Snuff Forum | Topic: Toque Bespoke

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11 September 2021 at 5:41 pm #2887

GlasgowSnuff
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Many of you will know from checking out the website that Toque offer a bespoke option in a 400g Economy bag. Thought it was worth starting a thread to bounce around ideas. There will obviously be some limitations in terms of what is doable. Sir Roderick will keep us right on that score but let your imagination run riot anyway. Who knows, there may be a consensus that could become a regular.

11 September 2021 at 8:35 pm #2889

Picklefist
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He does a great job. Be very specific about strength of scents added and you’ll get a great snuff. I had one done with the scents of Tiger Balm and it was great, but POWERFUL. Also had one done, I call Fat Ginnie, with menthol camphor and just a bit of juniper berry. It was a home run. Great stuff.

11 September 2021 at 10:36 pm #2890

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@Picklefist, I can relate to your FG bespoke. Menthol (3%) + juniper essential oil (2%) + camphor (1%) , oiled with paraffin oil (8-10%), is a winning combo, beloved of yours truly. Roderick should consider making a juniper snuff like this regular.

I’m tempted to make my own small batch of rustica-based version with pH 9 (Red Bull’s alkalinity).

12 September 2021 at 2:24 am #2893

Picklefist
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Is this L.P.??? What’s up with @One Post Account ?

13 September 2021 at 10:46 pm #2913

D B
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I’ve been thinking of going for an SP Toast, in the vein of Lime Toast in terms of strength of scent. Just a bergamot bomb. Perhaps better described as a toast edition of SP Extra.

13 September 2021 at 11:58 pm #2915

Picklefist
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I don’t know if you’ve tried Grand Cairo, but that’s a bergamot bomb. I can imagine, Sir Roddy can handle that for you. And with the lower moisture, you’re gonna be able to stretch that 400g a long way.

14 September 2021 at 5:21 pm #2970

D B
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Picklefist wrote:>I don’t know if you’ve tried Grand Cairo, but that’s a bergamot bomb. I can imagine, Sir Roddy can handle that for you. And with the lower moisture, you’re gonna be able to stretch that 400g a long way.

You’re a skilled snuff sommelier, sir! Grand Cairo is likely my desert island snuff. It would be an impossibility to pin me to one choice… but realistically, Grand Cairo has good chance of coming out on top.

My other bespoke idea was something “piney”, maybe a juniper snuff on the Quit base, but my nose sometimes disagrees with pine. T_T *ACHOO

14 September 2021 at 6:53 pm #2971

Roderick
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D B,

Mine too. I have just made a couple of woody pine snuffs for one guy in Alaska and they were great, but I have a bad habit of making 450g’s or 500g’s of bespoke so I can play with it after it has gone out. That Pine one is good but…. I always sneeze. I’m the same with Rappee I am finding out. I’m working on a new Rappee snuff and I can’t stop sneezing.

14 September 2021 at 6:53 pm #2972

Roderick
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D B,

Mine too. I have just made a couple of woody pine snuffs for one guy in Alaska and they were great, but I have a bad habit of making 450g’s or 500g’s of bespoke so I can play with it after it has gone out. That Pine one is good but…. I always sneeze. I’m the same with Rappee I am finding out. I’m working on a new Rappee snuff and I can’t stop sneezing.

14 September 2021 at 9:26 pm #2973

Picklefist
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@Roderick 1: Are you still working on Espresso? 2: Is there a very aromatic plain snuff, not topped, but rich in scent, like opening a hot pressed VA or maybe even a perique blend that could be made? And I’ve been tinkering with the idea of something “malty”… so I might have to come up with another bespoke.

15 September 2021 at 9:39 pm #2976

D B
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Another thought I had was a Berwick Brown offshoot. I LOVE the scent, but the grind can irritate my nose. It’s picky. (Pardon the pun) I’m ignorant of which snuff use which leaf, but I wonder if the same glorious lemony, leathery scent could be done on a Quit base. Or would I be better off just asking for a finer grind of the original Berwick Brown?
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