Made a Few Pipe Ashtrays

[Osirus]

Been trying to stay busy as I'm trying to not smoke cigarettes anymore and a big part of that is staying busy. I used to put my cigarettes out in a glass jar of water after an experience starting a fire at an old apartment (long story) and realized I'm going to need a few ashtrays for pipes as I plan to completely "go to the dark side"...


The skull one was a tea candle holder, so I just super glued 2 neodymium magnets to it- one on the inside of the skull and one on the bottom of the cork (did it twice since I had the polarity reversed and they repelled instead of attracted..) so I can easily remove the cork to dump the tray and it's held in place pretty well- neo magnets are amazing...

The other one is an old pipe tobacco tin, which I thought was a pretty good idea if I do say so myself! Hot glued a cork in there (trimmed the cork a bit shorter with a sharp box cutter so I can close the lid) and I can keep a tamper or some other stuff in there, even some tobacco if I keep it clean. I guess I could have used the magnet method as well as the tin is magnetic. And it's portable and would have otherwise just sat around.

Tomorrow is 1 week without any cigs so while I'm hopeful, I'm also pretty agitated and restless... I'm hoping the taste of tobaccos improves without cigs as well.

 

[Chasing Embers]

The skull one was a tea candle holder

Looks like an ashtray.

 

[Osirus]

Looks like an ashtray.

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Haha I stand corrected! I guess I just made it into a pipe ashtray

 

[bullet08]

Does one truly need an ashtray when the whole freaking world is one?

 

[HitchensDog]

It's because of your story that I keep a large jar of water on my apartment deck to dump my ashes in. That was good advice.

 

[AJL67]

Well don’t i feel ghetto, but my pipe ash container does have a cigar attachment as well.

 

[kcghost]

If you have been smoking cigarettes a long time you need all the help you can get. We are pulling for you!!

 

[Osirus]

It's because of your story that I keep a large jar of water on my apartment deck to dump my ashes in. That was good advice.

It's always a good idea to have water nearby when you're burning stuff! Even with a pipe, sometimes an ember will fall and if I'm getting ready to leave or sleep I'll just pour a bit of water on it to be (more) sure! Fire gets out of control fast!

 

[Osirus]

If you have been smoking cigarettes a long time you need all the help you can get. We are pulling for you!!

Thank you, about 20 years. I turn 40 next week so it's about that time to make some decisions. Quit drinking 2 years ago and I think this will be just as difficult if not more so. I'm hoping to get down to a "normal" pipe schedule of once per day or less, but I've been puffing on them like crazy this past week!