Indian snuffs

Howdy!

All these years that I have been farting around with Ozona President...
How come nobody ever told me about the WONDERFUL snuffs that are made in INDIA?

I got a 6 Photo Kailash freebee from Mr. Snuff and I could just kick myself for wasting all that time with European snuff!

Then again... my retailers here in the USA didn't carry any snuff from India.

THANK YOU MR. SNUFF!!!!!

bob

cause you didn't ask. ;)

Brandasaur

If you think Kailash is good you have to try some Sun snuffs. Sun Kohinoor was my first snuff and probably the best snuff Ive ever had. The Indian White snuffs are good too, if you like loads of nicotine and super fine/dry snuffs.

n9inchnails

If you like Kailash you should really try 5 Photo Himalaya, it is very similar but I like it better than Kailash

MikeMoose

I must try me an Indian snuff... You all make it sounds so good

howdydave

Howdy Mike!

Are those handlebars real?

Spyro

Those Sun snuffs are mighty strong. Few mention it but they deliver some nic.

MikeMoose

@howdydave : Sorry Dave, I couldnt grow facial hair to save my life... Lol

rdunnion

You should try Dholokia White or 6Photo Cheeta, they'll knock your socks off. Literally!

howdydave

Howdy!

I have ordered:

6 Photo Super Kailash
6 Photo Special
6 Photo Cheeta
Dholakia Sparrow Cool
6 Photo Kailash and
Sun Kohinoor

(No 5 Photo was in stock.)

That should get me started anyway.
I prefer moist snuffs.

Snuffster

I think they took a lot of us by surprise. One day Dholakia appeared and a whole new world (or continent) of snuff arrived. I have yet to try an Indian snuff that tastes like a western one even the ones meant for US consumption - they all have a distinct background taste, I always liken it to incense.

[Deleted User]

They are very nice, but I need to be in the mood for them. They are very floral/parfume-ish. I rather have toast with a coffee for instance.. But yes, there quality is superb.

shikitohno

I like the Indian snuffs scents, but they frequently start clogging me up out of nowhere. A friend also temporarily ruined one (no longer an issue as I've forgotten which) by remarking after taking a pinch, "You know what this smells like? A fresh urinal puck." I still want to try more, but because of the clogging they cause me at random, I'm only about half way through an 8g tin on 6 Photo Anarkali that I bought last winter or fall.

SIX PHOTO

Thank you all! Lovers of Indian Snuffs.
Look forward to hearing from more connoisseurs.

rdunnion

The most US/UK friendly Indian snuff out there IMHO wouls have to be Sparrow. It's got a plain tobacco base with a light coconut touch. The Sparrow cool has menthol so you don't really detect the coconut. It's real pleasant and much more refined than the plain Taj Madras.

bob

I think the coconut smell might be rustica. Just a theory but I've caught the coconut in various degrees in diffrent snuffs that have rustica. Though now that I think of it it's more likely that the coconut scent is diffrent enough from the rusticas that maybe it's a hybrid tobacco or something like that.

desirexe

Are Dholakia White and White Elephant the only "white" snuffs out there??

Snuffster

Sometimes non tobacco glucose based snuffs are sold as white snuffs, but unless you want to snuff mentholated sugar they are best avoded.

n9inchnails

@zzedo310 6 Photo Cheeta is also an Indian white snuff

howdydave

5 Photo and 6 Photo appear to have the portrait of the same person as their logo. (To me it appears to be the same person based on the online images that I have seen.)

Are they manufactured by the same company?

bob

nope diffrent companies and according to one of the snuff makers from India. The companies named themselves by the number of photos because at one point literacy was very low and people would ask for snuffs by the number of pictures on the tins instead of by the company name. Eventualy they became the company name. I might have missed a point or two just thought it was an interesting side note.

SIX PHOTO

@bob
that's true, even today in certain areas in india snuff is bought by counting the number of photos on the label.
This trend is prevalent mostly in tribal areas

Pennanngalan

Hunh... I wondered about that myself. Thanks for the info. I added the 6 photo 8g. bundle to my last Mr.Snuff order. I gotta try them at least once to satisfy my curiosity.

Spyro

So what happened to 5 Photo? They seem to have disappeared behind the Incense Curtain.

howdydave

Who's picture is that on the 6 Photo logo anyway...
Somebody famous or just an anonymous mystery man?

SIX PHOTO

@howdydave
The pictures are of my grandfather Munshi ram and his elder brother gopal dass Grover, founders of 6 photo snuff

howdydave

Recognition of heritage...
As it should be!

PipenSnusnSnuff

Many European and American products used to carry pictures of company founders on the label, although the practice is seen as terribly outdated in modern times. (Some American snuffers here may be old enough to remember Smith Bros. cough drops, the last such US product I can think of.) I rather liked the implication of pride in tradition that such labels carried.

howdydave

Well gee...

Snuffers are generally seen as "terribly outdated in modern times" too, aren't we?

Yup... I remember the Smith Brothers.

ermtony

We still seem to have pictures of Samuel Gawith and Dr Rumney on snuff containers!

bob

That's funny the Smith bros always made me feel the opposite way. Like their nod to tradition made it look less tradional when every other aspect was so modern.

Spyro

If they get rid of the little Alice In Wonderland rabbit on Brer Rabbit molasses bottles I'm going to complain. It's bad enough they turned Aunt Jemima into Condoleeza Rice. Is nothing sacred any more?

howdydave

Howdy Spyro!

