Czech Tool vs. ... Well, More Handsome Alternatives

[Meerly John]

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I keep them everywhere and they get prettier with use.

 

[anotherbob]

I never leave home without my Czech tool. It may come in handy if I ever find myself in a situation like MacGyver.

The tamper:
Tap Morse Code to get out a message.
Use the flat part of the tamper, along with the sun, to signal a search plane.
Pack chewing gum in a hole to keep a dam from bursting...saving a village.
Use as a screwdriver.

The pick:
A weapon.
To pick a lock.
Poke a hole in the bad guys gas tank so they run out of gas.
A skewer to roast bugs over a fire.

The spoon:
Dig a tunnel.
Dig a hole to get fresh drinking water.
Like the tamper, signal a plane using the sun.
Dig a bullet out of a wound.
Bend the pick into a fish hook.

I'm sure there's other survival uses.

don't dig the bullet out. More likely to cause serious infection or injury then leaving it in.

 

[Egg Shen]

I don't use the Czech tool other than to clean the pipe after the smoke. The Czech tool's tamper is not as good as the concave, edge-bevelled 8deco tampers.

The Czech tool can be used as a self-defense item, though, but I don't carry one.

Agree the Czech tamper is inferior to other tampers I have. Mine are Italian, forget the brand but all in the 35 dollar range. Aside from style points what these achieve over the Czech tool include a ported tamper with crisper corners that allow for an easier tuck on the edges of your ash. The dottle pick is thinner so it scrapes and cleans better than the shovel.

One thing I like about the Czech tool having a perfectly cylindrical reamer is that you can use it to open up the draw on a cigar if it’s rolled too tight . The dottle pick is bent.

 

[Egg Shen]

It's kind of that story of there is no real functional improvement. And it's not like a thing you use enough to have fancy be a big improvement.

Don’t go on the shaving forums.


i also wanted to add that I recently got this for $2 and some change and really like it. It is featherweigh.

 

[anotherbob]

Don’t go on the shaving forums.


i also wanted to add that I recently got this for $2 and some change and really like it. It is featherweigh.View attachment 131843

I have no interest in shaving forums. Seems as much fun as a how to take out the trash forum or how to make a bed. Shaving it's the thing I do because it's slightly less annoying then having a beard.

 

[scloyd]

don't dig the bullet out. More likely to cause serious infection or injury then leaving it in.

You may of saved my life. Thanks

 

[anotherbob]

You may of saved my life. Thanks

honestly I hope not. It is hopefully advice that is academic only and never turns practical.

 

[EssJaySea]

Here's a little collection of pipe tools that I won on ebay for $9.50.
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From the same ebay seller I bought several of these 100+yo NOS German pipe tools.
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So we all also have learned the difference between a Czech and German tool: Where the hinge is.

 

[btp79]

I get it that some just rather use their finger, or a piece of wood. I get it, but obviously many prefer to have something nicer or different, as I make and sell quite a few of these. This one is my most elaborate, sterling, 18k, amethyst, and opal.

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Sooooo not a pocket carry? Looks cool though, where'd you get it?

 

[ashdigger]

Here’s a Rattray’s

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Sooooo not a pocket carry? Looks cool though, where'd you get it?

I do carry it in my picket some, but I am just as likely to have a golf tee on me. I have a few more. I make them.

 

[Reggie]

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I have a couple of those!

 

[Reggie]

I have seen old codgers fashion these as tampers. ? When you know, you know.

 

[Latakia Dave]

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I have seen old codgers fashion these as tampers. ? When you know, you know.

Have a collection of them myself. And a couple from bear as well. I've carried one in my pocket since I was a kid in grade school. Fun to tell people it is a whistle and have them try to blow it. Haha...
/G\

 

[MacMarty89]

What I hate about the fingertamp is that your nail looks like it has been stuck where the absence of light means shit. As for the pipe nail itself, I think the tamping surface is too small.

 

[ssjones]

Never liked the Czech Pipe Tool. Prefer just a simple pipe nail. The only thing I use the Czech tool for is to bleed my Corona when it's time to bleed it prior to loading more fuel in.

Same here, too fiddly. I have all manner of tampers, pipe knifes, Rodgers tools. But the simple Brebia pipe nail works the best for me, and its not tragic to lose. I even polished one, but the luster didn't last on the cheap pot metal.

Here's the weirdest tamper I have, a Peterson P-lip stem. Used in public, it looks odd...and it is very heavy, so it just resides in m pipe cabinet.

 

[condorlover1]

I have a couple of ancient pipe knives but they are back in NYC which belonged to my Mothers Father so they probably date to the early 20's. The Czech tools really are simplicity itself and to all intents and purpose idiot proof!

 

[SunriseBoy]

Hell, I wouldn't be without the Czech tool. It's like when you are rebuilding a carburettor or fixing the A/C, and go the kitchen drawer because you need something that is short, thin, and curved and, ah there it is, the wife's favourite tool for decorating cakes. (Much screaming after said miscreant delivers said tool back to the kitchen in a rather dilapidated condition). Same with the Czech tool. It doubles for a lot of jobs. For three or so dollars. Brilliant value. I've got three of them.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

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I have seen old codgers fashion these as tampers. ? When you know, you know.

I made silver tampers for someone in my pipeclub from these Racoon bones. By any chance are you in our pipe club? I noticed that you lived a short way down the road.

 

[TheWhale13]

I have no interest in shaving forums. Seems as much fun as a how to take out the trash forum or how to make a bed. Shaving it's the thing I do because it's slightly less annoying then having a beard.

I agree with you

But there are forums for almost everything. I guess that if we are allowed to obsess over burning leaves they can cut their face hairs with tiny knives?