58.05 mm diameter, hefty steel construction, comfortable handle. I see what all the hype is about. Let's hope they can start manufacturing again in the future.

Love my Reg Barber tamper, and just bought one for my brother-in-law. Unfortunately these are fast disappearing, as Reg Barber (Vancouver-island based) could no longer make ends meet with the steel tariffs and has recently gone out of business. I guess all those Canadians armed with beautiful espresso tampers are just too dangerous for the US to face?

I ordered a Reg Barber tamper. (Seattle Coffee Gear does NOT carry a 51mm base, and direct from Reg Barber is about twice the price.) The tamper arrived quickly, it's perfect, and the price was unbeatable.

After much research on quality tampers, I decided to purchase a Reg Barber. I discovered the company had gone out of business and that very few vendors still had the item in inventory. Fortunately, I was able to find my size tamper (58mm) at 1st coffee. I phoned the company and was told they only had "pink" handled tampers. Pink is NOT my favorite color, but the scarcity of Reg Barber tampers throughout the industry outweighed my concern. In the end, the tamper arrived in perfect condition and stands out next to my Appartamento. One star was subtracted from rating since I was initially told by 1st coffee that they only had pink tampers left in their inventory. I see on their website they now have Reg Barber Gold tampers in my size.