So I have always used Czech tools with my pipes -- they are so inherently functional and just straight to the point. In particular, I monkey around with the pick a lot (as much as the tamper and the scoop or whatever you might call the third part are also functional). I've never understood why someone would choose something else.
This was especially true because (embarrassing confession) I didn't realize other tampers also have -- at least some? -- the pick, or what I learned over the weekend is a dottle pick. (I think that was what I saw it called.)
I can't now find where I saw this; I thought it was an email from one of the online retailers for some really nice looking tampers. You all know them: Scoop on one end, tamper on the other and... an internal dottle pick?! I had no idea. (Doubling down on the embarrassing confession.)
So my question is: Do all tampers have this hidden feature? Are they worth the extra cost? (This probably gets subjective, akin to a cob vs. a birth-year Dunhill.) Does anyone have a strong opinion on one, the other or both? I certainly can imagine feeling like a finer gentleman with a finer tamper to go with a nice pipe...
This was especially true because (embarrassing confession) I didn't realize other tampers also have -- at least some? -- the pick, or what I learned over the weekend is a dottle pick. (I think that was what I saw it called.)
I can't now find where I saw this; I thought it was an email from one of the online retailers for some really nice looking tampers. You all know them: Scoop on one end, tamper on the other and... an internal dottle pick?! I had no idea. (Doubling down on the embarrassing confession.)
So my question is: Do all tampers have this hidden feature? Are they worth the extra cost? (This probably gets subjective, akin to a cob vs. a birth-year Dunhill.) Does anyone have a strong opinion on one, the other or both? I certainly can imagine feeling like a finer gentleman with a finer tamper to go with a nice pipe...