When I started snuffing, I prefered moist snuff because it did not hit my throat so easily. And, I actually did not touch dry snuff at all, I almost hated it. Now it’s the other way round. I prefer dry snuff all the way. I even prefer dried out moist snuff, know what I mean? Snuff which is tradisionally moist but has become dry. I don’t even bother to rejuvenate such snuff, I like them dry dry. Dry SP’s and HDT’s are my favourites at present. Are there any other members who share this experience?

Speaking of control…I just took a hit of Rooster and wasn’t paying attention! YOW! (eyes rolling into the back of my head!) LOL

maybe i am still just too young as a snuffer… snuffing dry stuff is hard for me.

I much prefer the dry, finely ground snuffs for the same reasons; better hit with more flavor and easier on the nose once accustomed. I don’t like moist snuffs that are dried out though, at least the larger grinds, it seems they work slower and don’t stay in place as well.

I love all types of snuff especially the SP’s and HDT’s which are among my favourites but i have been spending a lot of time with american snuffs recently and confess to adding a little something to lessen the drainage and so i can have huge pinches. I guess i’m just a big sissy

These days I like both but when I first began taking snuff I used to hate dry because its not easy for beginners to use.

I’ve only tried one dry, and I’ll have to say, I prefer a moister one. I imagine it’s because I’ve only been at this for a little while.

If it’s any consolation betonente, my dad’s having trouble with the IHT No 22 I gave him. He likes it but he’s having trouble getting the technique right. And he’s 82. I’ll give 10/10 for persistence though

hehehe, hey tony you re right man rooster is incredible!!!

I think dry snuff is something you can only really appreciate when you have got your technique to the point where you can safely inhale it without it hitting the top of your lungs and also when your nose is used to it. Dry snuff is the filterless cigarette, the hard core chew or strongest black twist of the snuff world - great but maybe not in the early days of your snuffing experience. I found it much too penetrating for a long while but now its something that I think represents everything I look for in a snuff - strong and full of character; Toque toasts are some kind of heaven and I will always have room for some FandT Irish or Stokers in my collection. If any newer snuffers want to get into it, I would say just go gently to begin with - smaller pinches and lighter inhalations are the key and I would also say pinching is better because when you get it off right you can regulate the amount thats being released into the inhalation.

Well I spent the day with McChrystal’s SP, and Samual Gawith Golden Glow. They’re about opposite ends of the dryness scale. I guess it just depends on what I feel like that day, or hour, whichever it is.

I like to use a dry snuff as a follow up snuff. After a gentle blow with the nose still moist the dry packs thick in the nose and sits well. It doesn’t always work but it’s nice when it does.

I think the spectrum of moistness keeps thing interesting for most snuffers. Without a wide range of snuffs life would be boring.

I agree with Jarhog and lxskllr and whoever else likes the range. I like the moist ones because they help clear out my sinuses and I live in a dusty climate. I like the toasts on occasion (had some Irish ‘D’ Original this afternoon) but I really like a heavy menthol or KB so moist is my usual go-to. I use toasts as change of pace.

Interesting - I’m Mr Backwards apparently? I hated moist snuffs in the beginning, because it fell out of my nose, burned me and was too perfumed for me. I began taking HT and SP, and loved it - still do, but today I sometimes take Princes and Old Paris too. Love all snuffs except Mentholated snuffs, yuk!

I prefer medium dry and dry over moist. Seems when I do a moist snuff, it really gets my nose dripping. I find after trying a few moist snuffs and not liking it, I let them dry overnight.

Strangely enough, I’ve a harder time taking medium snuffs over finer ones. Take Sparrow green label for instance, I can take it all day, barely thinking about it, but when I grab Toque or something that is supposedly better for beginners, I end up sputtering with the stuff in my throat, at least once. Strange.

