Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Pt-Luso]

Congratulations Mark, this color is superb!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Congratulations Chin, this Barlow stag is awesome!

 

[pjsjr]

Congratulation, PJ. Another fine Barlow hits the Guardian thread.

Thank you John

My house number is 1217, and I saw yesterday that this thread was approaching that page number. So my plan was to make as many posts on that page as I could to kind of make it mine! But I severely underestimated the pace of the thread, and page 1217 has come and gone with zero posts from me!

It is truly amazing how fast this thread grows...having such fine offerings, Jack's HH Barlow and Charlie's USA Lambsfoot, does speed things up. Remember Gary, it's the thought that counts!

pjsjr Congratulations Preston. Hope you thought the wait was worth it, because it’s gorgeous. Happy for you.

Thanks Harvey, it was, for sure, worth it. Your Waynorth Lambsfoot is such a handsome devil

Congrats, my friend. Can hardly wait to see more

Thanks OG, I'm working on it and catching up...

Its a beauty!


Wonderful knife and cool photo I used to love Necco wafers as a kid but, much like Spaghettios and Hostess products, I kinda lost the taste for them over time


Looks beautiful in the fading light...lovely example


It is glorious Here is some math for you GT...

5K Qs x 1 Rosewood Hartshead = awesome


The ebony version is a timeless classic right out of the tube...enjoy!

Thank you, Darren, for the complement and for all you do to help us visualize what this splendid knives will look like in different forms. I appreciate that so much.

Thanks , Vince. I have walked out on a few myself. I like my boss and most of the people I worked with so I didn't want to put them in a tight spot. I did have to mess with them a little though, the day before my last day I called in saying I was sick ( I was on my way to work ) asking my boss if she could check to see if I had enough sick time to be sick tomorrow too. When I walked in a couple minutes later she gave me that " You are not funny" look but she did laugh about it later.

Kevin, that's a great story. I wish you the best finding a place that fits you and you enjoy going to work. I have no idea what it would be like job interviewing in this day and age. I haven't needed to for a very long time(33 years) and won't

How about an "old friend" for Thursday?

Vince, Harry Chapin, RIP, is one of my favorite singer/songwriters, he wrote this about 'old friends'

Fantastic! And what a looker, Preston! Congratulations!

Thank you Dennis, how are you doing? Storm season about over?

Mine today:

Dennis, great shots of your lambs, the stag on the barlow is wonderful!!

Congratulations Preston is a beautiful stag!!

Thank you much, Jose!

Good morning/afternoon, Guardians!
Great photos of the Hartshead Barlows, everyone!

Sincere thank you to Jack Black for his work and vision on this stunning Stag Barlow! I hope to post more pics and a bit of a review this weekend when work lets up. For now, let's just say, I'm thrilled!!

Thanks, Jack!!

I love your amber stag...my favorite, congrats!

Good morning Guardians
I was really busy yesterday but managed to at least visit a few times and hit a lot of "like" buttons.
Despite having some very fancy Lambsfoot knives now, the rosewood still remains my favorite.
Hope everybody has a fantastic day today.

What's not to like about rosewood? It's durable, good looking and just right for a working knife.

Thanks Jack.



Beauts, for sure! Congrats!



Out of step, or a step ahead?



Congratulations. The lambsfoot pattern certainly does have a way of working its way into your heart.



Thanks Harvey. And, wow, congratulations!



Thanks OG. Emmylou's looking in fine form!



Hear, hear!



Thanks Ron!



Yup, those'll do!

Jack, I'm sure it's been discussed before, but I don't remember. Is there a story behind the ebony model? It looks to have standard bolsters, but has the REAL LAMB FOOT etch. Is it perhaps a prototype for the 2018 Guardians edition, or is it much older from a time when they were regularly doing the etch, or...?



Not yet. Keep hanging in there, just like your Hartshead is doing.







Lovely color on that horn, Dave!



Congrats!

I've run out of time this morning. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on the rest of the posts I wanted to respond to later today. In the mean time, inspired by Prester John , I'll also be carrying an old friend for Thursday, shown here in an old photo from about this time in 2016:

Thanks Greg, that's lovely horn.

 

[pjsjr]

A package from Leeds arrived!

Firstly though, just let me say that I enjoyed the discussion around convict transportation and working in the prison system, last time I posted here.

It’s Guardians ancient history by now, but I just wanted to say thanks to David/Donn, Jack, OG, and John for the fascinating details. I’m very sorry for my belated acknowledgment.

I’ve been up in the Victorian High Country recently, so here’s a few pics:

Looking down onto a walnut plantation on the valley floor:

My trusty Ironsides:

Sambar deer country:

It’s always nice to get back down and warm up and enjoy a good country meal at the local pub:

The dish is called Flatty Tails, a common species of local saltwater fish.

cudgee - I daresay you recognise this neck of the woods, mate!

