Hi “again” my final question this week hopefully is what size portion are we ment to use per sniff ? I have read a pea size per nostril is way to much and then some say a pea size per nostril is perfect some say no way near enough ?? How much do you use ???

It all boils down to your own preference and nicotine intake. how much u need for that nicotine buzz. A pinch size of an apple seed is ,to me, a baseline that I worked upwards with to find that sweet spot of mine. However, I do feel that snorting lines is going overboard… at least for me. haha.

Ok thanks, I’m using probably a kidney bean size per pinch … Maybe to much

bigger the better!!! still … personal preference.

I pinch as much as I can grab with my thumb and finger

I tend to take it from the back of my hand, as of late, a line about 3cm long and 5mm wide, half for each nostril. Less for some snuffs (Grand Cairo, Lemon Grove/Toast and other snuffs that burn hard) but sometimes more for dark snuffs. I was so pleased to have some more Best Dark in my collection earlier that I hoovered up what amounted to a banister-sized rail of the stuff! It’s a very forgiving snuff though, kind to the nose and oh-so-tasty.

To back of handers: try a pile instead of a line. Drop your nostril directly over the pile so the bottom of your nose meets your hand. Snuff the whole pile at once, and there should be much less burn/irritation. Natrually, moist and dark snuffs are more forgiving no matter which way you take them.

9inchnails wow really !???

@Xander - spot on! That’s how I usually do it. Works a treat with everything for me, toasts to rappees.

@ermtony: Yes, this I mainly reserve for German snuffs. I generally prefer to pinch toasts, and most everything else.

@xander I’ll try that, thanks for the tip!

Xander wow that’s so much better thanks for the tip ! No burn at all really !

I find that the more you can get to “fly up” at once the easier it is on the nose, and more flavorful, and I actually get less run/drip this way. When I do back of hand I do like Xander says, and when I pinch I just let go of the whole pinch with a whiff. To stay on topic: I vary from pea to appleseed size depending on how much nic I want/need. If I’m stressed or pissed off larger than that sometimes…

For me at least it depends on the the type of snuff I am sniffing, for example I’m not about to do a pea size worth of Bruton Scotch for each nostril, but I will probably do a pea size or bigger for my other more forgiving snuffs. It all boils down to preference and experience because when I first started taking snuff I would take really small pinches on purpose to make sure I got my technique down and then pretty naturally and without really meaning to I just started taking bigger and bigger amounts.

Its based on the counter-intuitive fact that larger pinchs are less irritant, you also apprciate the flavour more. And get more nic.

I’ve been using back of hand lately, less waste and mess. A big pinch makes a big pile, or use a pipe tool spoon, one heaping scoop. Then snuff the pile, half in each side. I remember a youtube video, some guy doing huge heaping scoops of bruton, one in each side. He didn’t even make a face. When I saw that video I could not believe it! But now, I see it is not too bad. One heaping spoon-full (not stacked 3 times) does me well, split between nose holes.

“I pinch as much as I can grab with my thumb and finger.” Ditto.

Yeah. Giant pinches are where it’s at. =)

Unless you like smaller pinches. To each his own. For me though, two consecutive, monster pinches to each nostril every hour is just about spot-on.

I basically shovelled Emerald Mocha when I first got my hands on it. Nowadays i just do “regular” pinches , nothing too monstrous haha! /edit: curiosity got the best of me , tried n9inchnails’ “as much as a thumb and finger would pinch” and i blew my own head off with sp extra. Rather pleasant after the tears went away , might give this big pinches thing another try.

I find that no matter how much vitamin N I want, I can’t take more than a very small pinch at a time my nose acts up horribly… probably smaller than a pea. I do, however, take several of those small bumps. I’m new to snuff though, maybe it’s the sort of thing you build a tolerance with.

@szalvias Its true ya know. when i started out… which is not very long ago… i can only handle an apple seed size up each nostril. now… only 3 or 4 apple seed sniffs up each nostril satisfies me.

Take a big pinch. Instead of a few grains to irritate your nose, you get a big, fluffy dash up there and it sort of “soothes” the nostril instead of irritating it. Don’t ask me why but it works. One pea sized pinch per nostril.