Hello guys,

I am a newbie in snuff hobby (4 months) and new member in Snuff House (since 14 March 2012)

I made my first snuff order from Toque site: Original, Natural, Quit, Spanish Gem, Chocolate, Espresso, Blueberry and Menthol …

Was really nice beginning

Then yesterday I made my first order from Mrsnuff:

1 Dholakia Swiss Chocolate 50 g

2 Dholakia Sparrow Cool 50 g

1 FUBAR Grunt 50 g

2 X 100 g Pot Luck

I am really so excited to try all these kinds and even more

So what do you think guys about my choices? 

Thanks in advance

I would have split the Sparrow into one plain and one Menthol. Both are great tobacco bases and are shared with the Grunt. The Swiss Chocolate is rich and a great newby snuff. The Pot luck will be interesting. Try them all.

Good stuff, be sure to cue in on how to store your snuff to keep it fresh. 

Some good choices but I wouldn’t get a 50g tin of snuff I have never tried if there were smaller sizes available.

I would have split the Sparrow into one plain and one Menthol. Both are great tobacco bases and are shared with the Grunt. The Swiss Chocolate is rich and a great newby snuff. The Pot luck will be interesting. Try them all.

I thought about plain and cool but I have Toque Natural, Original and Quit so a base tobacco with a hint of menthol would be great and maybe a daily snuff… 
I am very excited about the pot luck, I like surprises

Thanks for the nice comment

Good stuff, be sure to cue in on how to store your snuff to keep it fresh. 

Thanks a lot I already did that before I order I use airtight glass jars and I put the amount I use in small plastic screw top container…

Some good choices but I wouldn’t get a 50g tin of snuff I have never tried if there were smaller sizes available.

I agree with you totally but I just try to make sure that I have enough snuff for long time and I don’t know if 50 g is big quantity because I don’t know exactly my daily usage… thanks for the advice

That’s is good theory. When I made a first snuff order 45 grams of snuff got me through a couple months. I have been snuffing for nearly one year now and I consume 3-5 grams a day. So the more the better I say. Keeps me away from cigarettes. Too bad the shipping prices have increased 10 fold. It just cost me 15 bucks to send 115 grams!

@ Sly3904

That’s is good theory. When I made a first snuff order 45 grams of snuff got me through a couple months. I have been snuffing for nearly one year now and I consume 3-5 grams a day. So the more the better I say. Keeps me away from cigarettes. Too bad the shipping prices have increased 10 fold. It just cost me 15 bucks to send 115 grams!

I agree the shipping cost is high plus Tax plus VAT so you can not order a bigger order if you want and for me it is a very nice hobby not to keep me from smoking because I stopped smoking a year ago even before I know about the world of snuff and I smoke pipe and cigars occasionally and after snuff I lost interest in both of them because I don’t want to use any burning tobacco… snuffing is really amusing and mood stabilizing and there are so much varieties that can keep you busy for long time and never feel bored

I think the best entry-level Snuff is Pöschl Gletscher Prise. At least, it was for me. You should give it a try.

I think the best entry-level Snuff is Pöschl Gletscher Prise. At least, it was for me. You should give it a try.

Thanks a lot for the advice… I read about it and ya it must be added to the collection… in general I prefer Menthol to be just a hint not overpowering the tobacco flavor but having one or two powerful Menthol snuff in the collection is a must

Gletcsher prise is disgusting IMO But to each his own. You made some Good choices there tho

I’m new aswell only about a month and a half at most into snuff, my first order was from toque and my second from Mr Snuff was: Fubar R &R (really like it), Ozona President (good menthol never burns drips or anything), Red Bull (exact same snuff as president), Fubar Medic (Menthol and horse manure smell), and packards club and WoS Tom buck that I haven’t touched yet, o and dholokia white… I don’t see what the hypes about I got a bigger kick from tops sweet?

Sparrow is pretty sharp and I think you may put that one in the back of your drawer for awhile. Its not friendly to beginners. Its comparable to an Irish High Toast, which can be tricky to take without coughing. With practice though, it can become a daily staple.

@ItsMajuck This is the beauty of the snuff world… hundreds of kinds and varieties which can definitely suit everyone there and every taste… Thank you I am excited to try many things and I am practicing everyday

@powahaus My first order was from Toque too and I think that Poschl snuff must be tried as one of the major player in snuff market and not all people have the same tolerance to chemical substances…that’s why maybe you didn’t find Dholakia White as powerful as they say … keep trying though

@Xander You are right about Sparrow and that’s why I am trying to perfect my pinch technique until I get my order… I wanted powerful snuff because I have big tolerance to Nicotine… “I don’t feel Toque Quit” I stopped smoking a year ago after 15 years of smoking 2 packs a day and sometimes more and I smoked pipe and cigars occasionally too but I wanted to stop smoking any burning tobacco and then 4 months ago I found out about this beautiful hobby of snuff taking which is harmless as far as I read medical reports ( I have a bachelor degree in medicine…but I don’t practice) so I decided to give it a try and I found it really amusing and mood stabilizing

Another thing about Sparrow Cool is that it contains a hint of Menthol not loads which is the reason I ordered 2 big tins because I don’t like heavy Menthol specially when it overpowers the Tobacco flavor !

