Since Michibaccy just posted about Sherlock Holmes AND I just this morning finished reading the last of the Sherlock Holmes stories (4 novels and 56 short stories in all) I thought I'd post a quick little info page on SH and his pipes.
Sherlock Holmes smoked 3 types of pipes: clays, an old briar and a long stem cherry wood pipe. He never smoked a Calabash, that was given to us by a modern day actor in the early 1900's so that he and his pipe could be better seen by the audience. Of the 3 types of pipes he smoked he usually smoked his clay, specifically his black clay.
He also freely smoked cigarettes and cigars but usually when he was in his room on Baker street in heavy thought he smoked a pipe.
He did not go running around with a gigantic magnifying glass saying "It's elementary my Dear Watson"!
A few months ago I decided I wanted to learn about SH and his pipe which at the time I thought was a Calabash. I decided to buy the 2 volume set (the entire collection). I bought a set of books printed in 1926. I wanted to make sure the PC police hadn't re-edited the books to take out all references to smoking etc. I must say that if you've never read Sherlock Holmes- you should!
Sherlock Holmes smoked 3 types of pipes: clays, an old briar and a long stem cherry wood pipe. He never smoked a Calabash, that was given to us by a modern day actor in the early 1900's so that he and his pipe could be better seen by the audience. Of the 3 types of pipes he smoked he usually smoked his clay, specifically his black clay.
He also freely smoked cigarettes and cigars but usually when he was in his room on Baker street in heavy thought he smoked a pipe.
He did not go running around with a gigantic magnifying glass saying "It's elementary my Dear Watson"!
A few months ago I decided I wanted to learn about SH and his pipe which at the time I thought was a Calabash. I decided to buy the 2 volume set (the entire collection). I bought a set of books printed in 1926. I wanted to make sure the PC police hadn't re-edited the books to take out all references to smoking etc. I must say that if you've never read Sherlock Holmes- you should!
