What I mean by this is rather than just - I would like to see a ‘x’ flavour snuff - is what else could snuff producers do to make you a happy customer? For me a big one is I would like to be able to buy snuff in whatever qty I wanted. I mean this is just powder that needs to be weighed out and I would like to be able to buy it in whatever weight I wanted. Most companies go 10g to 25g and then jump all the way up to 250g! its a big step - let me buy 50g or 100g if I want to. Toque have this right but some others are shockingly limited in the weights you can buy. The other thing I would like to see is more experimentation with the base tobacco. Companies tend to stick to a base and then knock out different flavours. Snuff is relatively cheap so if I had the opportunity to treat myself once or twice a year to some expensive Cuban tobacco snuff I would jump at the chance. Finally - Wilsons need to get around to introducing some more of the F&T line. And, please, lets hope they do they job properly. So aside from different flavours - what would you guys like to see from snuff companies?
Id like to see GH and SG scrap tap-boxes and go with tins.
@ Mopey: All de Kralingse flavours are available in 100 gram PP screw capped containers. Jaap Bes.
I would like to see more “collectible” items like snuff boxes and mulls…
Jesu27 - yep Im with you on that. Would even like to see some limited edition runs like in the cigar world in fancy tins or something. We can but dream! Jaap - thanks for letting me know that. Will certainly keep it in mind.
I’d like to see a KOOL scotch snuff.
I would like to be put on the payroll. Some sort of sinecure PR job would suite me fine. Walking around shaking hands, snuff box in one hand and a gin and tonic in the other.
Ha! I tried that bruteforce, McChrystals wouldn’t have me!
I would like to see a moderately priced snuff mull
Kind of a strange request but I’d like to see better promotion so I could find some different snuffs locally at a brick and mortar store. Seems like there is no one going door to door getting bussiness accounts.
Heavy marketing, distribution and sales in the U.S. of European Snuff. I’m not a fan of american scotch snuff with very very few exceptions and even that is hard to find in most areas. Just make it easier for me to get good european snuffs without waiting 3 weeks for it to get here
Yeah, wouldn’t it be nice? Apparently FDA requirements are a major pain, or so I was told. Surprisingly enough, I just came back from a PDX tobacco store and they had quite a few Wilson’s (mostly the fruity varieties, though), and F&T Seville and Old Paris. Nothing I really like, but I couldn’t help getting a couple.
I’d love to be able to find some snuff here in BC, Canada . Or like Brute said, it would be pretty fantastic to be some sort of representative. But yes, I’d definitely like to be able to get my hands on some snuff locally!
FDA…useless 3 letter agency like all the rest. I don’t have a PDX near me or I would be raiding them blind, I love that variety of Wilsons and Old Paris and Seville are actually my 2 fav. F&T’s. The tiny rural country I live in has a Smokers Express that when I inquired about snuff they said they wouldn’t order anything illegal after insisting they never heard of anything like tobacco you sniff. Obviously they don’t get out much
By PDX I meant Portland, Oregon. The store is called Tobacco Town, but I don’t think they have branches outside of the Portland metro area. Also, my guess is that the stock was all pre-PACT.
Ive bought pre Pact made snuff from a tobacco town in Las Vegas…hmmmm theres only 1 location though.
Lol yes I have gotten strange looks myself when asking about snuff . How can they call themselves Tobacconists if they don’t know dick about tobacco?!
I think your average “smoke shop” worker doesnt even know the word tobacconist…
I would like snuff companies to make some more high nic snuffs with flavour! The only high nic snuffs taste like campfire and pennies… (except for a certain coconut tasting one ^^)
PACT had no effect on brick & mortar shops. In fact it was partially intended to help them. Its the general ignorance of snuff that keeps them from stocking it.
I was told that it made it compulsory for all companies wanting to enter the U.S. market to submit a list of ingredients to the FDA.
