Maybe some of you who have bottles of Garrett snuff can clear up this mystery. I had read an old story that the bottles had small glass ‘bumps’ on the bottom of them. I don’t know if this is just the old bottles or the new ones have them as well. The bumps supposedly represented the strength of the snuff, with 4 bumps being the strongest. Any input from the collectors–would be interesting if it was true.

Do all your bottles have the same amount of bumps, if I can bother you again, Roderick?

My old glass bottle have 4 bumps, one each in every “corner” whilst the new plastic bottle only have 3, irregularly spaced.

JUST as I suspected…this PROVES the old snuff is stronger,Pieter!! Lol! Now it would be interesting to compare 4 bump snuff to the 3 bump…hell, it’s probably just an old wives tale anyway!!

Old wives tale! Confirmed by head of production for Conwood.

Thanks, Tom! On to the next urban legend…

Yep, urban legend, which seems to be perpetrated by every seller on ebay. There is another thread about this someplace, but the bumps have something to do with the glass manufacturer.

Tom, with all due respect, do you really believe that the head of production for Conwood knows what he’s talking about? I mean, after the fiasco with Levi Garrett, I don’t believe any of Conwood’s staff.

I grind the dots off so I don’t have to worry about them.

I only bought a bottle of Levi Garrett (as opposed to tins of W.E. Garrett) once. The shop owner was eager to get rid of it, so he let me have it for $10. I am firmly convinced that the bottle actually contained Honest Scotch rather than W.E. Garrett. I can easily tell the difference between W.E. Garrett and Honest. I know Honest very well; it is the one American Scotch I enjoy as much as English snuffs. This was obviously a packaging error that happened at the Conwood mill, but maybe it happens more frequently than not. Given how many people have sworn that their Levi differs from the W.E. Garrett, I wonder if they unknowingly had a big bottle of Honest? It worked out well for me, as I really do prefer Honest over W.E. Garrett. The fact that I sacrificed nearly all of that bottle’s contents, experimenting with various failed attempts at flavoring, is another story, but, what the hey. It was a bargain, and the flavoring forays were a fun and valuable learning experience.

Actually, the bumps represent a secret Masonic code that leads to the revelation of lost Templar treasures.

The fact that ‘secret’ FreeMason symbols can be seen on the scale picture of a Honest Snuff Tin lends great credibility to the two previous thread. I’m also wondering if I’ve forgotten to take my medicine again.