Oh ya, I do it all the time. Just that sometimes the pipe is left there too long, the ember was gone, then need to re-light. Somehow, I feel it looks more stylish to tamp with finger, look like a pro 😄
I have one pipe. It's a precious gift from a friend, @OzPiper 😁. It's 100 years old. Not hearted to smoke it, coz it's too precious. The oldest pipe that I ever had.
Really love the pipe with silver band / nickel ring, whatever they called it. As long as there's some blink on the pipe 😍
The pipes with silver band that I have
Really hope can get one with silver cap one day 😊❤️
In that case, it's better that you get a corn cob pipe, rather than getting those low cost pipes without any relevant information on what kind of wood it's made of.