Originally Posted by
Jack Russell
Ah you poor American chaps. The greatest and most found tin in British households is the Lyles Golden Syrup tin, an absolute tinaholics icon for generations. I looked at a sexy hudson bay tinderbox (£30+), a 1700's english brass tinderbox (thick end of £40) thinking either would have huge bushy cred and then realised the familiar and instantly recognisable green golden syrup tin IS the canine's lickey bits for the job. I defy any uk member on this forum to deny that my 425g (pah it was and always will be the pound) tin just oozes credibility and for making charcloth there is nothing to touch either size. For you American chaps if you've never seen them they even have there own place on wikipedia. millions of sheds across the uk have these filled with screws, nails, paint thinners, you name it.