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Lausus
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Jul 8 2011, 5:00pm
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So in FotR, Gimli picks up that big battle axe in Balin's Tomb while the fellowship is in Moria, right? So when we get a photo of Balin down the line, do you think he'll be weilding the same axe? I think that would be an awesome subtle connection between the films. Plus, I want to see big axes.
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RoseCotton
Menegroth
Jul 8 2011, 5:11pm
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I hadn't picked up on the Gimli picking up the battleaxe in Balin's tomb thing. I guess I assumed he'd just had it all along.
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Mad Hatter of Middle-Earth
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Jul 8 2011, 5:22pm
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they use the same axe. It would add a special connection to LOTR.
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DrDeath153
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Jul 8 2011, 5:33pm
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I believe if you actually trace it back
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It's Durin's Axe that Balin found when reclaiming Khazad-dum, so no, he shouldn't be wielding it during The Hobbit, but then given how revered an heirloom it is, Gimli probably shouldn't have been wielding it either. If we assume 'film canon' that Gimli retrieved it from Balin's Tomb and that the axe Balin was buried with was Durin's (i'm not sure if Tolkien specifies he was buried with an axe, let alone Durin's but lets assume that is the likely course given that Balin was buried with full and final ceremony as King of Moria) then Gimli would likely have returned it to the closest members of Durin's line back in Erebor. It isn't quite his to wield .
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buckledcranium
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Jul 8 2011, 6:27pm
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Looking at the Axe pictured, its simple enough to spot the same distinctive spike at the top and the two holes in the blade.
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Lausus
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Jul 8 2011, 8:04pm
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I'm thinking of the bigger, double-bladed axe.
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RaoulJ
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Jul 9 2011, 7:54am
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You are probably talking about Gloins axe? //
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