I have 1 kilogram of Levi Garrett in glass!!! Wish I had 10 kilograms of Spanish Jewel any kind of container. Oh well, I will settle for 1 kilogram as well. To be quite honest, I will be happy with 10 grams too. I only have about 3 grams left and I still owe the sender something.
I have a number of rubber gasket, 4 liter bail wire clamp jars. I put the snuff I have in tins in the large airtight storage jars, without removing the snuff from the tins. I hope my logic is correct, but it seems to me that a leaky container in an airtight container is just like an airtight container in the first place. Zip Lock bags with the sliding, locking seal also do an excellent job of preserving snuff tins that are already opened. I wouldn’t call it a long term storage solution, but it works well for months in the case of both snuff and snus.
I also use those jars for pipe tobacco. It lasts indefinitely.
Picked up a flat of the 4oz canning jars today, $0.64 each. Now for the “chore” of decanting the drum of SG Scotch recently received. Light tamping and each jar holds 50g with about 0.25" or so remaining to the the very top of the jar. Did I say chore? I mis-spoke. The smell of the snuff while spooning from drum to jar made this a pleasant task for sure. I decided to do this because of the condition of the drum when it was delivered. In a word, crushed. Looked as tho it has been stepped on repeatedly. But now, this speaks volumes as to just how robust the containers are. Even though the drum had been close to flattened, the integrity of the cap did not appear to have been broken! I expected to find a package of loose snuff when I unwrapped the thing but lo, nary a pinch where it didn’t belong! Still didn’t want to trust the thing for the long term storage so the jars certainly seemed the route to go. 
That’s pretty amazing! Must’ve run her through the letter sorter, ouch! I’m happy with my canning jar storage
hehe I was soooo angry when I got home and saw that on the table. Fortunately all was well! I had considered the canning jars early on Bart, your posts prompted me to go ahead with them. Inexpensive and by all rights the snuff should last well enough to be considered inheritance worthy! (-;
Good Save OTD and I can see where you were a little upset at first! I would have been thats for sure! Damn USPS ill tell you…!
Wow, I’m glad that the snuff was safe. Its like a bad car accident but no one got hurt, just the car was totaled.
hehe And like a bad car accident I simply stared at it off and on for the longest time before I could rouse myself to action. USPS or Royal Mail, could have happened either side of the water I’d imagine. Sent the pics to the vendor, Jamie’s’ response was to curse Royal Mail! (-;
Wow, that’s really unfortunate. Drop Jay an email letting him know that it came crushed, maybe he can change his packaging to prevent it from happening again.
I did stokes. He was extremely apologetic, even tho no actual loss occurred, and sez he will start using cartons instead of just the bubble wrap and heavy paper.
+1 to both of you. Snuff.me.uk offers a great service.
Agreed, I’ll be sending more trade their way with out fail!
try these for your storage needs: tightvac.com -I use them to decant large tins into. Work great.
Would mason jars work for snuff storage? Something like a Ball jar I guess.
@GOHAWKS mason jars work perfectly to store snuff or pipe baccy, just make sure you screw the lid on TIGHT
Does anyone have experience with bulk Toque? I have been leery to purchase in bulk because every description is that is comes in a bag not an actual container. If it was a container I would have already ordered a couple of pounds but the bags, if not suitable for a years storage, are not feasible right now as I won’t be home for about a year to jar. Anyone with Toque bulk insight I would be glad to hear. Or a breakdown or the most popular brands methods of shipping their bulks. Example- 250g screw top WOS, 450g flip top WOS, 250g flip top McC. Thanks all. Darn America with the tobacco laws has me going all bulk.
I’ve bought a fair amount of bulk bags from Toque. They arrive very fresh. But within a day or two of their arrival I decant them into mason jars. I do not know how long they would stay fresh in the plastic bag unopened. Once opened they would need to be decanted imho.
Thank you for the insight. I guess I will just have to hold off on buying bulk Toque until I get closer to getting home and can jar it up. Much appreciated Slide.
why not jar it where you are? No jars?