Sorry i have the sense of humor of a 12 yr old and I’m still laughing at the “little hammer”.
Do I need more?
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Holy cow, that really is a little hammer! I was expecting a regular tamper.
Pretty cool little hammer. 
Also, at some point, you’ll want to invest in a bottle of 151/190 proof Everclear, just stick to clear grain alcohol, to dip cleaners in, to run through the shank and depending on shank size, maybe dipping a qtip in the Everclear to clean out the shank/mortise area, and also running occasionally a dipped cleaner through the stems.
Probably every 1-2 weeks, depending on how much smoking, I do this on a few pipes, especially if a pipe might build some moisture at the bottom, you’ll end up getting that, for a lack of better words, the wet/tobacco stinky taste.
P.S. Even when smoking, if the pipe starts to get that funky moisture taste, run a cleaner or two through it, you’ll figure out this taste in time/experience.
Also, at some point, you’ll want to invest in a bottle of 151/190 proof Everclear, just stick to clear grain alcohol, to dip cleaners in, to run through the shank and depending on shank size, maybe dipping a qtip in the Everclear to clean out the shank/mortise area, and also running occasionally a dipped cleaner through the stems.
Probably every 1-2 weeks, depending on how much smoking, I do this on a few pipes, especially if a pipe might build some moisture at the bottom, you’ll end up getting that, for a lack of better words, the wet/tobacco stinky taste.
P.S. Even when smoking, if the pipe starts to get that funky moisture taste, run a cleaner or two through it, you’ll figure out this taste in time/experience.
A 30-06 spent case or any 30 cal belted mag spent case makes for a great tamper ... if you have one rolling around.
This is what I keep with my truck pipe. Works great.
Its never enough, more tobacco, more pipes, more accessories you'll never use.
We could get real philosophical here…
But in all seriousness you have to figure out what works for you. I wouldn’t want less than 4 pipes if I was smoking just briars. This is because I prefer to smoke two in the same day and alternate between them so that I’m always smoking a dry-ish pipe. Then, the next day the other two tag in and allow the previous two pipes to dry. When I first started smoking a pipe I smoked one cob until it was so gnarly that I threw it out and I bought another one. Cheers and welcome to the forum.
I've got a couple of nails I found use as pipe tampers. Making good use of the things that we find, in the true Womble spirit