(I did a search and didn't see a thread like this, so I thought it might be a fun topic.)
I'm a big fan of Lewis. His writings have had a huge impact on my life and thinking. The Narnia stories and THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH are books I go back to over and over again.
I've seen all the documentaries about Lewis and have read many of the biographies. Pipe-smoking comes up now and again but never in any detail. I've been able to gather that Lewis smoked Three Nuns, but I'm not sure what kind of pipes he smoked, or if this knowledge is even available. I remember in one of the Narnia stories a character (pretty sure it was Trumpkin the Dwarf, but memory isn't serving well at the moment) loses a pipe and laments over it due to it being "an old favorite." Picking up what I have of Lewis the man via his writings and what others have written about him, I doubt he would have fussed much over brand names: but I'm sure he had favorite pipes that he reached for more often than others.
This was a time when smoking a pipe was just something that men did on a daily basis, and I'm pretty sure a brotherhood built around smokers would have been a very foreign concept to people of the time. It was a very different world.
In this famous pic it's fun to notice how his pipes are just lying about in no particular order. I'd be willing to bet they never got cleaned either. He was said to have a slovenly appearance and didn't take much care over things like neatness, so it's hard to imagine him taking the time to clean pipes. I bet he lost them more times than not.
I've often wondered if he had a favorite tobacco shop he'd stop in to get his tobacco and new pipes when needed. Back then I'm sure there were many tobacco shops to choose from, as well as pipes and tobacco being sold at stalls in train stations, etc. A much different world for sure. It sure would have been fun to experience such a time!
I'm a big fan of Lewis. His writings have had a huge impact on my life and thinking. The Narnia stories and THAT HIDEOUS STRENGTH are books I go back to over and over again.
I've seen all the documentaries about Lewis and have read many of the biographies. Pipe-smoking comes up now and again but never in any detail. I've been able to gather that Lewis smoked Three Nuns, but I'm not sure what kind of pipes he smoked, or if this knowledge is even available. I remember in one of the Narnia stories a character (pretty sure it was Trumpkin the Dwarf, but memory isn't serving well at the moment) loses a pipe and laments over it due to it being "an old favorite." Picking up what I have of Lewis the man via his writings and what others have written about him, I doubt he would have fussed much over brand names: but I'm sure he had favorite pipes that he reached for more often than others.
This was a time when smoking a pipe was just something that men did on a daily basis, and I'm pretty sure a brotherhood built around smokers would have been a very foreign concept to people of the time. It was a very different world.
In this famous pic it's fun to notice how his pipes are just lying about in no particular order. I'd be willing to bet they never got cleaned either. He was said to have a slovenly appearance and didn't take much care over things like neatness, so it's hard to imagine him taking the time to clean pipes. I bet he lost them more times than not.
I've often wondered if he had a favorite tobacco shop he'd stop in to get his tobacco and new pipes when needed. Back then I'm sure there were many tobacco shops to choose from, as well as pipes and tobacco being sold at stalls in train stations, etc. A much different world for sure. It sure would have been fun to experience such a time!