I have been disgusted for ages that Braer Rabbit molasses promotes ignorance by using Lewis Carroll's character from "Alice" as a logo rather than using the Br'er Rabbit character from the Uncle Remus tales.

minux

I have an Indian snuff. I have a bit of a funny story. Last weekend, I went to the local shop to hang out with a good pipe man friend of mine. Let's say that he is no stranger to lady nicotine. We usually exchange our open tins of tobacco, smoke bowls, and talk of pipes. He's a well involved member of the briar. Any ways, I brought some snuffs with me that are interesting. Some Klostermischung and some Indian snuff with a guy with a beard and white hat. Well, let me tell ya, when he took a snuff of the Indian stuff, he jumped higher than Michael Jordan! I was cracking up.

About flavour, the one I have, well, it's pretty awful. The texture of it is more akin to an almost toothpaste like thing. The flavour is strong and lingers for a very long time. For the next half an hour, I couldn't smoke my pipe, because the only thing on my palette was this floral taste from the snuff. It was very much akin to incense, as though I attempted to put a bottle of Chanel No. 5 in my nose.

If you want flavour BIG time, then go for it. Else, it's pretty bad, IMO.

Based on the texture of the snuff in question, I would summize it's probably not sniffed much in Indian, but appplied to the gums. That's not my thing, so I can't comment on how well this particular Indian snuff works for that.

howdydave

Sounds like maybe you got one that is intended to be used as a dentifrice.

"A guy with a beard and white hat"...
That could be either 5 Photo or 6 Photo.
Count the number of pictures (the big one and the smaller ones around it) and you will know... there are either 5 pictures or 6 pictures.

I remember talking to the guy who owns the Indian store down the street from me about a year ago and he mentioned something about "snuff paste" for rubbing on the gums.

If memory serves, it may be an ayurvedic treatment for gingivitis and periodontitis.

howdydave

Just got my order of Indian snuffs in today:

6 Photo Kailash
6 Photo Special
6 Photo Cheeta
6 Photo Super Kailash
Dholakia Sparrow Cool
Sun Kohinoor

I am going to be patient and extend my initial delight by delving into them slowly.

I already have some 6 Photo Kailash from my Mr. Snuff freebee so I will work on the tad that I have left while I try a new one.

Hmmmm...

I'll start with 6 Photo Special.

I got a 200 g tin so the first endevor is getting the snuff out. Once I pried the top off I encountered 2 layers of celophane sealers. the first was easy. The second I opened by poking a slot into it (I hope that this will insure minimal loss of moisture.) Got out my little 0.5 ml spoon and put some into a snuffbox.

WONDERFUL!!!

I now have a Kailash and a Special available to my nose.
I will save other delights for another day.

Patience is a virtue.
Gluttony is a vice.

supsupsup

FUBAR Grunt is made in India. Not sure how that happened :)

Juxtaposer

Dholakia in India makes snuff under contract. The FUBAR line in my opinion is their best. They also make Blast, She, Temptation, and Wow.

howdydave

I opened a 200 g canister of 6 Photo Special and I am scratching my head trying to figure out how it is packed...

Are there multiple seals inside of the canister to insure freshness?

I took the top seal off and cut a slot in the next one. It seems as if not far below this seal is yet another one. "Multiple pouches" inside the canister maybe?

If that is the case, I only want to open one at a time.

gandalf

Like for you,Dave,my patience is in trouble when I'm waiting for this type of mail..
I asked myself where are situated most strong différence betewen indian and english snuff.
May be the indian one is stronger in général..I don't know it very well for the moment.
May be less subtle ? I think you have in this point ideas more lightfull..

howdydave

Just tried my first pinch of:

Dholakia Sparrow Cool...

It has many similarities to an American Scotch.
It starts with the same intensity and then mellows out and lingers much longer.

The menthol is almost an undertone.

howdydave

Howdy gandalf!

If patience is not a natural attribute, it comes with practice.
If it does not, you tend to lose your mind.

For me, the big difference in the Indian snuffs is the progressive changes you smell once you have the snuff in your nose. To make an illustration, I would compare European snuff to smelling one flower... Indian snuff is taking a walk all the way through the garden.

That along with the fact that the sensations can last MUCH longer with a very small pinch of Indian snuff than they might with a big pinch of European snuff.

howdydave

Just tried my first few pinches of Cheetah but I haven't been able to figure it out yet.

Probably because the last snuff in my nose was a Latakia and it may be lingering a bit.

After reading the reviews, I had the good sense to put it into a bullet for first encounters.

gandalf

Your image of garden is quite évocative,by chance I should recieve soon a tin of 6 photo Cheeta to walk in.

howdydave

Since dry fine ground snuffs are new to me, it will take a bit of time for me to master Cheeta.

I am starting by enjoying my Cheeta with my Posh snuff bullet.

bish777

cheeta is a challenge for sure. worth perisisting as it is wonderful stuff. I have enjoyed 6 photo, 5 photo and dholakia snuffs, all great stuff.

6 photo anarkali is my favorite so far, with fubar (dholakia) grunt a close second.

howdydave

It may sound kind of funny but...

My first sensation with Cheeta reminds me of Pond's Cold Cream!

howdydave

Looks like Dholakia Sparrow Cool may present a bit of a challenge too!

gandalf

I found for the moment principaly a lovely smell of incence at Cheeta(like you said Howdy for an other 6 photos)...In my next order of snuff I will try the six photos who spread pomegranate... ... Anarkaly.
A strange thing, nobody wrote about 5 photos..

howdydave

I have not tried 5 Photo yet due to the fact that ever since I discovered Indian snuff, 5 Photo has been out of stock at Mr. Snuff.

brigstowe

I got a can of 6 Photo Cheeta in the mail today. The scent is incredible and unlike anything I've sampled before, but it's a formidable challenge to take! I'm only just getting the hang of toasts, let alone Indian whites.