Pinch vs. Back of Hand

I now use a bullet, but have to do double or triple shots, and sometimes use it as a tap box for back of hand. Good stuff guys!

I’ve ordered a bullet, just for ease when I’m out and about. Especially out in the countryside.

My everyday snuff is typically any one of the many American Scotch varieties I have (though I have some English snuff on order). I started with the pinch, but have found the boxcar to deliver much better results… much better quantity and distribution control IMHO. I’ve tried the back of the hand method, but the boxcar suits me well. Pinching is a rare occurrence anymore for me.

I was into the pinch, but have found that if I boxcar, with my thumb and middle finger, I can use my index for nostril constriction. This way I can control the flow to a much higher degree.

ive only recently started using snuff and ive instinctively used the boxcar method, itjust seems to suit me more. im still trying to get the hang of taking it into my nose, now and again i get it right, then other times i get a big hit in the throat. only been on it for less than a week so im just honing my technique, ill get there :slight_smile:

At home or in the shop I use a spoon for a tin, boxcar for tap boxes. Out and about pinch.

Depends on the type of snuff and the containing vessel. Usually pinch due to the snuff types I like and the snuff boxes I use but if I have a tap box or bullet I will use the boxcar method. I never snuff directly from a bullet and always tap out. I generally use tripletechs and have options but nearly always pinch. Boxcar is good as you take a snuff while giving a pushing flick, good for the tougher snuffs. Pinching gives more control and to me, more flavour. Back of hand is not a method of choice right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw\_ZL6nKUtI

One of the greatest films ever made - certainly a pair of the greatest eyebrows. Excellent! Anyway - strictly straight from the anatomical snuffbox for me: It’s the method I first learnt and therefore the one I’ve just about got right, now. I do box-car occasionally, but find this less effective. Must be a technique issue there on my part, I think. I started out with bullets, then moved onto Snuffhouse snuffboxes: I load them through the top, then tap out from the side into the anatomical snuffbox, using the slider to regulate the amount. Then vary inhalation depending on grind and/or moisture level of the snuff. A female friend of mine that I introduced to snuffing to has an interesting technique - she has quite long nails, so puts a pinch of snuff on the back of one hand, and then scoops it up using the inner surface of a finger nail on the other hand, introducing said nail to just under each nostril and sniffing.

I heard some illegal drugs are done with the nail method. I think cocaine. My boss first mentioned it to me when I told her I was doing snuff. yet another example of people think snuff is some sort of horrible illegal drug.

Pinches unless I can’t get my fingers in the container then it’s a spoon on the back of the hand for me

I prefer to pinch, coarse moist snuffs get the spoon (pinching them just compresses it into a solid ball) and tap boxes get thumb-nailed

Well, I guess I have to amend my prior statement. While the boxcar is my typical go to method for 99% of what I snuff… having only recently gotten into schmalzlers, I have now found schmalzlers are indeed best on the back of the hand. It just works for the better with this variety IMHO.

I heard some illegal drugs are done with the nail method. I think cocaine. My boss first mentioned it to me when I told her I was doing snuff. yet another example of people think snuff is some sort of horrible illegal drug.

Yeah, some of my friends mention how they don’t snort drugs, so they wouldn’t snort tobacco. I remind them that people have been snorting tobacco for much longer than most drugs. Besides maybe yopo, which from some points of view wouldn’t be considered a drug. Most people that see me doing it say something along the lines of “hey, my grandma did that”… Plus, I think when you are referring to the nail method, I believe that’s when people grow their pinky nail out to dig it in little baggies. As opposed to people tapping it out on the back of the thumbnail… however I could be wrong.

Here’s how I like to snuff, I’m weird and its just how my dispenser works best.

Wow. That is some big piles. Not double mine but, noticeably bigger. Unless you have really small hands.

I pinch, but tapboxsnuff get boxcared.

@Igglet‌ big…? I wouldn’t even have felt it.

Hmm. I should try bigger than. I just figure there is only so much I can physically get in their…

^ you’d be surprised how much snuff you can fit up there