Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Fodderwing]

 

[tmd_87]

Here are my four Lambs JohnDF . Been a great year for the Lambsfoot knife!

 

[pjsjr]

Great Sunday afternoon to you, Guardians. Ten pages behind...oh well, know that I'm around and thinking Lambsfoot thoughts. Yucca is prevalent around here, much to my disfavor, because it has very sharp needle like points on the end of the spikes(danger to Dutch) and is all but impossible to get rid of. The blooms how ever are spectacular(see below), these have not reached their height...I will post more later. It is on the fence line between me and neighbor's property, I have worked hard not to have any that can't be mowed! Hope your weekend has one well.

 

[Jack Black]

Linda and I went to Montanas for the first time last night for a burger and beer. Ordered The Canadian Burger and I have to say it was one of the best tasting burgers we've had in years.
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That's more like it!

No rubbish talk around here. The fourth pin on the horn models sounds like a good idea, and likely unnecessary on rosewood.

Thank you. Due to early detection, her prognosis is quite good. It's just going to be a "no good terrible bad" year of treatment.




Whoa! This is a toughy: The wonderful blade etch makes me hesitant to jump right into starting a patina. But learning that the bolsters are the same steel as the blades has me wanting to see them patinaed.


Thanks!

Yes, I really thought I'd seen a Rosewood with a fourth pin, but it's not mine anyway That's good to hear Rachel, I hope she'll be well again before too long. You're a good friend

But then I get to come home to my sleepy town in the foothills and my Lambsfoot and all is well again.

Thank you Jack. The pile side really is extra special.

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Wow that is so cool Jack. Great gesture from the lad.

We got lucky with this lot of Rosewood I think, it's always nice enough, but this time it's better than expected

More Lambsfoot content...
I flushed the joint and touched up the edge.

Nice work John, I'm looking forward to giving mine a tickle on the stones

 

[Jack Black]

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Such a beauty Dwight

Here are my four Lambs JohnDF . Been a great year for the Lambsfoot knife!

Wow Taylor, what a line-up! I found myself staring at them for several minutes Twenty years ago, I doubt anybody would believe you could still get knives made like that in Sheffield

Great Sunday afternoon to you, Guardians. Ten pages behind...oh well, know that I'm around and thinking Lambsfoot thoughts. Yucca is prevalent around here, much to my disfavor, because it has very sharp needle like points on the end of the spikes(danger to Dutch) and is all but impossible to get rid of. The blooms how ever are spectacular(see below), these have not reached their height...I will post more later. It is on the fence line between me and neighbor's property, I have worked hard not to have any that can't be mowed! Hope your weekend has one well.

Great to see you here Preston, lovely pic. I hope that you and Dutch are having a fantastic weekend

 

[Fodderwing]

Here are my four Lambs JohnDF . Been a great year for the Lambsfoot knife!

Exceptional specimens Taylor. And yours have the added flavor of patina which offers yet another facet of beauty.

Great Sunday afternoon to you, Guardians. Ten pages behind...oh well, know that I'm around and thinking Lambsfoot thoughts. Yucca is prevalent around here, much to my disfavor, because it has very sharp needle like points on the end of the spikes(danger to Dutch) and is all but impossible to get rid of. The blooms how ever are spectacular(see below), these have not reached their height...I will post more later. It is on the fence line between me and neighbor's property, I have worked hard not to have any that can't be mowed! Hope your weekend has one well.

Fantastic photo Preston!

We got lucky with this lot of Rosewood I think, it's always nice enough, but this time it's better than expected

It seems to be denser perhaps than normal? And slightly darker? Anyway it is divine.

Such a beauty Dwight

Thanks Jack. She is a beauty for sure.

 

[tmd_87]

Such a beauty Dwight



Wow Taylor, what a line-up! I found myself staring at them for several minutes Twenty years ago, I doubt anybody would believe you could still get knives made like that in Sheffield



Great to see you here Preston, lovely pic. I hope that you and Dutch are having a fantastic weekend

Jack, such great knives. Walk n talk is superior! The Fit and finish on these knives have seemed to get better and better with each version!

