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Post by trailboss on Dec 26, 2017 13:11:37 GMT -5
If you read the reviews over at Mister Snuff, their lack of categorizing it as an oral tobacco has created a fair amount of pissed reviewers that had a different expectation.
I purchased it because at the time it was trending up in sales, said the website, it worked out for me though... the Northerner link says that whatever isn’t tobacco is food grade.One pissed reviewer said that he thought there was a cricket leg in his tin.... if he only knew what was ground up in the grain he eats... a miller once told me why flour gets bleached.
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Post by simnettpratt on Dec 26, 2017 13:13:20 GMT -5
My little evil tub of Makla says right on it: 33% tabac and 67% agents de textures. And it's Fabriqué en Belgique, not Africa, it's full name of Makla Africaine Bentchikou and the outline of Africa on the front notwithstanding. Probably figured listing the ingredients as Ammonia and Lime with some tobacco forged in the fires of Sauron on the box would affect sales.
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Post by Darin on Dec 26, 2017 13:30:29 GMT -5
trailboss ... Americans have no idea how many insect parts they consume. Elsewhere, they do it on purpose! simnettpratt ... Sauron couldn't handle this stuff! LOL 
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Post by simnettpratt on Dec 26, 2017 13:44:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm really going to try it again now... |
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Post by Darin on Dec 26, 2017 13:50:31 GMT -5
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Post by trailboss on Dec 26, 2017 15:56:36 GMT -5
David before Makla:  David after Makla:  |
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Post by Darin on Dec 26, 2017 15:58:41 GMT -5
LMAO!! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Dec 26, 2017 16:20:00 GMT -5
No, David after Makla:  |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 26, 2017 16:26:48 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Dec 27, 2017 7:52:54 GMT -5
You guys are killing me! What the heck is that thing? |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 27, 2017 9:15:21 GMT -5
You guys are killing me! What the heck is that thing? Rosie O'Donnell on a two day drunk. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Dec 27, 2017 9:43:52 GMT -5
While it could be Rosie, it came up on an image search for 'dead bigfoot'.
Am happy with my regular snuff thank you, the Makla will remain taped and hidden until either I wear down and try it again, or find myself wandering by the Cracks of Doom.
The Before Makla picture was pretty accurate.
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Post by Darin on Dec 27, 2017 9:47:26 GMT -5
Lol ... yeah, me too. |
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Post by Darin on Dec 29, 2017 9:42:59 GMT -5
With the help of another forum's member, I've gathered the ingredient list for Makla: tobacco 377 mg water 490,5 mg calcium hydroxide 45,5 mg calcium carbonate 52,5 mg Magnesium carbonate hydroxide 5,5 mg activated carbon 6 mg disodium hydrogen phosphate 4 mg edible oil 19 mg As you can see, the guesses on Slaked Lime and Washing Soda were correct ... that's some alkaline 'chit man! I'm going to grow some more tobacco plants this year and focus on Burley since it's the easiest. The mud lugs from these would make good practice material for something like this. Crockpots are cheap and easy to come by ... perfect for cooking snus-like concoctions. |
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Post by trailboss on Dec 29, 2017 11:17:24 GMT -5
With the help of another forum's member, I've gathered the ingredient list for Makla: tobacco 377 mg water 490,5 mg calcium hydroxide 45,5 mg calcium carbonate 52,5 mg Magnesium carbonate hydroxide 5,5 mg activated carbon 6 mg disodium hydrogen phosphate 4 mg edible oil 19 mg As you can see, the guesses on Slaked Lime and Washing Soda were correct ... that's some alkaline 'chit man! I'm going to grow some more tobacco plants this year and focus on Burley since it's the easiest. The mud lugs from these would make good practice material for something like this. Crockpots are cheap and easy to come by ... perfect for cooking snus-like concoctions.  |
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Post by Darin on Dec 29, 2017 11:24:14 GMT -5
Ooooohhhh ... nice Erlenmeyer! LOL ... my nieces and nephews call me the "Mad Scientist". At least two of them seem interested in following my footsteps. They got a microscope with slides and some chemical reaction kits for Xmas. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Dec 29, 2017 12:50:52 GMT -5
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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2018 11:07:03 GMT -5
Today I was browsing the snuff jars for something different and ran across my Old Mill Butternut Toast. This stuff is great with coffee and I foresee my only stash being used rather quickly! Also ... the FUBAR Bohica that trailboss gave me is getting heavy use. I'm really detecting the chocolate more now that I'm used to the Chili hit ... thanks again, Charlie! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 24, 2018 15:14:39 GMT -5
I've been enjoying all the snuffs Charlie and 10furlongs sent me, and like menthol snuff now. My three favorites are the Wilson's of Sharrow Mills Kendal Brown, Tom Buck, and yours, whatever it is. Those are non-menthol, but am also liking the menthol Gawith Original and Gletscher Prise. Fortunately, I like the Toque Original, because I have 35 grams of that, vs 10g of the others Still haven't figured out why snuff is fun. Part of it is because it's so uncommon, like throwing boomerangs, and the cool packaging. Almost want to get pulled over, so I can use my little sniffer bullet of Spanish Gem in front of the cop, and watch his reaction. Won't be as funny when I'm shivering in my little cell. |
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Post by trailboss on Jan 24, 2018 15:42:38 GMT -5
Glad you guys like the snuff stuff!
When I first started taking snuff, I was taking some in the spoon of a Czech tool while sitting in a Quiktrip parking lot that a lot of Maricopa county deputies frequent...got the stink eye!
