Seems most people like the tins that Fribourg & Treyer snuffs come in. Well I don’t and here is why; they are long and tall and that make them very hard to take a pinch from. I love their screw top lids but why don’t they make their tins flat and wide?!

I won’t pinch from tins larger than 10g because of the fear of contamination & mold growth, or from any tin I don’t plan on knocking out in a week or two maximum. F&T tins are awesome IMO because 1. They have a rubber gasket in the lid which allows for air tight resealing and 2. the cylindrical nature of the tin exposes a tiny fraction of snuff to the atmosphere when opened, keeping the under the surface snuff moist and aromatic.

somebody should develop conical tins that open at both ends, to appeal to everybody

I won’t pinch from tins larger than 10g because of the fear of contamination & mold growth, or from any tin I don’t plan on knocking out in a week or two maximum. F&T tins are awesome IMO because 1. They have a rubber gasket in the lid which allows for air tight resealing and 2. the cylindrical nature of the tin exposes a tiny fraction of snuff to the atmosphere when opened, keeping the under the surface snuff moist and aromatic.

I think you are right about less exposer when opened and I think that is why they do it, however I still don’t like them - that’s just me.

Chacun à son goût! That is why they make about a dozen (or more) dispenser types, everyone has a favorite (except for those 10g Sam Gawith tapboxes, EVERYBODY hates those).

Yeah they’re nice for air-tightness but the 25g ones you pretty much have to decant or use a snuff spoon (or a folded piece of paper like I do)

Plastic General snus pucks, perfect for me and a snus portion in top compartment…

I decant mine into old SG tins. They have a good seal keeping the snuff fresh, and are easy to take pinches from.

I’m a spooner mainly because of my profession; dipping foody hands into lovely snuff is criminal. I have so many empty HDT 50’s around my wife uses them for all manner of girly shit that I don’t really want to know about. I do like that ammo belt idea; twin bandoliers of F&T tins across my chest and a demi-tasse spoon in my fist. A testosterone festival in the making.

I’m a spooner mainly because of my profession; dipping foody hands into lovely snuff is criminal. I have so many empty HDT 50’s around my wife uses them for all manner of girly shit that I don’t really want to know about. I do like that ammo belt idea; twin bandoliers of F&T tins across my chest and a demi-tasse spoon in my fist. A testosterone festival in the making.

I’ll give you my snuff spoon when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

I imagine F&T worked on the assumption that all of their customers had a snuffbox (and probably also a man to clean and fill it for them…)