Ash

[Goofeyfoot]

Do we dump the ash out as we go? How often?

 

[Waning Embers]

Some do, some don't. Like every other aspect of pipe smoking, no rules.

 

[Sig]

I smoke outside.
I dump occasionally as I go.

 

[Goofeyfoot]

Thanks.

 

[Brad H]

Dump it out whenever you feel it needs to be dumped.
I generally dump ash out right before I relight a bowl I have set down but come back to.

I generally smoke a pipe for 2-8 mins, then put it down and come back to it later. When I pick it up give it a slight tap on the side while it’s upside down and ash fall out.

 

[didimauw]

If the flavor gets muted, or hard to keep lit, Is when i dump any extra ash.

 

[elvishrunes]

I don’t but discovered a neat trick. The wind blew my pipe and just the ash floated off in a cloud, so you can gently blow on the bowl, tamp and then blow. Again I don’t bother, but you can, especially indoors

 

[Douglas]

Usually once about halfway through. Seems to reinvigorate things.

 

[warren]

Is "we" meant to be the imperial/royal "we"? Your choice then. We do as we please.

 

[Brad H]

Is "we" meant to be the imperial/royal "we"? Your choice then. We do as we please.

 

[Briarcutter]

Sometimes I don't ever dump it, just keep tamping and relight when needed. As mentioned, if it impedes a relight, I scrape some off, tamp,relight.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

With deeper chambered pipes (i.e., two inch depth or more), I sometimes stir the loose ash and dump; it’s easier to keep the airflow going and relighting is a bit easier when not having to draw the flame through a thick layer of ash. With shallower chambers I usually just continue to tamp.

 

[Hillcrest]

"You gotta wipe your [ash]" Redd Foxx

 

[telescopes]

Of course.

 

[renfield]

Yes. Eventually I can no longer get any tobacco into the pipe if I don’t dump it out every few days.

 

[The Benedictine]

Tamp and relight for me.

 

[LeafErikson]

Yeah I think I dump the ash usually.

 

[stoopidbaits]

Sherlock Holmes made a great deal of progress in many a case by examination of the ash of tobacco products left behind by suspects at crime scenes. So as a rule, when I'm committing murder I keep the ash in its place. Otherwise I dump it a couple times per bowl.

 

[OzPiper]

Smoking a pipe is not a cigar long ash competition.
No prizes for having the most ash in a bowl, or the whitest ash.

Dump the ash if there is an excess and it starts to smother the ember when you tamp.

Sometimes I do, often there is no need to.
It really depends on each bowl.

 

[Sigmund]

I usually dont but I also typically smoke pipes with smaller bowls.