Does anyone use this? Just to make it clear it’s placing your index fingertip on the snuff, that leaves snuff on your fingertip to your desired amount which for me is about 1/2-1 inch, then placing the fingetip to the nostrils and inhaling. It’s a good one to know just for variety. I certainly find it gives more of the flavour and limits any sailing of the snuff through the nose into the sinuses and throat. I imagine the reason is this; it covers more of a surface area on your fingertip and that means it lands in the nose much more spread out and layered, and the lack of air ‘pulling’ the snuff in means it’s less likely to go into your throat or sinuses.

I do that a lot.  Especially on snuffs that seem determined to aim straight for my throat.  That method doesn’t seem to get too high up in my sinuses either.  It’s also good for laying out a snuff ‘meal’ and snacking on it for a little while.  I tend to do that during work or a long PC gaming session.  Kill, kill, sniff.  Rinse and repeat.

I will say that sometimes a good pinch with proper facial distortion to get it to set your scalp on fire is a wonderful thing.  But, I think I’m a bit of a sicko these days for actually aiming for that result on a fairly frequent basis.

In the beginning of my snuff taking I always tried to keep it all into my nostril, but I found that I get a different scent combination depending where it lands.  So, if I’m really trying to appreciate the full range of complexities in a snuff, I’ll use the pipe tool to send one up to my brain and another pinch restricted to the nostril.  It may sound strange, but I seem to get an increased complexity out of sniffs that way.

I will press my finger tip into the snuff box to get the final remnants of snuff before refilling.

I have to admit that sometimes I really want to send one zinging up my sinuses as well. Little masochistic I know, but so what!

I was once introducing snuff to a fellow party-goer and he was like “yeah, I know how to do it, this is how we all used to do it,” and dipped his finger in and put it in his nose and sniffed.  I believe its a fairly common method in certain areas or maybe even for beginners.  I use the finger tip method to scoop on occasion.  I know this may be different from what you are talking about, but the scoop is efficient if you really want to get a good amount of snuff up your nose without using the back of the hand.

@Disco_Snuff I think that was the method used by a guy in a recent “jam the schmalzer up your nose” video that someone posted.  It looked efficient.