What is your -out of the normal innovative tobacco pipe packer

[ernest]

One thing that has amazed me since I started smoking a pipe is the assortment of odd things I have next to my pipe supplies that i use to tamper and pack the tobacco in my pipe.My two most used are 1)Three inch long bolt with a flat round head. 2)Three inch empty shell cartridge from WW11.I was wondering what others use to pack there pipe?

 

[flanative]

I cut about 3 inches off of the tip of a whitetail deer antler,fitted a 45 acp case to it and gave it a nice polish job! Works great and looks good.

 

[duncan]

Working on a tamper/pipe stand combo out of the skullcap and rack off of a small buck.

 

[ernest]

flanative-Do you think you could post a picture of that.I would love to see it?I'm not worthy of begging for a picture as I must get a camera for myself soon.

 

[pstlpkr]

I have carved 4 different tampers, several "pipe nails", a classic pipe tool (which I have never used) each has a different use.

I have one I made of ebony for "racing" it has a small tamping area and a dottle digger.

The other three are of various diameters for use dependent on the diameter of the bowl I am smoking. I occasionally use my index finger for a light tamping; been doing that for years.

I also have one made of deer antler that I keep in my ashtray for regular use. The dottle digger end is curved very nicely and is perfect for clearing a blocked draft hole or digging the dottle.
Here are some of them:

http://pipesmagazine.com/dottlediggers/files/2010/02/dscf21531-300x272.jpg

 

[ernest]

pstlpkr-I couldn't take my eyes off the second one.Very,very nice.

 

[dd951]

223 brass

 

[unclearthur]

Turned whitetail deer antler that I made to see if I could.