Show Off Your Tampers

[gray4lines]

Is that what I think it is? ...did you make it blury on purpose? Lol!

 

[peckinpahhombre]

It is a woman's hand holding something . . . that is all I will say

 

[gray4lines]

Oh, I didn't see that it was a hand!
Oh...
Lol!!!

 

[pstlpkr]

:D

 

[peckinpahhombre]

My favourite tamper is below. It is a Larry Roush sterling silver tamper. What I love about this tamper is the angled end, which allows you to tamp down along the side of tobacco in the bowl, while leaving the middle of the bowl untamped an conical. I find this gives me a far better smoke and a beautiful even burn around the pipe.

Now here's a better shot of the one tamper I got in England - it depicts a woman's hand holding . . . I dunno ... maybe a cigar ... your guess is as good as mine.

 

[gmwolford]

I don't think I shared this but if I have pardon my senility.

It's a concrete nail that I hammered and filed into this shape; I call it "the Cutlass". It works nicely to scrape, pick and tamp! ::

 

[ssjones]

Nice tampers guys!
Sebastian: Wow, that is amazing metal work! I saw the first picture and thought "great, but it's not much good without a pick"....

 

[Briar Boy]

Here are a few of mine...

 

[ghost]

Very nice tampers! Even the simplest of pipe tools can be artful.

 

[Briar Boy]

I carry one in my pocket too for on the go, but when I'm at home I prefer something a bit nicer, we have nice pipes why not nice tampers too, if you are happy with the pipe tool more power to ya.

 

[swhipple]

Those are some amazing tampers astrange1! My favorite is the one with the blue swirl interior but they are all top notch.

 

[gmwolford]

Those are very nice! I'd hate to pick just one as my favorite: at least 3 would be vying for that spot!

 

[doktorziplok]

my first (and unfinished) attempt with acrylic

deer antler and a .40

$2.00 hardware store make

a door hinge pin

 

[Briar Boy]

More recent creations...

Emerald Green swirled acrylic with aluminum skin and contrast briar tip...







African Black Wood with Brass and contrast briar core...







Morta with tubular brass accents...









Contrast briar with Brass accents...

 

[bullbriar]

This is my favorite tamper. I made it a couple of weeks ago from an old antler from a spike buck, then embedded the cartridge rim from the first deer I shot years ago. I never knew how handy a beveled tamper could be...go around the bowl with it, then tamp gently with the flat.

 

[Wellington]

I use a simple piece of wood I did on the lathe once. The other is the ugliest sloppily carved piece of stick, a czech tool I lost. Sometimes a lip chap stick.

 

[Briar Boy]

Today's tamper, brass skinned Bocote wood with African Blackwood & brass inlay...

 

[organizedmadman]

I'm in awe over some of these, they are positively beautiful!

Mine are just plain

 

[dervis]

astrange1 those are epic. would love to own one. Beautiful

 

[cortezattic]

Ditto. Nice tampers, astrange1 !! :clap:

Thanks for all the wonderful pix.