Smoking the second bowl through it now and the air flow is great I believe it is going to be a wonderful smoker.I had a similar paneled billiard SMS meerschaum pipe several years ago. It came in a lot of 7 meers I won on ebay. This was before I got into collecting meerschaums, and I sold it a short time later, as I bid on the lot for a couple other pipes in the lot. I smoked it a few times before selling it, and it was a nice smoker. This pipe should treat you well. Happy smokes!