I'm about to throw a wad of Marlin Flake in my mouth because it smells so damn good.
Does Anyone Chew Their Pipe Tobacco?
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it's usually not great. Semois is half decent in the lip though. Usually pipe tobacco ends up tasting bitter and soapy. Not really the best way to enjoy it.
I haven't Marlin Flake but regularly do many others.
I chew S&G twists all the time. I wouldn't know about other brands, that being said the old Condor Plug was a pretty interesting chew!
I’ve chewed Black XX and Sweet Coconut Twist before. Those twists are hard enough to come by that I’d rather smoke them though. They were pretty good, but I enjoyed it better in the pipe personally. I used to chew Red Man and Levi Garrett, the twists are a completely different experience from American commercial chewing tobacco. Much dryer because they aren’t full of glycerine and molasses. It’s a more pure tobacco taste. If I had a bigger stash I’d have no hesitation chewing them when I can’t smoke.
....no....and stop that young man....!
I occasionally chew pipe tobacco (use it like snus) when I want some nicotine but don't want to smoke a pipe. Usaly hh old dark fired, hh bold kentucky, hh pure virginia or peterson flake.
Don't recommend trying it with FVF, the sauce they use tastes very bitter, almost bitrex bitter.
I find it's alot less aggressive on your gum then Swedish snus, and the nicotine hit is much more mellow. All snus here is treated with potassium carbonate wich freebases the nicotine for a stronger hit but also makes it very aggressive on your gum. Quit snus due to those reasons, all nicotine with no purpose other then nicotine.
Don't recommend trying it with FVF, the sauce they use tastes very bitter, almost bitrex bitter.
I find it's alot less aggressive on your gum then Swedish snus, and the nicotine hit is much more mellow. All snus here is treated with potassium carbonate wich freebases the nicotine for a stronger hit but also makes it very aggressive on your gum. Quit snus due to those reasons, all nicotine with no purpose other then nicotine.
This is my experience trying various blends. It does make fantastic snuff though!
that's awesome. Yeah every blue moon you will find a pipe tobacco that makes a great snuff. You know the one that surprised me the most was Semois. In the nose or lip it's great. In the nose it is insanely complex and weirdly super mellow. If you grinded that stuff up and gave me a pinch without telling me how you made it I would think you got some super light tobacco and flower petals mixed together that somehow have a big nic hit.
I find los swedish snus to be easier on the gums. Funny thing is when I go to the dentist they're always shocked that I use oral tobacco. They look at my gums and assume I smoke a few cigars or cigs a week, not have a prilla in all the dang time.
I've never managed to try Semois, but I think I should. Your description there is making me want a pinch of Fribourg and Treyer Bordeaux.
I have a jar of semois that's just ok in a pipe. Maiden Voyage Snuff Experiment #1 commencing this weekend.
the best part of the semois and I don't know if it's because of it's strength or it's chemistry you don't need to add any alkaline to it to get a quick nic hit. (if you snuff most tobacco without some bicarbonate or pickling lime you get the nic hit but it takes a long time) It makes a good snuff without doing anything more then grinding it up (which you can do with your fingers because of how dry it is but a mortar and pestle would be recommended for quantity). Honestly I sometimes just grab a pinch from a jar and rub it between my fingers until I have snuff (a few seconds). Wonderful stuff should be commercially available.
My dad used to enjoy a chaw now and then, when he was where he could spit. He wasn't one to carry a can around with him indoors. He off-handedly offered me a bit of Redman, or whatever it was, from time to time when I was about eleven or twelve. It was an interesting experience, and sort of set my jaw on fire, and while I smiled through it, it broke me of any interest in chewing tobacco of any kind. The experiment with Tabasco sauce went a lot better, over time, though my hot sauce these day is temperate compared to my Szechwan years back in my thirties.
I’ll chew a flake on long drives to help me stay awake. Sometimes you just need more nicotine than a pipe can provide.
Yes! Long drives are when I miss chewing the most! I’m trying to stay off of it now.
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