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Lush · 11-27-2006, 10:11 AM

Guys,

I've been wondering,

Do you own anything that could have come from Middle Earth?

For example, my boyfriend thinks I'm a huge dork for even admitting this, but I do actually own an "elvish" ring. My friend claims to have bought it for me on the steets of Kathmandu (she's Nepalese), but I know the truth! The ring is incredibly light, and yet it appears to be made of tougher material than any of my other, supposedly more glamorous jewerly. And it's a cross between whimsical and clean and simple - almost as if someone looked at those Alan Lee illustrations and decided, "I'll design jewerly like that!"

I wear it for good luck, particularly on Mondays, when I am in a homicidal mood. It helps.

Here's a little picture of me with it. You can't see the details very well, but I imagine you get the gist:

ninja91 · 11-27-2006, 11:11 AM

That ring was probably a yeti's.

Either way, I dont own anything that out of the ordinary. I do have this one sword that I think I am really cool for owning...dont worry, I am not a LARP'er.(live-action role playing)

Durelin · 11-27-2006, 11:26 AM

What's wrong with LARPing?

I have a moonstone ring that I think has a very elvish feel like that; it was my great aunt's. I'll have to find my picture of it.

But actually, I tend to gravitate towards furniture that gives me this Middle-earth sort of feel - mostly leafy sorts of things. I recently bought a lamp at K-mart of all places that is like a leafy stem. I also was using a table actually meant for outdoors...patio/garden furniture, but hey... as a bed-side table. It's green with long leaves and gold coils that are placed kind of like flowers. Then I bought a dresser that had to go on that side of my bed, and the little leafy table is sitting pratically in my doorway.

I still don't know why I buy these things.

And though 'leafy' doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Middle-earth, it's that feel of the importance of nature (not that I don't feel that in "this"/the "real" world, too) and how elves just like trees, I suppose.

I also found this nice paint stencil that I used to decorate my bed frame and a chest. That reminds me a bit more of the Eowyn's jewelry in the movies, though, rather than elves.

ninja91 · 11-27-2006, 08:13 PM

LARPing...well, I just see it as a little extreme...

If you are a kid, I dont think that it is weird. But once you are 20 and you are playing with plastic swords with your friend who is pretending to ride his enchanted horse...then I think its kind of weird. D&D is one thing. Pretending you are Aragorn is another.

Thinlómien · 11-28-2006, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by ninja91

LARPing...well, I just see it as a little extreme...

Why? It's as weird as improvisation theatre, or as D&D and other table/board/whatever-you-call-them RPGS. I've never tried LARPing, but I'd love to.

Anyway, ahem, I do have a short bow and five broken arrows made by my aunt's husband when I was nine or something like that. They're really ME'ish.

ninja91 · 03-30-2007, 04:49 AM

For $30 dollars of my hard earned cash, I got a replica Mouth of Sauron helm. Rock on.

Mithalwen · 03-31-2007, 05:31 AM

I have a murano glass dip pen which I think is quite elvish, though I haven't consistently aquired the knack of writing with it. I think it is the combination of beauty and function that does it....

The Might · 04-01-2007, 09:15 AM

I own two 600 year swords from Transylvania with inscriptions on their blades
Even though they're not the kind of swords that were used during the war of the ring, they might have come from the Fourth Age...too bad the inscriptions aren't ME-related though

Gothbogg the Ripper · 04-01-2007, 11:42 AM

Well, considering I used to come to these forums back in 2004 before my unwarranted and irresponsible three year ban I own a sense of immense personal failiure. Just like Boromir88 and that other dude who banned. You know the one I mean. The one who got banned unjustly by the mods. The one you guys didn't want to get banned. Oh, what was his name? Ah, well, doesn't matter. But I am sure that wherever he is he feels good knowing that you all forget about him and threw him out in his moment of need. Good work

But all joking aside people, I own a sword which looks incredibly old. It could have easily belonged to one of the Rohirrim based on its inelegant design and well worn nature.

Nogrod · 04-01-2007, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by The Might

I own two 600 year swords from Transylvania with inscriptions on their blades

Well, that is something! You really can afford to be a bit proud of them... Great!

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Originally Posted by Lommy

Anyway, ahem, I do have a short bow and five broken arrows made by my aunt's husband when I was nine or something like that. They're really ME'ish.

Yeah. My sister's husband is a smith and has a go for this kind of stuff (mostly to the hunter-gatherer cultures, the plains indians and the japanese culture).

At summertime we make quarterstaff-fights with weapons he has made from special wood in our summer-cottage. It's fun even though it really hurts badly when you let the other surprise you or make even a tiny mistake... But that's the way to learn!

