My latest acquisition a Savinelli Oscar Tiger 673, a nice Rhodesian. I enjoyed it with a nice MacBaren Vanilla Creme Flake. I really like this pipe, it smokes great and is comfortable in the hand. This one is going to get a lot of use.
For me I just tried the fold method and it seemed to work fine. Folded it up stuffed it in a little tamp, char'ing light, it puffed right up, tamped, relight and smoked it to the bottom of the bowl.