Friday Discussion: Tamper or Finger?
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I've never understood what one would wish to learn from us by this question. All I can say is that I've never tamped my finger, but I have fingered my tamp. 
Most always tamper. Finger in a pinch but I normally always have a tamper handy. I don't feel I can ever get the edge of the bowl where the tobacco meets the wood properly. With my finger I just get a depression in the middle. I'd rather have the ash higher in the middle rather than a depression. A flat angled tamper works best for this.
Why do you assume anyone would want to learn something from you?I've never understood what one would wish to learn from us by this question. All I can say is that I've never tamped my finger, but I have fingered my tamp.
You asked the question.Why do you assume anyone would want to learn something from you?
"Discuss" implies sharing of information, which in my world hopefully implies that someone might learn something new.
I use a tamper. I’m picky about my tampers, I like a round tamper, concave if possible. I like to pull the bits from the edges and leave a dome in the middle. I’m a clean precise tamper I guess, haha. I need a tool to get it the way I want it. The foot of a Czech tool is not what I look for in a tamper. I can take or leave the holes but if I had it my way they would be there. 
I used a mouth full of wine once when I was just a young man rather than using my finger. The aftermath from what I witnessed was very painful.
Good so I'm not the only one then? LolThat's what the little groove on the inseam of your pants are for - running the nail along it to clean out pipe tobacco ash from under your nail... certainly your pants have those? Are you wearing deficient pants?