Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Fodderwing · May 21, 2019

dc50 said:
Fantastic photo Dwight!

Thanks Dave. I'll bet Totem is glad for the fresh air. Looking mighty fine! although sinister and eerie and scary and so forth...

cigarrodog said:
Great image, Dwight. The only thing missing is you laying in the hammock

Thanks Harvey. Great TEW you're posting today!

pjsjr said:
Mother Nature can be fickle, especially this time of year. Crested Butte is a wonderful place to visit, great vistas. Great photo as usual

Thanks Preston. I recorded that temp at about 2 am in the back of my pickup camper about halfway between Crested Butte and Gunnison. A not so pleasant night.

Jack Black said:
That's an incredible temperature variation! Cool pic Dwight

Thanks Jack. It was in late December. The hottest recorded temp was in Abilene.

OLd_gUY said:
Mean time, here's a pic I took while I was up the road. Hope it doesn't sound too egotistical, but I kinda like this one

That is a great image OG. Time and the elements ...

pjsjr · May 21, 2019

WDJ said:
It is late May. When does winter end in your neck of the woods?

Anytime Mother Nature decides...she is a fickle mistress. This is really unusual.

Jack Black said:
Evening Guardians (as it is here now), hope everyone is having a good day Nothing much to report from Huddersfield, but the weather was good, and I got a couple of pints

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The railway station seems to have acquired a pair of resident ducks

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Glad you had a good weather day, Jack. You took some great photos. Architecture, people and wildlife combined to make a very interesting scene.

OLd_gUY said:
Sad to say there may be more headed your way The skies are gray here today and look like they're tying to back up into another storm. I've even had to turn the furnace back on! Hope I'm wrong, but it looks like you may need to get ready to hunker down some more
Mean time, here's a pic I took while I was up the road. Hope it doesn't sound too egotistical, but I kinda like this one

OG

OG, we get the weather that comes from all directions this time of year! Part of what made this present storm was the same system coming up from the gulf and clod wet coming from the west. Thank you very much

What's not to like...that is a great photo! :thumbsup:

Fodderwing said:
pleasant night.

Thanks Jack. It was in late December. The hottest recorded temp was in Abilene.

That's quite a variation in altitude. Did you have heat in the camper?

Fodderwing · May 21, 2019

pjsjr said:
That's quite a variation in altitude. Did you have heat in the camper

I started out the night with heat but it didn't work well at that elevation and eventually went out. I awoke in a not-so-snug cocoon of ice layering the inside of the uninsulated fiberglass shell camper. I was apprehensive about going back to sleep for fear of never waking so I eased on down the road to Gunnison headed east and south over Monarch Pass and didn't stop again until Ratón.

Campbellclanman · May 21, 2019

Presser John and Jack - my friends those two Stags are looking SO good.
I received my Stag that I bought a wee while ago ( a forum member contacted me to ask if I was interested! ) - haven’t had time to post photos nor will I for a few weeks - but it’s in my pocket right now!

Stout pull but it’s getting a lot better - LOVING IT!

Prester John · May 21, 2019

Campbellclanman said:
Presser John and Jack - my friends those two Stags are looking SO good.
I received my Stag that I bought a wee while ago ( a forum member contacted me to ask if I was interested! ) - haven’t had time to post photos nor will I for a few weeks - but it’s in my pocket right now!
Stout pull but it’s getting a lot better - LOVING IT!

The pull is a lot better now on mine. Very easy to carry. And why carry a mediocre knife when I can carry a thing of beauty?

cigarrodog · May 21, 2019

Fodderwing Thank you Dwight.

My wish is for all of you to hang in their with the varying severity of bad weather.

Jack Black enjoy the pints. Cheers. Fine image.

I use to enjoy watching the Ducks and Geese, that is until I lived with gaggles of them, trying to constantly dodge the many presents they leave. When they decide to hang out on my street, I present a comical sight as I gently guide them back to their watery home base.

OLd_gUY -The texture on the rocks makes for a great Lambsfoot Image.

boykinlp · May 21, 2019

Jack Black said:
This is just a quick mock-up Wright's did to make sure the stamp looked OK on the steel Barlow bolster

What knife is this stamp going to be on? Thanks.

Ramrodmb · May 21, 2019

Happy B-day Dave

dc50 !!

Jack Black said:
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Thanks Mark Sleeping is a favourite of my middle daughter - Ellie! That's another great pic
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Thanks, Jack. :thumbsup:

Lovely Stag there, my friend!

5K Qs said:
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I'm a sucker for dog/knife pics, and your photos of Lazy Daisy are superb, Mark! I'm amazed at how much our dogs sleep!
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Man Jack with me all week:
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Thanks, Gary. :thumbsup:

I always enjoy yours and others dog pics, as well. They look sooo content when sleeping. I swear Daisy smiles while she sleeps.

screened porch · May 21, 2019

cigarrodog said:
trying to constantly dodge the many presents they leave.

I particularly hate the geese. Maybe I don't have enough experience of ducks.
A club-hunting season on geese would help.

Pt-Luso · May 21, 2019

Happy Birthday Dave!

