I've been toying with the idea of making a basic pipe tamper out of some of our smaller heirloom Indian corn cobs. Today I was piddling in the shop and decided to try and make a tamper or two. Below is a pic of the prototypes that I came up with. The tampers are turned and sanded down by hand and sized to fit a 5/8" or larger bowl. These are approximately 2-1/2" in length but I'm thinking I might make these a little longer, perhaps 3" - 3.25".
These little basic tampers are incredibly strong and durable (I tried to see if I could break one in my hands but wasn't able to do so). Since there's no metal parts, they won't scratch or damage your pipes not chip your seasoned cake layer in the bowl.
I was wondering what you folks think about these and do you think there would be any interest in us offering these as a new product line to add with our current cob pipe line? Since we'd be handcrafting these, I figure we'd have to get around $2 retail per tamper to make them worth our while.
These little basic tampers are incredibly strong and durable (I tried to see if I could break one in my hands but wasn't able to do so). Since there's no metal parts, they won't scratch or damage your pipes not chip your seasoned cake layer in the bowl.
I was wondering what you folks think about these and do you think there would be any interest in us offering these as a new product line to add with our current cob pipe line? Since we'd be handcrafting these, I figure we'd have to get around $2 retail per tamper to make them worth our while.