he's like the grandpa that I never got the chance to meet. I literally just got into pipe smoking and I've done a billion mistakes but I'm getting better by watching your videos, so thank you very much Sir!

“You mean to tell me, when I burn tobacco, it turns to ash?” Near about spit my coffee out

You sir, have a subtle, laid back charm. I find your videos informative and relaxing. I enjoy watching your videos while pipe smoking.

Who else sees him like the uncle you've never had?

After 43 -44 years of pipesmoking there are still good things to learn. This is one that has really made the full bowl smoke much more enjoyable.It took a few years of trial and error to figure it out but this is a very useful lesson to learn. Thanks ! Always enjoy your videos.

Old marines and humor. I got it. Miss your videos.

even 4 1/2 years later, your "attempt" at humor is still making people laugh (well, at least me). wanted to let you know that :)

As a new piper, I have learned most important and useful techniques from your channel Muttnchop. Thanks for being a KZfaqr. Big fan.

I like your dry sense of humor. Keep it up!

Finally got the hang of breath method! Been trying for 3 days and decided to rewatch a few of your videos while I smoke and it clicked! Turns out a big issue I had was taking the biggest breath possible before the sip. My lungs were already full so I barely got the vesper of smoke and pipe would go out. Thank you for the videos Muttn!

As a relatively novice pipe smoker I have been doing this exact thing with the ash as I get to the bottom 3rd of the bowl. Just an intuitive sense that some of that extra Ashe needs to come out before finishing the smoke. Enjoy your videos immensely.

Mr. Muttnchop, thank you for your patient, and clear instructions with that kind and gentle voice.

Learning a lot. Now I'm keeping my pipe well lit thanks to this channel. Great work.

I love the workmanship of your pipe, sir. He did a great job with it.

Very very thanks Sir. Your advices is always useful to me.

Watching this in 2019 and really enjoying it..along with all your other quality videos..happy Christmas from Ireland..happy piping

Dear Muttonchop. I can’t thank you enough for your informative videos. I have learned all I know about pipe smoking through you. You are a great example on how to live your life as a gentleman also. Keep up the amazing work! Ken

New pipe smoker here. Really love your videos. I have learned everything i know from you, and im really starting to enjoy pipe smoking. You remind me of my grandpa. Although he didnt smoke a pipe, he had a wealth of knowledge and always knew how to explain things in a way others would understand, just like you. Thank you.

Enjoying this video. I am between rookie and intermediate and this is a problem I have. Messing up my flavor and enjoyment. Glad you are back at it. I know you had a rough patch. Glad you are back

Another great video! Thanks for all the great advice!

I really appreciate watching your video's. Very informative for a pipe enthusiast.

I'm not a smoker but I find this videos very useful for me. It's relaxing.

I appreciate your attempt at humor and it intend to look for the rest of your humor in the rest of your videos. Discovered you today and 2 videos in I had to like the video and will now officially subscribe. Thank you for your videos!

Im visiting Your vedios form time to time . It a good reference for my 1 year hobby. Thank you .

I'm a new to pipe smoking and I figured out this soon enough. Thought I was smoking wrong, but I'm glad that I was doing right since the beggining. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and sorry for the bad english of mine.

Great piece of advice, thank you! I'm just breaking in a new pipe and started immediately with the nose breathinh method, then in the end removed the bit of ash, relighted and smoked it till the end. Away gurgle, no hot pipe, no ash taste. Best smoke I ever had!

Great tip! I've been wondering about this for a while.

Wonderful video, I actually have been doing this method for the past year now, just lightly remove the ash until I see embers, it works great! I'm still working on perfecting your breathing technique as well, I have genuinely noticed it cooling down my pipes, thank you good sir!

Don't worry I found it funny. lol

Hey buddy, stumbled on to your channel yesterday. Thanks for the uploads! You've got a nice collection of pipes 😎

Muttonchop, I really enjoyed the video. I had the good fortune of coming across this video right as I was nearing the bottom third of my bowl. I scraped the ash off the top, relit it, and got a good 5 more minutes out of my pipe. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks so much. You are doing a real public service for pipe smokers everywhere. I was trying to not waste tobacco but was having the exact issue with ash you just described and this totally solves a couple of issues for me. Thanks!!!

Just wanted to give a big thank you for all your videos. As a new pipe smoker, I've learned so much from your videos, such as the breath method and the virginia pack method, and whenever I run into issues when smoking (last time I got a big old blast of ash as you described) I know you have a wealth of knowledge to help with these issues.

Excellent vid Chris. Congrats. I liked it so much.Thanks alot.

As a new pipe smoker, when it comes to that point, what I do is that I actually use the pipe tool, try to get the unburnt tobacco back to the top, and relight. Next time I would try your method in this video and let's see how it works! Anyway, great video, sir! Thank you.

