Afternoon activity on the tobacco front consisted of confirming and finalizing the cigar tobacco observations and results. Didn't take long for me to find out what was a general trend, and add a new genre to my repertoire. Observations on the cigar tobaccos I tried:
1. They resembled their cigar counterparts in the pipe, but were a bit stronger. Makes sense when you think of the differences between how tobacco burns, in both a pipe and cigar. The taste in a pipe more resembles the latter third of the taste and strength of the cigar, in the tobaccos I tried. And they burn quite quicky - got about 20 - 25 minutes in these medium bore pipes rather than the usual 30 - 40 minutes I usually get in them. This is not a disadvantage to me, though . . . I don't want anything longer in the AM and I can use a medium bowl pipe for mornings now. They simply burn better than the miniatures except for certain tobaccos.
2. Once again, considering only tobaccos for morning (ie a touch forte lol), the results are
a lot cheaper for regular use than pipe tobacco, especially considering the vicious duty we pay if importing from the US.
3. This does NOT replace my use of cigars, but AUGMENTS them, as do my home rollies. I'm not about to take a pipe to the shooting range, for instance. I don't need a 30 minute break for a number of reasons. And I like cigars.
THE PIPES I USED FOR TESTING TODAY
4. including the cigar leaf wrapper with the tobacco (chopped up of course) was desirable in my opinion. Made it a bit smoother I thought.
5. Even with respect to price difference, I didn't bother to try Smoker's Pride products in my tests because we get them pretty reasonable from native sources, about $70 bucks Canadian for a 12 ounce bag. I also didn't bother with anything but ribbon cut.
6. Aromatics or Flavoured cigar tobaccos don't work as well with the exception noted below, probably because flavoured cigars can use a lower grade tobacco than a high quality plain leaf.
7. This is a project that pipers should try. It only costs you a cigar.
I selected only two cigars to use as a regular addition to my mornings, because the Caribbeans are the best cigar I can afford, and the Phillies Blunt Berry worked out not too bad at all for a flavoured cigar. I moved
Mad Fiddler to my afternoon time slot because such a fine tobacco deserves to be smoked when I have some tastebuds!
Plus the obvious 
price consideration.
Cheers.
Stanwell HCA with chocolate mint.
Flake Medallions in a Rainer Barbi Dublin.
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