RGV AG said:

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Before plastic, it held moisture better. Some of the plugs had that layer of brown film or whatever it was on them as well.

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That's a layer to keep the plug/tobacco from drying out and keeping moisture locked in.

Picked up some Levi Garrett over the weekend.

Damn thats some good stuff. Really really good stuff.

If you like the taste of some or all of the things below, you'll probably like the taste of Levi Garrett.

Bourbon
Cold Dr Pepper
Brandy
B&B & Coffee
Dark chocolate
Jack & Coke
Guinness
Molasses
Brown Cane Sugar
Stout and porter beer
Big Red gum
Fisherman's Friend lozenges
Expresso
Mexican Coke / Pepsi (real sugar)
Loose leaf / breakfast tea
Vanilla
Root Beer

Levi Garrett seems like it has slightly less nicotine than Redman. The nicotine in Levi Garrett seems to hit a little differently though. Seems like it's probably made with a different strain of tobacco than Redman. You can also tell a difference in texture between the two brands. The molasses in the LG is stronger.

I got some Beech Nut on deck in my pantry. May try another couple brands mentioned on here and some plug and twist while I'm at it.

One thing is for sure though. theres no way I'm going on a long road trip ever again without chewing tobacco while driving. You get an immediate increase mental clarity and alertness that lasts for a long time. Chewing tobacco doesn't get you wired like coffee does. Chewing tobacco you won't have to stop and piss as much.

If you were hunting and had to make a long shot. i could see where chewing tobacco would really help. If i was in the biathlon where you have to cross country ski and shoot a target, chewing tobacco would probably help. Its definitely performance enhancing in that sense. For anything that requires focus, precision and calm nerves … try chewing tobacco.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Picked up some Levi Garrett over the weekend.

Damn thats some good stuff. Really really good stuff.

If you like the taste of some or all of the things below, you'll probably like the taste of Levi Garrett.

Bourbon
Cold Dr Pepper
Brandy
B&B & Coffee
Dark chocolate
Jack & Coke
Guinness
Molasses
Brown Cane Sugar
Stout and porter beer
Big Red gum
Fisherman's Friend lozenges
Expresso
Mexican Coke / Pepsi (real sugar)
Loose leaf / breakfast tea
Vanilla
Root Beer

Levi Garrett seems like it has slightly less nicotine than Redman. The nicotine in Levi Garrett seems to hit a little differently though. Seems like it's probably made with a different strain of tobacco than Redman. You can also tell a difference in texture between the two brands. The molasses in the LG is stronger.

I got some Beech Nut on deck in my pantry. May try another couple brands mentioned on here and some plug and twist while I'm at it.

One thing is for sure though. theres no way I'm going on a long road trip ever again without chewing tobacco while driving. You get an immediate increase mental clarity and alertness that lasts for a long time. Chewing tobacco doesn't get you wired like coffee does. Chewing tobacco you won't have to stop and piss as much.

If you were hunting and had to make a long shot. i could see where chewing tobacco would really help. If i was in the biathlon where you have to cross country ski and shoot a target, chewing tobacco would probably help. Its definitely performance enhancing in that sense. For anything that requires focus, precision and calm nerves … try chewing tobacco.

Here's the nicotine levels on some of the Chew and Snuff. I like Lancaster chew it has no stems and the leaf's seem to be a better quality than some others. That said Redman, Beechnut and Levi are solid. I'm mainly a Copenhagen LC or Copenhagen LC Wintergreen guy.

Beech Nut
7.1

Lancaster
8.0

Levi Garrett
5.3

Red Man
8.6

Red Man Golden
7.7

Taylor's Pride
6.4

Copenhagen
Copenhagen snuff 14.79
Copenhagen long cut 14.27
Copenhagen long cut straight 13.40
Copenhagen long cut wintergreen 14.23

Skoal
Skoal long cut straight 12.52
Skoal fine cut original 14.17
Skoal long cut wintergreena 11.23
Skoal long cut wintergreenb 13.00
Skoal bandits wintergreen 12.68
Skoal long cut mint 12.48
Skoal wintergreen pouches 13.02
Skoal mint pouches 11.88
Skoal snus 17.19

