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Peterson's Irish Flake, in a new old stock Kiplay horn-stemmed full-bent chimney. One single flake, folded and stuffed, straight out of the (relatively new) tin. Took a bit of nursing that way but good and intense. At first, not the fullest, most diversely flavourful smoke I'm used to with PIF, and this I attribute to the new briar: it likes flake, but having smoked anything in it only twice before, its aerodynamic qualities are still revealing themselves - the draft is very efficient and calls for an extremely gentle approach. It seems to me that every pipe, like every tobacco, dictates a specific cadence for best enjoyment. YMMV, of course.