Toque was the original snuff we started with back in 2006. We kept expanding the range and when we started selling Silver Dollar in the USA I felt we should make a ToqueUSA aimed more to American tastes than English. Then I had an idea back in 2020, I felt I wanted to set-up an Artisan website for the smaller producers to have their say. I also wanted to flex my imagination and make some more artisan snuffs.
At this point my then business partner took umbrage and told me I was going into competition with him and he wouldn’t allow any artisan snuff makes to sell to me. I think he had a bit of a nervous breakdown as he was going through a really hard time, he had been a really great guy up until that point. After he told me to move out and he would destroy me, I felt a little sad. But that drove me to create more Artisan snuff and also to create Otto.
Artisan Snuffs are what I would call our luxury snuffs made with the highest quality tobaccos and exceptional flavourings. Otto is a very Germanic style of snuff well oiled and very easy to take, it was created to be sold in America when Poschl withdrew, but after spending $1,000’s on lawyers we got nowhere. Now Otto is a brand of its own and doing rather well.
If you have any questions I am happy to expand.
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