Mine really has. Just because of (possible) snuff stains. Going for colourful outfits now; red, green and yellow in many hues dominated and black and grey breeding moths in wardrobe. I also change clothes more often, kind of have snuff taking outfit at home, where I can just relax. Hope this makes some sense! Edit. ‘White’ shirts are also a no-go nowadays. All those colourful snuff hankies transformed me to colourful hankie!

Indeed, white shirts used to be a mainstay of my wardrobe, but no more. I favour a tattersall check now. Otherwise my dress sense remains sober and my handkerchiefs a washed out brown. The picture I have in my head of a snuff taking outfit is a troubling one. For some reason I imagine a terry towelling onesey, like the one Peter Sellers wore in ‘The Party’.

not a bit. Though I have to say awesome movie refrence. “Howdy partener”

Breeches Riding Coat and Stove Pipe Hat. It’s the only way to .

My homely snuff taking outfit is just old black and whites don’t wear out anymore.

or you could just try not spilling snuff all over yourself…

Change in clothing style? Not really, except for the switch from white to dark handkerchiefs. Of course, the dress code at my office is über-relaxed. Not to mention that a friend once told me, “You were grunge long before grunge was a style.”

Absolutely! Tobacco stains on the front of your shirt are something to be avoided… It is very tough to prevent a bit of snuff getting down your front when you snuff with a heavy moustache. Consequently I started by wearing dark color shirts. Then I found that I look good dressed in black. Now I’m pretty much one of “The Men In Black.” I don’t carry white hankercheifs anymore, I carry big, mostly dark bandanas that I can fold in thirds (the initial fold.) When the part that I am using gets full of crusted tobacco, I can fold that third under, and start over again. (The middle third is alway the outside fold that comes in contact with my pocket.)

And then there is the problem of mixing black shirts with high dry toast… (as my daughter is fond of pointing out to me).

Doesn’t bother me… I don’t use high dry toast… We’ll see what happens when I get my first tube of Cheeta

I think we have a Prince Regent dilemma here…

I’ll have to see if Cotton Traders produce anything in a suitable pale brown colour!

you’ll start dressing like a raja. @howdydave.

or like the Blue Raja!

Then people will ask him why he doesn’ dress in Blue.

@bob Well… I did spend about 7 years as a student of Indian philosophy. Let’s not forget my Arabic studies! داود

Listen to enough of my double entendres and you’ll know why they call me the “blue” Raja!

I;am confused now?

@bob Very good!

@bob Look up “blue humor” (humour if you’re not a yank.) http://www.definition-of.com/blue%20humor aka: “off color” (colour if you’re not a yank.) sigh… Nobody appreciates dry humor anymore!

اهلاً و سهلاً، يا داود! وين درستَ عربية و لماذا؟ I find I don’t much care anymore that often. I have a Moustache and thus get the “street sweeper effect” wherein I think the majority of a pinch had gone up my nose, only to discover that it has fallen onto my shirtfront. Brush it off and take another pinch!

Sorry, but my Arabic is VERY rusty. (It’s been about 25 years.) Taking a shot in the dark: “We should get together and speak Arabic sometime?” (Looks like “me and…” but the next word is not anti. Doesn’t quite look like “we”…) I’m very good at: Anna muta assif, anna ma a’arof arabi! (I’m sorry, I don’t speak Arabic) There is a lot more opportunity for me to use my sign language here in Rochester (home of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.)

Back to business… It has become readily apparant that I am going to have problems with Kailash. So fine and SO BLACK! I have always looked down my nose (so to speak) at the whole idea of using a spoon. The boxcar/thumbnail method has served me well to date. Is it time to start thinking about using a spoon for the sake of my clothes?

Howdy Perhaps there might be a market for snuff pinafores. Perhaps these could be manufactured in the middle east and distributed by the Greek mafia. Something you said reminded me of David Hume to the effect that : ‘thus we set the two sides arguing and make our escape to the quiet regions of philosophy’. Excellent description of how British politics ought to work, leaving the rest of us to get on with things in peace. On the much more serious matter of snuffing, I have not found taking directly from a spoon to be at all satisfactory, though snuff spoons are a necessity for handling the stuff.

@AllanH if he dresses like the blue raja does that mean he has to use a snuff spoon.

