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Sam's Shears

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Standard hobbit gardening shears with metal blades and handles. Used for lawn trimming and often covered in grass-clippings.

Sam's Shears, humble gardening tools from the Shire, embody Sam's steadfast hobbit roots amid the epic quest to destroy the One Ring. Introduced in The Fellowship of the Ring as everyday shears for trimming lawns and caked with grass clippings, they symbolize the simple life Sam yearns to return to. Though they do not appear in later volumes, their enduring presence in Sam's character underscores his evolution from gardener to hero, a quiet reminder of home that persists through the War of the Ring.

Evolution

The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings

Standard hobbit gardening shears with metal blades and handles. Used for lawn trimming and often covered in grass-clippings.

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The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of the Lord of the Rings

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