oh so Grimm and triepel is like the oliver twists which although tasty are a rip off if you have a need for nicotine.
OT and G&T dont work in term of nicotine imho
I’ve tried a few oliver twists just to have something diffrent and I had to use two pellets not to feel it but to reduce my cravings to a point of not wanting to murder someone for a pinch of snuff. Though I found if you unwrap one oliver twist so it’s a single strip of tobacco leave and lay it across your gums it gives a decent but very short lived nicotine hit. Not worth buying it to try but if you already have some it’s one way to get something out of it. I guess I won’t be trying the Grimm. Unless I find myself with too much money.
I’ve tried a few oliver twists just to have something diffrent and I had to use two pellets not to feel it but to reduce my cravings to a point of not wanting to murder someone for a pinch of snuff. Though I found if you unwrap one oliver twist so it’s a single strip of tobacco leave and lay it across your gums it gives a decent but very short lived nicotine hit. Not worth buying it to try but if you already have some it’s one way to get something out of it. I guess I won’t be trying the Grimm. Unless I find myself with too much money.
I think the fact, that G&T dont react to our times is sad. I am sure, they could easily produce some “strong” sticks to chew on. Same goes for OT.
The problem seems to be that they’re made by old ladies who probably have some secret technique for stealing half the nicotine from them and bringing it home in their purses. Then reconstructing it into a strong plug.
This thread has mecurious too. I’m meaning to try English twist for a little while, it always just seemed kind of pricey, but I’ll probably try a one off my next big order. @prismaster I’m not really in the Appalachia region (but not too far either) anyway I can keep an eye out for you. You might want to post your wish list in the Buy-sell-trade thread. I update mine approximatley every two months.
Actually technically speaking, bob is in the Appalachian mountains
near very near. Like I can go walk there and have a few times. Though calling anything near me a mountain is kind of silly as technically we only have big hills.
This thread has mecurious too. I’m meaning to try English twist for a little while, it always just seemed kind of pricey, but I’ll probably try a one off my next big order. @prismaster I’m not really in the Appalachia region (but not too far either) anyway I can keep an eye out for you. You might want to post your wish list in the Buy-sell-trade thread. I update mine approximatley every two months.
Thank you.
Just tried a piece of GH maple twist about the size of a dime, mostly leaf. I like the rough tobacco flavor and I’m not overwhelmed by nicotine, though I can tell its better than the Oliver twists I’ve tried from a sampler pack I picked up in NC in strength of flavor and nicotine.
@prismaster You seem to know alot about twist, could you tell me approximetly how long 50g would last, on average based on enough usage to supress nicotine withdrawl?
I threw a good sized chunk of twist into my grinder and shredded into something more like long cut and I’ve never appreciated the flavor or nicotine more. I don’t think I’ll be using twists another way from now on.
@snuffmeister dont make me red!! ^^ well, to be honest, it is rather hard to estimate, but 50g would last you a bit i guess. if you think to take 1-2g at a time, you would have 25 times to go. from his Kendal twists for example, you only need rather small pieces since it is heavy stuff. for american twist, which are hard also (imho), you dont need more. long story short: it is a economical tobacco form (and you can use your chewed pieces in your pipe later - in case you smoke pipe).
Anyone know how Oliver Twist chew is cured? The reason I ask is coz it is Danish and was wondering if they use the same methods as the Swedes do for snus.
@Ubert all I know is those little bits don’t give me much nic
The Picannel(sp?) bits are pretty good and seem like a supercharged OT. Not to mention a better value in the sense of volume for the money. Mr Snuff had them in stock last time I checked…
I rather chew red man leaf. If I took out a leaf and cut it with a razor an inch long and 1/4 inch wide I could get hundreds of those little Oliver twists out of a 6 dollar bag of red man , beechnut or any other leaf chew.
Perhaps, but you still might like the Picannels, with one or two of them I’d probably get the same satisfaction as with a wad of average looseleaf- maybe it’s just me. The old Oliver Twist Seniors were pretty good though, two of them could get a heavy smoker of strong RYO’s (me) through a plane trip…
i ordered some pigtail and twist chewing tobacco but i wonder if spitting is necessary?
@linguist You can gut the spit it produces, but it’s not too comfortable.
I bought a select of GH and SG twists about a year ago. I didn’t like them. They all aggravated my throat with the juice. So eventually I ground them all go and made snuff out if them. I’ve recently been told I should have been spitting the juice. Is this true? The kick is great.