Every pipe shape mentioned by Tolkien in all four books
Mar 26, 2016 20:45:40 GMT -5
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Post by simnettpratt on Mar 26, 2016 20:45:40 GMT -5
Ok, just searched through a pdf of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings for every mention of the word 'pipe'. There are eight pipes described specifically - two of which appear to be churchwardens.
1. Bilbo's wooden churchwarden from The Hobbit:
By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his wooly toes (neatly brushed) - Gandalf came by.
2. Gandalf's short clay-pipe from The Hobbit:
Then they went back, and found Thorin with his feet on the fender smoking a pipe. He was blowing the most enormous smoke-rings, and wherever he told one to go, it went up the chimney, or behind the clock on the mantelpiece, or under the table, or round and round the ceiling: but wherever it went it was not quick enough to escape Gandalf. Pop! he sent a smaller smoke-ring from his short clay-pipe straight through each one of Thorin's.
3. Aragorn's long-stemmed pipe in the Prancing Pony:
Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved.
4. Bill Ferny's short black pipe as they left The Prancing Pony:
Over the hedge another man was staring boldly. He had heavy black brows, and dark, scornful eyes; his large mouth curled in a sneer. He was smoking a short black pipe. As they approached, he took it out of his mouth and spat.
5 & 6. Pippin's wooden pipe and the small one he gave Gimli in the ruins of Isengard:
'Here's one: my old wooden pipe. And here's another: an unused one. I have carried it a long way, though I don't know why. I never really expected to find any pipe-weed on the journey, when my own ran out. But now it comes in useful after all.' He held up a small pipe with a wide flattened bowl, and handed it to Gimli.
7 & 8. The two pipes Bilbo gave Merry and Pippin when they stopped off in Rivendell on their way back home to Hobbiton:
Bilbo laughed, and he produced out of his pocket two beautiful pipes with pearl mouth-pieces and bound with fine-wrought silver. 'Think of me when you smoke them!' he said. 'The Elves made them for me, but I don't smoke now.'
There you go - every pipe described specifically in the books. Always thought Merry gave Gimli the pipe, and apparently if you like short black pipes, you suck.
1. Bilbo's wooden churchwarden from The Hobbit:
By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when there was less noise and more green, and the hobbits were still numerous and prosperous, and Bilbo Baggins was standing at his door after breakfast smoking an enormous long wooden pipe that reached nearly down to his wooly toes (neatly brushed) - Gandalf came by.
2. Gandalf's short clay-pipe from The Hobbit:
Then they went back, and found Thorin with his feet on the fender smoking a pipe. He was blowing the most enormous smoke-rings, and wherever he told one to go, it went up the chimney, or behind the clock on the mantelpiece, or under the table, or round and round the ceiling: but wherever it went it was not quick enough to escape Gandalf. Pop! he sent a smaller smoke-ring from his short clay-pipe straight through each one of Thorin's.
3. Aragorn's long-stemmed pipe in the Prancing Pony:
Suddenly Frodo noticed that a strange-looking weather-beaten man sitting in the shadows near the wall, was also listening intently to the hobbit-talk. He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved.
4. Bill Ferny's short black pipe as they left The Prancing Pony:
Over the hedge another man was staring boldly. He had heavy black brows, and dark, scornful eyes; his large mouth curled in a sneer. He was smoking a short black pipe. As they approached, he took it out of his mouth and spat.
5 & 6. Pippin's wooden pipe and the small one he gave Gimli in the ruins of Isengard:
'Here's one: my old wooden pipe. And here's another: an unused one. I have carried it a long way, though I don't know why. I never really expected to find any pipe-weed on the journey, when my own ran out. But now it comes in useful after all.' He held up a small pipe with a wide flattened bowl, and handed it to Gimli.
7 & 8. The two pipes Bilbo gave Merry and Pippin when they stopped off in Rivendell on their way back home to Hobbiton:
Bilbo laughed, and he produced out of his pocket two beautiful pipes with pearl mouth-pieces and bound with fine-wrought silver. 'Think of me when you smoke them!' he said. 'The Elves made them for me, but I don't smoke now.'
There you go - every pipe described specifically in the books. Always thought Merry gave Gimli the pipe, and apparently if you like short black pipes, you suck.
