How to snus without baking

[Gameness]

I thought i'd write up a short text on how to use snus "levande" (live) as we say in Sweden. It definitely brings out a lot more flavor and is a very quick way to use loose snus. This is how all the old school swedes do it.

Remember that ultimately it comes down to doing it a lot (and failing sometimes) until you get down your personal technique.


1. Knock the can into your palm a couple of times so you can see some space on the inside of the can besides the snus.
2. Pinch. You can use your thumb and index finger, or you can use thumb, index and middle finger. Pinch some snus and press it against the inside of the can.
3. Lift up your prilla from the can and shake it a couple of times so the uneven crumbs fall back into the can, you can also scrape it against the edge of the can.
4. Lift the prilla against your lip, make sure your nails are pointing to the left and right side of your face so you get the right angle. The backside of your index finger should not point against the ceiling but it should be facing your left.
5. Push up your lip with the lower part of your index finger that doesn't hold any snus, place the prilla inside the lip.
6. Use your tongue to push up any left overs towards the prilla from your teeth/tongue.


Enjoy!

[GoVegan]

Cool post. I will try it but I know it will result in a slide.

[Gameness]

Cool post. I will try it but I know it will result in a slide.

Sometimes I do it like this and I don't get any noticeable mud slide. I pinch with thumb, index and middle finger. I lift the prilla with the thumb and index, then I use my middle finger of the same hand to lift the lip and place it with thumb and index. It's easier to do this because if you use the same fingers you pinch with to lift the lip, the prilla can touch your teeth/tongue and break apart.

[snusjus]

I'm a little confused about the "angle" part. Sometimes the snus will hit my lip and cause extreme embarrassment!

[SnusoMatic]

i do the no bake often but mostly when in a hurry. some brands work better than others but i do it with skruf all the time. the finer the grind the worse it works... for me anyway. i think its the best way to do skruf.

[snusjus]

i do the no bake often but mostly when in a hurry. some brands work better than others but i do it with skruf all the time. the finer the grind the worse it works... for me anyway. i think its the best way to do skruf.

I find Prima Fint and Roda Lacket are easiest to work with. They're so finely-grinded that it's like Play-Doh.

[Snusify]

I have been using this method for a long time, it is much better than hand baking, it is quicker and you get more flavour quickly and more nicotine quickly.

[sgreger1]

I never bake. I literally just take a pinch with two fingers, throw it in my lip and use my tongue to pack it in. Never slides.

[Kaplan]

Interesting post. I can't do the one-handed pinch method yet, so maybe I'll start working on that next. I'm not sure what you mean by your nails pointing left and right, but I'm totally for any method that doesn't employ a $40 tool or involve smashing it into your palm and two minutes of pressing the snus into a log. (But if that's what you're into, then have it.) From the time I pop off the top, it takes me five seconds (literally) to put in a pinch of snus, and I'm far from being an old-timer with snus.

[precious007]

Same here, I just pack the prila a little with my fingers that's all.

[horus]

I pack my cans like one does dip cans (held along side of can with thumb and middle finger, hand flicked so the index finger hits it). To throw a pinch in I just grab some, compress it lightly while pinching, pick it up, shake off loose tobacco, put it on the middle of my tongue, and use my tongue to place it in my upper (or lower) lip. I don't honestly understand why people have trouble doing this, you just can't be scared of the tobacco, it's not going to hurt it, it's just a clay-like substance. This process results in me swallowing a tiny bit of tobacco but this isn't enough to hurt you in any way and is tasty.

[crullers]

I pack my cans like one does dip cans (held along side of can with thumb and middle finger, hand flicked so the index finger hits it). To throw a pinch in I just grab some, compress it lightly while pinching, pick it up, shake off loose tobacco, put it on the middle of my tongue, and use my tongue to place it in my upper (or lower) lip. I don't honestly understand why people have trouble doing this, you just can't be scared of the tobacco, it's not going to hurt it, it's just a clay-like substance. This process results in me swallowing a tiny bit of tobacco but this isn't enough to hurt you in any way and is tasty.

I do the same, except I take the intermediate step of giving my pinch a very light packing on the overturned lid before placing it on my tongue. Takes very little time compared to baking.

[Los ßnus]

I pack my cans like one does dip cans (held along side of can with thumb and middle finger, hand flicked so the index finger hits it). To throw a pinch in I just grab some, compress it lightly while pinching, pick it up, shake off loose tobacco, put it on the middle of my tongue, and use my tongue to place it in my upper (or lower) lip. I don't honestly understand why people have trouble doing this, you just can't be scared of the tobacco, it's not going to hurt it, it's just a clay-like substance. This process results in me swallowing a tiny bit of tobacco but this isn't enough to hurt you in any way and is tasty.

agree 100%

took me a bit to figure out los snus aint gonna hurt you if you eat a bit of it. Once I got over the "OMG There's MUD in my mouth!" this method works. Although, I still get a bit of a mudslide after 30 min or so.

Handbaked pris seems to last an hour or so before bits start to crumble. Haven't had a mudslide though with pris since I figured out how to bake properly.

edit: Re-read your post. The first time I tried los, I pinched a bit into a kind of diamond shape and threw it in... and it worked. Although the mudslide was epic

[Valknut]

like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGvEKBnAUPg

edit: i guess there was a nano-bake in there!

[tattooer601]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYt-...e_gdata_player