Nasal Snuff: A Complete Beginner's Guide

[@pipesandfreedom3238]

I'm new to snuff, being mostly a pipe and cigar guy. This is the best intro on the topic I've seen so far. Very helpful and thorough.

[@SnusAtHome]

That's EXACTLY what I wanted to present! Thank you! And don't worry, I love pipes as well :^)

[@shanesouthern7881]

Watching this june 2024 about to have a bump. Perfect video. No questions remain un-answered

[@renghe]

I'm in deep love with snuff, I discovered it after quit smoking. Thanx a lot for your guide, really a great work.

[@lado.oposto]

Here in Brazil, we have very cheap snuffs varying from $1 to $2 but most of the common one are medical snuffs. Thanks for the video that was the most complete explanation about rapé in KZbin :)

[@SnusAtHome]

I have always wanted to try the Rapé Imperial you guys have. Cheers!

[@harrisoncanabarro6483]

@@SnusAtHome Be sure! When you try a snuff from Império do Brasil, you will get one of the most delicious snuffs made from brazilian tobacco, especially the SP style named "Princesa".

[@jarrettowen4193]

Great job! You put together a very brief but thorough description for basically everything. I’m not new to snuff by any means but you’ve put out helpful info for newcomers. I prefer the spoon for usage I can get more in. I laughed because you clearly hate the spoon. Keep it up your doing the community a great service with your high quality videos.

[@ballpython324]

Great video. Answered all my questions with plenty of extra information. Presented very well.

[@SnusAtHome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@duanefentiman]

Love this review, been sniffing for a couple of months now and absolutely love it, I can enjoy tobacco without killing my lungs. It should be more popular and I hope it's on the rise for more smokers out there. Great work

[@thooperhero]

Great job ! Keep at it - snuff is comin back ! Can’t wait to see more ^-^

[@gwaters8067]

Really great video. I have a tip to wrap tins. Plant grafting tape. Its a clear stretchy roll of clingfilm (saran wrap?). I use it to wrap petri dishes for mycology, its a cheap alternative to lab grade parafilm. Its thin, clear (barely visible on the tin), stretches and sticks to itself and leaves no residue. Can also be reused. Thanks again

[@SnusAtHome]

Great tip!

[@Heros78]

My favorite are Gletscher prise & Samuel gawith apricot. Since 2002 i use both every day . Love snuff tobacco best way to use tobacco

[@sluggerotoole1186]

My favorite has been Toque Rose, it’s just so lovely

[@UUclark]

An incredible and quite detailed video, man! Many beginners should watch this before plunging into the nasal tobacco world. Thank you for your work, and don't forget about snuff content on your channel!

[@SnusAtHome]

Can’t forget my snus and dip boys 🦦

[@victorherz9162]

Thank you very much. Professional introduction video on nasal snuff. Looking forward watching your other video clips. Priis!

[@Jay_Kayy]

As a kid, I didn't know any better. So I would dip my snuff in my lip. Someone told me what it was and then I switched over to long cut. I really wanted the tobacco experience so I got red man tobacco. That was like pieces of these long strips of leaves. That was a good experience and a flavor was quite good almost like a hint of raisin if you will.

[@SnusAtHome]

Chew is pretty good!

[@25micron]

i have found the same i was a smoker and now ive switched to snuff...its much more delicious and its almost herbal medicine when you reduce your nicotine from smoking to snuffing

[@Mike-Wolfe]

Well done, good info, definitely good snuff to watch for beginners.

[@jwild666]

just got my order in today! good video

[@monsieurdubois2830]

My man, by far, the best review of snuff I've ever seen or heard! Excellent review, sir! Cheers!!!

[@SnusAtHome]

This means a lot! Thank you!

[@sluggo562]

Excellent video. I tried a random tin about 15 years ago on sort of a dare with some friends. Something cheap, probably copenhagen. We had a laugh doing some periodically on oour road trip. And it's been a long time since, trying all varieties of other tobaccos, from cigaretttes around the world and all kinds of cigars, to every kind of pipe tobacco, vaping for s short time then five years with snus and oral snuff. I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge into this interesting and unique tradition and your guide really helped to orient me to some of the beginner questions. I'm sure you get this a lot, and I will likely find it elsewhere on your channel, but what ten blends would you recommend to a beginner who is passionate about historical and traditional blends? My favourite cigars are paratagas, my favourite pipe tobaccos are blackhouse and squadron leader, my favourite snus are Grov and pima fint. Those are all typically medium to bold, oriental blends with creamy notes. Although I was initially drawn to British blends, I think schmaltzlers are probably the most likely to draw me in.

