Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Hairy Clipper]

Good to see you here. When you posted on my profile page, I had just come from the barber shop!
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Vince

Hello Vince and thank you for the tip on the mailbox, I do appreciate it. Since you mentioned barber shop and I am a retired barber I will have to tell you a story. One of my hunting buddies was a 6'10" tall lawyer and I am the runt of the litter at 6'4". I think we sort of hung out together because of the wide ranging similar interests we had. British cars, British SXS shotguns, British African Game Rifles, political action, fishing, hunting, aviation, knives, axes, logging saws just to name a few. Plus if we were standing and having a conversation we didn't have to stoop over to hear the little guys as he frequently put it, believe me I felt like a little guy standing next to Rolf. His office was a 1½ blocks north of my shop and he would sneak down the alley when he needed a haircut. Every time he came in, if there was anyone in the chair he would announce,"Fellas, we picked a good day to get a haircut!" Someone would invariably ask how he knew it was a good day for a haircut. Rolf would reply, "Well I don't see any freshly cut off ears on the floor!"

When he was first diagnosed with mantle cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the Mayo Clinic an hour long drive east of here the Doctors told him he had 24-42 months to live. His son was less than a year old and he told his Drs. at Rochester he didn't care what they did to him but he needed to live at least 5 more years so that his son would be old enough remember him. A lot of the stuff was experimental, and I am still amazed he lived through much of the treatments because of the devastating physical effects that they had on him. But he made it 13 years and we had a blast including recreating F.C. Selous' 4 gauge black powder elephant gun from over a century ago. And no matter how bad things looked he never lost his sense of humor!

 

[Prester John]

Hello Vince and thank you for the tip on the mailbox, I do appreciate it. Since you mentioned barber shop and I am a retired barber I will have to tell you a story. One of my hunting buddies was a 6'10" tall lawyer and I am the runt of the litter at 6'4". I think we sort hung out together because of the wide ranging similar interests we had. British cars, british SXS shotguns, British African Game Rifles, political action, fishing, hunting, aviation, knives, axes, logging saws just to name a few. Plus if we were standing and having a conversation we didn't have to stoop over to hear the little guys as he frequently put it, believe me I felt like a little guy standing next to Rolf. His office was a 1½ blocks north of my shop and he would sneak down the alley when he needed a haircut. Every time he came in, if there was anyone in the chair he would announce,"Fellas, we picked a good day to get a haircut!" Someone would invariably ask how he knew it was a good day for a haircut. Rolf would reply, "Well I don't see any freshly cut off ears on the floor!"

When he was first diagnosed with mantle cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the Mayo Clinic an hour long drive east of here the Doctors told him he had 24-42 months to live. His son was less than a year old and he told his Drs. at Rochester he didn't care what they did to him but he needed to live at least 5 more years so that his son would be old enough remember him. A lot of the stuff was experimental, and I am still amazed he lived through much of the treatments because of the devastating physical effects that they had on him. But he made it 13 years and we had a blast including recreating F.C. Selous' 4 gauge black powder elephant gun from over a century ago. And no matter how bad things looked he never lost his sense of humor!

Great story! Might use that line about the ears next time I go to the barber.

 

[Prester John]

Pile side:

 

[Pt-Luso]

The Loot from Leeds arrived today! I had a feeling these were gonna be very special and I wasn't disappointed. Here is one of them for now.

Congratulations Dwight, superb stag!!

 

[Dschal]

As much as I’m anticipating the arrival of the latest masterpiece, my first Lambsfoot does everything I ask.
Thanks Jack!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Mine came in yesterday, I had promised the kids dinner and a movie at the drive in last night so just got around to giving it a good flush and oil. Good action, nice snap (after the flush) and I love the stag!

Well done sir!! It might be my new favorite (although the Damascus senator may have something to say about that).

Congratulations Justin, another wonderful stag!

