djo
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Post by djo on Dec 10, 2019 22:06:08 GMT -5
The Joseph Rodgers pipe knife looks nice (at smokingpipes.com) but for some reason the tamper foot is at an angle. Why?
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Post by lestrout on Dec 10, 2019 22:30:15 GMT -5
Yo djo - I actually prefer tampers with a 30 degree slope or so. Plus I like them thinner than the regulation 17mm. I can slant the tamper to push tobacco away from the wall and mound it up, then flatten the whole thang.
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Penzaholic
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Post by Penzaholic on Dec 10, 2019 23:34:04 GMT -5
what Les said
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 10, 2019 23:37:44 GMT -5
Yes, Les knows his tamper tech!
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Post by daveinlax on Dec 11, 2019 0:40:27 GMT -5
IMO the tamping surface is a little to small on the Rodgers type pipe tool. I noticed the other day that the head pivots on the rivet on my Rodgers like Gawith pipe tool. I like a sharp and slightly angled tamper like the Totem-Star Icon pipe tamper more than the Convex Ming tampers that I love and collect.  |
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taharris
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Post by taharris on Dec 11, 2019 5:28:39 GMT -5
I rarely use the flat end of a tamper.
I use the pointy end to gently encourage the ash to drop in several places around the bowl instead.
This is because I believe that it’s easy to tamp too aggressively and cause your cake to become too compact, hot, and hard to smoke.
I’m probably a little weird.
Todd
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Post by kbareit on Dec 11, 2019 5:49:56 GMT -5
I learned something new. I didn't know that some tampers were made angled. I do tamp at an angle to push the tobacco toward the ember but didn't know there were some already angled.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 11, 2019 9:27:50 GMT -5
 My best tamper a 6 inch deck screw, light enough not to crush the fire, wish it was angled though. 
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2019 9:31:09 GMT -5
My best tamper a 6 inch deck screw, light enough not to crush the fire, wish it was angled though. Gotta Vise? |
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Post by pepesdad1 on Dec 11, 2019 10:19:11 GMT -5
or a grinding wheel run by electricity..and vice grips.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Dec 11, 2019 11:00:44 GMT -5
I hear you Ron, Walt, those screws are hard and rather than bend they break, guess I could fire up the torch and bend it,
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 11, 2019 12:59:02 GMT -5
Y'all should find yourselves some "Snake" tampers. Spoil you for anything else.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 11, 2019 13:01:37 GMT -5
Crook your finger and you have an angled tamper.
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Post by lestrout on Dec 11, 2019 21:24:16 GMT -5
Actually, my preferred tampers have been McGyverred: I pick up a suitable twig in the woods, maybe 3/8", then find a brick or concrete sidewalk and scrape the end to the desired angle.
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Post by bigwoolie on Dec 12, 2019 19:49:09 GMT -5
I still just use a spent .45-70 case. It's not bent, but I'm just a barbarian anyhow.
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My best tamper a 6 inch deck screw, light enough not to crush the fire, wish it was angled though.