[@SnusAtHome]

I don’t know if I can come up with ten off the top, but three I can recommend for the tones you recommended are Toque Spanish Gem, Perlesreuter, and Grand Cairo

[@sluggo562]

@@SnusAtHome I ordered a bunch a few hours ago, Ambrosia (which I understand is very similar to Spanish Gem) and Grand Cairo. Once I orient to what I like I'll certainly get Perlesreuter as well. Thanks.

[@SpikeKeystone]

Thank you for the video. Just the info I was looking for! Cheers!

[@SnusAtHome]

Glad I could help!

[@greymetamorphosis]

Wow that was fun, I made it through in one playthrough.

[@rwburdett]

Try Wilson's of Sharrow; quality, and plenty of sorts.

[@MrUnix-xf8dq]

Absolutely amazing job! Very well produced, and very well written.

[@SnusAtHome]

Thank you! This is the standard for what I'd like to put out, and it will only get cleaner :^)

[@erickkinnee3495]

Nice video. The "almost gunpowder" could just as easily been "almost soap" as lye is was used in soap making.

[@justinharris8002]

I’m 22, and my first snuff I tried back in 2021 was pocshl Red Bull . It was so good, since then I’ve tried McChrystal, Wilson of Sharrow high dry t, Sam gawith black arabica and a few others. I want to try a few other German brands like Bernard and more pocshl

[@SnusAtHome]

Bernard stuff slaps; if you're trying Pöschl, start with Gletscherprise and one of their Schmalzlers to see if you like what they do (a lot of what they offer is very, very similar, and they have a lot of repackaged blends that are just the same snuff in a different package)

[@justinharris8002]

@@SnusAtHome gletcherprise is really good

[@dallansalter]

What’s your favorite so far?

[@georgemasters4895]

Fantastic overview!

[@SnusAtHome]

Glad you liked it!

[@pushing7.62s]

I like using snuff for a nice buzz. Nice video!

[@SnusAtHome]

Yes! Thank you!

[@YanniGenX]

I am new to snuff. I'm interested in it for cognitive nicotine benefits. Any suggestions for a newbie ex-smoker who get ill from chew tobacco?

[@SnusAtHome]

Start with something easy to take that you can use throughout the day, without an aggressive or overwhelming scent or overly fine/coarse grind. Toque Spanish Gem comes to mind, but any non mentholated Toque will fit the bill (they all also tend to be cheap and very middle-of-the-road in nicotine punch, too. From other makers, some Wilsons stuff is good, and the Jaxons snuffs are good for beginners and people switching from cigarettes. Bernard is good for a treat.

[@lucabrasi3064]

This is great, man. I really enjoyed it.

[@SnusAtHome]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelkingsbury4305]

Correction: Toasts are made from not the leaf but just the stem. Some snuffs are fermented and some are not, some are actually brined. Premium cigar makers could learn a few things from the Snuff Masters.

[@SnusAtHome]

