I own several pipe tools -- the classic Czech pipe tool that folds a pick and scoop around a tamper; the pocket knife like tool that has those same three tools in a pen knife handle, and other variations. However, for sure stark simplicity, I must admire the pipe nail in its two slight variations, the round headed tamper with a scoop on the other end, and the horseshoe nail with a square tamper on one end and a narrow scoop on the other. These do the job with no frills. They cost a US dollar or a little more. Being so inexpensive, in the irony of life they are almost impossible to lose, except in your pocket where they can usually be soon located. The "only lack they have" is the absence of a pick, but in both cases the scoop is narrow enough to double as a pick to stir and loosen tobacco in the bowl. I like my other tools, especially the little stainless steel pen-knife-like combination, but I nearly always reach for the pipe nails. It's just right. It costs little. Life can be beautiful. Add to my glorification of the simple pipe nail or register you complaint with them ... on this thread.