@thesymbolist, I love Red Seal but use it sparingly. The only way I can take it is by wetting my fingers SLIGHTLY, take a pinch and keep it between my fingers for a while. I then hold my fingers near my nostril and just SMELL the snuff while SLOWLY releasing the pressure. You will find that, in time, you will be able to take bigger and bigger pinches. Give your nose time to get used to this new snuff. DON’T GIVE UP!!
I once saw a nicotine content chart on all American snuffs. Bruton was no. one, second was Red Seal and Navy Plain and RR Mills Plain tied for third. I thought it was interesting that Rooster was quite a way down the list.
I mix RS with other, slightly coarser snuffs. Today I ground two cardamom seeds in my coffee mill and put them in my carry box 1/2 full of RS. The result was a sweet, fine snuff, still giving the unique scent of the RedSeal with a hint of Indian-ness via the cardamom. I like this snuff. I have a huge 5 oz. jar of it and not a day goes by that I don’t have at least one good sized pinch. I feel fortunate to have found it.
Start with miniscule pinches and gentle sniffs, working your way up to your tolerance level. As you progress, your tolerance will probably increase.
No, don’t do miniscule pinches. That’s exactly what you shouldn’t do! BIG PINCHES. EVERY TIME. BIG PINCHES. THE MORE SNUFF YOU PACK IN, THE LESS IRRITATING IT IS. With EVERY SINGLE SNUFF. INCLUDING THE WHITES. Your nose will get used to it with practice. That’s all it takes. PRACTICE. No. 1 snuffing rule. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to the BIG PINCH RULE. (Capitalisation emphasis, not shouting 
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Oh poo. I must apologise for the presentation, tone and lack of manners in the above post. Whilst I firmly stand by my point above, I’m appalled by how I’ve posted it. This in no way excuses me, but add alcohol to snus withdrawal, and the resulting bad temper which has been going on for the last 8ish days has been intense and affected my posting yesterday. You may have noticed I’ve been largely absent recently. This is the reason. I’m in an awful mood. Sorry snuffhouse 
Dropping your adams apple creates enough vacuum for most light snuffs.
Nice! I did not think of that. That is some weird, wild schtuff. I just tried that with some Tom Buck. It’s like freakin magic! Thanks!
I recently made a mistake with rooster…was using a grinder with some other snuffs and rooster to mix…i did not dry the grinder well before i used it and some rooster got hydrated a bit…little darker in color and was really nice to sniff! considering slightly hydrating all my scotches.
I am an advocate of hydrating scotches.
Tonka bean!
@Tobe what a pain in the ass to snuff but very nice sent when some finally ended in my nose in stead of in my lungs 
not very sweet but very nice.
@Marielle32 This thread has some good ideas for keeping it out of your lungs!