I'm extremely doubtful of the claim that toasts are, as a rule, made exclusively from the stem (which I'll take to mean the midrib and ribs of the tobacco leaf, as actual tobacco plant stems contain next to no nicotine and are very difficult to process) - tobacco midrib contains relatively little nicotine when compared to the lamina, and doesn't lend itself well to being made into snuff at the exclusion of other ingredients. Far more likely, though, is that tobacco stems are used either to flavor or balance toasts and other snuffs during their manufacture. In the "Techno-Chemical Reciept Book", by Brannt and Wahl, page 353, we see a recipe for bergamot snuff that contains a mere 4.5lbs of American tobacco stem per every 100lbs of ground tobacco leaf - no other snuff recipe in the book contains tobacco stem, and the tobacco stem mentioned here is very likely midrib, especially considering the many smoking tobacco recipes also included that demand deribbing as part of their processing. In Wagner and Schreiber's "Der Handbuch der Tabak und Cigarrenfabrikation", they recommend 8lbs of Virginia stem to every 100lbs of "good Hungarian leaf" for their bergamot recipe - again, no other recipe that I have read in the book contains tobacco stem used so, and it's very likely that these two recipes were using Virginia condimentally to provide a warm citric depth to the bergamot, which already leans towards those notes, rather than in an attempt to cheap out or use them for some kind of necessary chemical alteration. Again, this Virginia stem is probably meant to mean midrib, as with the prior book there are a plethora of smoking tobacco recipes in the book that must be stripped and deribbed in their processing. This book, especially, is meant as a catalogue of tobacco processing techniques and a handbook for both beginning and advanced tobacconists and blenders looking for a knowing hand's guidance. However, these are books meant for fancy snuffs, or continental snuffs, and are also meant to provide "gold standards", if you will. The following books talk about the realities of industrial snuff manufacture, with revealing comments about cheaper snuff in particular. "Tobacco" by C.G. Warnford Lock, mentions multiple times the use of stems (he does go on to mention ribs specifically, and the use of stems here is probably meant as a shocking article, sort of a "they'll even use these!") and refuse in snuff manufacture, but never mentions the use of ribs and stems exclusively for snuff by choice - it's more likely, as stated in other sections of the book when talking about poorer-quality tobacco or tobacco seconds as a whole, that pieces of tobacco unfit for processing into pipe, cigar, or cigarette tobacco are used for snuff because they are either too fine for smoking, or yield poorer smoking qualities. The thinking here is purely economic: there are doubtless hundreds of pounds of fine tobacco flakes and chunks that cannot be smoked - why exclude them from making toasts, but include the stem? This book was, of course, written in the time before reconstituted tobacco sheet, which means there was no other option for tobacco dust and refuse besides snuff manufacture. The book goes on to mention that ribs are also made into snuff, which contain much leaf still affixed to them after initially stripping and threshing the leaves. Again, this is in the context of other "scraps, cuttings, and rejections". The author is aware of High Dry Toast/Irish Blackguard, but never gives explicit recipes for it. There is another book, E.R. Billing's "Tobacco", that says, in brief, that toasts are "for the most part made from the midrib" - we can assume that some percentage of tobacco leaf, either as whole leaf but more probably as seconds or refuse, was used. This makes sense from a manufacturers standpoint, especially today, where consistency in product is more desired in tobacco. In brief, high dry toasts absolutely contain midrib, but definitely contain some considerable percentage of true lamina, probably at first as manufacturing accident in an attempt to reuse refuse but now intentionally in an aim towards keeping in line with established recipes. Toasts do, after all, taste different from each other! Very thoughtful post, I appreciate it greatly!

[@oldkingcrow777]

​@@SnusAtHomesir, this is a Wendy's 🤣🤣 I'm just getting into snuff. I love cigarettes but you can only pick a couple kinds that are actually tobacco versus gross low temp additives and shit. Cigars are cool to me under the right circumstances but I love the act of sniffing as bad as some demographics have made that socially. I'm just sick of criminal taxation and marketing toward creating habitual fiends versus sitting and actually decompressing over something you enjoy. I'm so excited for my first order haha

[@YanniGenX]

Informative

[@SnusAtHome]

Thanks!

[@charlesfeldman9255]

Great video, really informative and well presented.

[@SnusAtHome]

Glad it helped!

[@tonyoreilly7196]

Thank you...

[@eymerichinquisitore9022]

I have tried many, even some American ones but from my experience I can say that Friborg & Treyer are always the most classic and elegant tobaccos, still 3 packs forgotten in a drawer for 10 years. Then I really like Bernard's elaborate ones but it's a much softer and "pleasant" style, almost pimp, which aimed a lot on sweetness.

[@zoro5035]

I’m curious has anyone used snuff from not smoking before? And just came to snuff that way, I’m curious what people’s experiences have been for comparison

[@westbsa7424]

[@lifeWizard435]

Good video man. Thanks

[@SnusAtHome]

Thanks for watching!

[@seth5143]

The SP terminology debate is so much fun! :) I think it would've been useful to note that for most people finer grind, less scenting, and (most crucially) minimal moisture all translate to less or even no clogging and leave one with moister nasal mucosa. Dry snuffs are also far more resilient to the degradations attending long-term storage (speaking of storage, small glass containers serve as excellent decanters). Truly don't understand the appeal of moist nasal snuff for these reasons.

