Just got done watching “how do they do it” which included snuff. The snuff they featured was Sam gawith. It was interesting just wish they had more on the show about it. I will try to find a link to a video and post it if I can find one. It was on the science channel (SCI) if someone want to look for upcoming shows.

Cool!

The original air date and info: Rayon; Snuff; Cola: November 29, 2012 The website only goes out a few days for episodes. I will check my DVRs bazillion week long listings if I remember tonight.

I found it! Set your DVRs!!! In the US this is Mountain time. How Do They Do It? - Rayon; Snuff; Cola SCIHD - Dec 8 3:30am

Thanks @dogwalla I don’t have a dvr but was doing a web search and that’s wasn’t turning out the info I was looking for.@genecramer that was funny how they throw all the tobacco on the floor. I figured by now it would be alot different but its definitely worth watching even tho it was a short clip

Lol…No I watched it last night. It was all true. I laughed when I seen that but they haven’t changed anything in 300 years so if it works why change it.

I’m just amazed that they’d have it on there with how taboo tobacco is in general. I know they’ve done ones on booze and such, but tobacco is just unmentionable.

If anyone is interested the link is here to watch on Amazon for $1.99 if you are a prime member. I just finished watching the episode and the segment on snuff is a bit short but definitely worth watching. It is interesting to see the machinery and the fact that each batch is indeed hand made. Explains the variability in the snuff we receive from tin to tin.

How Do They Do It? - Rayon; Snuff; Cola Season 6 Episode 16 First Aired: November 29, 2012 Three to five hours of grinding is awesome. Sitting around drinking tea staring at the bearings to make sure they don’t overheat is also awesome. A room full of tobacco dust covering everything including the tincture bottles… awesome. Mixing in the casings in the middle of the floor, not so awesome. Well… in a way it is. I imagine when they were doing hundreds of pounds a day that was the only space for composting but it has been a few hundred years so maybe a little modernization is in order for this particular part of the process. This little clip has raised quite a few questions on the details of snuff making for me. Such as: Time spent in compost pile while cased Effects of casing before grinding as opposed to grinding then casing Temperatures while grinding for so many hours Amount of rest before scenting Amount of rest after scenting Good stuff! I think he said sal ammoniac not ammonia, I’ll have to watch it again.

I searched for this on Netflix with no luck. Anyone know what season this was/is on?

How Do They Do It? - Rayon; Snuff; Cola Season 6 Episode 16 First Aired: November 29, 2012

My DVR caught it for me and I got to watch it this morning. I agree that it would have been cool to see more, but it was still entirely fascinating. Thanks @distaind for the heads-up in the first place.

How Do They Do It? - Rayon; Snuff; Cola Season 6 Episode 16 First Aired: November 29, 2012

Thanks, I’ll try to track it down.

For those in the UK it will be on Discovery Science or one of the other Discovery channels, my OH saw it this week (and didn’t record it!!) so keep them peeled! Been through the whole of next week on Disc Sci and nothing for the snuff one!

I thought it was pretty cool to watch, agreed, wish they had more than 10 minutes(or so) about it

I looked at Comcast cable’s on demand listings and it was there, so I just watched it. That was really good, but short. I’ll need to watch it again, and also try and get a recording of it. I liked how they seemed to emphasize how proud they were of their vacuum tins.

I´m also looking for that episode in its original version, but at least I found it in my mother language. link spanish. They name snuff “Rapé or inhaling tobacco”, because in Spain the french variant of snuff (“Rapee” in English -snuff crated from a twist, called “carotte” in French-) was the most “chic” and fashionable type of snuff in late 18th & most part of 19th Centuries, and the only one that finally stood still in detriment of the primitive snuff varieties or “polvos de tabaco”, at the age when the use of snuff greatly declined in favor of smoking tobacco. So they ended calling it “Rapé”, either was it a true Rapee or not. And that mistaken designation has remained until today.