Luv watching your videos, I thought scraping the ash on the last of the bowl was taboo, Glad you rectified that. I would do that on occasion.

This is what I started doing, tipping ash out about at the the 60% point and then either relighting for the last 20 mins or adding fresh tobacco on top and extending my smoke another 30 minutes. Ash gives no value added so dumping it makes sense to me. Thanks Muttnchop, your experience really helps people like me, not reinventing the wheel the hard way!

Great video! I had always tamped the ash down, and had that bad taste, now I’m gonna pour it out

I love your sense of humor!

In addition to what you just said, in my experience I've noticed that the ash that we usually tap during smoking created unecessary hot spots in my briar pipe. In other words, today I always remove the ash just before it gets too hot, and relit again for the final round and it works perfectly, as a result the top of the bowl doesnt get hot. I'm happy that you took a time to teach people, those little things about smoking a pipe make a lot of difference, even to prevent cracking the bowl. Thank you Muttn!

I have been doing that and wasn’t sure if it was prudent. Some of my fav blends i want every last bit i can get 😊

What a fine gentleman! Be well sir!

Your videos really help me. I'm a newbie

The little shovel in the Czech took is perfect for this! I did this with one of my apple bowls one time and actually believed it’s what that tool is for, haha.

muttnchop piper, i just feel the need to tell you that the fact you kept a totally straight face while doing your joke in the beginning made it the funniest things i’ve seen today

Good advice. If you smoke long enough you learn this through experience.

I start doing the stir and tip method about half way through the bowl, after I've gained a little layer of charred tobacco and ash to insulate the ember. Also, as a newer pipe smoker I felt like I had to always smoke all the way to the bottom, not realizing that although it looks like there is tobacco left, it's mostly charred and mixed with ash.

The breathe method was a gamechanger for me. And all those other little tips... man, amazing stuff. These days, I just light up and go through your videos. And I cracked up on that "Gotcha!" you had there, haha. Really, thanks a lot, these tips are gold for a beginner like me.

Another EXTREMELY helpful video. I get something valuable out of every one of these. Solid gold.

That was the most wholesome joke Ive ever heard, 10/10 I would buy a "you tell me when I burn tobacco it turns to ash?" shirt

Thank you for a great tip, Sire!

Glad I found this vid. Started to do this, jettison some ash, and wondered if I'm cocking things up or not.

How to be a man 101. Exquisite. Bravo sir.

There r always things to learn I am 63 yrs young an I am still learning

ANOTHER huge Thank You!

Yep, learned something. Appreciated!

Great video ! You did it great !

I'll give it a try....Learning I'm using a Falcon pipe and I do get that ashy taste on relight at the lower half to third of the bowl. I haven't been dumping the ash, just very lightly tamping it so the fire can catch the Tobacco. I also want to buy a nice Large pipe ashtray with a cork knocker (Antique/old Vintage) to dump the ash into. Wife's tired of me dumping and rinsing it down the SS kitchen sink.

I love this man.

Thank for helping us Muttnchop.Piper very good video.

Love your humour Muttn!

to prevent having to relight all the time....do what I do...cut two match heads and put in the bottom of the pipe...pack tobacco on top to one third...then put two more match heads on top of tobacco.....fill more tobacco until three quarters full...put two more match heads then fill to top of bowl with tobacco.....light tobacco....as it burns down it automatically keeps the burn going...plus you get a cool light show every time the match heads ignite.

why you didn't show us the way I'm a beginner Pip smoker I just buy my pip today and I'm watching your videos to help me I'm really thankful because today I really felt that I was smoking ash because I was smoking it quickly now I got it Thank you

Hello there! Yesterday i bought Cabbie`s Mixture tabacco and I hope to try it in next weekend. I am very grateful to you for the knowledge you provide, which is essential for pipe beginners like myself. In addition, I wanted to share with you a little trifle. For storing tobacco I also use a ball mason jar and every time I bought new tabacco I make a label on jars. The label is matched to the lid, just print without scaling and stick to the lid. I hope you like it and it will be useful to you. I will send you a pdf file via facebook messanger. Greetings from Poland!

The pipe bowl,is a little like my left dome! Just messin! Learning lots Bang on,tho Often flick ash with tamp,when builds up Going to take on the tips

Experienced this today. Always come back and re watch your videos buddy. 1month into piping but still re watch these clips. Very helpful!

I want to wish you , your family , happy piping and HAPPY EASTER !!!

My friend you totally got me ....

How can anyone stumble on these videos and not learn something? Helps that MuttnChop is so cool, we can't help but smile while we learn from him :)

I got to that point last night I loosen it but neglect to dump out the ash and relit it. I will dump out tonight. Thank you.

