What's your opinion on leaving ash in the bowl on top of the burning tobacco? Does it heat up the smoke, or cool it down, or neither, or something else entirely?
I tend to lightly tamp down the tobacco a couple of times a bowlful, and just just invert the pipe and let the loose ash fall out. I figure it just heats up the tobacco beneath it, but someone has suggested that it actually keeps it cooler.
What are your thoughts?
I tend to lightly tamp down the tobacco a couple of times a bowlful, and just just invert the pipe and let the loose ash fall out. I figure it just heats up the tobacco beneath it, but someone has suggested that it actually keeps it cooler.
What are your thoughts?