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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2018 16:05:16 GMT -5
That cracked me up!  I tried for several weeks to learn the boomerang and, after nearly decapitating myself several times, decided to move on. LOL ... yeah, that looks just a wee bit suspicious!  |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 24, 2018 16:13:05 GMT -5
You were:
(a) Throwing in too much wind. It's like 5-6mph tops. You chuck in stronger wind and they come back at you like that; wasn't your technique, or
(b) Aiming too high. Aim almost horizontal but a squeak up, like at the tips of the distant trees. Aim higher and they come swooping down like Xena's aerobie.
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Post by Darin on Jan 24, 2018 16:20:28 GMT -5
Sounds like you know your boomerang! You're not an aborigine by chance ... are you? From what you describe, I was throwing too high ... maybe a little too hard as well. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 24, 2018 16:55:58 GMT -5
 If you were aiming higher than a squeak above horizontal, you were aiming too high, and gravity made it come down screaming like that One of my favorite rangs is Colorado Boomerangs' Adirondack. It has two weights in either tip, and another in the elbow, for extra distance, and flies an ellipse about 70 yards in diameter (not circumference). It's a STICK I can make fly for about 200 yards, and it's not even a Long Distance rang. The cool thing about it is, if you throw it just right (and don't plough it straight into the damn ground), it makes the entire trip about a foot off the ground. Looks cool as hell. Here it is:  |
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Post by Darin on Jan 25, 2018 6:27:51 GMT -5
Your inspiring me to try again That is one cool boomerang and the distance range is awesome! Where do you go to throw? |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 25, 2018 10:57:31 GMT -5
Finding a boomerang field is the hardest part of throwing. As you know, you need a completely flat area, that's devoid of trees and light poles, that's at least, but hopefully bigger than, a football field. You can only throw the shorter range rangs on a football field. I've been extremely lucky; when I took up booming, I lived in a corporate apartment in Omaha and, literally across the street, was a church with some land that was flat and tree-free. I'm also very lucky here: less than a block away is a treeless triangle field between three roads that has those big metal electric pylons down one side, so you can't build on it or trespass on it. Mainly as I'm driving around, I always notice 'boomerang field!' and point them out. You can use public parks, but they usually have trees and people, that wait for you to throw and don't realize they're in the way. If you do yell 'look out!', you know they're just going to turn around into the boomerang and look up. Public soccer fields for kids can be used, but they're a bit small and will have poles and maybe bleachers. You can have a square mile of flat land with one damn skinny little tree in the middle, and you're going to hit that stupid tree. I would start looking around as you do your daily driving, check the google earth maps of local parks, and google earth your house and perform a search as well. I HIGHLY recommend Colorado Boomerangs' Yanaki as your warm-up rang, then something with greater range when you're ready to go. Ted Bailey sells a bunch of cool rangs too, at flight-toys.com, and is famous in the boomerang community. Colorado BoomerangsFlight ToysTriangle field by my house[Note how my awesome treeless triangle field is bigger than the High School's football field just west of it. I'm lucky.] |
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 25, 2018 11:22:07 GMT -5
Colorado Boomerangs' Yanaki: $22 bucks, 35-40 yard range. One of the easiest, sweetest booms to throw. Should be in everyone's kit, and is my warm up rang. I have three, including a left-hander in case a lefty comes over and wants to try throwing (only happened once, but it was awesome).  Another CB, the Delicate Arch. Longer range, 55-60 yards, and my first rang ever. Highly recommended at $28 bucks. Weights in the lead and dingle arm.  My all-time favorite rang: the CB Kilimanjaro. Flies really slowly, just above stalling, and doesn't look like it'll make it back, but it always does. Makes a wuff wuff sound that scared my mom. Best rang ever. Right now they only have a left-hander on their site (boo), at $30 bucks.  My MTA (Maximum Time Aloft). These are not for catching, but to see how long you can keep them airborne and you throw them differently. Mine's a beginner model, good for only about 30 second flights, but what other unpowered object can you keep in the air for 30 seconds? It's really tiny and made of Paxolin, not plywood, and is a paper composite. Longest flight time in competition is something like eight minutes. Sometimes a thermal grabs them and they fly away, which is probably the best way to lose a boomerang, for it just to decide to leave you. There have been several reports of a guy in Texas throwing an MTA, it flying away, and some kids in Kansas finding it in the school parking lot (you write your contact info on MTAs). It's a STICK!  [Disclaimer: Yes, I'm shamelessly plugging boomerangs in a snuff thread on a pipe forum, because it's nice to see anyone with an interest, and also because I have no shame.] |
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Post by Darin on Jan 25, 2018 11:30:47 GMT -5
Thanks, David!
Here in AZ, open space is easy to find and, oftentimes, the highest structure is a shrub. (kinda like the Outback)
Once I get another 'rang I'll let you know how it goes.
All good ... this seems to be our private thread anyway! LOL
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Post by simnettpratt on Jan 25, 2018 12:14:07 GMT -5
Didn't think of that; very cool.
Now Available! Free Thread!
For the Obscure Little Snuff Millers and Boomerang Chuckers! Wanna know the difference between snuff and SNUs, and why that's important? Ever wondered which end is the dingle arm? Then come on over and meet some real-life snuff millers and boomerang throwers! Owning a snuff or a boomerang not required.
[Note: Road bumming gun nutters also welcome.]
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Post by trailboss on Jan 25, 2018 13:01:27 GMT -5
Road bumming gun nut???
I resemble that remark!
I have a boomerang son, he keeps coming back.😄
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