I am sure that many here know that fine pipe tobacco, like fine wine, develops and improves over decades–if it is the right kind of tobacco and if the tin has not been opened and if the original seal is intact. I have smoked old Virginias and English blends that are over 50 years old and many of them are simply fantastic. And many of these sealed tins sell for well over $500 on eBay and some few sell for over $1000 (although such prices are way out of my league). With regard to aged snuff, about 10 days ago I bought an old favorite snuff on eBay made by a company that I know went out of business over 30 years ago. I used this stuff back in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the tobacco shop in which I worked. I just a couple of days ago received the snuff in the mail from the eBay seller and tried it and found that it is still very very nice. I believe the years have changed it a bit and not in any negative way at all. I assume old snuff, if properly stored and sealed, maybe develops and improves like old pipe tobacco but I have very little experience with this. Can anybody enlighten me concerning old, aged snuffs, say, from F&T or G. Smith & Sons, and what they are like after years of aging? Similarly, does anyone here collect old snuffs that are still sealed, or not, from times gone by?
@fredhanna Please see the following, page 123. http://books.google.com/books?id=RisaAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA119&dq=fribourg+%26+treyer&hl=en&sa=X&ei=bP9qUqLUEqi9yAG2sIDACg&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=fribourg%20%26%20treyer&f=false Also the thread on aging snuff. http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/comment/284161/#Comment\_284161
Thank you @jpsavage. Much appreciated. I will check out those links.
I don´t know if you have searched the forum before but below are the links to various topics related to your question http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/6325/does-anyone-age-their-snuff http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/1231/what-is-the-oldest-snuff-that-you-use Hope they will be of some help.
@fredhanna Sorry, have more time to comment now. Any revelations from the book I linked? Quit using snuff several (8-10) years ago. Found the old snuffs and decided to switch back after trying them. Quite nice! Some Morlaix, Macouba, Seville, Princes. The star was Old Paris. Very nicely aged. All still in original F&T tins. Believe the moister snuffs would show the most improvement from aging if properly stored. Would like to put away some OP if I could get any but seems as if they have changed the recipe. Also, missed the part in the book about the old cigars being turned into snuff. p 119-120