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It should come as no surprise that The Lord of the Rings is still one of the most popular books of all time to this day. Can you even imagine that? A world without Tolkien-that means no Legend of Zelda, no Witcher series, and probably no tabletop RPG-style board game night! That's just not the kind of world we want to live in, so we're glad Tolkien churned out his amazing ideas. His writing inspired one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Led Zepplin! (Just in case you don't believe us, go listen to Ramble On again and REALLY listen to the lyrics.) Without Tolkien's works, we wouldn't have many of these things today. In a big way, it transformed the whole idea of fantasy literature! His concepts and groundbreaking writing in the realm of fantasy inspired countless pop culture phenomena, including the rise of Dungeons & Dragons, the flood of role-playing video games that we play, and even the sorcery and sword style movies that we watch.

It was the spark that inspired the entire world of Middle-earth, one that flared into The Lord of the Rings stories. To the unfocused eye, the book might just seem like a simple story of an adventure undertaken by a hobbit, a band of dwarves, and their wizard friend, but it was actually the spark. He laid the foundation for modern fantasy standards, starting with his classic novel, The Hobbit. They're rarer than they used to be, but they might still be around.J.R.R. Or search around for a local tobacconist. I'd just google for "wooden tobacco pipe" and see what strikes you as especially Hobbitish.

It's possible the exact pipe Tolkien had in mind was very similar to the modern, since the Hobbit name for the Big Dipper was the Burning Briar, and if you look at it right it looks like that. Modern "wooden" pipes are most often made of briar, a very hard, tight-grained wood from the burl of a Mediterranean species of heather. The stems were made long so the tips could be snapped off if stained with use.) Īt Isengard, Pippin mentions his old pipe was made of wood. (That's a pipe taverns would have on hand to offer to guests. These folks seem to have a wide selection of clay pipes, including the very long "tavern pipe".

They have all-clay pipes, and pipes with clay bowls and reed stems: If you're mostly looking for something that could plausibly be a Hobbit-style pipe, try Townsends. What do you mean by "functional LOTR style pipes"? They're not described at all in the books even when we learn a little about what they're made of.