Never rub your eye with the hand you use to pinch. Never fill a snuff box in front of a fan someone else may turn on. The snuff you run out of is back ordered everywhere. Please add your wisdom to the list.
Gravity always wins…
Dark nostril caves can be disconcerting to others.
Close your eyes while blowing your nose.
Never pick old snuff out of your nose while your mouth is open.
ALWAYS cover your nose, prefferably with a hankie or paper towel, when sneezing (unless you sneeze through your mouth) because “snuff snot” will go everywhere. Tissues will usually break if you sneeze into them.
Be sure your handkerchief is big enough and is properly unfolded, it is not good to end up with a brown-sprayed shirt in the office…
Nose is bottomless. If you think that it’s enough snuff for one time pinch, you must put some more snuff on your hand. Never go piss unless your hands are PERFECTLY clear. Try to avoid white clothes. They will be white no more. Never open WoS tins with strenght…
A snuff bullet only dismantles itself in your pocket when its full
Wow. I’ve learned a ton since I began snuff. Its hard to boil it down to a few catchphrases. Lets see, at least one I can come up with is not to underestimate snuff, since no single manufacturer makes everything I would define as snuff. (I guess that’s rephrased newbie advice though: try lots from different makers). Surely there is at least one snuff that will cover your needs.
Don’t give up on a snuff if you don’t like it at first. Jar it up and hold on to it for a while. Tastes change and you might end up liking it in the future.
Big pinches. After 2 years using a spoon, big pinches radically improved my experience. Also much less irritation. Counterintuitive, I know. Just be brave and do it! For big pinches, use your middle finger. I can’t get big enough pinches with my forefinger. Maybe because I don’t have big manly hands. Also take your time when slowly inhaling. There’s no rush. You want the snuff at the front of your nose not the back, although this is unavoidable with very fine snuffs. After taking a pinch, continue slowly inhaling to reduce/prevent snuff falling from your nose, although this is unavoidable with coarse snuffs, I find pinching your nostrils together for a couple of seconds after the pinch helps reduce nostril fall out. Avoid tissues. Use cloth hankies. Whenever I use tissues to blow my nose, I blow a whole right through the tissue and get snuff snot all over my hands. Even big pinches are often not enough. Sometimes I take 2 or three big pinches in succession. This is how I can easily go through 3 x 5g smash boxes in a day, even with toasts, scotches and whites. Start the day with a few big pinches of your favourite menthol. Let the menthol fade, then your nose is ready for whatever snuff you fancy next without coughing. If coughing is a problem for you, get in the habit of drinking milky drinks like British tea or coffee. Milk lines your throat and prevents snuff irritation. With some snuffs, you’ll always get some in your throat, so you need to learn to deal with this. Milk and beer work great. Just my opinion, no offence to fans, but bullets and snuff spoons are a waste of time. Again, learn to take big pinches. Hugely more rewarding. Stay the hell away from English snuffs in tap boxes! Never give up on a snuff until you’ve had it years and are well and truly convinced it is not for you. Like your oral palette, your nasal palette will evolve and snuffs you initially hated will become favourites in the future. I didn’t much like SPs at first. Love them now. This is my opinion which not everyone shares but a lot of longtermers do, is bulk. As a newbie you’ll want to try everything. This of course is great! This honeymoon period can last years. 3 for me. I bought 100s of tins in those 3 years. Wasted a lot of stuff to staleness. Not all snuffs rehydrate well. Eg many Toques don’t. But after the honeymoon period passes, you should have a pretty good idea of your favourites. Learn how to store bulk in proper airtight glass containers and buy in 400g+ and the snuff will stay fresh for years and years and years. Decant from bulk to smaller airtight glass jars, eg 50-100g jars so you minimise opening your big bulks as infrequently as possible. Once you go bulk, apart from trying new snuffs in tins, you’ll never go back. About rehydration, always use pure water available at motor supply shops. Never use tap water, it ruins snuff. Snuff with pride. Sod what others think!
Use scissors to trim nose hairs, never pluck, as snuff will irritate the fresh plucked pores(?) and cause discomfort. Lol I actually sometimes think snuff is a nasal hair food.
lol. Not a criticism so please dont take offence. I’ve been plucking nasal hairs for years. I get a twisted enjoyment from the eye watering pain. :">
After a morning of snuffing always check in the mirror to be sure you don’t resemble a pig who had been digging Truffles, especially if you use the black moister snuffs.
As others have said before, one of the most important things is never totally give up on a snuff. So many times I would try a snuff from my Mr. Snuff order and not care for it then it would get thrown in a baggie and to the bottom of the snuff drawer. Then months later I would try it again and I cannot believe that it is the same snuff. Even the worst of snuffs can be redeemed through the mixing process also.
Don’t use your white handkerchiefs… Get some big, colored bandanas instead!
Pre-wash your bandanas before you put them into the laundry.
that snuff really is a miracle and that cigarettes are not tobacco.
snuff is a great conversation starter.