Friday Discussion: Tamper or Finger?

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dd57chevy

Part of the Furniture Now
Apr 7, 2023
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1,532
Iowa
Ordered a cheap E-bay pipe & the seller included a tamper tool . Pretty handy : Edit : Sorry for the double post....... 1732979639875.pngthe seller included a tamper tool . Pretty handy :
 
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abecox

Can't Leave
Sep 8, 2010
461
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Cleveland, OH
Half and half, if I know where my tamper is I'll use it but I often pocket it and then get so into smoking the pipe that I forget which pocket its in and as the pipe is going out I'll go oh shi- and just use my finger. But I'm a bass player who does a lot of hand sanding for work so I wont really burn anything imporant, just another layer to the callus lol.
 
Aug 11, 2022
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21,132
Cedar Rapids, IA
I switch off between fingers and the Czech tool. Fingers are unmatched (IMO) when you want to check whether your pipe has actually gone out or just needs a light tamp, but the Czech tool is better at moving unburnt tobacco from the periphery of the chamber toward the center.
 
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