I use Kleenex myself because I would make a disgusting mess out of a handkerchief in a hurry. What do you prefer?

Kleenex are ok, most of us buy snuff handkerchiefs, most of the online stores have them.

I get tissues from Aldi 15 packs for 90p, and good quality. I always have s snuff handkerchief for the dusting of my snout with me also.

…no option for finger? or sleeve?? or wifes shoulder when givin her a hug??

Hankie in public, tissues at home

I prefer the feel of a handkerchief over a tissue. Plus they are reusable and thus a one time investment.

I bought a couple of nice handkerchiefs from NicRush when I started snuffing, but I found that by mid-morning they looked like they’d been dredged in sawdust and deep-fried in roofing tar. In short, I just keep a big box of Kleenex on my desk…

Kleenex tissues for me. At work I only use bullets with dry snuffs that don’t give me any drippage. I can carry the same tissue all day. At home I usually acquire a good size pile. Those moist snuffs can cause some major drippage.

I wouldn’t say no to any of it. I even go as far as “snooting” onto the ground. For the most part I use tissue for blowing and a hankie for wiping.

@premium parrots - very practical suggestions.

Tissues, I tend to gravitate towards dryer snuff and don’t get much “front of house drip”. Ken

I’m less sophisticated than most, I use a dark colored wash cloth, a red shop rag or a extra t-shirt, in that order depending upon availability. I got some handkerchiefs but they still aren’t soft enough to use for my nose, maybe after several more washings.

I just keep a roll of toilet paper at my desk, at home and at work.

Hankies every time for me. They are easier on the nose and less wasteful. Stefan

Paper towels. Usually last a couple days. I’m just used to using paper towels instead of tissues for some reason. I use toilet paper sometimes too

I just use tissues myself, dry snuffs with no drip. At work and at home, I take bathroom breaks and wash my nose out in the sink. Little wet finger swipe in the nostrils to remove the dark cake…2 or 3 times a day keeps the mess to a minimum.

Handkerchief when I am outdoor~ Tissues when I am indoor.

Hankies I would like to clarify that even though we call them Hankies mine are actually the size of Bandannas.

I’ve recently bought a couple of bandanas that I’m in the process of repeated washing to get them soft enough to use. But they’re sure better than white handkerchiefs! Dang, those get nasty in a hurry, no way you could pull of of those out in public. Tissues don’t work for me, I blow too hard; blast a hole right out the back. Toilet paper works, and so do paper towels, when I’m home.

I simply have to throw it away after use. So it’s tissue or paper towel for me.

@ddavelarsen: What you said about tissues is right~ Using them in public really isn’t an ideal option, most of them are too white and too small to begin with. On the other hand, toilet paper and paper towels do work, but don’t you think they are too rough for the skin?

My stomache being the way it is, I just can’t seem to keep a handkerchief in my pocket and know what’s in it, so I tend to use paper products unless I’m in the outdoors. I’ve got bad memories of my eldest family members using handkerchiefs and the thought of carrying that around with you during the day makes my guts turn.

I use paper tissues and get most of them from pubs; at my local I’m served with a pint and napkin when I walk in. There are quality issues in some local pubs, but those which serve food, tend to have very good paper tissues. Maybe I publish snuffer’s guide to Ranelagh-Rathmines-Donnybrook pubs and their napkins.

I do the same thing too allan when I’am in a pub. Also I do use paper towels if I used it before for drying my hands or clean dishes. Otherwise hankie all the way.

Shirt sleeve works good, as well as shirt tail. Inside of collar is not bad also.

sorry but thought this could be continued… I like a hankie and a tissue. I only use the hankie to “dust off” my nose and upperlip. I don’t blow my nose with it! That’s what a tissue is for.

I use a hankie to get rid of the snuffstache and a tissue to blow and drill out old snuff

I usually keep two or three hankies on hand at all times. I blow in a cotton one, and keep a silk one for dusting. At the end of the day when they are full they just get tossed into the laundry hamper. I must have 12 or 15 hankies by now; you can’t have too many. If I’m running low and don’t have time to do laundry, I take a handful into the shower with me, wash them with my bar soap and leave them hanging in there to dry. I also sometimes just fill a sink and wash them by hand with a washboard.

Aldi King Size 3-ply [Sky Blue box] under my desk here; pocket packs [green] of Kleenex Menthol or Aloe Vera in jacket pocket; BIG, dark coloured, spotted or paisley print gentleman’s handkerchief in my trouser pocket. Best place I know for these is a splendid gentlemen’s outfitters among the few permanent shops in the foyer on Brecon Market, Powys. Wonderful fellow has splendid, big gent’s handkerchieves, black, navy, bright red [I think, sometimes, Racing Green] with either polka-dots or paisley patterns in white. Huge, last for ages, and they even wash-out quite well - and [here’s the best bit] they’re about GBP 1.50 each! Like Brandasaur, always tissue when the “drill-out” routine is required … [especially after a heavy session on rappees!]