Jack and Duncan @Campbellclanman - it was so cool you lads got to catch up again in York.

I enjoyed all the pics and narrative. Old Jorvik town will definitely have to be on the cards next time I can make it over to visit!

We also had a mini Guardians member catchup in Melbourne recently.

Cudgee and I had been chatting on an Australian knife forum, and arranged to meet, and go over some knives. (Cudgee also very kindly gifted me a nice pair of handmade knives - thanks again, my friend.)

Cudgee has family connections out in the west of Victoria, where the eastern end of the infamous Shipwreck Coastline begins, an area I’ve previously written about in another Porch thread.

We had a very interesting discussion about the Lambsfoot pattern in Australia.

Cudgee recalled that as a boy, he noticed that the old farmers in the Western District stockyards often had Sheffield made Lambsfoots (although he only learned what they were called later). When he asked them about the curious blade shape, they said it was the ideal working knife around the farm, better suited for hard general duties than the clip bladed Bunny Knife. Apparently they weren’t often called Lambsfoots though, but were just referred to as Working Knives or Work Knives.

Now, although we’ve had the pleasure of Cudgee’s company for a little while now on the Porch, I thought I’d do the honours to officially bring him into the Guardians with a picture of his Lambsfoot knife:

It’s a Joseph Rodgers Barlow Lambsfoot alongside my Ol’ Reliable Ebony.

Welcome, mate!

Now for the wonderful contents of the package from Leeds:

Jack you’ve really done an outstanding job on the packaging and presentation of these Barlows.

I love the tin, and the signed slip with historical notes, along with the Yorkshire Rose badge.

The woollen Yorkshire broadcloth slip is also a superb inclusion and gift to the Guardians community from Jack.

Mine also arrived with some personal touches, which are greatly appreciated - a unique coin , which I may have to start carrying as a lucky talisman in the same way I hear some of you US Guardians carry silver dollars, and a book which I’ve read from cover to cover already, on the Derry ‘Bogside Artists’ who are responsible for many of the famous murals in that community.

Thanks so much Jack, I was like a kid at Christmas, opening up my package!

Now the knife itself is one of the nicest Lambsfoots I’ve seen. I don’t know how Jack does it, but each successive knife seems to outdo the previous one!

It’s no secret that some of us here prefer all steel construction on our slipjoints, for strength and durability, and also so they will be immune to the verdigris which can develop over time around brass pins and liners. I prefer all-steel fittings too, so I’ve been looking forward to this Barlow for that reason alone.

But even though I’ve been enjoying all the great pics here, I wasn’t prepared for just how fine these knives are in person.

Ashley’s done absolutely stellar work on these - they’re tightly fitted and constructed, and have excellent, user friendly walk and talk, while still retaining a nice handmade warmth, rather than a clinical machine-made feel.

The Sambar cover scales are very fine, with a wonderfully satisfying tactile texture on both sides, which will make it a perfect worry-stone.

There are two historical, aesthetic touches that most people on the Porch seem to really enjoy, and which don’t really have an equivalent in the modern knife world, and those are the multiplicity of Barlow bolster motifs, and the old Sheffield blade and tang stamps.

Jack has combined all these elements in this outstanding synthesis of two favourite Porch pocketknife patterns: the Barlow and the Lambsfoot.

I recall a conversation in this thread some time ago on the Wright ‘Candelabra’ stamp which is usually used on their Whittle-tang Bowies.

I searched for it and it was waaay back on page 44! So it’s very neat, I think, that Jack worked out a way to incorporate it onto a Lambsfoot knife. I think it’s a very tasteful and classic looking Barlow bolster stamp.

The tang stamp is deeply, evenly struck with the newer A. Wright and Son serif font style.

And that blade etch! The old English font style and Yorkshire Rose in beautiful crisp detail really elevates the knife.

It’s so nice, in fact, that I had already decided that I probably wouldn’t be using this knife, and would be keeping it pristine, along with my 2017 buffalo horn Guardians Lambsfoot knife.

Now that I have the knife in hand though, I think it’s too nice not to be used and appreciated, or at least carried!

That blade etch also seems like it’s fairly durable.

I’m not in any hurry to get a patina on this one though.

I’ll sharpen it up over the next couple of days and this instant classic will be riding in my pocket for quite a while to come.

A Sambar Hartshead on a small Sambar hart’s head :

(Not really, because I believe a ‘Hart’ is a stag at least five years old, but you get what I mean!)

And a comparison to an earlier Wright candle-end frame Lambsfoot knife:

Here’s a toast to Jack - Cheers my friend, you’ve outdone yourself again!