I have been smoking a pipe for a few years and over time I have been "dumping" some of the ash as I am smoking. I varies per bowl on how often I do this but usually if I relight and does not stay lit I take some ash off the top and do a light taper and relight. Usually it will stay lit for quite a while. I hate to waste the tobacco and will smoke to the bottom and will have enjoyed the full bowl. Good Day Sir.....good video

Many thanks for that advice

Great tip thank you!

it was funny and I got it. great vid love the channel thank you

Thanks for the content!

I wish you were our local tobacconist. There is a shop here in Denver that I will not go back to because the tobacconist stares me down like I'm going to steal something. The other two tobacco shops in town have their issues as well that I dont want to mention because I am a frequent customer of one. My point, I guess, is thank you for being the tobacconist YOU ARE. On another topic, and I dont know if other pipe smokers do this, but I catalog my tobacco experiences on 3x5 cards in such a manner as follows: Carter Hall Aroma: faintly sweet Taste: absent Aftertaste: Ugggh Grade: C Thats all for now. Steve in Denver

i will try it i have been doing the breathing technique from your last video i definitely tasting the tobacco better and getting a cooler smoke

Thank you for the tip s!👍

Great info! Thank you...

I see that you're using the "breathing" method here. I have tried it with Virginias, and like it, also. Good flavors. I have found that ashing the pipe allows for a better burn, as well. Thanks. Ed

I'm on day # 3 of my new pipe smoking hobby. Your breathing tips you described worked amazing!! I was able to sip on my brier for 45 minutes and only had to re-lite twice. Go figure I did exactly what you mentioned in this video. As I got to the heel, it just seemed like a natural thing to do. Thank you so much for making this an enjoyable start. Your videos are very much appreciated.

I Instinctively did this from the start, just made since to me lol!

I've been wondering how aggressive you're supposed to get when blending two types of tobacco? As far as cutting it further and 'rubbing'

After about a 20 year hiatus, I found my pipes in a box.. back in the saddle again and enjoying your channel. One question that still plagues me is... building cake at the base of the bowl. Every pipe I have (Savinelli, Ben Wade, Deprey, Peterson, Ser Jacopo, etc) I have the same issue.. I can never seem to keep it burning at the very bottom, and the last light I'm sucking flames but never seem to get cake built on the bottom.. just the sides, all the way down. Is this a big deal? Any tips? Thanks!

Thanks Muttnchop. That was very helpful.

I needed this last night when I got a mouth full of ash!

Lol I actually tried doing this once for the same reason, cigar reasoning told me not to ("always keep your ash long") but I did it anyways... I guess I'll keep doing it then 👍

Need to write a book or course with your breadth of knowledge

Great video

Hello😉 Very nice Video 👍

I miss Samuel Gaweth's Commonwealth Mixture. It was the perfect Virginia/Latakia blend.

I've been looking around at pipes, trying desperately to find one that appeals to me visually. Thank God KZfaq recommended me this video because that one you have looks EXACTLY like what I've been searching for. Do you by any chance know where I can find one online? There are no brick and mortar stores near me so I have to find everything online. Thanks.

It takes very little time to scrape the ash before every tamping. The extra tedium aids in keeping your pipe cool and tabacco fresh. I like the tedium and is part of my relaxing ritual.

Would love to have a discussion about what to do with pipe tobacco ashes. I save all my ashes in a jar. I feel like there is some use for them after they've burned down, just not certain. What do you do with your ashes?

May I ask what state you are in ? Also what is the name of the app (?) you catalog with on your Ipod and is it available on Google Play ? Right now, I'm smoking some Captain Black White (aka Original) in my favorite pipe, a Stanwell Danish Star, also known as a Diplomat. Its kind of, well, dainty but it has the best grain of my 17 pipe collection. Despite what other tobacconists say about Captain Black (like "Why dont you move up in the world and smoke something better") its my favorite tobacco and to hell with them. I smoke what I like and it was the aroma that got me started on pipe smoking. Best Regards. Steve from Denver (We re a dying breed out here !)

Like your tip my friend 👍👍👍and thks

As you smoke, another way to get rid of the ash is to blow out in a controlled manner, the air will blast the ash out, leaving the heavier tobacco in the bowl. If you do this throughout the bowl, the amount of ash coming out is almost unnoticeable. Just remember to use the tamper more often throughout the bowl.

Thanks for this. Might seem obvious to some but as a new piper I actually thought you just tamped, re-lit and carried on smoking. Was finding as I got down below the half bowl mark I was having trouble re-lighting and was getting an ashy taste. Earlier this evening I actually thought I must have finished the bowl so stopped smoking but when I went to clean it out there was still a quarter of a bowl of tobacco left under the ash. Also, presumably the thicker the layer of ash the less oxygen can get to the ember causing more re-lights?

Yea my cob collection is growing as well. I might just become a corn snob.

Thank God your on the aire! I rifle through the clutter, then I see Muttnchop Piper, who taketh away the pain, which, by the way, is not in my ash!