Not in the slightest, I dress the same as I did before I started snuffing

@theratroom Yes, and snuff boxes, bullets and hankies make excellent weapons too. Blue Raja is one film character, who is definitely a snuff taker. Captain Amazing uses nicotine patches and wears appropriate Big Pharma label. Villains smoke big brand cigarettes, stolen or deceived by corruption.

I’ve been using gravity to transfer snuff from its original container to my snuffboxes. Guess I’ll have to get out my trustworthy stainless steel measuring spoons to do the job with BLACK snuff. As for weapons, I have been studying the martial arts applications of the walking stick as a weapon for a few years now. I never go out onto the street without one (I have 10 or 12 in my collection.) Everybody acquainted with me knows that it is my “street weapon” – pretty handy if you come across a hot game of stickball too! (I’m a city boy these days.) The walking stick or cane is the only martial arts weapon that you can openly carry anywhere in the world without needing to worry about illegal weapons issues.

Hmmmm… Handlebar moustache, Snuff, Walking stick, Wearing bow ties before Dr. Who said they were “cool,” I wear a pocket watch (I didn’t mention that did I?)… Am I in a time warp or what? Maybe I was just born too late!

nah if you were born earlier youd just dress even younger (older style).

@AllanH he would defiantly use Indian snuff. Not in front of his mum though. She would think he was taking something else.

I occasionally dress as a Louis XVIII. Pre snuff I never did.

My style has changed in that i wear nothing new, as all the money i spent on such now goes to snuff.

Howdy Pot Poe! Alas… the lament of many a sad snuffer!

For all you “dress for business” types… You don’t get snuff stains on a bow tie! But I wore bow ties long before I discovered snuff.

Nah. If anything my snuff has changed to fit my clothing style jk

For the question - no it hasn’t. For the potential fix - try the flick: 1. lift article of clothing an inch off chest 2. flick with free finger 3. flatten out slight crease from lifting.

I’ve taken to wearing petticoats, shirts with ruffled sleeves, white wigs, and capes, hasn’t everyone?

I think I need to start wearing a bib.

Bib overhauls work well with snuff, Xander…and you can keep your tin handy in your breast pocket.

@rdunnion I’ve been wearing things like that for years. For some unknown reason, folk think I’m wierd. I reckon we’re pioneers, not nutters lol. Stefan

Howdy Bart! In my glory?

pioneers are nutters. Proud to be a nutter.

When I saw this thread I thought it was talking about Teddy Boys. You don’t see that any more.

Nope my fashion hasn’t changed at all. I’ve always just dressed however I felt like; trendiness be damned lol

re: @Nachman Who knows? Maybe we can start a “Snuffy Boys” trend!

Lmao @ Snuffy Boys! Stefan

I thought the long frock coats and high hats were quite smart, but didn’t like the shoe string ties or have much use for ruffled shirts.

If you don’t like shoe string ties, how about a cravat?

@Nachman when I was at Manchester,(Lancashire not US), Airport in June waiting for my flight to Germany, there were a load of men dressed in frock coats, and wearing a cross between cowboy hats and trilbys. I presume they were orthodox Jews, as there was a flight to Israel, near to when mine was going. They looked smart even though they looked a bit like pall bearers. I’ve not had many dealings with the Jewish community, as there are no sizable Jewish communities round here. They looked a bit to conservative to be dandies, but smart none the less. Stefan

@Walrus 1985: Look at the hat I have in my avatar picture. It is a large brim fedora. A lot of Orthodox Jews wear them. They were probably Chasidim. I do think there is a club of aging Teddy Boys in Manchester, most of them in their seventies now, but flamboyant is more their style than conservative.

@nachman, yes re the hat, very similar. No idea what type of Jews, to be honest I wouldn’t have known either way if they weren’t speaking Hebrew and a flight to Israel was leaving. As you can probably tell I’m not in a very multicultural or particularly religious area. The town I live in does actually have 8 churches of various denominations, but I’ve only seen people use them for weddings, funerals etc. Heathen central here lol. As for Teddy Boys in Manchester, I’ve no idea. I was born 30 years too late, Id’ve loved to have grown up in the 50’s and 60’s, the music was great, and it just seemed such a great time to live. I had to make do growing up in the 90’s. I cetainly couldn’t imagine the Israeli gentlemen doing the twist etc. It would look totally out of place lol, like kareoke at a funeral, which is what I want btw lol. Stefan

…come to think of it…I do tend to chose pants based on whether I can comfortably fit two or three tins of snuff, one or two cans of snus, and one or two hankies in the pockets. I suppose than snuff taking has influenced my clothing!

