My Favorite Tamper

[Jo L.S.]

Here are some of mine.

Moretti Pipes in briar.



Ser Jacopo in acrylic.



L. Viprati in briar.



Lucot pipes made of deer antler and olive wood. (a gift received by David).



Sevenpipes in acrylic.




Pierre Morel in horn. (a gift received by Pierre).

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I don’t use it much- mainly because I don’t want to lose it- but I do love this pewter Gumby.
Made by Larry Blackett (Buttons for Your Britches), I picked it up at the St Louis show in ‘24.
Larry sells his hand made pewter tampers at most of the bigger pipe shows in the US, and his designs are constantly updated.
There’s always something new to see!

I’m a low-key Gumby fan, so this one was an instant buy!

 

[huntertrw]

Over the course of my pipe-smoking career I have had a variety of tampers, but somehow I always come back to my basic Czech tool.



I'm on my second one; the first literally vanished in a car that I was driving at the time. I took the interior apart looking for it, but to no avail. Perhaps it slipped into a black hole? The loss grieved me, as I had owned it for some 20-years.

 

[Briarcutter]

I don’t use it much- mainly because I don’t want to lose it- but I do love this pewter Gumby.
Made by Larry Blackett (Buttons for Your Britches), I picked it up at the St Louis show in ‘24.
Larry sells his hand made pewter tampers at most of the bigger pipe shows in the US, and his designs are constantly updated.
There’s always something new to see!

I’m a low-key Gumby fan, so this one was an instant buy!

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Gumby,whoda thought. Great tamper! Years ago I would have attached a alligator clip.

 

[daveinlax]

Gumby,whoda thought. Great tamper! Years ago I would have attached an alligator clip.

I collect tampers and I want one of your’s!!

 

[Butter Side Down]

I have quite a few fancy tampers and they are all quite nice and beautiful to look at, but really the one that sees the most actual use for me is the classic cheap a$$ flattened end pipe nail. Pipe Nail - CornCobPipe.com - https://corncobpipe.com/product/pipe-nail/

 

[GKChesterton]

My finger.

 

[JOHN72]

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Lots of us use it.
Someone had to show it...........

 

[greeneyes]

Peterson patent
Orlik
Dunhill
...and a carved wooden tamper sent by a friend in China.
I have to tidy up a bit as the nicest tool of them all, an old hallmarked Dunhill tool similar to the Orlik, is lost in the mess.

 

[Briarcutter]

Peterson patent
Orlik
Dunhill
...and a carved wooden tamper sent by a friend in China.
I have to tidy up a bit as the nicest tool of them all, an old hallmarked Dunhill tool similar to the Orlik, is lost in the mess.
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That wooden carving is pretty nice!

 

[Jo L.S.]

Indeed, it's very pretty.

 

[boston]

I collect tampers and I want one of

Gumby,whoda thought. Great tamper! Years ago I would have attached a alligator clip.

....oh Larry....

 

[petes03]

Here’s a few that I’ve made over the years.

 

[pinem]

I've had a lot of tampers over the years, but for the last 5 years this bamboo 8deco is the only one I use anymore. Long enough for any bowl, and the tamp end is cup shaped with holes in it so you can draw through it as you tamp. Not the greatest looking but works better than any of the others I have.
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I am a big fan of most all the 8deco tamper designs. The lowly bamboo version might be one of the best as far as functionality goes. The metal end is also good for more aggressive removal of cake and the bamboo end for less aggressive removal of tobacco bits stuck to the side of the bowl. The diameter of the metal end also is small enough to be usable with the smaller pipe chambers.

 

[phdaemon]

Here are the ones I rotate through while I smoke. The 2 on the left are custom made and it seems he doesn't make them any more.

 

[TimeKiller]

Some new vendor started selling this god-tier tamper on amazon very recently. One machined piece of brass with knurling, no picks or anything inside. Flat not concave. Very heavy. $20ish dollars. I absolutely love it.

 

[Wesley pipes]

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Lots of us use it.
Someone had to show it...........

Depending on the size of the bowl. I usually use my index finger or even my pinky. If its really hot then i lick the end of my finger first.

 

[FLDRD]

Depending on the size of the bowl. I usually use my index finger or even my pinky. If its really hot then i lick the end of my finger first.

I use 'em all.

 

[Peter - RP]

My favorite looking tamper is Time is Endless by Viktor Yashtylov. I use those tapered bamboo stick ones the most. I like the concave, thin foot with holes. It makes for the best minute adjustments and it’s really easy to scrape out Dottle. They’re like $5 at most. I give away a lot and leave em outside all the time.

Here’s the Viktor Yashtylov. It’s the most intricate pipe tamper I’ve seen really. Just got it a month ago. And the ones I use the most.

 

[MidnightPuff]

I've had a lot of tampers over the years, but for the last 5 years this bamboo 8deco is the only one I use anymore. Long enough for any bowl, and the tamp end is cup shaped with holes in it so you can draw through it as you tamp. Not the greatest looking but works better than any of the others I have.
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I love this one and pretty much exclusively use it.