NicholasDestray
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Yes, I'm a Tolkien fan, to the love of pipe tobacco marketing departments all over. For better or worse, though, I'm not one of those fans who can read and write Elven, or even quote passages of the Silmarillion from memory.
To that end, I wouldn't mind knowing more about the pipes and tobacco smoked by Middle Earth characters. A lot is influenced by the movies, but I'm more interested in the books. For instance, Gandalf is depicted with an elegant churchwarden in the movies, but the only passage I remember that described his pipe comes from The Hobbit, which mentioned his "short clay-pipe." Yes, Gandalf was blowing smoke rings out of a nose-warmer. Bilbo, on the other hand, was smoking a pipe that nearly reached his toes on the morning he met Gandalf. Even at hobbit size, that must have been quite a churchwarden right there! I'm sure his traveling pipe that managed to survive even through his tumble down to Gollum's pond must have been more modest.
Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing more about the pipes and tobacco smoked by other literary characters, but since this is the only one I seem to be able to recall enough to say anything about tonight, I went ahead with this topic.
To that end, I wouldn't mind knowing more about the pipes and tobacco smoked by Middle Earth characters. A lot is influenced by the movies, but I'm more interested in the books. For instance, Gandalf is depicted with an elegant churchwarden in the movies, but the only passage I remember that described his pipe comes from The Hobbit, which mentioned his "short clay-pipe." Yes, Gandalf was blowing smoke rings out of a nose-warmer. Bilbo, on the other hand, was smoking a pipe that nearly reached his toes on the morning he met Gandalf. Even at hobbit size, that must have been quite a churchwarden right there! I'm sure his traveling pipe that managed to survive even through his tumble down to Gollum's pond must have been more modest.
Actually, I wouldn't mind hearing more about the pipes and tobacco smoked by other literary characters, but since this is the only one I seem to be able to recall enough to say anything about tonight, I went ahead with this topic.