I nearly always have a hanky - silk mostly but also cotton - with me, but use tissues sometimes. And Roderick is absolutely right - washed out silk hankies are excellent.

Hankies. Tissues are wasteful when you can buy 10 hankies for the same price.

I never use tissues, over the course of a day they make your nose sore. Stefan

handkerchief ftw

Hanky here.

kerchief

The linen snuff hankies can be a bit harsh upon my delicate snoot. Pinched a dark coloured silk hanky off the Mrs - very nice. The Professor mentions women’s soft and colourful head scarves. I have one of these too. It’s fine. Tissue is fine for the evenings when consumption rates escalate and no one can see the mess you make of them.

I use a tissue when I’m standing somewhere without my hanky, such as in my bathroom in the morning, or some other situation in which I deem it more appropriate. Otherwise, hankies. They last years, thus are cheaper and contribute less waste. Plus you don’t have to explain the white tissues stained brown and black piled-up in your wastebasket to visitors when you use a hanky. Buy many, switch/wash often!

i used to be a tissue guy, but have been pulled over to the hankie side.

My grandfather died a while ago and nobody wanted his hankies. They werent even out of the package! Now everytime I go to wipe my nose i get pleasant childhood memories =)

sorry to hear about your grandpa, Brandasaur, but its cool you got the hankies.

Away with all your talk of practicality - I favour hankies for one simple reason - vanity. I have several of various garish patterns and there is always one in my left cuff, which I flourish vigorously after snuffing in public. I call it “uncasing the colours” ! Modern attire offers little opportunity for a little personal danydism, as modern life offers little opportunity for individualism - so I snuff and be damned! And any man who objects may meet me in the park at his earliest convenience!

Haha, post of the week.

I’ve got a few snuff handkerchiefs which I use and like a lot.

My blanket.

my wife would kill me if i used the blanket!!!

Hanky for cleanup of powder and drips, tissue for the serious clearing.

@insufflator ha ha! I can only WISH I spoke like that…

@transistor - 'Pon my soul - find that certain snuffs have an effect on m’vocabulary, largely the more “Regency” ones. Wonder what would happen if I tried the fine dry Celtic snuffs??

I’m still using some of my granddad’s snuff hankies. They’re khaki (presumably army issue, WW1 or WW2 - no idea which) and so are the perfect colour. I don’t think they’ll ever wear out!

I keep 2 handkerchiefs in my pockets, but use tissues most of the day. At my desk at home and at work, I’ve got a box of tissues, and they’re just too convenient I think of the hankies as ‘backup’ or for when I need a tissue and am away from the box.

To be sure insufflator, that’s a celtic dandy you’d be being.

isnufflator don’t try ntsu or taxi. We don’t need you talking like an eagle or a car.

@insufflator I don’t know if they would affect your speech, but I suspect you beer consumption would rise significantly. Now that i think about it, that WOULD affect your speech! =)

@PremiumParrots lmao about the wipe on the wife I think my old lady would kill me. but I use a paisly hankerchef I wash them in the sink with regular detergent and then with a realy good fabric softner works very very well at keeping the nose unraw.

I use Kleenex for blowing and I only use my black silk handkerchief for dusting.

@snuffeysouthcarolina Wow…must be an SC thing. That’s exactly how I wash my hankies! I do throw in a touch of bleach just to make sure they get good and sanitized…just a cap full or so, not enough to bleach them out.

@bob - Indeed not - this is one of the main reasons I switched from Queen’s Extra Strong to Tom Buck - and I can’t even begin to describe what happened when I tried Dhokalia!

@insufflator Tom Buck-my absolute favorite snuff.

“this is one of the main reasons I switched from Queen’s Extra Strong to Tom Buck” … What???

I’m using hankies more now, informed my local laundry about snuff handkerchiefs in my laundry, wash results were not so good and older lady there knew immediately what to do, ‘we used to get tons of these!’

Cool story @AllanH!

Tissues seem more practical and easy, rather than needing to keep washing and re-using handkerchiefs.

@juxtaposer LOL I still don’t know what he means by that…??

Proper snuff hankies are great when they have been washed over and over and got really soft. Tissues have a place ands I find them very useful if I don’t have a pile of snuff hankies washed. I would love the khaki army issue ones, they must be like silk now, Tony.

Yeah, I second what Snuffster said. I’ve got a blue hanky that I’ve had for over and year now and it’s extremely soft. I use hankies myself.

Speak of the devil, there’s the army guy. The navy issued me a set of white hankies. I still use them.