I heard that FDA thing too but I didn’t think it was part of PACT. I think that FDA reg was it’s own separate waste of time, money, and effort
Mopey, at first I thought you were just nostalgic with the video that came up a few weeks ago. I sigh and just leave it at that. It’d be a heck of a thing though walk into a place and come out with a bag of raw snuff. Tobacconist: “just came in…” Snuffhouse member: “yeah” Tobacconist: “base from Spain, cured in Brazil, and handed over to the experts” Snuffhouse member: “I’ll take 25g, and the usual” “I’d like to see a KOOL scotch snuff.” There you go tom502 neuportz lol.
@MikeMoose: Try that store in Vancouver on Granville and Nelson. I checked it out with Google Street View and it looks like its still there. It is next to a Pita Pit, which itself is next to a Blenz. I know it is a bit of a trek for you, but I am almost certain it will pay off. If I can figure out the name and number, I’ll send it to you and you can call them before you commit to the drive.
I would love to see more brick and mortar stores carry a good selection of snuffs but sadly the days of the English tobacconist in every town have long gone.
The thing with the snuff companies (excluding Toque) is that they have been going an awful long while and I think they are pretty set in their ways, most of them have fairly basic involvement with the net - it always seems like its just a nod to the new age to me - and excluding Toque not a single one of the UK firms seem to have the slightest interest in the customer base; this is now a big and long standing site and we don’t have the slightest relationship with any of them - even on a practical level thats odd given that the UK has no tobacco advertising. Their loss, but I wouldn’t hold your breath when you are thinking about what changes you would like them to make. Old families making a good living without too much dynamism I guess.
FDA= Foolish Damn Arseholes
Well, Wilsons of Sharrow gave us a generous discount when they launched their webstore.
Did they? Damn, I missed that!
The sale that WoS had was something I will tell my grandchildren about.
cstokes - really? how much were the knocking off??
The WOS sale was a high point for me too! I ordered twice to get around the fact that the shipping calculator could handle only so much. I had so many tubs of bulk snuff that I felt like king of the world. No regrets at all getting in on that sale, and just pre PACT to boot. That was a score! Just the bulk tub of Camphor and Mild was a revelation as to what a different world fresh bulk snuffs were, heavenly!
its not what the snuff company can do for you , its what you can do for your snuff company
@mmjkrm haha, was waiting for that one!
@Roderick I wouldnt mind seeing some more medium grinds like Berwick Brown ;D
+1 on all snuffs available in 100g bags.
@NelsonPipeClub : Thanks a lot man! I’m actually gonna head into Vancouver this weekend, so that’ll be one of my stops for sure . I’d love to find a little treasure
+1 on Wilson’s weblaunch. It will be recorded as one of the great events in the annals of snuffdom.
@Mopey: 50%
more scent consultations with me would be nice. I’d not fault them for negligence on this account, but conversely I’d appreciate it greatly.
It seems like the Sharrow sale is up there with Rooke and Hobson’s capture of the Spanish ships in the annals of great British snuff moments!
I can think of a few scents from Toque i wouldnt mind seeing: Grape, Lemon, Strawberry, Spearmint and maybe a lemon lime with the same fizz effect as Coke.
I would love to see a Toque Schmalzer
I second the Toque schmalzer.
I wish Samuel Gawith would get a web store.
Did I read something about schmalzer being illegal to make in the uk?
toque makes a great grape snuff called champagne the name of course refrence the great grape growing region in france.
I’ve got two; 1. Major advertising in the US as stated earlier if snuff was available regularly and with even a few flavors I would buy alot more of it. Hell I don’t care for the dean swift snuffs but I forced myself to like a few of them because I can get them locally. 2. I also second the availability of true snuff boxes (particularly hinge lidded) and with time I will also be needing a collection of mulls of all types. I may build a few myself with my dad being a taxidermist I think the two of us could make some fine rams head mulls. Come to think of it maybe ill bring them to the market myself. Side note: id make a damn good snuff rep in case anybody is interested.
No more tap boxes No more Wilson’s patented “spill half your snus” tins 10g…25g…50g…100g increments Hot Hooter chicks deliver each order to my door
just make their products available to us in a convenient fashion(Americans),fight the PACT law…im tired of waiting weeks and jumping through hoops to find and order a few measly tins of tobacco snuff…
Limited edition runs in special packaging so you have the feeling that you have a true “jewel”