My Four Favorite Tampers
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Two of mine. The one on top is custom, modified to be less heat sensitive by being popped like a grape between two cut trees at work
I have four great pipe nails that work very well,
“popped like a grape” made me wince, that must have sucked!Two of mine. The one on top is custom, modified to be less heat sensitive by being popped like a grape between two cut trees at work
8deco, their lowest price model. I like it fine but just a tiny bit too big for my cobs.
I have several tampers, I keep coming back to the unassuming Czech tool most of the time. I do have a sentimental attachment to a Savinelli pipe tool (tamper, pick, and knife in brushed metal) that I bought in the late '70s; don't use it much though.
I use the one in the middle. It's my favorite. Don't know why, but I got obsessive about sanding and polishing the aluminum to make it shiny and pricey looking. Anyway, works better than my finger.
I’ve never sanded it, but I do spend some time polishing mine as well. That little “spoon” on the end makes it great for nasal snuff also.
I have 3-400 tampers available in the form of wooden golf tees I've acquired over the years. 2-3 dozen wooden tampers I cut from branches of a cherry tree. 6-7 metal or metal and wood tools that include a tamper. Oh, and a couple of decorative tampers somewhere.
I use whatever is at hand, pun intended.
I use whatever is at hand, pun intended.