Hello everyone. I am starting this thread because I see a lot of threads lately that are dedicated to a single, simple question that doesn’t really need a whole discussion about it. I also find myself with ‘small’ questions and never ask them because I don’t want to start a whole new thread to ask them. So I was hoping this thread could be a place to put these short questions. I will start off with a couple: 1. What does a pound of snuff look like next to a dollar bill for reference? If anyone has a pound of snuff sitting around and would take a picture, that would be great. 2. I heard mention of asafetida being used in some Indian snuffs. Is this true and, if so, which snuffs? 3. I’d like to answer a question I was going to ask. Apparently, to remove odor from a jar (I have been using emptied salsa jars to store snuff) let it sit in sunlight with baking soda and/or vinegar in it for a couple days.
Finding a pound of snuff in this house is no problem, but you’d have to send me a dollar bill to photograph alongside it!
or next to a ruler or something. dollar bill is just common for scale reference in pictures.
- You can see a picture of a pound drum on the Sharrow website. Imagine something about twice the size of a standard jar of instant coffee. 2. Never heard of any, but maybe? 3. Yes. Actually both will work on their own as well. Vinegar is extremely good at getting rid of smells, just needs a good rinse after use. I once cleaned an absolutely stinking pint mug that had been used as an ashtray for years and it got rid of all the whiff in 5 minutes.
another question: Why do fresh snuffs smell of ammonia?
PM here’s a pic from the collection of our very own OscarWabbit showing a 1lb WoS Camphor & Mild drum http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z24/OscarWabbit/883e3620.jpg
Ammonia isn’t added to snus, but the natural aging gives it an ammonia scent until it airs out. Ammonia compounds occur naturally in tobacco. Tobaccos containing natural ammonia compounds and sugars which react with one another during the curing and aging process. Their reaction gives tobacco naturally pleasant aromas and flavors.
All it ever signifies for a snuffer is that his snuff is fresh.
Regarding the 4-digit serial number on the back of Poschl tapboxes - according to comments left on this video review (link below), fresh ones are now with serial numbers starting with 7 or 8. I recently finished my Ozona President, and bought a new one, and the serial number on the new one is 2450… it seems to ‘taste’ OK, but is it actually ‘past its use by date’ so to speak? http://www.youtube.com/all\_comments?v=WLHYXP8aFr4
Now that really is embracing a new hobby, I didn’t even know they had serial numbers,lol
A question for this thread. Am I right in thinking that, although snus may not be sold in the UK, it’s use is not actually unlawful. Also there is no duty to pay on this form? Any experiences from UK users?
None of the regulations about tobacco, of any form, relate to ownership or possession in the same way the law regulates and prohibits certain drugs. You can buy, possess and use snus in the UK; it just can not be sold to you by a retailer in the UK. The loophole way of buying it is of course online - although that has changed recently because of a lawsuit filed in Denmark regarding Swedish exports of snus. The content of that suit is not important, just the result for UK snus users: you now have to buy snus via a non EU warehouse, which in practice means buying from the US, albeit a warehouse owned by a company like the Northener. People seem to have had different experiences - possibly due to website issues but speaking personally; I am able to buy snus from the Northener site without any problems. Why I can and others have been unable to is beyond me. There have been no duty issues but the snus now takes two weeks to get to me. My honest advice: don’t get too much of a liking for snus as its an expensive hassle now. You are far better, in my view, to buy some of our fantastic, home-made English chew from Snuffstore. I tried snus way after most people and found it pleasant enough but just not available enough for me.
Yes thanks for that. Pretty much as I expected. I was reassured to see that snus cannot be taxed at the smoking rate in the UK. In view of this I do not think anyone can be hit for excise or additional duty. My snus is on order from Swedish Snus.com, and has been shipped from PA. Two weeks sounds a long time - interesting to see whether mine gets here quicker . I have a bit of Black Pigtail Vanilla in now, and I am certainly getting the taste for these ones. Heck of a lot cheaper too I think. I’m prepared to spoil myself rotten with anything so long as it’s not for smoking. I’m down to about two small bowls of flake a day. Would like to get this down further to maybe a couple of good bowls a week. I’m still moving steadily in this direction thanks largely to your excellent site and the info and ideas available here. So, Many Thanks. (An old tip from Pieter, a bit of twist can be wrapped in kitchen towel to make a kind of portion, for the squeemish).
I’m not finding much on this… a question for the pipe gurus. Do strongly sweetened pipe tobaccos tend to clump in a pipe due to caramelization?
Not noticed that, but strongly sweetened often means very moist, so tobaccos like that can ‘smoke wet’; where you get a tarlike deposit in the bottom of the bowl and creeping up the stem. If you go on to Mcgahey’s website, there is a section called ‘ask Martin’ where you can look at literally hundreds of pipe questions or ask one yourself. He is one of the internet’s great experts on pipe smoking and has lots of remedies for pipe smokers.
Ive got one, Why does everybody look down on captain black pipe tobacco? The cigars smell and taste DELICOUS. I cant understand why people dislike it so much.
I hate Captain Black pipe tobacco because it is crappy tobacco soaked in crappy flavouring, once you have had quality English pipe tobacco there is no going back
@n9inch Captain Black (white pouch) is awful to me. Maybe if I didn’t buy it in a crappy grocery/tobacco mart in a crappy city for the first time and it came if different packaging I could have liked it, but I doubt it.
There´s also a significant difference between US Captain Black White and the Euro version (it lacks the Coumarin).
xapken Not really sure what you mean by sweetened pipe tobacco. What’s an example? I find that flakes and twists burn with a lot less moisture than aromatics and mixes, which are not really my thing. I have a general rule that the more FANTASTIC the smell of these in the tin and on first lighting, the crappier they smoke, - with a few exceptions.