***SOLD OUT*** Folks, I am looking for 8 other prospective purchasers who would like to chip in to purchase some Swastik & TAS Madras snuff, 50 grams each. Both of these snuffs are a little hard to find. Outside of a few members finding the Madras at local Indian groceries, neither is available from any of our esteemed online sponsors. Cost: $3 each (per tin, you will be purchasing 2 tins, one Swastik and one TAS Madras $6 total) + Shipping to you (I will quote each of you shipping cost once I received the snuff and am ready to ship it out) What am I getting out of it?: Not much, I’m still chipping in for the snuff granted I’m paying about $0.50 less per tin which I consider a “perk” for the work I will put into compiling and mailing it all out. How it all works: You paypal me your $6, once I have all of the payments, I will order the snuff. Once the snuff has arrived, it will be parceled out and shipping cost will be assessed. Once payment has been received for that, the snuff goes out. Note: I will ship on an individual basis, so you won’t be waiting on someone else to pay for the shipping. Or… if you want: You can simply paypal me $10 and that will include: The snuff, shipment to me, and the shipment to you. Let’s see where this goes… EDIT: I will wait for all 8 prospects to claim their share before accepting any PayPal funds. Also, looking for mostly the CONUS. Those on the “buy” list: Brandt Jazzi Mike Pike Mopers thendrix KebAMP - If it gets grabbed by customs, you will have to consider it a loss and not proceed with recourse. Snuffy mustangii tom502

@cstokes4 … i poked around a bit here on the forum, can you describe both flavor profiles? Swastik is a natural tobacco? Madras is a Lime/Menthol?

Madras is a plain tobacco with hints of Ghee and Cardamom. Swastik is a mentholated snuff. I’ve never had Swastik, so outside of saying that it is mentholated, I’m pretty blank.

CONUS only.

7 left, one was just taken.

nvm. I’m definitely considering it. How long until you get it?

I will not order it until all of the sets are spoken for. I am hoping that the remaining 7 will be spoken for in the next couple of days so I can order it by the weeks end.

alright. ill do it. Count me in. haha now i just have to make a paypal acct.

@Pike Mopers: I am in the US, that’s why I want to keep it US only. Let me know if you are in for sure.

Add me too. I’m pretty sure shipping are not that bad from US to Canada

i am in for sure if it doesn’t get hiked up from $10 too much.

@KebAMP: I don’t want to deal with customs. @Pike Mopers: If you do the $10 flat, that is as high as it will get, if you do the $6 + shipping, no promises.

@cstokes4 I don’t think customs will get involved at all if you ship it regular mail as a gift. Anyway if customs open it I will get involved with them, not you.

I will do the $10 if thats cool. Im in missouri.

Just send it as regular mail. Worst case I’m taking the risk of loosing it, but I’m sure it will work like a charm Thanks!

I am interested. I have never heard of either of these snuffs, and am always looking to expand my collection, especially with somewhat rare snuffs. I would be in for the $10 flat. Whisper me your paypal address, and I will send the funds ASAP. Thanks for the opportunity to try a few snuffs that I would have, under normal circumstances, never even heard of. ~Ken

Count me in, I’ll paypal friday after I deposit my check, pm me paypal info. $10.00 right? I’m in MO too thanks edn

I can’t be in as I am in the U.K, could you pass on the details who you are buying this from, maybe we could organize a euro bulk buy?

Only 1 left. Hopefully I will put the order in today.

I have enough Madras to last forever, I’m a little interested in the Swastik though.

Maybe you could throw the Madras up on the B/S/T thread.

Oh, OK. Count me in.

ALL GONE Thanks for all that tossed their hat in!

Shucks.

Bob, I think Tom will want to get rid of his Madras. If anyone doesn’t pay, you will get first dibs.

Thanks I just wanted to say shucks. For some reason I found the thread begining and ending with the theme of all gone kind of sad. Nah I’am still far behind on my trying all the easily available snuffs I want.

I just got my Swastik and Madras in the mail today. Thanks a lot, cstokes! I’ve had the Madras before, and it’s a good “plain” non-menthol, maybe a little too fine grind for me, but I sniff it now and again. I was really interested in the Swastik, and while not “great” or really “special”, it is very good and has a good “taste”, and nice menthol cool. The grind seems fine, yet it seems fairly easy for me to sniff. I wish it was packaged in a real container though, as it’s in a plastic bag in a cardboard box, so I think I’ll have to put it in another container. I just got this, so it’s just my initial impression, though I think Dholakia Sparrow Cool is a bit better, but I find it’s grind too fine, though it has an excellent “taste”. This is very good though, and one I’ll be on a lot.

Great, give me more reasons to stare at the mailbox until the letter carrier comes! I’m expecting a Mr. Snuff shipment today as well.

same here, chris … mine was in the mailbox when i arrived home today … all i have tried so far is the madras … but i like it … not “too” much in the way of spices, but just enough to make it a very nice snuff. i prefer fine grinds, the finer the better, and while this was “caked” all in the tin (which is cool in and of itself) i crumbled it up and snuffs great. thanks, again…

I’ve noticed my can of Madras, is slightly different than the Madras I bought locally. But, I think locally, they did have the other cans at one time too. My locally aquired can is designed a bit different, in a glossy paper, and says T.A.S. Chellayyah T.A.S. Jawaharayyah, and P.B. 1052. The one I got from cstokes says, P.B. 6061, and has JRS on the label. They are both in Chennai, and both use the “registered trade mark”. I wonder if they are different? Some of you have the glossy paper labeled can.

Tom the one you sent me has PB 3000, (Jayaram & Rathnakumar) and looked like the one in Stokes’ photo. The one shikitohno sent me has PB 777 ( Shree Arumugam Ramamurthy) and was different though some of the images were the same (I think trademark law is not well respected in India). But they were definatley from two different companies.

That’s odd. Maybe PB means something other than an address. That’s 4 different PB numbers now. The one I got from CStokes, is like the ones I first saw at the local Indian store, looks wise(label deisgn and paper used), then they got the glossy paper more colorful one in. And I exchanged off my older one. So now I have the glossy paper one opened, and the one I just got from CStokes, unopened. I do really like the Swastik, I’ve been on it all the time.

They could have moved. It is hard to tell how old the different cans are. It think the ones I mailed out are new, considering the US warnings on them.

Yeah, the glossy labeled one I have with the stripes on top, and says “No. 1”, and “Sovereign in Colour”, has no “warning” label at all. But then, I don’t know if they label them in india like that, as the Swastik has no “warning” either, apart from the sticker on the bottom.

On the “Snuff Collection” thread, I posted a pic of my collection, and the two Madras next to each other. I noticed one says Rathnam, and the other doesn’t. I haven’t yet opened the other one.

If you have some Super Chetak, try taking a big pinch of it and chasing it with a little Swastik. Flavors work nicely together IMO.

I had some Super Chetak, but I think it was the grind, but I exchanged it off. I might revisit it again sometime. But my fave snuffs are the medium grind/moisture, with a cool menthol, like the Himalaya/Super/Special, and the Kailesh/Super/Special/Anarkali.