Trout Bum
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Hello, fellow imbibers! I have a few questions regarding tamping, ash maintenancece, etc. I live in a fairly remote mountain town, with no fellow pipe enthusiasts other then my fellow brethren here on this board. I have smoked a pipe off and on for almost 20 years, but have only recently taken it to a more serious level, with better pipes and better tobaccos, and hence, much better enjoyment. Any help with the following would be much appreciated!
1) Do you tamp with a round tamp, and LIGHTLY spin the tamp to even out the surface of the ash? I have read of this technique recently, and have found it useful and kind of fun, too.
2) Do you ever remove spent ash from the bowl? I often do this to expose the underlying tobacco to improve the air flow... but I do not know of anyone else who does...
3) Do you smoke all the tobacco in the bowl, right to the bottom? I very rarely can do this. It seems that the final 1/8 of the bowl (or so) just does not burn properly, or perhaps, as properly, as the rest of the bowl. When finished with a bowl, I almost always remove a small amount of tobacco that is unsmoked... Is this just my own quirk, or is this common? I wonder if my removing spent ash, mid bowl, as described above, produces this?
Happy New Year to All!
Most humble regards,
Trout Bum
1) Do you tamp with a round tamp, and LIGHTLY spin the tamp to even out the surface of the ash? I have read of this technique recently, and have found it useful and kind of fun, too.
2) Do you ever remove spent ash from the bowl? I often do this to expose the underlying tobacco to improve the air flow... but I do not know of anyone else who does...
3) Do you smoke all the tobacco in the bowl, right to the bottom? I very rarely can do this. It seems that the final 1/8 of the bowl (or so) just does not burn properly, or perhaps, as properly, as the rest of the bowl. When finished with a bowl, I almost always remove a small amount of tobacco that is unsmoked... Is this just my own quirk, or is this common? I wonder if my removing spent ash, mid bowl, as described above, produces this?
Happy New Year to All!
Most humble regards,
Trout Bum