I also only thought she did those pencil thin pipes as well until I saw this at Briar Blues. It was smoked maybe 3 times if that. It ia a great flake pipe and I really enjoy it. I am not a fan of the pencil thin pipes as well. This pipe takes a perfectly formed flake and smokes it to perfection.That's beautiful! I was under an apparently false impression that she only made pencil shank pipes.