What is the Most Unusual Thing You've Used as a Tamper?

[pipemandan]

Nails,bolts, and plenty of sticks.

 

[dermotfahy]

I have a "Peanut" lighter on my key chain, just happens to be the right size! Closed of course...

 

[chagovatoloco]

A finger..... not mine......... rigor mortice had not set it yet..........

 

[irwinmetro]

+1 jbbaldwin
My exact thought, too.

 

[boudreaux]

:P

(Another couldn't resist opportunity!)
Well, I guess if I had a pipe with a bowl that was big enough, it'd be a toilet plunger with a sealed cup.

 

[petes03]

Sticks, screws/nails, empty rifle/pistol casings, ink pens ect. If I don't have a real tamper on hand, I just use the nearest suitable object.

 

[hunter185]

aaa battery, misc laundry, a dime glued to a stick, marbles (but must invert pipe to remove) asparagus, crab leg, someone elses finger especially if they've passed out. I guess thats all ordinary stuff though.

 

[85royals]

I have a circle punch for cigars on my key ring I use it now and again

 

[foggymountain]

I would like to use mayor Bloomberg, but have not attempted it.

 

[tennsmoker]

Interesting thread, especially the tool part.
Let’s see….I have used twigs, nails, pens, pencils, an opened paperclip in the shape of a trombone (the music element again). The large ones actually make not only a good tamper on the trombone side, but you use the other end to dig out tobac.
In a pinch the other day while driving, I used the shower diverter thingy I was replacing. It was even spring-loaded.
I have a neat “whale” shaped pipe tool that I purchased years ago from Dan Pipe. It has a wooden handle and is a prized possession, so I leave it at home because I lose pipe tools the way I lose sunglasses.
Oh, and I have used the single temple from a broken pair of sunglasses.

 

[zonomo]

I have a .223 round that looks perfect. But its live so I dont think i'll be using that.

 

[bullbriar]

Pretzel stick...and it worked pretty well.

 

[dread]

Chewing gum wrapper.

 

[deleon]

prisma color pencil. I was outside drawing and too lazy to go inside and get my tamper.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I once inadvertently used a nipple. It's a long and sordid story.

 

[koshersmoke]

Id like to use Ny governor Cuomo's pecker till it shrivels up blisters and pops. OK now that I think about it I dont want that thing in any of my pipes or near one for that matter. But I would like to burn it off, stomp on it and shoot it out of a cannon.

 

[amiller]

My kids had a wooden mallet for some toy my wife hated. It sat atop a cabinet for a while because it was being used to break things in the house. I used a Gerber knife to cut it and then scraped it on some cement outside our door to flatten it out. Was almost the exact same size as the bowl I was smoking, but it worked great.

 

[lostandfound]

Girlfriend got some samples of high-end perfumes from a co-worker.

 

[spud]

I have used dead mens fingers sometimes when I was younger. Works better than other body parts.