As I have mentioned here before, I would have some issues with getting nasally congested and unable to breathe through my nose. Some snuffs, like Dholakia White, and Sun Rangeeli, I could not begin to like them as to me, they were unsniffable. I thought maybe it was the menthols, the parrafin wax, the sniff blow sniff cycle. I would be so stopped up, unable to breathe through my nose, I would find it hard to sleep or anything, it was miserable. If anyone else has these issues, this may help you. I tried to have a controlled sniff, and I think/thought I did. Yet still, I’d get snuff in the throat, and it would usually end up irritating my sinuses, clogging me. Well, last night, I was contemplating this, because I like snuff quite a lot, and I was trying to figure out what I was doing wrong, or what I could do to make it better. A few ideas came to me, but what I decided to try all day today, was instead of trying to sniff the snuff into my nose, I just grabbed a pinch between thumb and forefinger, and rolled the snuff onto my thumb, and literally stuck it into my nose(the snuff, not so much my thumb end). I have been doing this all day, variety of menthols, non menthols, Rangeeli, Sparrow Cool, etc., and this has worked great. I just stick it in there, with no sniffing required, and it stays, and I get the best result like this. When I stick it in, I rub it on the inside of my nose. I have had no congestion, so snuff in the throat, and it’s been great. Gonna do some Dholakia White now.
Congratulations! I do this too, mainly for courser ones like Taxi. Be careful with that Dholakia White. It will still go to the throat until it moistens up a bit, just from normal breathing.
Are you getting any kind of noticeable nicotine hit? My method is this: I take a pinch, between thumb and index finger. I hold it touching my nostril, and rub my fingers together, like playing the world’s smallest snuff-violin, and gently inhale. Even with some of the finer snuffs I can feel them hitting my throat, but this has fixed my congestion problem with menthols. I think when I was “doing a bump” off the back of my hand, it was all landing in roughly the same spot in my nose, but with my new method it gets evenly distributed. That said, if your newfound method works for you, congrats! Glad that you can finally enjoy some of the awesome menthols out there without getting all stuffy! It’s been a long day, so I hope you’ll pardon me for a few minutes while I go launch a half ounce or so of Honest up my snout.
Also, am I the only person that has not managed to get Dholakia White yet? EVERY time I check EVERY site, it’s sold out. I’ll go hit up the trade thread and see if anyone has an extra (hahaha right?) can of White they wanna part ways with.
I have done the little violin too, and I still end up breathing is in a bit, but it is better than taking a sniff of it. Yes, the fineness of the powder can still be breathed in, but I take a breath in my mouth, and then exhale through my nose, not hard, just to carefully blow out the loose dust that might go in.
I never got a noticeable nic hit from snuff.
tom502 what’s your nicotine tolerance like? I get a decent tingling int he middle of my forehead from toasts and scotches, but that’s about it… Comes from having a prilla of strong snus in all day long, I guess…
@tom502, I admire your perseverence! I’m very lucky in that I have a nose which can’t be easily offended. It’s like a dustbin, I can chuck anything in there without a problem.
I don’t know, but I snus all the time now, but even before, I’d sometimes think I was getting something, but I don’t know. I snuff mainly because I just enjoy it, well, when I wasn’t getting congested. But I like the act, the flavors, etc.
I’ve found for me if I sniff from a distance it never goes down my throat or my sinuses. The distance is diffrent for grind and moisture. I.e. a toast I’ll take from about the distance from my nose hole and the top of my lip for most other snuffs a few hairs closer and for gros snuffs almost in my nose.
The shoving it in the nose worked fine, esp when sitting at the desk surfing, but I’m not so sure it will be so practical out and about. So, I just tried another method, using a Gawith Apricot tapper. I have heard of this method before, but I took a deep breath with my mouth, put my nose to the snuff, and sniffed it in. This seemed to work well too. But it did get my nose running and sneezing. But I don’t think it sucked it in my sinuses.