Pt-Luso · May 21, 2019

Jack Black said:
Great pics guys

Many thanks Jack... :thumbsup:

Barman1 · May 21, 2019

Received my Wright snakewood lambsfoot today from Sheffield.
Pretty knife but... how's the pull on your examples everyone?
This one comes in at a 12 out of 10!
And the grind! Way, way off.
If I couldn't straighten it out myself I'd return it just because of the premium I paid for it.
Any advice for the pull? For the time being I oiled it and am leaving it half open to maybe weaken the spring a little.

JohnDF · May 21, 2019

5K Qs said:
Fantastic shot of your ironwood, John!

Thank you, GT.

Jack Black said:
Great pics guys

Thank you, Jack.

dc50 · May 21, 2019

Ramrodmb said:
Happy B-day Dave dc50 !!

Pt-Luso said:
Happy Birthday Dave!

Thanks, fellows! :thumbsup:

I appreciate all the wishes as my Sons must have forgotten me this time around.

dc50 · May 21, 2019

Fodderwing said:
Thanks Dave. I'll bet Totem is glad for the fresh air. Looking mighty fine! although sinister and eerie and scary and so forth...

Dwight, I believe the Totem has positive powers

all this selling and buying, moving etc etc are falling into place like Magic. :thumbsup:

dc50 · May 21, 2019

Ramrodmb said:
Happy B-day Dave dc50 !!

Thanks, Jack.
Lovely Stag there, my friend!

Thanks, Gary. I always enjoy yours and others dog pics, as well. They look sooo content when sleeping. I swear Daisy smiles while she sleeps.

What a fine setting for the Lambsfoot Mark. :thumbsup:

screened porch · May 21, 2019

5K Qs said:
Best Break-up Song Ever, OG!! But how is the video related to the lyrics?? I'm not always good at making connections!

I don't know, but that last one definitely "turn[ed] on [he]r light" before she flounced away.
Actually the only bit I really don't get is the woman with glasses who stops smiling and the man with glasses who continues smiling.

Sometimes you just have to let art be.

Fodderwing · May 21, 2019

dc50 said:
Dwight, I believe the Totem has positive powers all this selling and buying, moving etc etc are falling into place like Magic

Well you can't argue with results like that. Please offer Totem my apologies.

BTW the background was yet another fantastic painting.

Jack Black - Jack with regard to your "tin box" inquiry, One of your tin boxes is winging its way to NSW Australia even as we speak.

And just let me say I really like em. I have always liked small boxes since I was a kid. My mom is the same way so I guess it's DNA. Anyway I thank you for that extra bit of thoughtfulness that accompanies your standard kindness and thoughtfulness that can so easily be taken for granted. Sleep well my friend.

OLd_gUY · May 21, 2019

dc50 said:
OG the lines of your ironwood run the same as that knarl

Fodderwing said:
Thanks Dave. I'll bet Totem is glad for the fresh air. Looking mighty fine! although sinister and eerie and scary and so forth...

Thanks Harvey. Great TEW you're posting today!

Thanks Preston. I recorded that temp at about 2 am in the back of my pickup camper about halfway between Crested Butte and Gunnison. A not so pleasant night.

Thanks Jack. It was in late December. The hottest recorded temp was in Abilene.

That is a great image OG. Time and the elements ...

pjsjr said:
Anytime Mother Nature decides...she is a fickle mistress. This is really unusual.

Glad you had a good weather day, Jack. You took some great photos. Architecture, people and wildlife combined to make a very interesting scene.

OG, we get the weather that comes from all directions this time of year! Part of what made this present storm was the same system coming up from the gulf and clod wet coming from the west. Thank you very much What's not to like...that is a great photo!

That's quite a variation in altitude. Did you have heat in the camper?

cigarrodog said:
Fodderwing Thank you Dwight.

My wish is for all of you to hang in their with the varying severity of bad weather.

Jack Black enjoy the pints. Cheers. Fine image.

I use to enjoy watching the Ducks and Geese, that is until I lived with gaggles of them, trying to constantly dodge the many presents they leave. When they decide to hang out on my street, I present a comical sight as I gently guide them back to their watery home base.

OLd_gUY -The texture on the rocks makes for a great Lambsfoot Image.

Thanks guys. Your kind words are mucho appreciated

Ramrodmb said:

Outstanding pic - a fantastic knife and a great rig. Can't beat it

OG

Prester John · May 21, 2019

Had a wonderful surprise today, Guardians. Got home after work and found an unexpected package in my mailbox. Air mail. From England! A postcard inside informed me that Taylor (@tmd_87), winner of the third lambsfoot in

Jack Black 's recent GAW, had instructed Jack to forward the prize to me!

It is a limited edition African Rosewood lambsfoot from A. Wright & Son. And a gorgeous specimen!

What a lovely gesture, Taylor. A million thanks!

Jack included a few goodies in the package:

A Leeds "Potts Clocks Heritage Trail" walking map; an interesting postcard; a lamb button; an old Irish coin (!); a Yorskshire pen; a Guinness (best drink in the world) pencil; and a White Rose of Yorkshire magnet. What a treat!

Here's a picture of the knife in the sun (about an hour before sunset):

Lovely covers, and great fit and finish. I'm going to put an even better edge on it later this week with my Arkansas stone, and flush the joints even if it doesn't need it. The pull is perfect, and the lockup is tight. Feels great in the hand. What a pleasant surprise!

Thanks again to Taylor, and a big thanks to Jack. This is the best thread in the best forum on the internet.

Cheers!