How pointy were Elrond's ears?

[Findegil]

I am sorry, but isn't it true that our ears do grow all over our lives as did our noses? If so, then were ist the point that makes the Old-Elven-Ears pointier than that of our elderly manish people?

To be more serious:
Beside the letter, we have also an entry in one of Tolkiens lexicons of the an elvish speech in which he connected the word for ear with that for leave because as he said, the elvish ears were leave shaped an more pointy.

But I also can't see anybody, even an aducated middle-earth Quency looking at the ears to decised if it is mankind of elvekind that he is looking at. I have seen a lot of manish males and females with slightly pointed ears.

Respectfully
Findegil

P.S.: Writing this message a new thought came to me: Wouldn't it be a good idea to make a collection of fotos of such ears that seemed elvish to us? At least we will become a clear evidence that being genetically "identical" even more than men and elve will not produce one standard earshape.