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Post by FQ on Mar 12, 2016 22:51:45 GMT -5
I just ordered this Brog churchwarden off of Ebay. I'm quite excited because I love the look of churchwardens.  For $23 USD it includes the stand and Czech tool plus free shipping. |
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 12, 2016 23:35:19 GMT -5
That's a great deal. That little pipe chair also folds flat so you can put in in your pipe pouch; they're great. Do you perhaps love churchwardens because of a certain Mr. Tolkien? He's the reason I got into pipe smoking way back in 1979...set it down for years and picked it up again a few years ago.
You realize it will be difficult to stop buying pipes now, right? We call it PAD: Pipe Acquisition Disorder.
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Post by Darin on Mar 12, 2016 23:58:49 GMT -5
Congrats! Also ... I love this: "I came here to kick arse and smoke tobacco and I'm all out of tobacco."  |
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Post by FQ on Mar 13, 2016 1:27:25 GMT -5
That's a great deal. That little pipe chair also folds flat so you can put in in your pipe pouch; they're great. Do you perhaps love churchwardens because of a certain Mr. Tolkien? He's the reason I got into pipe smoking way back in 1979...set it down for years and picked it up again a few years ago. You realize it will be difficult to stop buying pipes now, right? We call it PAD: Pipe Acquisition Disorder. Guilty as charged, though I must confess I'm a bit of a spring chicken. I didn't read any of Tolkien's work until around 2001 (I would have been 10-11 by then). I'll be honest though, when I read about characters pipe smoking I didn't picture churchwardens. I pictured something more akin screen portrayals of Sherlock Holmes and his calabash pipe (which wasn't what he used in the stories). It wasn't until the Lord of the Rings films came out that I became familiar with the churchwarden look and yes, quite taken with their appearance. |
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Post by crapgame on Mar 13, 2016 8:40:27 GMT -5
nice pipe!
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Post by papipeguy on Mar 13, 2016 9:16:56 GMT -5
Very nice, Jamie. Make sure you load up on the extra long pipe cleaners. The standard ones won't work on that stem.
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 13, 2016 10:17:36 GMT -5
Here's Bilbo drawn by Tolkien himself.  The only other pipes described in the books were the famous 'short, straight pipe with a wide flattened bowl' Merry gave to Gimli in the ruins of Isengard, and the silver and bejeweled ones Bilbo gave Merry and Pippin when they stopped in Rivendell on their way back to the Shire. |
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 13, 2016 13:12:10 GMT -5
That is a cool drawing, I have never seen that before. Where did you did it?
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Post by herbinedave on Mar 13, 2016 13:35:03 GMT -5
Enjoy your new churchwarden when it arrives. I hope it is all you expect and more!
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 13, 2016 19:34:33 GMT -5
Found the Bilbo pic on a desperate online search for the exact description of the two pipes Bilbo gave Merry and Pippin in Rivendell - you just get page after page about the damn movies. Guess I owe them an apology for being mad at them for using churchwardens though; can't argue with something drawn by the man himself. Look at the trees and the lane in the background and you will think of the cover of your first copy of The Hobbit, from when you were fifteen. I'd never seen it before, and think it's awesome.
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Post by fadingdaylight on Mar 13, 2016 20:29:58 GMT -5
Reminiscent of the old cartoon version of The Hobbit. I still love that.
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 13, 2016 20:44:30 GMT -5
Yeah, Fearsome - looks like you have to smoke that churchwarden with two hands!
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Post by FQ on Mar 13, 2016 21:14:47 GMT -5
Hold it like an English flute, got it!  |
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Post by b4man on Mar 13, 2016 21:18:39 GMT -5
 Enjoy! |
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 13, 2016 23:16:39 GMT -5
Awesome bman, thanks. I think that must be Radagast! You guys that have been around a while have seen this, but Fearsome look closely at the end of his staff. You'll know when you see it.  |
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Post by Motto on Apr 16, 2016 18:22:40 GMT -5
I just ordered this Brog churchwarden off of Ebay. I'm quite excited because I love the look of churchwardens. For $23 USD it includes the stand and Czech tool plus free shipping. |
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Post by Motto on Apr 16, 2016 18:26:56 GMT -5
Mr Brog was my first churchwarden a few years ago, but unfortunately it got broke : - ( , so eventually I got a Ukrainian churchwarden which I exchange stems and mouthpieces with another of my Ukrainians a Cossack, but I only have a tiny collection of pipes of which I am very pleased.
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