I was just about to say the same, matsnuffs! I got quite comfortable with Garrett and Rooster, but then when I took my first pinch of Toque I ended up dusting my throat and coughing! Love the flavors tho, no question there…

When I started I could get W.E. Garrett locally only so that was what I knew as nasal snuff I could not do it the first time, but I really liked the potential but I made an order to Nicotine rush and got a bunch of moister snuffs like F&T Princes Special, Maccoboy, DeK. A/P really liked thoes for a while but then I turned to the McChrystals O&G which I would say is a medium but more towards the dry and am loving/loved it (just finished the tin)so my next bet is Toque Berwick Brown and lime toast so maby I just like variety. I agree with Juxtapose the moist snuffs work well as training wheels to the dryer snuffs, they allow you to with less control use the scotches and the like. I was following O&G with Clove which I have a tendancy to shoot down the back of my throat but with the O&G as a forerunner it hits perfect and stays where it should.

I don’t know if it is a question of dry and moist so much as fine and course. GH Kendal Brown is a course dry snuff and it never hits the back of my throat, and with WOS #22 I have to be careful. Both are dry and are favorites of mine.

started dry. and i am pretty sure ill stay dry.

I also started using dry snuffs, but have found over time, that I do like an occasional moist pinch, but I can’t do moist for an all-day snuff! I have tons of moist snuff sitting in my fridge, which I will probably never get through, because I have developed an obsession with American Scotches :o) But I do like a good Schmalzler.

I started out with both moist and dry snuffs, I think both styles have their place. Ntsu and SG’s Irish “D” Light both satisfy my needs at different times!

I like snuffs that are ground up really fine into powder so I am mostly sniffing something dry. However, I do like a fine ground snuff that also has some moisture to it, I just don’t have a big selection to choose from at the moment. Also with the finer dryer snuffs I don’t need to blow my nose as often and this I like .

I like mediums for all day use, and dry for wake-up bumps.

The true connoisseur would have a taste for the whole range, nyuk-nyuk. No seriously, I just made a batch of Toast with Rose, and it’s wet, but I think that knowing the basis of what a toast is adds to my being impressed with my own concoction. A wet toast, if you can see it. On the other hand, there was a thread talking about the different beast of an aired-out Toque, I have met this beast and know the difference between the fresh from the mail-box toffee and a aired-out pinch; both highly enjoyable depending on the mood.

That Dholakia White sure is some dry stuff. Whew. I’ve followed the progression of many others from medium grind/med moisture to finer and drier and it still goes that way on a daily basis. I think that my ability (or better yet my addiction) to take massive pinches in the AM and during the day when I’m hours between toots lends itself to this. If I had to pick one though I’d go dry and learn to deal with it.

I’ve found some glycerine suppositories for use with babies. I’ve drilled a small hole in one and filled it with Ntsu. Now, with this up my backside, a Nick & Johnny in my lip and a pinch of Quit in my nose, I’m really on a nicotine trip. (Don’t try this at home)

Pierter!?!?!?!?!? Are you serious!?!?!?!?!?

+2^ silliest comment ever.

LOL Leave it to Pieter.

pierer has anyone ever told you that you have an addictive personality. Which is fancy talk to say you’re a charming fellow I think.

Pieter, you are forgetting the bruton’s + baking soda in the eye.

Pieter. You’re killing me. lol! For the most part, I agree, I like them dry. With the exception of a few. Ao 1860. That one made me sneeze even before the pinch was finished, then I would keep sneezing and sneezing and sneezing, then start wheezing. I forgot all about it for about a year. Recently, I re-hydrated it, and it grew to like double in volume, and the great thing is, I can now enjoy it, very much. It is wonderful.

I find if I snuff a very moist snuff, like Princes, my nose just wells up with moisture, and it doesn’t last long before I have to blow.

I like the dry snuffs a lot, although if I’m having trouble taking them, I like to use a moist snuff as a liner. A pinch of a schmalzler, or some NTSU, and then it’s no problem putting some Rooster of F&T HDT in.

