Last Minute Pipe Tool

gnatjulio

Lifer

Mar 22, 2012

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New York

• Dec 13, 2012

• #1

The other day I was in my truck about to have my lunch time smoke, when I realized that I forgot my pipe tool. I happened to have my Whittlin Jack and found a twig. This is what I came up with. It did the job and is sitting on the dashboard for backup if needed.....

What do you guys use in a bind(that is of course if you're absentminded at times like me and happen to put yourself in a bind)?

 

topd

Lifer

Mar 23, 2012

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Emerson, Arkansas

• Dec 13, 2012

• #2

Look at my burnt fingers Ha! My best tamper is my calloused tips.

 

dlattim

Starting to Get Obsessed

Oct 27, 2012

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #3

I've been known to use a AA battery.

 

gnatjulio

Lifer

Mar 22, 2012

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New York

• Dec 13, 2012

• #4

Hah, I tried the finger......not for me......yet.

 

tbradsim1

Lifer

Jan 14, 2012

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Southwest Louisiana

• Dec 13, 2012

• #5

I used my wife's I believe they call it a blush brush, was in her bathroom smokeing saw the handle on it, was perfect, tamped and forgot to wipe it off, next day she comes in my pipe room with the brush in hand and not a good look on her face, had to fess up, she threatened to use my good Almar knife to stir her gumbo next time LOL, hid the knife cause I know her. The old cajun

 

topd

Lifer

Mar 23, 2012

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Emerson, Arkansas

• Dec 13, 2012

• #6

HaHaa! June and I trade uses for things all the time. I've used her Q-tips for pipe cleaning, and she

uses my boat paddle for whoppins! HaHaa -- when the kids out-grew the wooden spoon!

 

kris

Can't Leave

Sep 16, 2012

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #7

:rofl:

 

tslex

Lifer

Jun 23, 2011

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #8

Finger tips and several calibers of cartridges.
(Of course, that raises the age old .45ACP versus 9mm debate. I've found 5.56X45 works best.)

 

winton

Lifer

Oct 20, 2010

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #9

Gnatjulio, that is one of the coolest tampers I have seen in a while!
Winton

 

bubblehead33

Part of the Furniture Now

Mar 17, 2012

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Canada

• Dec 13, 2012

• #10

that would definitely do the trick! ive been using roofing nails lately, lost 2 Czech tools since last friday :?

 

tjameson

Lifer

Jun 16, 2012

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4

• Dec 13, 2012

• #11

I haven't used a tool in....I don't remember how long. Just my favorite tamper, it's hard to lose. Nice tamper though I really like it!

 

aristokles

Can't Leave

Jan 18, 2011

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #12

I've been known to make use of a spent .45-70 casing in a tamping emergency.

 

taerin

Lifer

May 22, 2012

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #13

Suddenly I feel a lot less strange for using my chapstick to tamp my pipe while driving because I dropped my tamper under the seat.

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

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Birmingham, AL

• Dec 13, 2012

• #14

:worship: A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do.

Necessity is a mother!

::

 

captainsousie

Lifer

Aug 1, 2012

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• Dec 13, 2012

• #15

I've used the handle of a really small screwdriver from my tool kit in my car. Also used a nail with a wide head from a friend's garage. Just about anything that comes to hand and is the right size. I'm really absent minded so I forget stuff on trips all the time.

 

mthanded

Can't Leave

Sep 15, 2012

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• Dec 14, 2012

• #16

As I used to say right before my wife slapped me...."any ol port in a storm".

 

gnatjulio

Lifer

Mar 22, 2012

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New York

• Dec 14, 2012

• #17

Heh, this worked out in a bind and it'll be waiting in my cab next time I forget my czech tool. I like to poke after I tamp so I'm just waiting for the poke to break off (my luck). I tried to use a pen once, didn't work out to well and it screwed the whole experience.