Let's See Your Ashtrays - Fancy or Plain

[mikethompson]

Recently I was invited over to my neighbours house for a smoke and conversation. I brought over all my cool pipe gear (which dazzled him, a cigar smoker), but when it came time to empty the bowls I realized I don't have an ashtray. I usually smoke my pipe outdoors and empty ashes just in the dirt.

Well I need to find something better now, to empty ashes in and to break up flakes as well.
What do you have?

 

[winton]

A number of years ago, I bought a Pirate ashtray from a shop in St Augustine, FL. That is a common theme for tourist in that town. While it is not built for pipes, I put a cork knocker in it and it satisfies my needs.

 

[deathmetal]

Ashtray? Why the heck would I need one of those when I vacuum the floors anyway? You guys are weird.

 

[jaytex1969]

I have a shot glass with a wider flared top sitting on my desk. The opening is wider than the outside diameter of most of my pipes and wider than the bore diameter of all of them.
I dump ash into it. When full and cool, it is emptied into the ziplock bag in my trash can. Between smokes, the top of the shot glass is covered with a matchbook.
This system, along with an exhaust fan when smoking, has kept my smoking room tolerable to SWMBO and kept the smell from drifting through the rest of the house.

 

[agnosticpipe]

I've had this pewter ash tray for over 30 years. It stays on the porch with the few items you see. I seldom use the cork knocker though.

 

[cigrmaster]

I bought this ashtray from Smokingpipes about 15 years ago or so. It is the only ashtray I use and I always have extra corks stocked.

 

[tbradsim1]

Ready for a smoke on Old Porch in South Louisiana.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I've discovered something new from this thread... according to at least two photos, wasp and hornet spray is a pipe smoking accessory. Who would have thought? :mrgreen:

 

[skaukatt]

I use this one all the time. Mine is black, couldn't find a photo of a black one so here's this one. Figgjo Flint from Norway.

 

[mcitinner1]

My first real job, when I was eleven, was cleaning up at Woody's Barber Shop, and he had these kind of ashtrays in the standing type. I've got two of each from EBay.

I f'ing give up. I used to put pics up all the time.

 

[alan73]

mcitinner1, if you using this sites album, click on photo first then right click and copy...I was having same issue 2 days ago getting pics up

 

[yohanan]

 

[alan73]

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I just use one of these Butt Buckets. It has a hole in the middle for dousing cigarettes, but I just drop my matches in and dump my ashes in it. Top unscrews for easy emptying. It's cheap, but it serves the purpose I use it for. I just don't see the point in a nicer ash tray. As for a cork knocker, I just tap the pipe on my palm. A little ash and dottle in my hand doesn't hurt me. And I suppose if I really wanted, a cork could easily be added.

 

[mikethompson]

I like the variation of ashtrays guys, shows that you all aren't sheep! :D
Alan I'm on the lookout for one similar to yours. I like the classiness of glass.

 

[alan73]

Mike: it is vintage, very heavy . my wife insisted that I have a “nice” looking ashtray if I was going to leave it out in the living room area, she hated the cheap POS I had before. It’s the one time her persnicketyness benefited me.
Yohanan nice bucket, very functional. that would NOT fly with my wifey.

 

[edwinbaz]

I got mine because I can also use it with the occasional cigar.

BTW alan73, that is a nice ashtray, even if it's not as fancy as yohanan's.

 

[renfield]

I thought I was the only one who had to keep a can of wasp killer by my side as I smoked. I laughed out loud when I saw that.
Ren

 

[alan73]

Ok, that’s 3 people with wasp issues in one thread, what are the odds?? ...are aggressive wasps a southern thing or something

 

[agnosticpipe]

alan: yes :rofl: