I have yet to take a pinch bigger than an apple seed. Dunno why So my question to you adventurous snuffers what was the maximum amount of snuff you’ve taken at once ( including all the series of pinches within say 60 seconds of each other ) Maybe it will encourage me to venture beyond the dear ol apple seed size
Virginity is for the inexperienced. I was without a proper tutorial on snuff or a kind soul to guide me my first time. Indulging my inner idiot I laid out what was likely half a gram of Mentholyptus and hoovered that sucker up as hard and deep as I could. Something happened after that. I don’t know for sure. There’s an indelible gap in my memory bank. When I came to my senses I was…doing… something…with The Grateful Dead laying down the background/soundtrack. Having survived that ordeal, my spoonfuls of HDT are akin to a breath of fresh air. Apple seeds are for planting, not as a unit of measure. As said before, but bears repeating: it’s counter-intuitive, but big pinches are actually easier than the little ones. And there’s the added benefit of fully experiencing the snuff rather than just giving it a scent-check.
Quite a few times throughout the day, I use the boxcar method, or back of hand, to do a pile of Lundy foot almost the size of two peas per side. When at home I have a few moments a day when I use as much as my nose will tolerate while still being able to breathe, with the exception of very coarse snuff such some of the other SWS’s because of how they get my nose running. Those I do a succession of smaller doses. I started with American Scotches, which definitely turned me off of bigger pinches at the beginning of my new hobby, but once I made the choice to take other’s comments from old threads here on big pinches is when I really started enjoying it. Once you get your personal technique down, it’s easy as pie and, i believe, it was essential for me to take large pinches to be able to stop smoking cigarettes. Snuff has a particular, unique, effect in terms of nicotine. For my body, it’s more stimulating, yet relaxing, aids in focus, and isn’t followed by fatigue or nearly as intense of cravings as smoking; large pinches were essential to getting those benefits. So in the words of a fiend, bigger is better. I enjoyed a small bit of snuff in my nose, but once I made that more I went crazy for the stuff. I’d say if you’re comfortable with the pinches you’re taking, jump in. Edit: Now seeing I misread your post. Sorry for the off-topic rant there. I generally don’t do much bigger pinches than that, just more, but I will never again do such a pile with 41 Photos White Elephant as when I’d first gotten it. Similar to @chefdaniel I was “doing… something…” but the music was Van Morrison and the doing something was pacing the room wiping tears from my eyes. Most of the snuff came back out as a thick cloud when I’d coughed.
I have done a pea sized amount per nostril and miraculously I am here to tell about it. I think you and I are pretty similar, cighurtmylungs.
I have rarely taken “apple seed” sized portions. I prefer hearty ones that really deliver the goods. On occasion I will really go all-out and take some major pinches, followed by another and I too survive to tell the tale.
I have rarely taken “apple seed” sized portions. I prefer hearty ones that really deliver the goods. On occasion I will really go all-out and take some major pinches, followed by another and I too survive to tell the tale.
I have this weird thing that since my brain isn’t used to measuring nicotine in pinches I don’t know the comfortable amount and don’t want to over do it. ( smoked about 25 newports a day at my peak ) I’m going to evolve to pea size then eventually " mouse turd " size lol. I’m such a gentleman
Hope you’ve got a big mouse.
Hope you’ve got a big mouse.
Made me laugh
I snuffed a Pea-sized amount of Cheetah from @oldman357’s collection an thought my eyes might shoot right out of my noggin, but lived to tell of it, go for it!
It seems you are under the impression that: bigger pinch = more intense.
A big pinch of Viking dark mixed with GH CM certainly made me sit up.
Good pinch of a Viking Dark/white elephant combo can be mind altering.
Trying snuff for the first time a year ago. I snorted it hard. It was Silver Dollar Raspberry. Ouch. But worth it.
For me amount and regularity depend on the snuff and my mood. Before my latest shipment of snuff I was on a Taxi Red binge, that stuff takes some suction to get up. So I went from Taxi red in the to SWS LF the next morning. Still halfway asleep I took a massive boxcar and snorted like taxi. It went absolutely every where. I couldn’t take a breath of air I swear it was in my lungs.
I sometimes try to fill each nostril with enough snuff so as to nearly fill the nostril. Two or three big pinches one after another per nostril can do this. You get the full intensity of the scent and a good nicotine dose doing this.