What Are Your Top Five Pipe Accessories?

[Chasing Embers]

There are two Laguiole pipe knives. I have both. One has a dull round knife the other a sharp pointed knife.

The pointed tip is just one of their pocket knives, the round tip is for pipes.



They also make folding cigar cutters and kitchen knives.

 

[Ryan]

I’m pretty sure these five get the most use.

 

[hakchuma]

Just pipe cleaners and a bowl scraper and an expensive lighter to make myself feel fancy.

 

[dd57chevy]

I cringe at the thought of a pipe reamer or sharp pointy knife anywhere near my pipes.

I've been pipe smoking for almost a year , but am still learning . I know this is a noob question , but should a guy ever use a reamer ?

 

[Pipke]

A lighter (Bic, Zippo)
A pipe tool (all-in-one tamper, poker, bowl scraper)
Oodles of pipe cleaners
Ash tray
cheap set of reamers (because I obtain old pipes in need of a reaming)

There are others, but those are the top five.

 

[Streeper541]

My top five accessories, not necessarily in order;

Dill's pipe cleaners
Diamond kitchen matches
Zippo pipe lighter
a paper towel
a tobacco pouch

 

[newbroom]

Butane and wick on a stick =2
Ceszk tool (3 in one tool)
Butner reamer
pipe cleaners

 

[MisterBadger]

I’m surprised not one of you has mentioned a pipe and a bloody pint! A pipe in one hand and a cold one in the other hand! I don’t think you can go wrong with your favourite pipe in one hand and a well deserved ice cold brew in the other hand.

This autumn weather when the air begins to bite, I prefer my beers at room temperature, or mulled. It distresses me that, almost everywhere you go these days, the Guinness is served chilled so that half its complex flavours cannot be tasted until you've cradled the glass in your hands for five to ten minutes. But a pint, IMHO, is not an accessory to anything: it is an end in itself.

 

[Sigmund]

Id like a good pint of Guiness!

 

[MisterBadger]

I do enjoy beer and I do have one with a pipe at times. However, I have not found any parings of pipes and beer that Im crazy about. Its fall so I will try some darker beers. Perhaps that works. Its not that it doesnt go with tobacco. I just havent found the paring that makes it better.

There's a whole new thread in this. I'll give it some thought.

 

[MisterBadger]

My Five Necessaries of Pipe Smoking:

1. Czech Three-in-One tool
2. Pipe cleaners
3. Pocket knife
4. Box of Swan Vestas
5. Time without interruption

 

[MisterBadger]

I've been pipe smoking for almost a year , but am still learning . I know this is a noob question , but should a guy ever use a reamer ?

- I have used a 'Hedgehog' reamer only on one occasion, and that was to clean up an estate pipe the bowl of which had years of accrual of cake, and even then I used it with care: couple of turns, tap out, blow, repeat. The pipe was 50 years old when it came into my hands and I don't believe it had ever been de-coked.

 

[dd57chevy]

I know the Mods like to keep the threads from wandering , but wanted to say great site , have learned a lot just from lurking .

 

[denholrl]

15 years ago Rolando Negoita (Atelier Rolando) made a few sets of pipe tools. I have one of his in brass: tamper, spoon and pick. He also made them in bronze and a few in Sterling silver (had one but lost it at the beach). Other "accessories" I use are a BIC lighter and pipe cleaners. C'est tout!

 

[B.Fee]

Back home in Hawaii I could have a bowl in my home. My current living situation had me relegated to out doors . It's getting cold here in Colorado so the garage is my new smoking den. My kit includes a heater, palette cleanser, matches, nail, pocket knife, tobacco and of course finger tamper. Oh a pipe oop that's more than five.

 

[daveinlax]

I've been pipe smoking for almost a year , but am still learning . I know this is a noob question , but should a guy ever use a reamer ?

No, one little wobble and they can do damage quick. I use sandpaper on a dowel, dull knife or best yet an hourglass shaped ice cream stick.

 

[jpmcwjr]

I've been pipe smoking for almost a year , but am still learning . I know this is a noob question , but should a guy ever use a reamer ?

Yes, but with care.

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[Choatecav]

Old Boy lighter or matches
stick tamper
pipe cleaners
pocket knife
finger

Also, here are some old vintage accessories (I may have posted these on here before, not sure).
(left to right) match safe, flint/steel/tow kit, reamer


Tamper carved from a sassafras branch

 

[PipeSmokingDude]

Seriously lads, some of you have mentioned using their index finger as a tamper.

Quite honestly I wouldn’t mind not having to carry my tamper tool with me so how do you do it without getting burned? The fewer tools the better in my honest opinion and I’m one advocate for minimalism. Cheers!

 

[MisterBadger]

Seriously lads, some of you have mentioned using their index finger as a tamper.

Quite honestly I wouldn’t mind not having to carry my tamper tool with me so how do you do it without getting burned? The less tools the better in my honest opinion and I’m one advocate for minimalism. Cheers!

The secret is not to tamp while the tobacco is alight :-D