Now the Autumn is hoving into view, I find myself wearing various brown jumpers…warm and no worries about snuff escaping down one’s front in an unsightly manner!

Yes it has, I like to wear a shirt with pockets on front for my hanky, to put in.

It sure does. Usually leaves black & brown smudges on my white undershirts. They do come out in the wash.

A little light thread necro. Anyway, nope, not a bit. My standard has been blue jeans, black shirt, and a denim jacket for the past couple years, black leather jacket if it’s chilly out. I guess my clothes are just suited (no pun intended) for snuff. And it just naturally fits when I’m getting my Steampunk on.

I definitely need a shirt w/pockets: pipes, cigars, snuff etc.

Manchester is NOT in Lancashire, it is in Greater Manchester. Forgive my attention to detail here :>

I find that I wear pants less. Pants and snuff don’t go together. Its like a cruise in the Caribbean, you just don’t wear any pants!  (A good day is one where you haven’t put on pants until after noon).

JohnnyFriday, which shore do you hail(hale?) from? What is called pants here is called trousers across the pond, and what we call underwear or underpants is called pants across the pond. I never snuff naked- not yet…

 Spike/bullet studded leather boots, black cargo pants,crop jacket w/zippered breast pocket (snuff pocket), blackhawk belt w/ sig 226, leather gloves…and a nice set of q-tips in one pocket as I have nasal issues and must only place snuff on the inside of the nostril away from the septum (messy and annoying, but better than nothing)…if I didn’t wear black then I would definetly have visible staining…

Oh well, even if I did have stains…I would still look badass!

I like that- at least cool boots and gloves.

to the question of the post: No. In fact I don’t think I have purchased any clothing since I began to take snuff regularly, some three or four years ago. Actually, I don’t think I’ve bought any significant amount of clothing since 1987. Its pretty amazing what you can get for free, gifts, or as hand-me-downs, etc that last for decades. styles? Trends? These things are for materialists.

@Vepr , what kind of boots are they? I’ve never been able to find any spiked boots that are actually as tough as they look. You know, all flash, no quality.

I like the whole outfit…sig included

@Harlequin,

They’re actually leather biker boots that I found online, the bullets and spikes are a part of something called ‘boot chains’ where a piece of leather holds the spikes and bullets on the front and a chain runs underneath the boot, and ofcourse there is a buckle in the back for adjustment. I took out the fake bullets and added real AK bullets…but I think I’ll put in .308’s soon. I have lost some bullets at times…probably in the grocery store, which I’m guessing freaks out the person that finds 'em. Thankfully most AK ammo is cheap, so replacing it isn’t such a big deal. I posted a picture of the boots, the spikes can be longer…but I’d be too tempted to kick people if I had gotten the 1 inch spikes.

Oh damn, I’m really diggin’ that. Boot chains, huh? Thanks for the tip. I definitely gotta check that out. If it’s kicking power you are after though, Axels Armoury sells spike and knife pieces that are rigged to attach to the heel or toe of the boot. Just a little tip in thanks for the tip =P

@Harlequin,

knife attachments, hmmm. That would work for me, and would give the cops another reason to stop me on the street, ofcourse last time it was SWAT who saw me and then insisted I have my picture taken with them. I still need to get a good bowie knife, taser and pepper spray to carry with me as well though…I guess it’s just comical the looks I get when armed to the teeth. And I feel safe wherever I go…and no one will ever steal my snuff!

Well if you get a “survival” bowie with the unscrewable pommel, you can keep quite a bit of snuff in there, especially since the quality ones are made to be air and water tight! I know the feeling though. The puzzled looks you get when they find out you really aren’t up to anything are hysterical. It’s just good to be prepared. But with me, you get jumped enough and eventually you learn how to be well armed.

to answer the original question, I am wearing more colored clothes, mostly casual but very neat.  I now have a handkerchief in my back pocket on the opposite side of my wallet.  My hair was getting in the way so now I realize that putting it in a ponytail helps (Especially when blowing the nose, I used to get brown gunk in my hair.)

Make sure you have an inner-left pocket. Every gentleman knows that’s the only place to store snuff.

@Harlequin,

Stashing snuff in a blade, that actually sounds like a good idea for when I go hiking…less likely to lose it. As for getting jumped…yep, I’ve been there too.