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Babaton Plain Blue
whistlrr
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I did a search here and while its on snuffreviews, I didn't see any threads discussing this snuff here at snuffhouse and I think its deserving of its own discussion.
I haven't had it a lot of times yet (I've only had it a few days as part of a mammoth order and, you know how it is, so many snuffs so little time)
but it seems to be to be just about as good as and very similar Taxi Red and NTSU, maybe closer to NTSU Black.
Its probably not quite as strong as NTSU in nicotine but I'd guess its awfully close there too.
Its also a South African snuff, like NTSU and Taxi Red.
it also has the same start up strong ammonia smell as NTSU when you first open the container
and incidentally this is a remarkably sturdy and solid little container it comes in (white container with a blue lid, they're made out of plastic but feel about as solid as granit or something when held in the hand, very nice heavy plastic and seals up nicely)
It might have a coconut scent to it (or that might be the residue in my nose from other snuffs I've had today like FUBAR Grunt because it reminds me of that light coconut/dry vent smell, even though I purposely cleared my nose first before trying the Babaton again and writing this...
no, I think its really this snuff (just looked over at snuffreviews again and they're saying it over there too).
Anyway, it seems to me that there are dry spells of there being no NTSU or Taxi available at either NicotineRush or MrSnuff and so with this in mind I've been more open to finding alternatives when that happens and this definately seems to be one of them, maybe even better in its own ways and it deserves mention and discussion (and preferably by people with more cultured noses and ability to describe that their noses find)
so I am opening this up to that talk.
I think this is a really good snuff that just accidentally has been overlooked
Please, talk about Babaton Blue here, thanks :D
I haven't had it a lot of times yet (I've only had it a few days as part of a mammoth order and, you know how it is, so many snuffs so little time)
but it seems to be to be just about as good as and very similar Taxi Red and NTSU, maybe closer to NTSU Black.
Its probably not quite as strong as NTSU in nicotine but I'd guess its awfully close there too.
Its also a South African snuff, like NTSU and Taxi Red.
it also has the same start up strong ammonia smell as NTSU when you first open the container
and incidentally this is a remarkably sturdy and solid little container it comes in (white container with a blue lid, they're made out of plastic but feel about as solid as granit or something when held in the hand, very nice heavy plastic and seals up nicely)
It might have a coconut scent to it (or that might be the residue in my nose from other snuffs I've had today like FUBAR Grunt because it reminds me of that light coconut/dry vent smell, even though I purposely cleared my nose first before trying the Babaton again and writing this...
no, I think its really this snuff (just looked over at snuffreviews again and they're saying it over there too).
Anyway, it seems to me that there are dry spells of there being no NTSU or Taxi available at either NicotineRush or MrSnuff and so with this in mind I've been more open to finding alternatives when that happens and this definately seems to be one of them, maybe even better in its own ways and it deserves mention and discussion (and preferably by people with more cultured noses and ability to describe that their noses find)
so I am opening this up to that talk.
I think this is a really good snuff that just accidentally has been overlooked
Please, talk about Babaton Blue here, thanks :D
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I've neglected this snuff for quite a while, don't know why. Thanks for reminding me of it's existence, whistlrr!
mine was pressed down too like you say, quite a perfectly exactly full tin, but it very much had the ammonia scent.. maybe yours is a word to the wise and one I'll take into consideration right now seeing you say this) that it really doesn't 'keep' well..
I'm a little confused because on one hand you say its a 'fresh tin' but then you say you've 'neglected it a while'
about how long had your's actually sat? (so I can try to avoid this happening because I really think maybe that's why you're not having the same experience, maybe these are not good snuffs to leave just sitting a long time in their containers?)
I use a czech tool's spoon tip to dig into snuff 99% of the time so I might not have noticed what you did. It didn't seem greatly packed more than other snuffs (in fact I am glad then they are, nothing worse than opening a tin of anything only to find its all too fluffy and leaping out all over at you in a snuff explosion, I've had to intentionally for instance, pack down a 25g tin of WoS #22 for exactly this reason just so I could actually use it without wearing it whenever I open it).
I think Babaton has just now pushed Ntsu out of the way for me.
Thanks once more whistlrr.
This is my first foray into South African snuff. My first assessment on texture, tin nose and in the nose is ... did I buy American style dip?
I have a timer going to give it 40 minutes of air. I tried it earlier and in the nose, both the feel and the aroma, was to me like I put dip in my nose. Zero burn though. I'm open but skeptical that it's going to change much though. Different styles I suppose
I've never had problems with Toque direct while I've read in plenty of threads to have some ammonia. After smelling this and Taxi Red airing out for almost an hour, taking a whiff from my glassware of Sir Walter Scott is like freedom to a prisoner
In regards to coarseness, it's a mixed grind. Mostly medium-to coarse grains, topped with a healthy dash of some really coarse particulate (lamina flakes and chunks of midribs). About 3/4 of it easily passes 300 micron sieve and makes a beautiful base for scented, oiled or mentholated snuff. Oiled, it looks very similar to Indian black snuff, pure beauty.