by Steve Laug

Jeff and I are always on the look out for interesting tampers and other pipe related items in our hunts. This little red box with the label Comoy’s Pipe Smoker’s Compact caught our eye and we added it to the collection. We purchased it on April 16, 2024 from Tacoma, Washington, USA as part of a lot of pipes from Facebook marketplace. Opening it up we found and interesting tamper with a stepped base. My first thought was that it was telescoping like a mechanic’s magnet. It was not it was just a stepped foot on the tamper. The inside of the box read Comoy’s of London “The Oldest Name in Pipes”. I took the tamper out of the box and took a photo of the tamper. It is not a big piece. The length of the tamper is 3 inches, diameter of the tamp end is 3/8 of an inch. It is stamped Comoy’s Made in England in a circle around the edge. This is a great piece of pipe history that I will enjoy using with a pipe on my front porch. I look forward to the feel of the tamper in my hand. Still trying to figure out the age of the pipe tamper but no success yet. Anyone seen one of these before? Any help would be appreciated.