Since I’ve finally gotten the pinch method down to where I don’t make a total mess, I’ve come to really see that something that sounds so simple can be very complicated, especially with very fine ground snuff. So, I thought I’d ask the people of Snuff House…How long did it take you to really get it down? Are you still working on it? Any tips or variations?
Still working on if lol
My pinch method is fairly consistent, despite a once broken nose that creates anatomical challenges. My only problem is when switching from pinch to spoon and back again, the adjustment is still not comfortable. I really only use toasts and scotches for the majority of my snuffing. Trial and error has been my only avenue. Yes, it is still a work in progress for me even after three months of use, but I am getting very close to getting it right.
Btw, I do kind of roll my fingers together and open them very slightly against my nostril while pinching to slowly release the tobacco and warm it. It looks like I am making the sign of “money in hand” or just rolling a booger.
I still prefer different methods for different snuffs, it just seems to depend on the personality of each. Some snuffs I enjoy taking with the pinch, spoon, hand, bullet, and even some with a rolled up bill in a line. For me I try all my different methods on a snuff to see which one gives me the best placement and scent experience.
The snuffs that I like best in a line I don’t tend to take to work.
It took me a while to get my little pinky finger to comfortably stick up especially while using the back of the hand method. I never realized how important this was but it has significantly increased the enjoyment of insufflating. This also cues onlookers to the regal nature of my actions humbling those not knowing what they are missing. (a curious psychological aspect of the pinch}
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I find that if I wear dress socks and high heels I get the perfect angle of attack and the right center of gravity for the perfect back of the hand. The dress socks are for wind resistance.
I definitely haven’t perfected my pinching yet, I do it the same way every time, but I still end up screwing up on occasion and getting hit in the back of the throat.
And Johnny just won the thread…
That was random and entirely awesome.
I notice more and more ways in which to improve my pinch everyday. Usauly little things but still it’s always fun to learn and snuff provides many opritunities for learning.
I really love the mess 
Oh JohnnyFriday, you are not suppose to make public your weekend trends!! 
I thought juxtaposer was being facetious, so I thought Id take it a step further… I guess I read too much into it.
I got pinching down pretty quickly for the medium moisture & grind like many English varieties. The hard part came when I started trying to use toasts and scotches. For whatever reason, they pinch differently for me than moister snuffs.
The best are schmalzlers. I could never understand how anyone could make enough of any snuff get to the right spot in the nose until I started with schmalzlers. They are so clumpy, it’s so much easier to take a pinch and just set it inside my nose.
- Quadruple the size of your pinch. 2. Insert the pinch slightly into the nose. 3. Take a short, sharp but gentle inhalation.
Most people who try this discover snuff taking as opposed to learning how to tolerate it.
for me it’s the other way round a bunch of tiny pinches layered ontop of each other is what leaves my nose happy. Big pinches piss my nose off really badly. Odd but true.
@Snuffter, I have to say that you changed my life. Tried your method with F&T Princes and loved it!!! burned as hell, but the flavor was so different.
PS: Still burning
I’ve got a question about pinching for those that do it, when you pinch do you sniff everything that you pinched? If not, what do you do with it? It seems like a waste to drop it, but also kinda unsanitary to put back in the box. What’s everyone doing?
Shawn
I rub the fingers that still have snuff on them together holding them under my nose and sniffing. Sometimes you have to rub them together pretty hard.
It all goes up. Make them big ones or you’ll never get what snuff is.
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