Another thing I just thought of is this. I think the reason I like pipes so much is that the tobacco comes in such a variety. Whereas cigars all taste simular, pipe tobacco has thousands of different flavors. You could do a blind taste test with pipe tobacco where there are guys that could tell you what blend it is with one puff, or even by the aroma. As we have seen, this is hard with cigars. Pipe tobacco is very diverse.