I love Hedges L260, but it’s expensive to get from the UK. So with the help of @volunge I have created a pretty close substitute. Oh, and it’s wicked cheap to make.
Order a kilo of NC Madras snuff from www.hookah1.com for $40.00
Adding 1% (by weight) of lavender oil to your ready-made snuff would turn it pretty much Andre Arnold (Swedish Match) Kensington-like, which is another decent mentholated snuff. 0.5 g of lavender oil for 50 g of snuff.
Hmmm–lavender might be good, I’ve not tried any lavender snuff that I can recall. I’m going to see about hunting up other recipes, though I do like plain old Madras snuff pretty well. Ordered another two kilos of NC today and another half kilo of TPS and Himalaya, and Swastik (which I’ve not yet tried). Six or seven kilos should get me by a year to two, though it’s surprising how quickly it goes. Now if I could find a deal on a kilo or two of White Elephant, that would be awesome.
I’m hoping others try this and share recipes. I love Mr. Snuff, Toque and the rest but shipping is just so much and I do use a bit of snuff. I’ve not given up on making my own from scratch, but currently have too many projects going to research and set up a ball mill, etc.