[@SnusAtHome]

In my experience, the nosefeel lasts longer, and is subjectively stronger once it gets going. It also has a stronger natural tobacco flavor in the moist nasal snuffs for which it counts, and the larger grind is easier to take (at least for me, but anecdotally for many others as well).

[@seth5143]

@@SnusAtHome Ah, I see. I suppose such preferences ultimately boil down to the reasons different people would state for using the product in the first place. Treating upper respiratory issues like seasonal allergies is my number one reason by quite a wide margin and I appreciate that this renders me a member of a niche minority. The consequences of my condition mean that coarser snuffs are much harder to take, all scents are muted, and my nose is already much drier than an unaffected person. So the drier, finer, plainer snuffs are my preference (for anyone confused by this, look into the way our bodies maintain homeostasis).

[@ryansavok8919]

Awesome vid, what’s your next brand mini series you’re going to review?

[@SnusAtHome]

I'm still working on the Wilsons of Sharrow and Bernard reviews, but I don't consider those "main content" if that makes any sense. I really want to do some more stuff on snus, exploring the culture and doing interviews, so that's what's in the works :^) Also, updating everything from before I upgraded equipment. I want to make stuff that's as clear as possible so that people are equipped with all the knowledge they need and understand the -theory- of snuffblending and snusblending before they go into into the hobby by themselves, so they get creative and don't just follow my stuff by rote. People post snuff they made, things I would have never dreamed of, and recommend my tutorials, which means they either followed my stuff to start and left it behind as they got better, or started blending before they knew of me and approve of my work. Nothing could be more humbling, but there's always stuff to do better!

[@davidbyers7246]

I see you are yet to link the PDF of this video. Are you going to do so soon? Very good information!

[@핑크색포마드]

Thank you for the good video! I have a question Whenever I use Snuff, the cigarette powder doesn't stick to the mucous membrane of the nose, but it goes through the bronchial tubes It keeps coming out of my mouth. I shouldn't swallow this, so I keep spitting it out. I tried inhaling it from afar, but it came out the same way. Is it supposed to be like this? Or is it because I have rhinitis? (Gawith original)

[@SnusAtHome]

You may be snuffing it too forcefully. Try tapping some out onto the back of your hand, putting your nostril basically right up to the skin, and give it a couple gentle sniffs while you wiggle your hand into your nose.

[@핑크색포마드]

@@SnusAtHome Thank you. I'll try. Is the phenomenon I've experienced different from drip? And usually, it doesn't come out of the mouth or go over the throat?

[@lucifchristo]

All of the Rape' ive had has been a mix of tobacco and tree bark ash at the very least up to a combination of 17 different amazonian plants self applied with a kuripe. im currently enjoying some scotch dry snuff with palo santo and chaga ashes mixed in applied with a bendy straw

[@SnusAtHome]

Try making some out of rustica leaf! I think you'll find it a lot more flexible to your goal of making an authentic rapé, and it's also a lot of fun.

[@pirateofthemist3764]

How long does it take for nasal snuff to kick in? Which snuff has high/highest nicotine? I was a heavy smoker shifting to snuff, I am not getting buzzed by the snuff I have

[@SnusAtHome]

Try coarser, moister, darker snuffs; these tend to hit a little harder with a nose feel that hangs around over time. Also, take more snuff! Nicotine builds in the nose with repeated use.

[@matsafi]

I wonder what about nasal snuff. It is also a smokeless tobacco product. Does that increase the risk of nasal cancer?

[@SnusAtHome]

No documentation, but most smokeless products are vastly less harmful than smoked tobacco products, even if you exclude cigarettes!

[@shanewags2035]

I just bought one of your boxes having no idea this was your video! Small snuff world. Any tips on loading the box? I’m new, obviously

[@SnusAtHome]

I usually form a little paper funnel to pour the snuff in, or load it in using the blade of a butterknife.

[@shanewags2035]

@@SnusAtHomegood stuff. Thank you!

[@harveyware9248]

Great video this will help so many new and old snuff takers! Is there anyway I can contact you for a zoom call?