 

[r8shell]

An idle musing for the group’s consideration and discussion if folks are so inclined: suppose there were to be an annual International Lambsfoot Day, which date would it be and why?

Perhaps March 20, the Spring Equinox.

Q:Are lambs born in spring?
A:Sheep have their lambs in late winter or early spring as they also need to eat lots of fresh grass so that they can make milk for their lambs.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

Great story! Might use that line about the ears next time I go to the barber.

I knew this was going to be an ongoing joke the first time he said it. For years, if I knew I was going some where there may be a theatrical supply house or gag gift shop I would make a point of looking for rubber ears that I could drizzle some red paint on so when I saw him cross the street I could quickly turn around, pull them out of the drawer and toss them just short of the threshold of the door, that way he would have to step over them or if he stepped on them I would yell "ouch." Sadly, I never did locate any and of course the need for them is now gone.

 

[Pt-Luso]

Pile side:

The stag of your knife is wonderful Vince, it's a shame what happened to the engraving!

 

[dc50]

This will probably be my last one for a while, at least until next year. I wish it was all easier, and that things went smoother, but it has been very hard work, and I'm not keen to repeat the experience soon, nor can I afford to.

Thank you Jack, I'm pleased that it may be until next year before we see a new creation courtesy of JB
Number one, you need to enjoy the hikes,pubs and pies without a bugaboo riding on your shoulder.
Number two because I told the Missus/Linda that these Barlow's are the last of my knife purchases until next year.

 

[dc50]

An idle musing for the group’s consideration and discussion if folks are so inclined: suppose there were to be an annual International Lambsfoot Day, which date would it be and why?

On Jacks Birthday after all he introduced the Lambsfoot to the colonies.

 

[Jack Black]

An idle musing for the group’s consideration and discussion if folks are so inclined: suppose there were to be an annual International Lambsfoot Day, which date would it be and why?

Hmmm.... What would we DO on International Lambsfoot DAY Greg?

Peanut butter Porter!? Yes please sounds great!

I don't think I got a representative sample Taylor, I could tell there was something wrong as soon as I started pouring it, flat, sweet, and cloying, ugh! I felt I needed a higher ABV palate cleanser after

Beautiful shot, Jack!! Great knife, and fantastic vise! Been looking for one myself for a few years now, I'm tickled you scored one!

What a fantastic package, and beautiful knife, John! Indeed, great stag! Hope all is well with you, and the treats and knife has got to make you happy!

Great photo, OG! Makes the knife the whole focus!

Hope to finish catching up a little later, been out at my BIL's place, and cell coverage is spotty at best. As usual, so many great photos, posts and ....well, Jack!
My photo for the day...

Oh, forgot to post a photo. Jack, this is why I appreciate your hand vise, i restored these two vises, and cleaned up a #100 lb Peter Wright Anvil. So many of these tools are sitting in trendy people's gardens, or rusting in old barns, hard to find.

Thanks a lot Dennis Really? A friend of mine sells vintage and American tools, and I'm sure I can get hold of one for you. I've given Stan Shaw a few. I might even have a spare in my tool box you can have. Nice work on those leg vises my friend, they are similar to the ones they use at Wright's

Hello Vince and thank you for the tip on the mailbox, I do appreciate it. Since you mentioned barber shop and I am a retired barber I will have to tell you a story. One of my hunting buddies was a 6'10" tall lawyer and I am the runt of the litter at 6'4". I think we sort hung out together because of the wide ranging similar interests we had. British cars, British SXS shotguns, British African Game Rifles, political action, fishing, hunting, aviation, knives, axes, logging saws just to name a few. Plus if we were standing and having a conversation we didn't have to stoop over to hear the little guys as he frequently put it, believe me I felt like a little guy standing next to Rolf. His office was a 1½ blocks north of my shop and he would sneak down the alley when he needed a haircut. Every time he came in, if there was anyone in the chair he would announce,"Fellas, we picked a good day to get a haircut!" Someone would invariably ask how he knew it was a good day for a haircut. Rolf would reply, "Well I don't see any freshly cut off ears on the floor!"

