Need Something Better Than A Tri-Tool

[Briarcutter]

Me too.

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Mine aren't that fancy, I cut mine just when I'm in a pinch and toss them. Yours are art!

 

[Sig]

Mine aren't that fancy, I cut mine just when I'm in a pinch and toss them. Yours are art!

Mine were made out of bordum.
I would sit out back whittling while I smoked. Haven't done it in a decade.

 

[georged]

If a tri-tool isn't enough, get a quad tool.

Duh

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

The big problem is with carrying the tamper in one's pocket. So often, they manage to tunnel their way to an escape route, never to be seen again.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I've made a few sterling tampers...


But, most of the times I just carry one of these. And, you can buy them by the bag full, cheap.

If I ever get dementia, and get lost, my family can track me down by the golf tees that i leave around everywhere.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Me too.

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Working on PMSS25 already?!

 

[Sig]

Working on PMSS25 already?!

I have no idea what that means, but If I'm not working on it, I'll try to do better.

 

[Sig]

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I've made a few sterling tampers...
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But, most of the times I just carry one of these. And, you can buy them by the bag full, cheap.
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If I ever get dementia, and get lost, my family can track me down by the golf tees that i leave around everywhere.

Those tampers are fantastic.
The sterling, not the tees so much.

 

[NookersTheCat]

I used to make wooden ones, but since buying a Czech tri-tool, only use those now.

You say you don’t use the reamer, I think you mean thin pick, it’s not the tamp or scoop. But since getting the Czech I pretty often have to open the pipe and jam the pick to unplug the bowl during a smoke. So it’s very helpful there.





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Yessss, Qandale Gang!! haha

 

[elvishrunes]

Yessss, Qandale Gang!! haha

lol, former ex! I traded it to a guy I owed money to and he left it in his greenhouse for a year and bleached it, looks like a cheap basket pipe now

I have a Sav 921brown rusticated now which I really like as a churchwarden. But I guess the Bings favourite would be the closest to the Quandale now available.

 

[Choatecav]

I've made a few sterling tampers...
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But, most of the times I just carry one of these. And, you can buy them by the bag full, cheap.
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If I ever get dementia, and get lost, my family can track me down by the golf tees that i leave around everywhere.

Cosmic, there is nothing in top photo for scale. About how tall are those you've made?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Tampers can be commissioned as well.

 

[NookersTheCat]

lol, former ex! I traded it to a guy I owed money to and he left it in his greenhouse for a year and bleached it, looks like a cheap basket pipe now

I have a Sav 921brown rusticated now which I really like as a churchwarden. But I guess the Bings favourite would be the closest to the Quandale now available.

I love the Bing's too... sad story but time to use it as an excuse to buy.. er... make some lemonade haha

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Cosmic, there is nothing in top photo for scale. About how tall are those you've made?

About three inches tall. I don't have one in front of me at the moment, but that's a rough estimate. Most of these I have sold or given away at Christmas this year.

 

[bullet08]

When nothing else can do the job, trust the genuine GI tool.



I just use Czech tool.

 

[Nonesuch]

If you like, you can come to my house and go through the couch for any of the thousand pipe nails I've misplaced.

 

[Lumbridge]

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Pipe dowel. 1/2 diamter oak sharpened to a blunt point. Corners rounded a bit. Stained with tobacco and beeswax coated to stop any charring. Tamp one side and a tobacco bowl pick for the other. If you need to poke the airway I have a length of quality metal coat hanger which works great. Cheap easy and to use.

BTW I coat my pipe rims with a wax mixture to avoid charring the rim. Sometimes the flame blows a bit in the wrong direction.

This is similar to the tamper I made which has become my favorite. Took a 4" piece of 5/8" oak dowel and rounded off one end, making it cigar shaped. Works great.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

The paint on the golf tees might kill ya dead.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The paint on the golf tees might kill ya dead.

Generally, the tees will get a layer of ash on them before the paint is affected. A quick "tamp tamp" doesn't give them long enough to actually burn. But sure... for people who leave their tees in the chamber while smoking might die earlier than expected, probably from being so dumb that they walk into traffic or something.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Generally, the tees will get a layer of ash on them before the paint is affected. A quick "tamp tamp" doesn't give them long enough qto actually burn. But sure... for people who leave their tees in the chamber while smoking might die earlier than expected, probably from being so dumb that they walk into traffic or something.

That paint on the golf tees might also be the reason you keep having those episodes where you're found walking around with no pants.