New Pipe Knife

[BROBS]

Mine rotates.

Well I’ll be damned. Mine does too I just tried it.

I guess I can only think it’s to angle it so you can tamp backward toward the draft hole?

 

[FurCoat]

Well, now I have to have one.

 

[jpberg]

They rotate? I don’t believe mine does. I’m not sure they are supposed to?

Yeah. Definitely built to pivot 90 degrees, at least on mine. It makes no sense and is relatively useless unless your tobacco is above the rim of your pipe.

 

[NomadOrb]

Holy frijoles, I don't know how I never noticed it rotated. It was always at an angle, but I'll be damned.

 

[BROBS]

Yeah. Definitely built to pivot 90 degrees, at least on mine. It makes no sense and is relatively useless unless your tobacco is above the rim of your pipe.

Maybe it’s the only way they could figure out to attach it and it only rotates for that reason?

shit I dunno ?‍

 

[jpberg]

Maybe it’s the only way they could figure out to attach it and it only rotates for that reason?

shit I dunno ?‍

I’ve been waiting forever for an octogenarian Englishman to chime in with some mind blowing explanation.

 

[upnorth1]

Hah! Just checked mine and it rotates too, kind of springs to 90 degree angle. Never noticed it before. I find the tamper on the small side but it does the job and I regularly use the pick and the blade.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Well I’ll be damned. Mine does too I just tried it.

I guess I can only think it’s to angle it so you can tamp backward toward the draft hole?

I've got absolutely no idea why they pivot, there's gotta be a logical reason why.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

They're very good for reaming as they have the rounded blade and fit nicely in the hand which gives control. Even a cack handed sod like me found it pretty easy.

 

[Misanthrope]

I’m thinking it rotates either because it’s the pipe codger version of a fidget spinner, or as a side effect of the most convenient way of attaching it to the rest of the knife.

 

[kilroyjune6]

My wife (fiancée at the time) got me a stainless one for Christmas a couple of years ago. I do wish the tamper was a little bigger, but it suits me just fine. I like it much better than the Czech tool, which I rarely ever used. I didn't know the tamper rotated either, but I just tried it. Whodathunkit?

 

[Birddog66]

I just brought the stainless steel version this weekend, had to put an edge on the blade and I agree about the tamper being too small but it doesn’t angle like the costlier version. Should last a lifetime though. Love the picture of the factory and that amazing tool.

 

[Birddog66]

Wow I stand corrected, it does turn at an angle. Can’t for the life of me figure out why though.