[@SnusAtHome]

Yeah! My email is in my about page on my channel. Shoot me an email - I'm always down to talk about this stuff.

[@harveyware9248]

@@SnusAtHome can’t seem to find your email buddy!

[@SnusAtHome]

@@harveyware9248 [e-mail]

[@AlbinoAxolotl1993]

No mention of those cardboard cans?

[@DawnaSila]

Well, nasal snuff is my favourite way of taking nicotine, i love it - yet i can't really do this. I was trying to use many many nasal stuff, with menthol, without, herbal and all i could get. Clogged nose all the time, using xylometazoline to get rid of that, and i guess i can't afford that no matter what i do, so i do not take nasal snuff, which is really sad, becouse it is awesome.

[@isatq2133]

Are there versions made of mint or other herbs with no tobacco or nicotine? Can I make it myself?

[@SnusAtHome]

There are! I plan on doing a video one day on this.

[@nathanielgordon5659]

I can tell you enjoy freedom as well

[@SnusAtHome]

I think every normal honest fellow does :)

[@wicklowpiper4097]

excellent do you get your hands on any Brazilian snuffs and where can you get them?

[@SnusAtHome]

I’m afraid Brazilian snuffs are out of my hands, for now :)

[@vietog]

I’m very new would do you recommend to someone who just found out about this and would like to start. I don’t like menthol I would think.

[@mdgeist9737]

I mostly use it to clear out sinuses

[@SnusAtHome]

I use it for that too! I find that the bergamot or SP styles do the best job.

[@calebparker9460]

Where can I order some?

[@tylergascoigne4303]

I have a large snuff collection from Punjab India. Their flavors are wild compared to their western counterparts

[@SnusAtHome]

Absolutely stunning flavors, but all a bit samey for my taste, and they tend to go very heavy on the medication with their dryer snuffs and I'm very much a classic european medicated type of guy.

[@NegyedMisi]

What about non tobacco snuff like Dholakia?

[@SnusAtHome]

Wasn't common or traditional enough to include here, but definitely known about enough to get its own investigation in an upcoming video. There's lots of non tobacco snuffs out there, and many of them are interesting, so eventually I'll get on them.

[@dog8mywork505]

I'm getting dizzy!

[@yasharora3590]

Hey there I’m from India And also part of an snuff manufacturing and I would like to talk about it more and if you would like I want to send you sample of it

[@SnusAtHome]

Shoot me an email! [e-mail]; I'd love to talk about Indian tobacco!

[@WILDWILLXD]

Do you swallow the back drip?

[@SnusAtHome]

I do! I have heard of people spitting the back drip, but it's rare and much more common for people to just swallow it.

[@klaskristian1]

Intrrsting. I have used swedish snus for 30 years. Fir 10 years i have made my own snus from scratch. You get a much better snus than the stuff you buy. Vos you can blend diffrent high quality tobaccos, and use diffrent fermentation times and such. I often use virginia, burley, latakia and some fired cured kentucky. I dont use any flavourings, cos i like the tobaccos own flavour. In the snus you buy diffrent flavoures are common. In swedish snus you also use alkeline like potash. I did not knew that snuff also contained potash. But my knollage of snuff is poor

[@SnusAtHome]

Snus comes from snuff! Snuff sold to Scandinavia in the early 1800’s was already strongly alkalized, coarsely ground, and ready to rehydrate with water to be used as snus.

[@klaskristian1]

@@SnusAtHome yes i know

[@thisismambonumber5]

12:31 randomly perfect german pronounciation threw me off

[@SnusAtHome]

The fact you could hear that through the crunchy-ass microphone shows a real tuned ear. Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@arker8]

that's not the anatomic snuff box...it's the the one after the tendon, much bigger. What you call back of the hand is a little away from the anatomic one.....you've mistaken averything...

[@kodyleonard3580]

Where do you get these in the US?

[@SnusAtHome]

There are many websites that will ship to the US. Unfortunately, mentioning those specifically are two things that KZbin has really not liked as of late, but a quick visit to the nasal snuff Reddit will give you all the options.

[@soichiystokazu7381]

30:40 how much for that paper towel?

[@SnusAtHome]

:^()

[@6FootVampire]

I inhale a thick line like as if it was cocaine