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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 17, 2022 21:48:14 GMT -5
What tamper?
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 17, 2022 21:50:32 GMT -5
Trying to post a pic. Screwed it up |
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Post by Winton on Apr 18, 2022 6:51:19 GMT -5
I have a tamper, just like yours, but subtlety different.
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 7:51:59 GMT -5
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 7:57:10 GMT -5
Finally I figured out photos. I have 2 I bought on Etsy. At $25 a piece it
isn’t cheap, but the shovel is strong and thin allowing you to scrape dottle easily from the bowl.
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 8:40:41 GMT -5
I have a tamper, just like yours, but subtlety different. Lol! |
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Post by Zach on Apr 18, 2022 8:51:38 GMT -5
This is my tamper. There are many tampers like it, but this one is mine.
I mainly always use an old standard aluminum pipe nail. It's my favorite overall, but I own a bunch. A bamboo tamper with a brass foot, a Credo pipe tool, Czech pipe tools, shell casings, etc. I just much prefer the old standard little lightweight aluminum pipe nails. I'm using a very old 1970's or very early 1980's Middleton aluminum pipe nail these days.
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 9:04:22 GMT -5
I have found the Czech tool to be too dull and thick to scrape out the dottle.
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 9:24:44 GMT -5
This is my tamper. There are many tampers like it, but this one is mine. I mainly always use an old standard aluminum pipe nail. It's my favorite overall, but I own a bunch. A bamboo tamper with a brass foot, a Credo pipe tool, Czech pipe tools, shell casings, etc. I just much prefer the old standard little lightweight aluminum pipe nails. I'm using a very old 1970's or very early 1980's Middleton aluminum pipe nail these days. Now that I can post photos I will refrain from posting “this is for fighting, this is for fun” photos. |
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Post by Zach on Apr 18, 2022 9:31:15 GMT -5
Sir, it is the private's duty to inform the senior drill instructor that Private Pyle has a full magazine that is locked and loaded, Sir!
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 9:40:10 GMT -5
Sir, it is the private's duty to inform the senior drill instructor that Private Pyle has a full magazine that is locked and loaded, Sir! The best part of the movie was until R Lee Ermy died |
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 18, 2022 12:56:42 GMT -5
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 13:37:04 GMT -5
That’s a lustful tamper! I bet you even drink alcohol! Lol |
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Post by trailboss on Apr 18, 2022 13:49:30 GMT -5
I have some fancy tampers that stay at home, I have a penchant for losing them on the go, so the Czech tool is the one I use the most, or a pipe nail.
There was a jeweler in Georgia that posts over at pipesmag, he makes tampers with precious stones…I would hat to lose one of them.
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Post by rastewart on Apr 18, 2022 14:19:12 GMT -5
Czech tool almost always. Not great for scraping dottle as msokeefe notes, but good enough for my daily use and fine for everything else, including a surprising number of little non-pipe jobs. And still cheap enough I don't get upset about losing them. I have a Rockwell Binge as well, which is a very nice tool, but losing it would bother me, so I don't take it out much.
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Post by orley on Apr 18, 2022 16:13:52 GMT -5
Ever since I found these 8Deco bamboo and brass tampers several years ago, I seldom use anything else. Long enough for tall bowls, and the tamper has holes in it so you can puff while tamping. Haven't found anything better as far as function goes. Nothing special in the looks department though...  |
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msokeefe
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Post by msokeefe on Apr 18, 2022 17:27:50 GMT -5
Ever since I found these 8Deco bamboo and brass tampers several years ago, I seldom use anything else. Long enough for tall bowls, and the tamper has holes in it so you can puff while tamping. Haven't found anything better as far as function goes. Nothing special in the looks department though... I like that tamper! |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Apr 18, 2022 17:28:31 GMT -5
I keep my very first Czech tool in the car. Its been lost and bent up in the washing machine more times than I can count. I always have an aluminum nail (the square kind) in my pocket. I have some tampers from Walt that I use around the house. Those are as fancy as I get.
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 18, 2022 17:57:11 GMT -5
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Post by roadsdiverged on Apr 18, 2022 18:07:55 GMT -5
(Inert) I use a 5.56 casing when I'm in the yard and forget to grab a normal tamper. There's a stockpile of them out by the garden |
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Post by Plainsman on Apr 18, 2022 18:27:39 GMT -5
That one’s a 7mm-08, but I prefer a 257 Bob.
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Post by Zach on Apr 18, 2022 20:51:27 GMT -5
Ever since I found these 8Deco bamboo and brass tampers several years ago, I seldom use anything else. Long enough for tall bowls, and the tamper has holes in it so you can puff while tamping. Haven't found anything better as far as function goes. Nothing special in the looks department though... The 8Deco you have there is one of the bamboo tampers I've got with the brass foot. I like it, but it's too wide of a foot for narrower and tapering bowls so I sort of reserve it for huge pipes, plus I have to clean the dottle pick end as it likes to keep tars on it. It's a great tamper, though. |
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Post by Zach on Apr 18, 2022 20:52:59 GMT -5
(Inert) I use a 5.56 casing when I'm in the yard and forget to grab a normal tamper. There's a stockpile of them out by the garden I've got one of my .308 shells and used that for a handful of months before falling back to my typical nail. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Apr 18, 2022 20:59:24 GMT -5
I had one pipe that took a 50 caliber casing, but I sold it.
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Post by exbenedict on Apr 18, 2022 21:53:26 GMT -5
Pipe nail, roofing nail, drywall nail, fingernail, whatever happens to be at hand when I need one.
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Post by urbino on Apr 19, 2022 1:58:04 GMT -5
That one’s a 7mm-08, but I prefer a 257 Bob. I knew it! |
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Post by chasingembers on Apr 19, 2022 3:16:20 GMT -5
 I bet you even drink alcohol! LolVery rarely. It ceased most of its fun when I became legal to drink it decades ago. The tamper was a gift from a pewter smith.👍 |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Apr 20, 2022 21:05:37 GMT -5
One of my home-made tampers.  |
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Post by just ol ed on Apr 20, 2022 21:46:35 GMT -5
finally decided to put in my lousy .02 worth this thread. Yrs back had neighbor who was purty good carpenter. Made me couple dowels out of a more or less standard length when new. Have 4 at 1/2" wide, for my magnums, 3 at 3/4" wide. All 3" long, all made via hacksaw. Still have 'em all + couple "nails" here/ there. How many yrs ago? I know around '62, anybody's guess which century. Yeah, did see pics of that fella who made really nice tamps. first name I think is "Art". Hawaii looking last name. have several round tip Sheffield pipe knives to get rid of any dottle & scape the sides if/when decide to.
Ed Duncan, Batavia, NY
olde age jokes r me!
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Post by daveinlax on Apr 21, 2022 0:00:57 GMT -5
You’re thinking of my buddy Art Rupelt of Ming-Kahuna. I am a Ming collector and you can see half of my collection on my daveinlax Instagram page. I went a little crazy buying his tampers and doubling my Ming collection at the fall Taurus Pipe Auction. I’ve sold a couple from the auction and will probably cull a few more soon. I also have solid Castello and Dunhill pipe tamper collections. I love tampers and have been collecting them for almost as long as I’ve been collecting pipes.  |
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