@Ausnuffer, you are brave or very steady! 
Nice knife though, I’m jealous. Haven’t seen that one before.
I know the situation with the big brown mess around my nostrils. That’s the reason why I started to use a small tube to sniff. I bought this in a Bong shop. When I asked if they got some tubes for snuff they looked at me like I’d be an alien, but finally I got my tube 
It’s some pipe stuff. Using this tube is very cool, because your nose (mouth, eyes) would not come in contact with the snuff. . On the other hand it is very uncomfortable to use it outside, because you woul always need a table or something like that. Even at work (where I’ve got a table) my colleagues would look kind of irritated, if I would start to sniff So, outside or at work I prefer the “normal” method, placing the snuff on the back of my hand.
@torgan Never tried a tube… Does it work with fine snuffs? I have this bad vision of trying dahlokia white with it and it going right to the back of the throat…
@ddavelarsen I use the back end of the knife to my upper lip and sniff from there, its not so dangerous. It also helps to break up the clumps in snuff too
I also use a spoon, an ordinary teaspoon, to place enough snuff IN my hand (on the palm) and then pinch from there.
I’ve wondered about the tubes too. Maybe pinch a little into the tin lid and sniff from there? I’d think that would get some unwanted attention in public though. I might give it a try at home. So far though, the spoons are doing great by me. I found a tiny one on eBay that is perfect for toast – just the right amount. Also finally some schmaltzers came, and I know now I need to make a larger spoon for those… There’s no end to it! I always “need” something more… Someday I’ll have spoons in so many sizes half the fun will be picking which spoon to use.
@EricHill78 I’m quite new to snuff, so I don’t know if the snuff that I’ve got is fine at all. I have Ozona Rasperry Snuff Gawith Apricto Snuff Both of them are from Pöschl Tabak Germany (but these ones are not Schmaltzers). The look preety fine, like coffee, even a bit finer. With these snuffs a tube works pretty fine.
Nope torgan you got it backwards. They are coarse. Not as coarse as some snuffs.
My family’s shop used to have a mold that made two different size spoons for measuring small amounts of chemicals. I talked to my cousin over the weekend and they no longer have that particular tool. Otherwise I’d ask him to run a couple thousand of each to put up for trade. Now I’m dissapointed. They were made of thin polyethelene and I’m sure he would have used recycled plastic, possibly making them black.
Darn it.
They we’re actually pretty cool and extremely cheap. With re-grind we could have turned a profit at a penny a piece! Back in those day’s (14 years ago) I used to had them out to friends that used them for other purposes.
Dang, those would have been nice! Well, tooling these days can be made pretty cheaply, maybe this is an opportunity for an enterprising snuffer…
I’ve got an old pipe tool that I used for some of the more grainy snuffs like Wilsons Top Mill Menthol. As the weather gets colder and I smoke my pipe less and less I imagine the “coke spoon” will become a permanent snuff tool.
I use a metal baby spoon. It works fine for me. I just put the amount I want in it, and sniff.
@mcguyver75, I hope you get called back to work soon! I’m looking foward to your spoons. I don’t think a mirror polish is necessary, personally. I’ve polished the ones I’ve made out of copper and brass, but mostly just to blend the finish. A nice patina will take the polish down some over time and they’ll start looking more like workingman’s tools. Anyway, I’m looking forward to your manufacturing experiement and you can count me in for a few purchases. The pipe tool does work well, it’s pretty much just the right size for me too. But I’ve sniffed too large amounts too many times to risk using a very big spoon anymore!
I feel like a spoon should be somewhat posh. As much jewelry as tool. That is why I don’t like pipe tools for snuff. I don’t like pipe tools for pipes because I have fingers which work just as well for tamping stiring and scraping (though wash your fingers before you take a pinch or it’s kind of nasty).
I’ve looked at some old spoons on eBay that were really beautiful – silver and crystal, or cast or forged silver. They’re great and I’m safe saying I’ve bid my conscience on several of them. No winners yet though; I think there are a lot of snuff spoon collectors out there with deep pockets. Deeper pockets than mine anyway. That’s why I’ve gone the route of making my own. I can get something that’s obviously a snuff spoon for free aside from my time. I can usually make one in three hours or so depending how elaborate I do it. There sure has been a long learning curve though. I’m planning to buy some silver this weekend to see if I can make a decent one with nice material. Wish me luck.
When I get called back to my current shop, or a new shop, I will finish the mold inserts. The spoons will be finished only to an 800 grit emery. No need for diamond as they will be cheap and expendable. Once they are in production, (imagine 3 months or so) I will contact Tom and Roderick for bulk quantities for only the cost of shipping and my materials, I’m sure they will be give away’s. Like I mentioned, I have the electrode’s made already, I just need an old fashioned sinker EDM to finish them up.
I should note that the spoons in the “Triple-Tech” are VERY nice. However something I would probably lose if I used it more often. Anyone with a Dremel tool could fashion a spoon out of about any household product if they wish. If you don’t have access to carbide dental burr’s, just let me know, I’ve got hundreds available as you all probably know my dad is a dentist, and I use quite a bit of his equipment in the mold and die shop. I’ve got $3000.00 1mil plus RPM high-speed drills that I use for finish work that the companies won’t provide for basic tool-makers.
I use a bunch of cheap diamond burrs from Harbor Freight for small grinding jobs, and clean that up with Cratex. I’ve only used copper and brass so far but really looking forward to trying my hand with some silver wire.