Im just starting out with American snuffs, which I love, however, I can’t seem to take a pinch with out hitting the throat. It results in 1 cough and then I’m ok. I have found that I can take a monster pinch as soon as i cough without ill effects. I’ve read about people hating the throat hit, but for me 1 cough is not an inconvenience, especially when it preps me for that fistful of Rooster that comes next. Just my thoughts, anyone else discover this? or have a better method?
Do a search, I am sure there is a thread.
some snuffs I take on the tip of a very small screwdriver or the tip of my Czech tool and do more kind of tipping into and pressing into the tip or sides of my nose than I do sniffing (adjusting the more pressing/less sniffing tactic as needed per snuff) and its not perfect but it can help.
With very fine or dry snuffs, I pinch and insert the tips of my fingers slightly into my nostrils then gently breathe it in rather than a sharp sniff. There is a thread somewhere on this and the method I’ve described comes from Roderick.
^^Roderick’s bunny method. Some like to take a free finger and close the upper nostril by pushing it against the septum. I agree, do some searches, there are several good techniques. One time Juxtaposer said something about just being like a whale and closing your blow hole. After I read that, it made sense. Now I do that.
I have also said I don’t mind a cough or two. Especially when it’s a nice clean Scotch1
As an ex-smoker I sometimes think the occasional cough is kind of helpful in a weird way, like its a little expected maybe even or an additional signaller that I’m ‘getting the stuff’ from this – and I agree with Juxposer, cept I’d also add toasts, or at least WoS HDT #22, I don’t mind a cough after it (and oddly tonight I am finding if I take maybe one sniff of very slightly sweet snuff like Navy Sweet for every five or so HDT sniffs the slight drip/cough thing is even more satisfying).