Don't Have a Cork Knocker? No Worries!

[newbroom]

My solution this a.m. came in a flash of brilliance subdued by a paucity of class.

I cut one cup out from a heavy cardboard egg carton and put it in the middle of my 6" glass ashtray.

I may have to get a patent for this beauty. If I glue it, it will support pipes around the perimeter.

Hey, it works!

 

[cossackjack]

Which way, up or down? :roll:

 

[newbroom]

"pointy" side up...like a typical knocker

 

[jpmcwjr]

Photos, or it didn't happen!

 

[cossackjack]

I like "pointy knockers".

Yeah, I'm with jpmcwjr...photos of "pointy knockers" (uh oh...thread degeneration, again)!

 

[cigrmaster]

How does the thing stand up to a good wack? I beat the shit out of my cork knockers. I usually by 4 at a time and they last a year or so.

 

[newbroom]

I don't rap 'em I tap 'em. I guess you could reinforce one with plaster of paris.

knocker

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yeah, you're right- a little low on the aesthetics scale! But very practical. I almost always use the flat part of my palm and if that doesn't do it, a pipe tool to loosen the remains, be it dottle or just ash that sticks.

 

[warren]

Unless one has soft "lady hands" the palm works just great. No need for cutting, Plaster of Paris, or shelling out money for cork. I use the muscle just below the thumb.

 

[newbroom]

jpmcwjr, yeah, that's what I've been doing too. This is in beta. It might reduce the number of tissues or towels I use to wipe my hands. I think gluing it will make it more effective, but it works as is.

I've got the makings for at least 11 more. Maybe I'll think of a way to cover, fill and finish em off with something and they'll do the job. I know that I won't but I'll think about it, anyway.

 

[newbroom]

How many shanks have you snapped, caveman warren?

Come to think of it, warren, that's exactly how Gramp used to empty his dottle.

 

[tuold]

Those little cork knockers are three bucks each so this looks like a bargain replacement. Mine usually end up catching on fire and being reduced to a charred, black nub. I would think the egg carton might also burn.

 

[tbradsim1]

. Here's my Cajun Knocker!

 

[palictyton]

Necessity has always been the mother of invention. Keep the ingenuity flowing no matter how mundane the tasks. Each little victory will keep us all moving forward, even by just a little. And many times that's all the inspiration we need to make it through another day.

 

[bpftc]

Ha! Love the Cajun knocker!

 

[mso489]

The egg carton sounds like it works. I like the idea of a cork, especially a rounded champagne cork. But mostly I smoke a bowl down then scoop it out afterwards, don't build cake, just leave a residual carbon layer that never requires reaming. I know this isn't the classic approach, but several of the old timers on Forums do the same way.

 

[warren]

Nary a one.

 

[papipeguy]

Champaign corks work too.

 

[gmjabsky]

Improvisation far the win!

 

[mawnansmiff]

I much prefer to use the head of whoever is passing by at the time.
Each to his own of course ::
Regards,
Jay.