When he was first diagnosed with mantle cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma at the Mayo Clinic an hour long drive east of here the Doctors told him he had 24-42 months to live. His son was less than a year old and he told his Drs. at Rochester he didn't care what they did to him but he needed to live at least 5 more years so that his son would be old enough remember him. A lot of the stuff was experimental, and I am still amazed he lived through much of the treatments because of the devastating physical effects that they had on him. But he made it 13 years and we had a blast including recreating F.C. Selous' 4 gauge black powder elephant gun from over a century ago. And no matter how bad things looked he never lost his sense of humor!

That's a great tale HC, I used to know a guy who was 6' 10", boy did he get sick of folks asking how tall he was! Here's my barber Barber Brian (Bah-bah-bah-Barber Brian). He collects knives too.

It's an old-fashioned barber's shop.

Brian has some photos on the wall of the shop back in the 50's, it hasn't changed that much I don't think.

Brian took over in the early 80's.

The shop is downstairs under Leeds market.

The door on the left was the entrance to the old Gent's toilets. They closed in 2002, and never re-opened.

Brian says that a week doesn't go by without someone descending the steps, and asking why the toilets are closed!

Pile side:

Sweet pile-side pic Vince

As much as I’m anticipating the arrival of the latest masterpiece, my first Lambsfoot does everything I ask.
Thanks Jack!

Great stuff Dave, hope you're not waiting much longer

Perhaps March 20, the Spring Equinox.

Q:Are lambs born in spring?
A:Sheep have their lambs in late winter or early spring as they also need to eat lots of fresh grass so that they can make milk for their lambs.

I knew this was going to be an ongoing joke the first time he said it. For years, if I knew I was going some where there may be a theatrical supply house or gag gift shop I would make a point of looking for rubber ears that I could drizzle some red paint on so when I saw him cross the street I could quickly turn around, pull them out of the drawer and toss them just short of the threshold of the door, that way he would have to step over them or if he stepped on them I would yell "ouch." Sadly, I never did locate any and of course the need for them is now gone.

The stag of your knife is wonderful Vince, it's a shame what happened to the engraving!

Shameful Jose, that engraver wants horse-whipping!

 

[WhittlinAway]

Hmmm.... What would we DO on International Lambsfoot DAY Greg?

The same thing we do every day, Jack: carry a lambsfoot.

ETA: ... and maybe have a chip buddy and, if so inclined, hoist a pint.

ETA^2: ... or clean, oil, and sharpen your user lambsfoot knife or knives to show appreciation for their hard work.

ETA^3: ... but that's not for me to decide, let's leave that up for suggestion.

 

[WHT]

Does your barber use a Sheffield straight razor in his practice?

 

[Fodderwing]

Congratulations, Dwight. That is a very "staggy" specimen.

Thank you John.

Dang that stag is outstanding

Thank you Taylor.

Mine came in yesterday, I had promised the kids dinner and a movie at the drive in last night so just got around to giving it a good flush and oil. Good action, nice snap (after the flush) and I love the stag

Another beauty Justin! Congrats!

Congratulations Dwight! That’s a beauty!

Thank you Ron.

Worth the wait, I'd say. This one's fantastic. Looking forward to seeing the other(s)

Thank you Greg.

Congratulations Dwight, superb stag!

Thank you José.

Brian has some photos on the wall of the shop back in the 50's, it hasn't changed that much I don't think

Thats very cool Jack.

Here's another barlow treasure from barlow heaven.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Sometimes I'm the party pooper.

There will be no pooping of the party!

Cool pic Kevin

Morning Guardians, I hope everyone has a great weekend ahead of them

Thanks Jack, all of these Barlows that I have seen so far have been outstanding! I have been extra interested in the mail delivery lately......I don't know why.

Party on

That's the attitude!
Line 'em up!

