Tired of losing pipe nails....

[bubbadreier]

oh that actually isn't too bad... I went to my B&M today and used my nail, everyone stared at me at first and then complimented me on finding something that works for me!

 

[tanless1]

First- consider stiching your pockets, as you are probably missing loose change as well. Second- keep one with your keys, for all your travels. Third- place one in each vehicle(I keep one in the dash vent) one in each room you spend time in.........or buy a box of nails,just be gentle with the tip.
I do hope this has helped.

 

[jship079]

I love my czech tool but I might try the dowel rod

 

[excav8tor]

The other way of not losing them, of course, is to buy a 100 pack and go around your home hammering them into convinient spots where you are most likely to use a tamper!!!

 

[fredvegas]

Though they are called "Czech pipe tools", I will bet you a pound of Lane 1-Q that they are made in China or Hong Kong.

 

[illicitdreams]

My Czech pipe tool says "Made in U.S.A." of course it's an old Half and Half give-away.

 

[greggors]

I have 2 czech tools, one on my keys the other I keep in my tobacco pouch. I have the same habit of loosing small items so I keep them attached to larger things.

 

[bubbadreier]

But then I would lost the bigger items...

 

[ohin3]

I remember my grandfather using everything he could get his hands on including his index finger, pens, pencils, chap stick tubes, and old spent .308 cartridge and once in a while a pipe nail. I would constantly come across charred objects all over his house and remember my grandma yelling at him for ruining thing around the house in the name of tamping his pipe.

 

[unclearthur]

Dang! That sounds familiar for sure!

 

[duncan]

I am still waiting for the story of the poor bastard that used an unspent round.

 

[fredvegas]

Golf tees? Before shipping, they work out to $.03 each.

 

[bubbadreier]

haha I thought of those too Fred, I was just afraid of burning the tees!

 

[tanless1]

....you aren't using them to sculpt, but the lead paint chips may become an issue.

 

[aristocob]

For cobs especially, I second the Golf Tee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8bj6c3gmNQ

 

[jimbo]

Yep, a WOODEN golf tee (not the plastic kind) makes a great tamper in a pinch, and they are cheap (I think... I'm not a golfer, I just find one occasionally.)
Anyway, I hardly ever lose a 95-cent aluminum pipe nail. I always have one in the change pocket of my pants, and scattered around the house in various match striker/holders. I don't know how many my dad accumulated... they gave you one in every pouch of Half & Half years ago and I still have many of them.
I prefer the pipe nail to the Czech tool because you don't have to unfold it, and I hardly ever have to use the pick.

 

[ohin3]

Yeah I have to agree with Jimbo on my preference for the pipe nail as opposed to the Czech tool. I have been smoking a pipe for 14 years and I have yet to ever have a use for that pick thing that is on Czech tools and other tampers. All I need is a flat end to tamp with and a paddle end to scoop with. What do you guys use that pick for anyways?

 

[greggors]

Although I've never used it I believe it's for clearing blockages in the shaft of the pipe.

 

[bubbadreier]

I have used it once or twice when I tamp too hard and I need to loosen up the tobacco!

 

[chero]

still with the old way