I received my custom antler pipe tamper in the mail today, and I'm very happy with it. Below are few pictures of the tamper, along with one of my favorite pipes, a heavily rusticated Savinelli that my wife bought me for Christmas a few years ago before we were married:
I ordered the tamper a week or so ago from the Vojko Art Etsy store (Etsy Store - Vojko Art). The tamper is very well crafted, and the brass piece is carefully fitted to the antler. The tamper looks good in pictures, but even better in person. I paid about $35 including shipping from Slovenia. I really like the rugged outdoors aesthetic that this natural antler pipe tamper brings to mind. Also in the above pictures is my leather pipe rest, which I bought on eBay a few years ago from another eastern European craftsman who I believe was located in Ukraine.
Anyhow, I am excited about the new tamper and wanted to share a few pictures with my fellow pipe smokers who might understand my excitement about such a relatively mundane item ::
I ordered the tamper a week or so ago from the Vojko Art Etsy store (Etsy Store - Vojko Art). The tamper is very well crafted, and the brass piece is carefully fitted to the antler. The tamper looks good in pictures, but even better in person. I paid about $35 including shipping from Slovenia. I really like the rugged outdoors aesthetic that this natural antler pipe tamper brings to mind. Also in the above pictures is my leather pipe rest, which I bought on eBay a few years ago from another eastern European craftsman who I believe was located in Ukraine.
Anyhow, I am excited about the new tamper and wanted to share a few pictures with my fellow pipe smokers who might understand my excitement about such a relatively mundane item ::