http://www.homesteadingtoday.com/archive/index.php/t-285772.html
Pretty cool, inspired me to chew the end of a long match stick and try dipping some Honey Bee. Great taste, not sure if I’ve got the method down, would appreciate some advice from those who do this on what the best technique is.
I’d have to actually see someone use the stick method, like on youtube even, because it just makes no sense to me.
Well, I’ll tell you what I did, though I’m sure you’ve tried it to. Chewed up a stick so it was sort of brush like, dipped it in the snuff so the brush was coated in dry powder (and probably some moist due to the chewing), then rubbed it on my gums. Tasted good but created a ridiculous amount of saliva and after 2 spits the lot was gone. If someone knows how to make it work I’d like to know, it’d be nice to try something in it’s most culturally common way. EDIT: I just found this quote, that I’m going to give a go… “For instance, wet a toothpick, stick it into the snuff and then rest it inside the mouth against the gums.”
What I did was dump some in the lid, or used a spoon, and dipped it into my gum area. I also once took some in a small bowel and added just a bit of water and made a loose snus which I hand baked and upper lipped.
@tom - I personally prefer a large bowel! 
all the ladies in those stories lived up until 80 90 years old!!! I will begin to chew US snuff today 
@ ap: I noticed that–not one of them appears to have died young or lost a tongue or jawbone to snuff. It does make you wonder how carcinogenic it really is (though I’m sure keeping a lip full of sweet snuff can’t be good for the teeth and gums!).
All the old ladies I’ve known or suspect of dipping have no teeth.
I wouldn’t mind one of these old ladies with no teeth that you speak of, Xander.
I just threw up in my mouth a bit.
eww!
Bart is cannibal.
@ bart if you can find it you should read the book “To Fart Proudly” It’s all off color essays from Benjiman Franklin. One of the best essay is on why older woman are better choices for affairs then young women.
Great stories in that link.
I’ve never known anyone that dipped scotch snuff, actually I never knew anyone that dipped moist snuff but one guy in high school. I never even tried it then. I did smoke though. I do know all my local grocery stores sell scotch snuff, and I highly suspect the people that buy it dip it more than sniff it.
I would guess that about 98% of scotch/sweet users in the U.S. use it orally, though I have heard anecdotes about non-snuffgeeks using it nasally. Sweets in particular don’t give you much reward when used nasally, though again there are exceptions. I’m sure at one time that the imaginary figure I just quoted would have been much lower–W.E. Garrett et al might very well have made their product with nasal use in mind. Dental obviously wasn’t, given the name. The only one that really seems optimal for nasal use to me is Maccoboy. It’s moist, easy to use and doesn’t burn like hell. The plains (Navy, RR Mills and Starr [though not labelled a plain]) seem better suited to nasal use than Bruton, Garrett, Rooster etc and make for a nice counterpoint to HDT and other plain snuffs from Europe.
Thanks for the heads up, Bob! I took the advice of reading “RidgeRunner” from Snuffhouse here and I loved it. I dip Sweet Peach every now again, but I can’t see how you’d get away with it if you were in an office environment. It always tends to be a bit messy to me.
I dip garrett peach and about 30 other kinds here at work, but I have my own office and people don’t watch me too closely. It’s important to bring your own spit cup, as using the employer’s cups might get you in trouble. One of the main reasons for dry snuff’s survival in the U.S. is that it’s easier to conceal than dip or chew–you can have a bit tucked in your lip without anyone noticing.