Kodiak
Kodiak wintergreen 10.85
Kodiak wintergreen moist snuff pouches 13.03

Grizzly
Grizzly long cut straight 12.49
Grizzly straight pouches 14.92
Grizzly fine cut natural 16.27
Grizzly long cut mint 13.07
Grizzly mint pouches 13.08
Grizzly long cut wintergreen 12.33
Grizzly wintergreen pouches 11.32

Red seal
Red seal fine cut natural 10.96

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Ill echo that chewing does sharpen your senses, whenever I am pricing a change order or bidding a job I always have a wad of cope in

I'm more than a month into this chewing tobacco experiment. Here's an update.

Tore into that pack of Beech-Nut, it's good stuff. A little less bite than Redman original. Smoother flavor and texture all around. Nicotine hit comes on slower and more consistent than Redman original. Slightly less Less sweet than Levi Garrett. If someone was looking to try loose leaf tobacco for the first time, I'd probably recommend Beech-Nut and go from there.

Grandfather chewed tobacco for 40 years or so. Finally got nagged enough that he quit chewing tobacco. A short time after quitting he went into fairly rapid cognitive decline and went into assisted living some time later. Don't know if there was any correlation. The question is one worth asking, and one that I think about from time to time.

Haven't ever dipped or tried dip and don't intend to. Chew has about half the nicotine of dip. At this point I can't imagine doubling my nicotine intake from where I'm at now. Seems like it would be way too much nicotine. Don't think it would be of any added benefit, and would be too hard to get off of.

Coffee intake is way down. Got less desire for caffeine later in the day which tends to improves sleep. Chew bridges the gap between 10 and 2pm when you start to drag and lose focus and get that craving for coffee late in the day.

Gut health is still good.

I crave tobacco but I got no desire to compulsively chew tobacco all day. After I certain amount of chew, I loose the taste for it until the next day.

Overall conclusion is that chewing tobacco improves mental acuity by some measurable degree. No question about that.

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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I'm more than a month into this chewing tobacco experiment. Here's an update.

Tore into that pack of Beech-Nut, it's good stuff. A little less bite than Redman original. Smoother flavor and texture all around. Nicotine hit comes on slower and more consistent than Redman original. Slightly less Less sweet than Levi Garrett. If someone was looking to try loose leaf tobacco for the first time, I'd probably recommend Beech-Nut and go from there.

Grandfather chewed tobacco for 40 years or so. Finally got nagged enough that he quit chewing tobacco. A short time after quitting he went into fairly rapid cognitive decline and went into assisted living some time later. Don't know if there was any correlation. The question is one worth asking, and one that I think about from time to time.

Haven't ever dipped or tried dip and don't intend to. Chew has about half the nicotine of dip. At this point I can't imagine doubling my nicotine intake from where I'm at now. Seems like it would be way too much nicotine. Don't think it would be of any added benefit, and would be too hard to get off of.

Coffee intake is way down. Got less desire for caffeine later in the day which tends to improves sleep. Chew bridges the gap between 10 and 2pm when you start to drag and lose focus and get that craving for coffee late in the day.

Gut health is still good.

I crave tobacco but I got no desire to compulsively chew tobacco all day. After I certain amount of chew, I loose the taste for it until the next day.

Overall conclusion is that chewing tobacco improves mental acuity by some measurable degree. No question about that.

Snuff does have more nicotine as you can see from my previous post I posted on the amounts between chew, snuff, snus. I wouldn't jump into snuff starting with Copenhagen as it has the highest out all of the snuff products for the most part. To me Nicotine is like caffeine, you get used to it and at some point you want the strongest levels to take advantage of it.

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I always found this article funny and it's a good read.

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a45943/chewing-tobacco-dipping-nicotine/

Thats a good read man. Seems like the dude went off track though by starting out with Skoal.

Snus is really popular in Scandinavia. The EU banned dip and chew but you can still buy snus at the duty frees in airports. In Oslo you'd see a line of folks the duty free buying snus because Norway taxes tf out tobacco products. Want to try that Swedish style snus but also don't want that massive hit of nicotine.

My dad keeps the old family spitoon on his fire place mantle.