How To Use A Zuka Snuff Bullet

Several people have emailed Snuff Store asking how the Zuka Snuff bullet works; so please find below diagram supplied by Zuka showing how to use a snuff bullet.

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The method shown could also be used by those considering purchasing a ’empty’ re-usable snuff bullet.

Snuff bullets are perhaps considered by some to be the ‘modern day’ snuff box. Easy and convenient to carry, snuff bullets offer a ‘clean’ means of nasal snuff delivery.

I hope this post helps explain how to use a snuff bullet to those with any questions.

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All About Snuff And Snuff Taking was a book published by The Society of Snuff Grinders, Blenders and Purveyors.

A link to All About Snuff And Snuff Taking, (which is a hard to get snuff book) is included in the Snuff Books & Literature category top right.

The book is occasionally to be found listed for sale online and as such can command much more than it’s original cover price of just 95p!

Published by the now sadly defunct Society of Snuff Grinders, Blenders and Purveyors; with contributions from and descriptions of, the main players in the snuff tobacco industry operating in the UK in the early to mid 1980’s.

As some of you may know, I have a ‘thing’ about collecting snuff books. I’m always on the lookout for titles when visiting old book shops, as well as searching out copies of snuff books online.

I have today received in the post my very own copy of All About Snuff And Snuff Taking, it was a copy previously owned by a library in Cornwall and then sold on to a book dealer.

The snuff book is nicely covered in a protective plastic sleeve and apart from having a library slip glued to the inside front page, (to record the ‘due date’ of return should it ever have been booked out.) it is in mint condition.

Fortunately for me, my copy doesn’t seem to have been that popular with the users of the library and has never been booked out. Across the slip in capitals and red ink is stamped the word ‘withdrawn’.

All About Snuff And Snuff Taking is 36 pages long and utilises the front and back inside and the back outside cover to cram as much information as possible into it!

It is divided into sections as below.

1. This Gracious Custom
2. Snuff Taking Through The Ages
3. How Your Snuff Is Made
4. Types Of Snuff - And Their Uses
5. From Social Pleasure To Medical Prescription
6. The Secret Art Of Blending
7. The Beauty Of The Snuff Box
8. Who Takes Snuff And Why?
9. Snuff Taking And Health
10. List Of Members’ Snuffs

On the inside front cover are names of members of The Society of Snuff Grinders, Blenders and Purveyors. Many are happily still familiar today, several of the snuff companies listed have been bought out. Most thankfully are still in available even though the companies have changed hands; although in the section ‘List Of Members Snuffs’, we see tantalising references to snuff blends no longer in production.

On the inside back cover are contact details (one suspects that are long out of date!) of The Society of Snuff Grinders, Blenders and Purveyors.

On the outside back cover are instructions on How To Partake Of A Pinch Of Snuff, taken from a book published in 1857, titled Tobacco and written by A. Steinmetz - on further research it would appear that A. Steinmetz also wrote a book on gambling titled The Gaming Table: Its Votaries And Victims and others including, The History Of The Jesuits, Japan And Her People, The Romance Of Dueling!

A. Steinmetz’s instructions are published on numerous snuff websites and I’m sure at some point I’ll do him the honour of publishing them here too!

As I read the opening pages, I felt proud to be a part of the continuation of ‘This Gracious Custom’!

If you’re trying to get hold of a copy of All About Snuff And Snuff Taking, please visit the Snuff Books & Literature section top right for details of possible book sites to search.

I’ll print further extracts from All About Snuff And Snuff Taking as and when I have a chance.

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Bespoke Tobacco Snuff

We are pleased to announce that ‘Nick D’ has agreed to supply Bespoke Snuff Tobacco to Snuff Store.

Bespoke’s hand-made snuff blends have aquired something of a cult following, and have been sadly missed by many since the closure of Bespoke Tobacco in early 2007.

Bespoke’s Snuff Tobacco will be sold in 10g sealable bags from bulk - gone are the days of the ’swanky’ Kendal type boxes, but who cares eh? You’ll be snuffing a blend that like the phoenix, has just risen from the ashes of snuff oblivion…

Bespoke Snuff Tobacco is based on a plain Kendal SP snuff and then hand-blended with essential oils and individually flavoured with Nick D’s own secret snuff receipes.

Our first offering of Bespoke Snuff Tobacco is the popular Gin & Tonic blend, believed by Nick to be the only currently available flavoured snuff tobacco of it’s kind.

We plan to eventually stock Gin & Tonic, Stephan’s Tipple, and Christmas Joy Bespoke Snuff Tobacco blends.

Try Bespoke Snuff Tobacco today.

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According to Arthur’s Hall Of Manliness, those using nasal snuff are taking their tobacco in the ‘manliest’ form available!

So what’s the order of tobacco ’manliness’ I hear you say?

1 - Nasal Snuff
2 - Chewing Tobacco
3 - Pipes
4 - Snus
5 - Cigars
6 - Cigarettes

Arthur then goes on to explain about nasal snuff and how to use snuff for those people who are uninitiated;

Nasal snuff is dried, powered tobacco that is inhaled into the nose. Typically, a pinch is placed between the thumb and index figure, and then snorted into one nostril. The nicotine is absorbed into the blood stream through the membranes of the nasal cavity. Nasal snuff was very popular in the 19 th century, but has fallen out of favor in the present day. Today, the major users of snuff tend to be crusty old fisherman, and other such salty dogs.

We don’t know how many ‘crusty old fishermen’ or ’salty dogs’ use Snuff Store, but the comment about snuff falling out of favour isn’t entirely correct. Snuff is enjoying a renaissance in the UK and Worldwide.

First time snuff users tend to have a very negative reaction, which includes violent sneezing, a burning sensation in the nose and throat, and an extreme runny nose. If you can tolerate these symptoms, and actually enjoy this stuff, then you may consider yourself the manliest of manly men. Nasal snuff is difficult to find, but can be found on the internet (along with everything else on God’s green earth).

The description of first time users experiences may be correct for those who try ‘harsh’ or more ‘expert’ snuffs as their first time snuff. We would suggest trying a more gentle snuff like McChrystals Original and Genuine, or Packards Club when first experimenting.

Nasal snuff difficult to find? No, surely not? Arthur just hasn’t discovered Snuff Store yet!

So there you have it, according to Arthur, Snuff is the manliest form of tobacco.

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