Glamdring, Foe-hammer

that's of course Gandalf's sword, that belong bebefore to Turgon, King of Gondolin.

it's the sword that Gandalf uses in his fight against the Balrog but... something is bugging inside my head:

how is it that Saruman didn't took Glamdring when he defeated Gandalf? was him allowed to keep it at the top of Orthanc when Gwaihir came to rescue him?

i think that there was no fight that time (it's never mentioned in the book) between Gandalf and Saruman. if Saruman would have tried to take Glamdring a quarrel had taken place, for sure. both knew that Saruman would win so it was no use to fight...

i've put this here in the books forum, but now i think this may also have consequences for PJ movies. i think there would be a great magic combat at Orthanc...