Actualy I like the history of snuff only partialy. I mean it’s cool but in all honesty unless I’am doing a snuff that is from what feels like a very old reciepe it’s probably the furthest thing from my mind. Snuff just seems like more of a conisuers thing period to me then something old fashioned. Then again when it was introduced to me I didn’t know it had a very old tradion. Though it seems like a very pure way to enjoy tobacco.
I love the history but I also love that it has been updated with some new brands. I do wonder if the F&T I’m snuffing is the same as the Duke of Sussex had and did he like it as well as I do? Oh yes, you can’t go wrong with Doyle or Lovecraft.
Well Jarhog, the thing with F&T is that although they’ve been going since the 1700’s, the company closed in the 1980’s and the snuffs are now made by Wilsons of Sharrow. Also the tobacco used was originally Cuban, now it is Zimbabwean (damn, does that mean we snuffers are in some way propping up Mugabe’s government? I’m not happy about that.) WoS only manufacture 13 types, there were a load more varieties than that, so we’re not snuffing the exact snuff that the Duke did, but a modern variant on it. Personally, I see the Toque brand being held in the same regard as F&T by future snuffers - even though they’re so new to the scene they have the same unimpeachable standards of quality and are pretty much the best snuff makers around in my humble opinion.
The user and all related content has been deleted.
that Hawthorne adaptation sounds really good! The books I really want to read at the moment are Thomas deQuinceys ‘Confessions of an English Opium Eater" and Matthew Lewis’ The Monk. I also love the old 50’s-70’s gothic horror films by film studios such as Hammer, Amicus, etc, which generally starred Christpher Lee (now of Lord of the Rings fame) and the awesome Peter Cushing. As well as Roger Corman’s Poe adaptations which nearly all starred Vincent Price. Ahhh great films 
I passed through Shelburne, Nova Scotia about a month after the film crew that made “The Scarlet Letter” left. They left all their sets for the town to use as part of its historical center. An interesting side note is that Shelburne was founded in the late 1700’s by fleeing (ahem) “Loyalists” who wanted to remain “British” after the American War for Independence. So technically they are all Americans there! There is a neighboring town, whose name escapes me, that was founded by Black slaves who were given freedom for remaining loyal to the crown. The Continetal Army then had to also give freedom to any black who volunteered to fight (I guess they were losing too many to the Brits). End historical lesson of the day.