesture, rather than toss them out in the rubbish. Boxes that sort of size are always suitable to store something in.

 

[Toothpick]

That’s neat Kent! I could do that for sure. But then one day I know I’d just throw them all in the garbage.

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

The Alec Bradley Sanctums come in a decent boxes with a footboard. I repainted a few of those, put dividers in them and gave them to my nieces for jewelry boxes.

I've got an Undercrown box I'm working on a wooden ash tray with a copper insert so the poly'd wood doesn't burn up when it gets ashed in.

 

[Toothpick]

Now that’s cool. An ashtray from a cigar box.

 

[Legion]

It has pickups on the inside, so I can play it through an amp with a overdrive peddle.

 

[Omarz]

Some yters use them for loose ammo storage ie hickok45

 

[Toothpick]

A cigartar! now that’s cool

 

[Hirsute]

I use them as gift boxes for all kinds of things—sturdy, pretty, reusable. Some I give to my wife to store art supplies, others I give to my kid to store his treasures.


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[Claudel Xerxes]

I use one to store my straight razors, one to store some of my pens, and another for miscellaneous pipe stuff like matches, pipe tools, tampers, cigar cutters, etc..

 

[fistofthenorthstar]

I also think that these boxes are excellent for storing straights.

 

[alpster]

Here ya go.....

 

[ShaverAZ]

A Cigar Bar across town from me gives them away gratis:

I have more - this one of them.

 

[Toothpick]

Nice ideas gents!

 

[Champion of Capua]

My friend is collecting of his for an eventual wall art thing.

Going to run this one by the wife

 

[EL Alamein]

Good suggestions so far.

When I was in my twenties I used one box in the bathroom as a potpourri holder. It was really cool for a bachelor and it got many compliments from women at parties I hosted. Made the bathroom smell a hell of a lot nicer too. Years later my wife used one as a craft, making into a purse like thing.

My grandfather smoked cigars and would give my mom some for whatever. She still has one in a desk drawer with various pencils, pens and whatnot in it from when I was a kid in grade school.

Not much else I can offer. I no longer buy cigars in a box so I don't have to find a use for them or bin them.

Maybe do an internet search for how to reuse cigar boxes?

Good luck.

Chris

 

[ChefJohnBoy-ardee]

I third the notion for fountain pen holders ... I have a few boxes of them. Plus another four dozen....

 

[Kilroy6644]

I've got three cigar boxes full of razors. They're very convenient.

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It has pickups on the inside, so I can play it through an amp with a overdrive peddle.

A cigartar! now that’s cool

Came here for the CBGs. This is the video that introduced me to them. Mine don't sound this cool.

 

[JayFromBrooklyn]