Tamping your way to tobacco bliss

(SPT) ... Tampers are one of the most important tools a pipe smoker has, right up there with fire and pipe cleaners. It doesn’t really matter what you use whether its the tip of your finger, a two dollar pipe tool, or a hundred dollar handmade work of art. It just has to be something you can nudge the ember gently against the unburned tobacco. Technique is far more important than the tool. Continued