A churchwaren pipe is a tobacco pipe with a long stem. Some churchwarden pipes can be as long as 16 inches (40cm). They range from being straight to curved like a saxophone (such as depictions of Sherlock Holmes' calabash). Churchwarden pipes are most well known for their similar appearance to the pipes used in the books and films The Lord of the Rings. In German the style is referred to as "Lesepfeife" or "reading pipe," presumably because the longer stem allowed an unimpeded view of one's book.