Hey all,
So I'm really enjoying pipe smoking. It's been a great addition to my life and I want to thank you all for your help so far. I have another couple of newbie questions:
1 - After smoking about 1/3 - 1/2 of the bowl there is a significant amount of ash. Do you recommend lightly tapping it out into the ash tray or tamping it down and emptying the bowl completely at end of the smoke?
2 - Pipe cleaners? I use one after each smoke to clean out the stem and I bend another one in half and clean out the bowl. The one that cleans the bowl gets quite dirty so I toss that one, but the one I use for the stem is often not very dirty. Do you use these ones again or chuck them even if they're barely dirty?
Thanks!
So I'm really enjoying pipe smoking. It's been a great addition to my life and I want to thank you all for your help so far. I have another couple of newbie questions:
1 - After smoking about 1/3 - 1/2 of the bowl there is a significant amount of ash. Do you recommend lightly tapping it out into the ash tray or tamping it down and emptying the bowl completely at end of the smoke?
2 - Pipe cleaners? I use one after each smoke to clean out the stem and I bend another one in half and clean out the bowl. The one that cleans the bowl gets quite dirty so I toss that one, but the one I use for the stem is often not very dirty. Do you use these ones again or chuck them even if they're barely dirty?
Thanks!