Mine’s definitely Magnet Menthol. Too bad I can’t seem to find it anymore…
I had the original Rumneys too. I don’t think there is a modern equivalent. It was a strange consistency, fine mill but with occasional bits of rough stuff. Nothing remarkable about it in my memory apart from the unusual flip top tin. As it was completeley non air-tight it was hard to ever get a tin that was not dried up. It also had a picture of Dr Rumney on the front looking as approachable as Jack the Ripper
I always thought medicated was just the same as menthol, but now @bob says that a medicated snuff may have no menthol, and @PipenSnusnStuff says it’s menthol with other ingredients! My poor brain!
Medicated will have either menthol, camphor or eucalyptus in it, one, two or all three - thats the medicated bit. It can also have other flavours added, rarely. The term arises from the early part of the 20th century when snuff flavoured with various combinations of those three additives was sold in chemist shops as a remedy for colds etc - Hedges and Rumney’s being obvious examples and both formulated originally by Doctors.
Pine and sometimes other herbs (wintergreen?) and possibly anise I would say are in the medicated grouping.
xander is right. I’ve also detected corriander in one of the popular medicated snuffs. An occasional snuffer I knew looked at me when I said that like I was crazy. Untill after pointing it out they noticed that yes there is unquestionably corriander in one of the popular medicated (won’t say which one, you can find it yourselves).
Try Dr. Verey’s Full. They seemed to have loaded that one with everything on the shelf. Its not bad, just goodluck figuring out the ingredients.
are there any pine or wintergreen snuffs?
@ snuffster, this is the best one for pine:- De Kralingse A/P. To quote Jaap “Latakia with the scent of pine forests”. It’s superb!
Bernard Fichtennendel is Pine & Spruce like the A/P. It has menthol as well. I’m pretty sure there is some wintergreen in the GH Sea Breezes, many remark on it having similarities to ben-gay or some such medicines. Checkerberry is the fruit of the wintergreen herb. It bears resemblance to wintergreen.
Sounds nice.
You never tried Checkerberryt? Its an experience; that’s all I have to say.
Checkerberry has a pleasant flavor but it plugs me up really bad. It’s very moist and fairly coarse.
Indeed @ Snuffhead. A/P is also one of the snuffs which the scent of last very long… it’s superb!
Checkerberry seems made for oral use.
I’ve been getting properly acquainted with Wilson’s SM range and my favorite is SM Blue followed by Gold. I like camphor. I also really like Wilson’s Extra Menthol. Another great nose cleaner. I’m very very fond of L260. I frequently ‘wash’ my nose clean with it between snuff changes. Lastly, I couldn’t imagine an O&G-free existence, never grow tired of this.
O&G Original is awesome, so it O&G Highland Ice. I can take it nearly every day. Same goes for WoS Extra Menthol and Pöschel´s Gletscherprise. Love them all. Another fav of mine is MAVERICK GREEN which add´s a solid “african” tobacco base. The ANDECKSER Spezial-Snuff isnt bad either, but got more herbs and stuff to it. I second the Checkerberry, it is awesome Wintergreen for your nose and together with the Swisher Maccoaboy, it stands out from the realm of american scotches.
O&G, Hedges and SM Blue are my favourites. Stefan
Not easy, as it must be well over 30 years since I last had the original, but having tried WoS Menthol Plus recently I think that one comes close.
The good Doctor and I had a very close friendship throughout the seventies and into the eighties. I consider WoS SM Gold and SM Blue to have the balance of menthol/eucalyptus/camphor that Dr. Rumney had in mind. I will add GH Eucalyptus or WoS Camphor & Mild as the mood, or my sinuses, call for.
You can’t go wrong with L260 or O&G, but my favorite is WoS SM Blue.