I know some of you cut up your flake and rub it out. I found a sharp scissors and cut up some Wessex Burley Flake and just put it in a large bowled straight pot. It smoked great! This was a lot easier than using my manual herb grinder or rubbing out the tobacco prior to putting it in the bowl. I have a lot of flake tobacco and don't smoke it as much because it takes too long to rub it out. I'm going to do this more often.