 

[JohnDF]

Here are my four Lambs JohnDF . Been a great year for the Lambsfoot knife!

That's a great lineup of Lambs.

Great Sunday afternoon to you, Guardians. Ten pages behind...oh well, know that I'm around and thinking Lambsfoot thoughts. Yucca is prevalent around here, much to my disfavor, because it has very sharp needle like points on the end of the spikes(danger to Dutch) and is all but impossible to get rid of. The blooms how ever are spectacular(see below), these have not reached their height...I will post more later. It is on the fence line between me and neighbor's property, I have worked hard not to have any that can't be mowed! Hope your weekend has one well.

It's a cool looking plant though, and of course the Lamb is beautiful.

 

[dc50]

That's more like it!

Jack, they even smoke their own ribs I must be in Heaven.

 

[donn]

They use 4 pins on the Big Uns, and sometimes 4 on the medium size (hold the horn down!)

My big'un only has three pins, but it's at least five years old. Have they changed their design?

You know after you say something and then think "was that right? I'm sure my rosewood only has three pins".... After carrying this for 15 odd years I just couldn't remember. Glad to say I'm not going doolally; it has only got three pins...

I could tell you, if you send me a PM!

You could always go down and ask Brian when the toilets closed!

Yeah, different story down there mate, I used to know a bloke called Gavin Hodge, who had been Mr 'Teezy Weezy's top stylist, and who cut the Queen Mother's hair. I don't know if he's still going, [just checked and he isn't] but his Knightsbridge salon (Hodge-Podge) was charging £200 a pop in the late 80's!! Just had a swift look online, and he was actually more famous than I realised, I thought he was just a hairdresser who had done alright for himself after going to school with a mate of mine, apparently he may have been the inspiration for the Warren Beatty character in the film Shampoo He offered to cut my hair a couple of times, but I never took it up on it - anybody can cut my hair, even me!

Sounds cryptic Jack. It's not where Umpalumpahs mix the Hendersons is it?
And that door next to Brian's Barbers is the secret entrance??

Interesting to read these barbering stories, and to see a photo of you, José! I used to have kind of long hair, and would go to national chain hair stylists or to cosmetology schools for haircuts; my wife often wasn't pleased with the results. So at least 10 years ago, I decided to buy clippers for the cost of 2 haircuts, and go with the buzz cut look my Dad always gave me in pre-teen years. I'm apparently not as talented as several of you are; I don't think I could cut my own hair well, even with the clippers. My wife has always done it for me every 6-8 weeks since I got the clippers. Like Jack, I always had her use the No.2 guard on my entire scalp, but somehow we seem to have lost that attachment in the past year. So now I have to go with #1 (drastic summer cut) or #3 (not quite as big a shock when I look in the mirror afterwards, but it needs cutting again much sooner).

Cracker Jack in his youth:
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- GT

All this barber shop talk is interesting timing. I have a very good friend who started chemotherapy this month, and she asked me to drive her to get her head shaved. I guess it's especially unpleasant when one's hair falls out if you're starting out with very long hair. My regular hairdresser is closed on Fridays, so we just went to a Barber shop in the neighborhood that I'd driven past a few times. I didn't know they still had this old-school type of shop. Let's just say, the three old barbers looked so confused when we walked in. I assume very few women pass through those doors. My friend says, "I want my head shaved." They just stared at her, more confused. She said "Chemo." Then one hopped up, and said, "Alright, let's go." He was so sweet about it, asked if she wanted to keep the hair, talked about his niece going through the same thing, just really kind. It wasn't really a shave, more like the clippers set on 0.