Hope to finish catching up a little later, been out at my BIL's place, and cell coverage is spotty at best. As usual, so many great photos, posts and ....well, Jack!
My photo for the day...

Oh, forgot to post a photo. Jack, this is why I appreciate your hand vise, i restored these two vises, and cleaned up a #100 lb Peter Wright Anvil. So many of these tools are sitting in trendy people's gardens, or rusting in old barns, hard to find.

That's a cool ol' leg vice, Dennis.
A buddy of mine gave me a old anvil but it is in pretty bad shape. I don't think it can be saved.

Have a great weekend, y'all!

 

[Hairy Clipper]

Jack Black -Jack thank you so much for the wonderful barber shop photographs! My uncle was a barber and I have several cousins that are barbers or beauticians. Uncle Roger's shop was in the basement of the of the lawyers office in my story earlier and he move to a street level location down the street from one of the local saloons in the early 1970's. When I was in-between-jobs in the early 1980's and he was dying of cancer he talked me into going to barber school. I have had two really fun jobs in my lifetime and barbering was one of them. I acquired his shop after serving my apprenticeship and a few years later moved a couple of times until I bought a building across the alley of the local VFW Post. That location brought me into contact with quite a number of fellows that had taken a walking tour of Europe during the mid 1940's. One of them was a barber that worked for me for some time and lived to be 99 or 100 years old. He was 38 when he was drafted and since the military thought barbers might be able to be cool when they see blood they made him a medic. Bob spent a little time in Bastogne and was waiting there for General George S. Patton and his 3rd Army, et.al. to rescue him and the others. I had a habit, after Memorial Day I would bring Cornelius Ryan's THE LONGEST DAY detailing the D-Day Invasion and usually have it read by D-Day. I was reading it when Charlie came in, sat down got his haircut and we talked the usual about hunting and fishing. Before Charlie left another longtime customer came and saw the book I was reading and recognized the title. Then Charlie got up, got his Minnesota Twins baseball cap off the hook. Then he and Laurence had a subdued discussion followed by a laugh or two, followed by what looked like a secret handshake, then Charlie left. Then Laurence came over and did not sit down, he watched to be sure his friend Charlie had gotten across the busy US Highway #14 and then he turned to me and said, "You just cut hair for the bravest man you will ever meet." How's that? I said. "I was part of the invasion of Europe and was a forward artillery observer for General Patton, I came ashore on D+7. Charlie came ashore on D minus 8 hours. We called their little groups Pathfinders, they went ashore after being dropped off into rubber rafts several miles out in the English Channel and as stealthily as they could made their way onto the shore, rounded up wood and other things that would burn and at the appointed time they started fires to light the landing zones on the Beaches of Normandy. Like I said Bill, you just worked on the bravest man you will ever meet!" Sadly, Laurence and Charlie are both gone now buried a ½ mile North of me. Most barber don't make a lot of money, but, the job is very rewarding in many ways.

Jack, I bet your barber has few good stories to tell. Barber shops on lower levels and men's rooms on lower levels have been pretty common place on this side of the pond, too.

 

[tmd_87]

Summer beer!

 

[tmd_87]

Jack Black I love me some New England Style IPAs. But man nothing is better than a hopped up west coast style IPA!

 

[OLd_gUY]

Another day of outstanding pics. Grats to ALL

The Loot from Leeds arrived today! I had a feeling these were gonna be very special and I wasn't disappointed. Here is one of them for now. View attachment 1149213
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"She's about a mover"

Mine came in yesterday, I had promised the kids dinner and a movie at the drive in last night so just got around to giving it a good flush and oil. Good action, nice snap (after the flush) and I love the stag!

Well done sir!! It might be my new favorite (although the Damascus senator may have something to say about that).

GREAT pic

An idle musing for the group’s consideration and discussion if folks are so inclined: suppose there were to be an annual International Lambsfoot Day, which date would it be and why?

Another vote for Jack's birthday for all the obvious reasons
OG