Well, that didn't work out well at all ...
I took an Oliva O cigar and cut off a piece just long enough to fill a pipe and lit 'er up ... although Oliva Os are one of my favorite cigars, I did NOT like the way it smoked in the pipe ... half way through, I'd had enough and fished the stub out of the bowl, then fired up the rest of the cigar (which I enjoyed) ... no further experiments along these lines will be forthcoming ...