was wondering if any one had tryd a cigar made snuff and could give me an opinion on experience thanks
tend to feel cigars make decent cigars. You can do it. Unless you get free cigars or heavily discounted cigars seems like a really expensive way to make a snuff.
The one time I did make a cigar into snuff it was pretty good. The cigar was dry and got damaged so I made it into snuff. Though I find the comercial avialable options to be more reasonable.
I might have to grind up the last few JR’s famous I have. They are starting to get dry and old. Ken
Damaged cigars are an excellent source of tobacco for snuff making. They make a very plain neutral snuff with decent tobacco scent. A little sticky and cloying in the nose and does not blow out as cleanly without any additives. They are a little oily and hard to grind and benefit from letting the flour rest (cool). They produce a surprisingly small volume relative to the size of the original cigar.All in all if you have damaged cigars you are pretty much obligated as a snuffer to grind them up but if you are looking for a cigar smelling snuff try Dholakia Sparrow Green.
I made my first ever batch of snuff recently using 50% cigar (wrapper and filler) with 50% rustica. Surprisingly easy to work with in the sense that I wasn’t stuck with a heavy cigar flavour - with some of my own additions and leaving it to mature a few months the cigar leaf gave a deep, rich flavour. Absolutely a must if you have damaged or unwanted smokes and want to experiment. As Juxtaposer says you are pretty much obliged to make snuff if you have damaged cigars. There was a point with my snuff when it was still very course, before some final milling, when I would have been happy to use it as dip or roll it up in a cigarette; I was surprised it was so versatile.
I made some out of a pretty decent Arturo Fuente…It was pretty darn good, but I prefer purchasing scented snuffs.
yeah it can work well. I just think it’s kind of pricy to use a cigar that is in smokeable shape. Though some people said they’ve bought damaged cigars for cheap. That would be a great way to go if you can.
I often buy damaged cigars for making snuff. I find it a bit bland and dusty on it’s own but mixed with a bit of other snuff, it’s quite nice. I’ve ground 3 or 4 whole coffee beans together with a couple of cigars to make a good coffee snuff. At present I have 4 big havanas which I’m going to soak in rum before grinding. The possibilities are unlimited.
thanks fellas the rum soak sounds very tempting
I got a couple of these new ones, Cain. They are all ligero leaf. I smoked one, and it was pretty awesome. I believe the ligero would make great snuff. I may chop a third or a quarter off before I light the next one, use it for snuff. They are moderately priced, still expensive for snuff, but I have to try the ligero.
Made this mistake with chocolate phillies; mistake since there is gum residue in the process of making these, but what a memorable coco scent. A bonafide stogie would be in the line of some plain really really really strong stuff, if ground just between course and fine, it would be like a naked schmalzler. On the other hand, put a bag of C&D Epiphany pipe tobacco under your nose, and take a coupla pinches of Levi Garrett, I don’t know, but I don’t smell the difference.
I was thinking of chocolate phillies myself, as they smell pretty good. Don’t smoke them though, they are VILE. One of the commercially available chocolate snuffs are, of course, probably better choices.
I just put a dried out Flor de Filipinas chocolate scented cigar in my coffee mill for about 30 seconds. The result was a very fine, dry, rather blandish snuff. I then added a little coco powder and mixed. Hmmm, not bad, but not great either. Maybe I’ll let it rest awhile and see if it gets better. I have an entire humidor with various types of cigars. I’m just experimenting a little after I read Juxtaposers comment that old cigars need to made into snuff. I’d like to see if I can add some schmalz to make it a but oily> Will post the results when I get there. Any comments would be appreciated, if anyone has something to add.
What do you guys use to grind the cigars up?
I use a bladed Krupps coffee grinder. A couple 2-5 second pulses renders most dry-ish tobacco to dust.
when i buy my local american scotch , Navy sweet , i like to buy a cohiba , cut an inch off to grind up and smoke the rest. I love the mix, make the Navy so much better
The next time I try to make my own, I’m going to add salt, baking soda and water,stir it up well, let it rest, do that daily until it gets right. I read a good thread about how make snuff on a cigar website. Also, I think I’ll use a pure, unflavored cigar. The flavored filipinas had kind of an artificial flavor. And Sir Snuffer, I might try that tip of yours in my Navy Sweet, though not w/ a Cohiba, something cheaper. In fact, I haven’t even looked in my humidor for over a year. I’m sure all my previously fine stogies have become dried out and now are good for nothing except making snuff.
if its in a humidor, i hope they havent all dried out. they are finer with a few years on them. that being said, send some my way and ill test for you 
