I've got nails, both pipe and the ones for wood, and Czechs in drawers and glove boxes, laying around all the places I usually smoke . . . I still, most often use, one of the five different sized tampers (phalanges) on the end of each hand. They're always with me, I haven't lost one yet (very careful in the wood shop)and, as someone pointed out somewhere in the forums, there's a feel to the tamping that using a tool doesn't provide.
After you develop a nice callus on the finger tips you won't find yourself running around, screaming like a little girl when you make contact with a piece of glowing tobacco.
