A cigarette case is a flat box of a rigid, usually rectangular shape, made of a variety of metals: bronze, copper, brass, gold, silver and is often decorated with some kind of engraving, plot, embossing, etc. The first cigarette cases appeared in European society in the 17th century, when the fashion for the “devil’s potion” spread. This word comes from several French words: porte - “to wear” and cigare - “cigar”. The very first cigarette cases were made of precious metals - gold or silver. They were decorated with intricate carvings, inlays, various inserts on enamel, and semi-precious and even precious stones were often used. But some time later, silver became the main material for making cigarette cases and for several centuries it occupied a leading position. The choice of silver as the main raw material in manufacturing is due to the fact that it has unique metal properties. It resists all the tricks of nature very well, is very easy to process, and also has a beautiful color and shine. At the beginning of the twentieth century, this item was worn by all representatives of high society, the military and various employees. To own a cigarette case it was not necessary to smoke, since it was a kind of status item. Every man was happy with such a gift. It is believed that a cigarette case is a real men's accessory that will not go out of fashion for a long time.
This article is dedicated to the creation of such an object. Using the example of the author of the YouTube channel Banjo Show, we will look in detail at how to make a cigarette case yourself.
We will need: a gas torch, tin, liquid rosin, wire cutters, pliers, metal scissors, a jigsaw with a metal file, thin sheets of brass and copper, copper wire, several magnets, a core, an engraver, a drill or screwdriver, drills of different diameters, file, lathe.
Cigarette case
It is a small box in which several cigars or cigarettes can conveniently and easily fit, placed by the owner under a special elastic band. Today, not everyone can afford to buy a cigarette case: such a thing is expensive. Typically, such products are given to birthday people or people in leadership positions. But absolutely anyone can make such an accessory with their own hands.
Homemade cigarette case
Hello. Is anyone familiar with the technology of making a cigarette case from an aluminum plate?
Leather - 3mm thick. Painting, impregnation. The interior is thin chrome. Waxed thread.
The wooden one needs to be jew's harp. From Karelian! This is chic!
The leather one is not for sale. The wooden one is not mine - the first example I came across, photo from a search engine.
I can sculpt it from the skin, but later, when I have free time.
Here we are talking about the option - PICK! It’s nice to carry a weight in your pocket that you made yourself!
Here is mine, but not made by me, but an antique one. If anyone is interested, I’ll send you a lot of photos and drawings.
Made from caporoot, quite a rare specimen. At the time they cost a lot of money, they were made by special craftsmen from selected, very rare capacorn.
From a Karelian, I think it will work too. I think that if you’re interested in sculpting, you can work hard and carve the same one. Someday, I’ll definitely take it up and make a copy for myself.
This is something in between a svilem and a burl and a root. Grows on a birch tree. That is, the growth is underground, grows on some types of birch trees, in some conditions only (next to a ditch with water, or in very damp places). There was information that plantations were planted even in the USSR of such trees that were prone to forming such caporoots. It was obtained by accident, it was rare, which is why cigarette cases like this were very valuable. _____________________________________________________________________
It would be very interesting to see what happens, if you ever do it, post photos (preferably detailed ones).
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Leather - 3mm thick. Painting, impregnation. The interior is thin chrome. Waxed thread.
What keeps cigarettes in the cigarette case?
Yes, just a rubber band. Not in the photo, I sewed it on later.
Konstantin217
What keeps cigarettes in the cigarette case?
For example, in the photo above there are no rubber bands, they just lie there. Wooden cigarette cases open differently than other cigarette cases - at an angle less than 90 degrees - due to the characteristics of the wooden lock. There was nowhere to fall out, so he opened it, took a cigarette, and then closed it. It closes with a slight click, by the way!
Judging by the photo, the cigarette case (wooden) is one-sided and the cigarettes are pressed with a lid? The leather one (like most) has both sides for cigarettes, so without an elastic band they will “fly” there. But both things are great. I will look for a tanner - I want something similar.
How were cigarette cases made from wood before? In A.P. Chekhov’s “The Thick and the Thin,” does the thin one make cigarette cases for sale? Which?
And there in message 12 is an antique cigarette case. The owner even has drawings.