Jack Black Your barber Brian has a nice collection of working tools. The razors of the barber sharpened type have been relegated to the collectors and have been replaced by razors that use injector factory sharpened blades that takes some of the fun out of getting a shave for the patron. I had a lot of elderly patrons that talked about how much they missed the ritual of the shave with steaming towels, stropping razors, brushing of shave cream, the blade traversing the skin and the splash of Witch Hazel afterwards. Without a healthy level of shave customers your skills can diminish rather quickly and your confidence with it. I would do maybe three or four shaves a year. I had a couple of elderly guys that were blind and living with their daughter's family that would get brought in once a year and have 6" to 8" shaved off their chins and occasionally a husband to be would show up early on a Saturday to "treat" himself to a real shave on his special day. I am not sure, but, between the fine edge and shape of a straight edge razor or perhaps my fathers only pocket knife which was a 1920-1940 era Case hawk-billed pruner that was broken and reshaped by hand and stone into what I recall from my youth looking much like the lambsfoot of today and days past. Later in it's life the blade took a more spey type of look to it. About a year ago my 40 year old nephew called me on the telephone and asked if I knew where his grandfather's old pocket knife went? A couple of days later I drove to his home 11 miles north of here and informed him it is his turn to keep it sharp, for which he is eternally grateful.

Since we are talking shaving, many are unaware that the straight razor and the injector bladed version of the same require two different techniques when shaving and to use one method in place of the other will surely get you cut. This situation exists because the factory edge of the injector razor is so much sharper and refined than the hand honed and stropped razor's edge that aligns those tiny microscopic teeth on the edge. The hand stropped razor is moved across the skin at a slight diagonal to the edge of the blade and it acts much like a saw blade cutting through a piece of wood. The factory edge injector blade is moved across the skin perpendicular to the blade edge ... moving this blade diagonally is a disaster waiting to happen.

Gosh, I am long winded! Miss Bonnie has been feed and my gizzard is grinding, but, empty. I think I ought to remedy that.

I'm liking all these barber stories. My involvement ended when I was 23 with my first unavoidable 0 cut.

P.S. I'm the one in the shades
P.P.S. That's not when I was 23 either

How about a hamburger butty?

I was thinking of a Jack Sunday sausage butty but a Texan hamburger butty will do mighty fine

Thanks David!

Your welcome.

The Guardian thread is like my morning paper.

Except it's more factual

Linda and I went to Montanas for the first time last night for a burger and beer. Ordered The Canadian Burger and I have to say it was one of the best tasting burgers we've had in years.
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They don't do subliminal advertising there do they. Looks delicious!

The traffic, the cost of living, and all the extra millions of people around here that only care about themselves...there is no sense of home or community here anymore and that is soul crushing for me.

Sounds like where I live. But with earth tremors.

Color me chuffed David!

I will sir I will.

 

[r8shell]

Lovely story Rachel and I am happy to hear her prognosis is good.

Yes, I really thought I'd seen a Rosewood with a fourth pin, but it's not mine anyway That's good to hear Rachel, I hope she'll be well again before too long. You're a good friend

Thanks, guys.

I was thinking of a Jack Sunday sausage butty but a Texan hamburger butty will do mighty fine

Add jalapenos for extra flavor and patina!


I'm getting more and more excited to see what mine looks like. Maybe tomorrow!

 

[Fodderwing]

You know after you say something and then think "was that right? I'm sure my rosewood only has three pins".... After carrying this for 15 odd years I just couldn't remember. Glad to say I'm not going doolally; it has only got three pins...

Sounds cryptic Jack. It's not where Umpalumpahs mix the Hendersons is it?
And that door next to Brian's Barbers is the secret entrance??








I'm liking all these barber stories. My involvement ended when I was 23 with my first unavoidable 0 cut.

P.S. I'm the one in the shades
P.P.S. That's not when I was 23 either



I was thinking of a Jack Sunday sausage butty but a Texan hamburger butty will do mighty fine


Your welcome.



Except it's more factual



They don't do subliminal advertising there do they. Looks delicious!



Sounds like where I live. But with earth tremors.



I will sir I will.

Hey David we have the same haircut.

 

[donn]

Thanks, guys.


Add jalapenos for extra flavor and patina!


