Mold on pipe tobacco

Interesting comment: regarding re-hydrating pipe tobacco.

I know when this question is asked concerning cigars, the typical answer which I tend to agree with is, once the tobacco has dried out the cigar has lost some of it's natural oils, and although we can re-hydrate teh tobacco, it never can regain the oils that its lost, thus changing the flavor. Do you feel pipe tobacco is less effected flavorwise when its allowed to dry out. Thanks..