I’ve had more problems with not getting a big enough tin then getting too big a tin. It’s better to have a lot to trade then have too little.

@bob yes indeed it’s cheaper by the dozen

I used to think the 25 and 50 grams were a lot now I think they’re not so big.

@bob for me I have to buy bigger tins in the future because we don’t have snuff at all in Egypt, in fact very few people know what is nasal snuff… and I have hard time to get it to Alexandria actually… I have to make a dear friend of mine living in Paris to make the order for me so he receives the order at his address in Paris and then sends it to me with anyone coming to Egypt by chance because I am afraid that the order be damaged until it arrives to me by mail !!

man that’s a rough situation. Though it seems worthwhile to live somewhere with such grand history. And that also has such a future too. I would looking into the laws and how to make my own snuff. In fact the selfish part of me is dreaming of something like snuff from Egypt and hopeing you find out that you can legally and profitably make snuff for global consumption. Also I don’t know how feasible this is but I know that Isreal has a snuff scene, because of religious rules that Jewish people can’t make fire or something like that one day of the week (I really am far from an expert on this) so if they smoke there is one day a week snuff is the only option or one of a few. I don’t know if that information is usefull for you. But snuff is definatily available in Isreal (maybe you know someone there), seems closer and yet further away. (Just so every new person knows political discussion is not allowed on this site, and since this is a hot button topic that’s gotten people riled up before I just thought I’d say something).

@bob to produce or sell tobacco in any form in Egypt is very difficult and very expensive and most Egyptian smoke cigarettes and Egyptian Shisha (Houka) and I am interested in the hobby not in the business :)and for me France is not far away but thank you for the information though

that makes sense like I said it’s my selfish dream. I’ve smoked egyptian cigarettes once. The cigarettes were horrible (I still don’t know if that’s because they were on the shelf for ever the owner of the store had to be convinced to sell them to me) the box was amazing though they were cleopatra cigs. I’ve heard that at one point the nile had many empty cleopatra boxes in it. Yeah the more you know the more options you have the better. Though now I’am thinking of all the amazing scents that could only come from egypt. Someone needs to get on that now. Though I have heard of old men using snuff in egypt, heard of a belt maker/salesmen who used snuff. That was almost ten years ago so who knows. I  had a friend that got to do some excuvation near Cairo.

@bob Nasal snuff was used in Egypt a lot with a lot of varieties maybe until 1950s or 1960’s something like that then it disappeared totally and was substituted by Shisha and cigarettes…and as I said before if you ask anyone in the street about nasal snuff probably he will not have any idea about what you are talking about and if you smoke fresh Cleopatra cigarettes I think maybe you will like it because I saw a lot of tourists like it… I don’t know for sure, actually I smoked Dunhill red and Marlboro red before it

good choice on the Dunhill definatily one of my choices when I smoked cigs. Sounds alot like america in the snuff department occasionaly older people will get excited to see that I have snuff but most people seem to think I’am picking my nose.

@bob LOL same happens here

@kougy - The path to snuff can be so exciting for the first few years! Enjoy it! You seem to have enough maintenance snuff now, so I would drop down to the five and ten gram sizes and sample as many as possible in that size in order to build a feel for the basic snuff types, then you can develop favorites and buy those in bulk. I spent many years working in Egypt, and miss having a shisha and a spot of tea. Do not buy any of the tap boxes though, they are such a poor package style that the snuff will have no chance of surviving with any subtle nuances intact. I would recommend all of the vacuum sealed 25 gram cans from Gawith, the tin will give you the freshest tasting snuff after traveling.

You’ll soon find your collection growing to an astronomical size wondering how you’ll ever get through it and adding to it with every pay packet, can’t just be me

@Whalen Thank you very much for the valuable advice and I think it’s a good strategy to sample many kinds until I make a favorite list… Egypt is still there so you are welcome anytime to return back and renew your memories again and again

@Eraserhead78 I can’t wait to reach this level, it’s an exciting hobby and always you will be curious to try new things so ya I can imagine how astronomical will be my stash year by year

@kougy - Careful, the stash gets out of control fast, relax and enjoy this phase of snuffing. Get to know the SP’s and toasts.

@Whalen I understand that toasts are hard to take ? I cough from Toque already but I am trying to perfect my technique and I think I will be there soon

Anyone can offer a good snuff to a newbie. Instead I will advise to get lots of diversity. Try a few popular snuffs from each company, and start with a certain region, Britian being a safe start as their snuffs are a staple. find out what people reccomend quite often and get them, a couple GHs, a couple SGs, the 10 pack of toque(from their site), a wilsions try out box, and that mcChrystals assortment.

typically the next order would be a different region, a few poschls, a few bernards, ect.

I like to put in big orders at a time, but do what ever is easier for you, just try your best to get variety so you can start to identify what kinda of snuffs you like best.

@Vito445 Thanks a lot for the advice and my next order will be small tins from different kinds so I can enjoy this diversity in flavors and makes…

Good luck, and if you havn’t yet tried Dragun by Abraxas, it is wonderful.

@Vito445 Thanks, Dragun was on my order from Mrsnuff than I changed my mind and put FUBAR Grunt but Dragon sure will be on my next order.