Clamp (elastic band) - sewn in the lower compartment. A lighter, cigarette holder and paper are placed on top.
Konstantin217
And there in message 12 is an antique cigarette case. The owner even has drawings.
I don’t have any drawings, but upon request, if anyone is interested, I will measure the existing one, and I’ll show in more detail everything that is visible on the surface, and it is necessary, of course, to see it to make the same thing.
By the way, such woodwork was considered not ordinary work, but aerobatics, not just someone who made such things without getting caught, but rare lone craftsmen, often their artels selected them and lured them there with a long ruble. Exhibitions were organized of international importance, with royal prizes. And not surprisingly, there were no plastics then. as beautiful as the tree looked. on things like this. There was a whole cult for wooden, one-piece things like that, and they were, accordingly, not cheap.
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I would like to first draw your attention to the fact that the most difficult place in the manufacture of this cigarette case will, of course, be in the place of two mating parts, in wooden loops connected to each other by a thin wire.
In addition, the workpiece material itself must be dense and homogeneous (most likely something stabilized).
To be honest, it’s not so much the exact dimensions that are needed to make such a cigarette case, but an understanding of where to start, how to adjust the knot that is wooden hinges, what tool to use, and also the important point - when to drill holes in the hinges, at what stage ,how.
I'll give you more photos first so you can see it all:
Beauty! I also want a cigarette case from the burl. Doesn't anyone do these things now?
One of these days I’ll give you the dimensions of the cigarette case, in subtleties and details.
If anyone decides to make one based on them, that would be really cool!
I noticed an excellent burl on a birch tree in the forest. I hope to start making some this winter.
What if the lid is made of silver sheet? IHMO it will look even better than a completely wooden one. And it’s easier to manufacture and more reliable to use.
My crazy hands: Restoration of a wooden cigarette holder from the times of the USSR
Today, moving a little away from the events of last night and in order to take a break from what happened, I want to share my personal experience of restoring a Soviet wooden cigarette box - a box specially made for storing cigarettes. Traditional photo: this is how she was and this is what she became:
The cigarette holder was bought many years ago at a flea market for maybe 30, or maybe 50 rubles, in terrible condition (as can be seen from the photo). Since then it has been lying around on the table. And then suddenly, after the mini-repair of the balcony in May, I wanted to have not only a stylish ashtray, but also an equally stylish cigarette holder. I went to scratch the bottom of the barrel and came across this dirty little box.
But how to restore?
At first, I had the idea to decorate it in approximately the same way and using the same technology as I made a shelf in the bathroom, the deep blue color of which would go perfectly with the tiles on the balcony. However, tormented by various ideas, I typed “Soviet cigarette holder” into Yandex search and began to read... It turned out that in the USSR there was a whole tobacco industry, which, in addition to tobacco itself, was based on a variety of very diverse and very nice cigarette cases and cigarette holders. Here, for example, are more cigarette holders from the same series as mine:
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And for some reason I felt so sorry for getting rid of the original design that I finally decided not to invent anything, but simply restore what was there.
So, this is how the cigarette holder looked at the initial stage:
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First of all, we had to get rid of the dirt and remnants of the top varnish coating.
Since the dimensions of the product are not large, without further ado, I poured acetone into an ordinary plastic bucket and dipped the box into it “head over heels.” Attention: you can work with solvents only in fresh air and only with gloves!
The cigarette holder “floated” in acetone for two hours.
Having pulled it out of the solvent, I rinsed it thoroughly under a strong stream of water, using an old toothbrush as a washcloth.
Cleaning and washing allowed to remove all dirt and old paintwork. After thorough drying overnight, it was time to restore the design.
It should be noted here that the contours of the original ornament were not applied with paint, but seemed to be burned out. After acetone cleaning, only grooves (contours) remained in their place, without paint.
In order to restore these contours, I decided not to use paint - it is too bright. For imitation burning, in my opinion, stain is more suitable. With this, using the thinnest brush that I could find in my stash, over the course of several days I drew an ornament along the preserved contours. It looked like:
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The stain I used was “Mahogany”:
After the stain had dried, I began painting the ornament. I used regular acrylic paints. Of course, I tried to choose colors as close as possible to the original, but it didn’t work out very well to imitate
