Excitement builds, but....

[DaBear]

You can always rejuvinate pipe tobacco easily, which is the nice thing about it. Put a well soaked paper towel in a plastic baggie and toss it in with the tobacco if its too dry, leave it in for however long you think it needs(a day usually does the trick), and the tobacco should be back to its old self. If its in a tin just put the wet paper towel right ontop of the cardstock sheet that covers the tobacco in most tins and close the tin up.