Only Item of Godric Gryffyndor's. . . Nope

[sonjaartemisia]

No: HPFGUIDX 135595

CathyD wrote:
> I think the Sorting Hat is pretty safe.  It is stored in 
Dumbledore's office.  

Gregory wrote:
> It occurs to me that we have no idea how Professor Dippet died. If Dumbledore believes that the sword is the only thing remaining 
of Gryffindor's then it stands to reason that before it was taken from the hat, the common belief was that there were no relics of Gryffindor's--save the sorting hat.

SonjaArtemisia writes:

I got the impression that Harry merely was able to retrieve the 
sword from the hat when it was needed, that the sword had been kept 
in Dumbledore's office (since Dumbledore was a Gryffindor and would 
have kept it safe.)

However, the references I remember are not clear about this:

"Only a true Gryffindor could have pulled that out of the hat, 
Harry," said Dumbledore simply. (CS 334 U.S. version)

"...I am confident, however, that the only known relic of Gryffindor 
remains safe."
    Dumbledore pointed his blackened fingers to the wall behind him, 
where a ruby-encrusted sword reposed within a glass case. (HBP 505 
U.S. version)

My impression of the second passage was that the sword was "around" 
during the time that LV was making his "house" horcruxes and that is 
why Dumbledore did not elaborate that the sword was not at Hogwarts.

I would like to hear others' theories...

Sonja