Mostly these fights take place during the nights when everything is light here in Finland. It can be a sunrise-match at 02AM in the middle of an awakening nature beside the lake. Somehow I love it even though my sensible side says it's just plain stupid...

But even if the weapons we use are not centuries old, they're real in a way that they are made in accordance with the techniques and the raw-materials of some earlier times.

Lhunardawen · 04-01-2007, 10:54 PM

I abducted this clear transparent raindrop-shaped pendant from my mum's collection; it's not glass, it feels like plastic, but when sunlight passes through it, it turns a sort of patchy violet. I used to call it my Silmaril, but I'm sure the Silmaril's not like that.

My mum said someone who went to Vietnam gave it to her, but it could have come somewhere from ME. I don't know where exactly, though.

11-27-2006, 10:11 AM	#1
Lush Fair and Cold Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the big onion Posts: 1,770	Our Stuff Guys, I've been wondering, Do you own anything that could have come from Middle Earth? For example, my boyfriend thinks I'm a huge dork for even admitting this, but I do actually own an "elvish" ring. My friend claims to have bought it for me on the steets of Kathmandu (she's Nepalese), but I know the truth! The ring is incredibly light, and yet it appears to be made of tougher material than any of my other, supposedly more glamorous jewerly. And it's a cross between whimsical and clean and simple - almost as if someone looked at those Alan Lee illustrations and decided, "I'll design jewerly like that!" I wear it for good luck, particularly on Mondays, when I am in a homicidal mood. It helps. Here's a little picture of me with it. You can't see the details very well, but I imagine you get the gist: __________________ ~The beginning is the word and the end is silence. And in between are all the stories. This is one of mine~

03-31-2007, 05:31 AM	#7
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	I have a murano glass dip pen which I think is quite elvish, though I haven't consistently aquired the knack of writing with it. I think it is the combination of beauty and function that does it.... __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace

04-01-2007, 09:15 AM	#8
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I own two 600 year swords from Transylvania with inscriptions on their blades Even though they're not the kind of swords that were used during the war of the ring, they might have come from the Fourth Age...too bad the inscriptions aren't ME-related though __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

04-01-2007, 11:42 AM	#9
Gothbogg the Ripper Wight Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Southend,U.K Posts: 113	Well, considering I used to come to these forums back in 2004 before my unwarranted and irresponsible three year ban I own a sense of immense personal failiure. Just like Boromir88 and that other dude who banned. You know the one I mean. The one who got banned unjustly by the mods. The one you guys didn't want to get banned. Oh, what was his name? Ah, well, doesn't matter. But I am sure that wherever he is he feels good knowing that you all forget about him and threw him out in his moment of need. Good work But all joking aside people, I own a sword which looks incredibly old. It could have easily belonged to one of the Rohirrim based on its inelegant design and well worn nature. __________________ Thanks for abandoning me for three years guys. I really enjoyed being a total outcast. Last edited by Gothbogg the Ripper; 04-01-2007 at 11:55 AM.

11-27-2006, 11:26 AM	#3
Durelin Estelo dagnir, Melo ring Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,063	What's wrong with LARPing? I have a moonstone ring that I think has a very elvish feel like that; it was my great aunt's. I'll have to find my picture of it. But actually, I tend to gravitate towards furniture that gives me this Middle-earth sort of feel - mostly leafy sorts of things. I recently bought a lamp at K-mart of all places that is like a leafy stem. I also was using a table actually meant for outdoors...patio/garden furniture, but hey... as a bed-side table. It's green with long leaves and gold coils that are placed kind of like flowers. Then I bought a dresser that had to go on that side of my bed, and the little leafy table is sitting pratically in my doorway. I still don't know why I buy these things. And though 'leafy' doesn't necessarily have anything to do with Middle-earth, it's that feel of the importance of nature (not that I don't feel that in "this"/the "real" world, too) and how elves just like trees, I suppose. I also found this nice paint stencil that I used to decorate my bed frame and a chest. That reminds me a bit more of the Eowyn's jewelry in the movies, though, rather than elves.

04-01-2007, 10:54 PM	#11
Lhunardawen Hauntress of the Havens Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IN it, but not OF it Posts: 2,538	I abducted this clear transparent raindrop-shaped pendant from my mum's collection; it's not glass, it feels like plastic, but when sunlight passes through it, it turns a sort of patchy violet. I used to call it my Silmaril, but I'm sure the Silmaril's not like that. My mum said someone who went to Vietnam gave it to her, but it could have come somewhere from ME. I don't know where exactly, though.