Saruman’s pipe

Probably the most nerdy of Tolkien enthusiasts will remember well that Saruman secretly smoked a pipe.

But few have seen him smoking, much less seen in illustrations or films with a pipe in his hand.

And so I had fun imagining it, and I had been thinking about creating it for some time.

I took inspiration from the character from the film trilogy; the colors from his staff and from the pointed shapes of the furniture in his home, Orthanc, which has some Gothic inspiration.

This pipe has a briar bowl, with a buffalo horn shank extension, synthetic ivory ring and maple stem.
The mouthpiece tip is made of horn.