I'm getting more and more excited to see what mine looks like. Maybe tomorrow!

LOL Rachel that's great! I'm meeting up with Jack in a couple of weeks to collect mine. I think if I started belting out a tune like those folks he'd run a mile

And jalapenos? On my sausage butty?? Steady on there young lady, I'm British. It'll take me week to recover from the excitement of having mustard before noon...

 

[donn]

Hey David we have the same haircut. View attachment 1149881

Great shot there Dwight! Were an aerodynamic lot aren't we.

 

[Dschal]

Who's gonna get a patina going on their Barlow? This is the first knife I'm not jumping to get it all dark and grey looking....

I assumed you would be the one Taylor!

 

[5K Qs]

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I'm getting more and more excited to see what mine looks like. Maybe tomorrow!

I hope so, Rachel!

I discovered that mine was released from Customs late last night after being held for 25 hours. Don't know how long it will take to get here from San Francisco. A song about long-distance deliveries sprang to mind for me, too, but mine comes from the lesser, but still well-loved by me, musical Paint Your Wagon:

- GT

 

[WhittlinAway]

Easter gets my vote.

Different date every year!

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.

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

Thanks everyone for playing along.

Well, if there's pints and chip butties involved....

Right, Lambsfoot day, instead of celebrating with turkey, Jack suggested, pints and chip butties would be perfect.

Surely you mean a sausage butty??

How about a hamburger butty?

The butties have it! How about 'your favorite butty' to keep it international and inclusive.

Thunder and heavy rain today. Have a great Sunday Guardians.

Brilliant photos of fantastic Rosewood!

Exemplary edge, Greg!
I'm still waiting because mine seems to have "overshot" me and is apparently in San Francisco now! If you happen to see it, maybe you could give it a nudge in my direction.

Thanks GT. I'll keep an eye out for it.

I like that idea, Greg, since I usually don't set aside enough time for knife maintenance without some kind of external pressure.

With all of the knives in your rotation you might need to set aside more than one day a year.

Who's gonna get a patina going on their Barlow? This is the first knife I'm not jumping to get it all dark and grey looking....

Me! It's already seen a bit of use and I'm sure a patina will come naturally with time. I'm looking forward to it!

 

[cudgee]

Don't know if this would qualify, but do love a Bacon, Egg and Chip Butty.

 

[WhittlinAway]

I'm able to get good examples of Louisiana hot links here, but haven't found any acceptable versions of smoked Texas ones, though. So, I think I'm going to have to take matters into my own hands. I spent some time yesterday tracking down a recipe. It'll probably be at least a couple of weeks before I can try it, but it's on deck for sure.

WhittlinAway - Thank you Greg. Keep us in the loop with your Texas smoked links.

So... today was the day for my attempt at Texas-style smoked hot links.

Here's the first of two strings to come off of the smoker:

Shortly afterwards, I used my Hartshead Barlow to separate the links. And to cut one open (gotta get that patina going, tmd_87 ):

It sliced through it like butter.

I'm quite happy with the texture and level of smoke, but I need to bump up the heat next time. In the mean time, a judicious dose of Austin's Own BBQ Sauce (Border Edition - Medium; my favorite BBQ sauce) gave it some needed kick and the sausage was the main part of an enjoyable lunch.

Have a great rest of your weekend, everyone!

 

[JohnDF]

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That's a great picture there, Dwight. Everybody looks so happy.

So... today was the day for my attempt at Texas-style smoked hot links.

Here's the first of two strings to come off of the smoker:

Shortly afterwards, I used my Hartshead Barlow to separate the links. And to cut one open (gotta get that patina going, tmd_87 ):

It sliced through it like butter.

I'm quite happy with the texture and level of smoke, but I need to bump up the heat next time. In the mean time, a judicious dose of Austin's Own BBQ Sauce (Border Edition - Medium; my favorite BBQ sauce) gave it some needed kick and the sausage was the main part of an enjoyable lunch.

Have a great rest of your weekend, everyone!

Those look amazing!!!