I’m probably like others on here in that I enjoy a full range of snuffs. I’ve not gotten around to making a list yet, but I estimate I’m over 150 snuffs now. That being said, I usually leave the house with 5 or 6 snuffs when i go to work. And that mix usually consist of 1 each of the following: schmalzler, american, SP, Fruity or flavored, and a good menthol. I must say when i first started, I couldn’t really enjoy the bone dry snuffs. But after pushing through, I’ve come to really appreciate the scotches and they are among my favorites. I couldn’t imagine sticking with just one type though. The thing I love about snuff is all the variety.

@Pieter: Snuff suppository eh? I’m gonna have to try that! Sick minds think alike!

If any fine grind snuff I have is on the dry side, I will moisturise it carefully (except toasts). I don’t want to inhale it, I want it to stay in my nose. I always moisturise fine grind SPs, usually as soon as I open a new tin (particularly McChrystals SP which I much prefer medium moist). With coarser snuffs I take them as they are. A dry Gawith Hoggarth medium grind suits me fine, as does a wet F&T Santo Domingo. German snuffs are oily so stay moist, which is great, but I have to be careful with the unpleasant drip from these.

How do you go about re hydrating your snuff?

Snuff it, sneeze it, return to tin.

Can’t speak for other nations but in the UK the home manufactured moister coarse snuffs are (as anyone who is familiar with the lists knows) minority offerings. Mediums are far and away more popular. According to a back copy of Tobacco eighty-per-cent of all snuff consumed in the UK is SP by J&H Wilson. Fortunately there is sufficient demand at home and overseas to justify the continued manufacture of moist here in England. Princes, Old Paris and the Original Kendal Brown by Samuel Gawith are very, very old examples, the antiquity of which is indisputable. The latter dates from 1792 and is arguably the only surviving 18th century snuff recipe to have been continuously manufactured up to and including the present day. The inimitable triumvirate of black and brown rappee and Masulipatam (much favoured by King George III’s missy) by Fribourg & Treyer were even older, but have not been available since the early 1980s. I don’t know about the progenitors of the Kendal rappees. Unlike Original Kendal Brown they certainly have not been manufactured continuously, and don’t appear on earlier lists in my possession. Every snuff I sampled in France was all natural, dark and coarse. In my experience the coarser moister snuffs are probably better for those who are heavy consumers (at least 8 grams daily). One may fairly safely attempt the three-finger pinch with a moist. However, as others here have pointed out, the aficionado - as opposed to the merely inveterate snuffer - will maintain a varied palette with dry, medium and moist on hand every day to suit the whim of the moment. All three types have their merits, and all are very welcome.

I would have thought some of the WoS recipes, particularly the SP’s, have been manufactured since the 1700’s? An interesting fact about J and H SP - I suppose the evidence is all around us as just about every newsagent seems to sell it.

Would some of Bernard’s snuff not have been produced since the 1700s too ?

I’m much happier with the coarse, heavy, moist snuffs. I just can’t learn to use the toasts, I even have issues with some Wilsons and Toques, consistently.I keep trying and love some of them, but … The heavier snuffs make the failings in my technique less noticeable.

BradMajors - you may have a point there, I imagine some of the German makers go back a long while, not something I know much about so would be interesting if anyone can shed light on this…

If you find a snuff too dry, tip the tin into an airtight container with a wet piece of kitchen roll in a small recepticle (an not in contact with the snuff). Make sure the snuff is thinly spread out and leave for 8-12 hours or so. If the snuff is still too dry, leave longer. You now have a moister snuff. Rejuvenates dried out old snuff very well.

For me personally, the grind dictates what moisture level I want. If a snuff has a fairly course grind, I can still use it if it has lost some moisture. Berwick Brown is a classic example, and one I can use from tin fresh (after a little airing), and keep on using no matter how much it dries out. GH snuffs also have a slight grittiness which keeps them usable after the moisture level has dropped a bit. If a snuff has a texture as fine as the standard WoS grind, it has to be hydrated for me. As soon as it starts going dusty, I’ll put the opened tin or snuffbox in a tupperware box with a piece of wet paper towel overnight. This refreshes both the fluffiness and also the scent to a large extent. If a snuff is finer than the standard WoS grind, I don’t want anything to do with it at all.

I agree with the original post 100%, this was the exact same transition for me.