Wonderful, as usual, Chin...great photography and write-up, love your posts, so full of interesting facts and info. I had to remind myself that you are having winter as we are having summer. Your Hartshead's stag covers are wonderful.

 

[WhittlinAway]

"Refried beans" are just fried once. I think the misunderstanding comes from a mistranslation of "frijoles refritos." The "re-" in the Spanish word does not mean the same thing as "re-" in English. They are well-fried. Pinto beans are cooked in water, and then mashed and fried in lard with spices. Some may use vegetable oil, but it is traditionally lard.

I'm a big fan of refried beans, know how they are made, and even prefer them over whole beans in my burritos, but I had never heard about how they got their name. Today I learned... Thanks Vince!

Maybe that's what I should do. Wore a Band-Aid for a week because I cut my self badly with a knife maybe I got too sharp (if that's possible!). [Did you know they make some Band-Aids just for fingertips?] I just need to be more careful, and not open a knife after two martinis!

I did not know that. I'll have to keep an eye out for them.

No such thing as a too sharp knife, in my opinion. But, come to think of it, maybe there are times when we're too dull to be using them.... (not talking about your martinis, but rather any sort of distraction)

Hi Guardians It's only 5pm here, but I'm already 13 hours in to a very long and very tiring day, so in case I fall asleep trying to catch up, I thought I'd post to say Hello

Yikes, Jack, it's rather early for the day to be so late.

Say, is that a folding ruler I spy behind your Hartshead?

Dwight, you take the most splendid photos. Thanks for sharing!

I like hoppy beers (actually I like all beers), but I hate the way that has happened, and miss good old-fashioned bitter. IPA used to be a special style of beer, now they call every trendy brew that, irrespective of its actual character

I'm down with you on every point, Jack. Some day we'll have to down a pint of old-fashioned bitter and commiserate.

Thou speaketh truth Sir Greg!

otherwise the Bailey's starts to curdle

When I left my first job, some co-workers took me out for a going away dinner and drinks. Someone ordered me a shot called a Brain Hemorrhage, which contains intentionally curdled Bailey's. I wanted to be polite, so I drank it, but I do not fancy having another.

... In Scotland, a Half and a Half is a half pint of beer with a whisky ('a haul') ...

Intriguing! I know a Half and Half as Guinness floated on Bass Ale, also known as a Black and Tan.

I love learning about regional variations in language. The porch is such a great place for that.

Had one of those old folks sleepless nights last night and since there is SOOO much to catch up on, I'll just say thanks to all 'cause I'm pretty wiped out.
@Cambertree - great write up and thanks for the pics
Jack Black - the Sylvester cartoon is very fitting for me today I also enjoyed the Good Life video wonderful song, classic beautiful women - although to paraphrase the words of Steve Martin in My Blue Heaven "I dunno, I like 'em kinda dirty or something"
Time for a nap.

OG

Sorry to hear about your sleepless night OG. But, what a fantastic picture. Yosemite is pretty much my favorite place on earth. I love the reflection of the granite block in the polished blade.

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Congratulations Barry! Cheers!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Hi Guardians It's only 5pm here, but I'm already 13 hours in to a very long and very tiring day, so in case I fall asleep trying to catch up, I thought I'd post to say Hello

You must be very tired Jack, sleep well and recover.
Nice picture!

 

[waverave]

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Outstanding! Congratulations Barry

 

[tmd_87]

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Huge Congrats!!! CHEERS!!!

 

[pjsjr]

Chin, you're so international! Browning, Zeiss and A.Wright's in the same photo (and a beautiful one, at that!).

Well done observation, Jeff, and thank you for it.

Good morning Guardians! I decided to roll with some Ebony today!

Great choice, Ron and great knife.

Hi Guardians It's only 5pm here, but I'm already 13 hours in to a very long and very tiring day, so in case I fall asleep trying to catch up, I thought I'd post to say Hello

A hello and good-bye. You have earned as much a rest as you need to get yourself back to form!

Great to see another one land Preston

Thanks to you Jack!!

See you later alligators

My word, you're like the Energized Bunny!! Get on with the resting

Today with the pile side of Hartshead Barlow stag!

Great looking on that side too, Jose

On June 2nd I ordered a Wright lambsfoot from a dealer in Sheffield. You may remember that after a couple of weeks, I asked how long should it take to arrive in the US from England. To make a long story short, I contacted the seller and was informed that it had been backordered and they were sorry that they did not inform me. Last Thursday it was picked up at the Wright factory and mailed on Friday.
I found this in the mail today. It will keep my Heartshead Barlow company.
View attachment 1151965

We're going to need more photos of that there knife, please.

Had one of those old folks sleepless nights last night and since there is SOOO much to catch up on, I'll just say thanks to all 'cause I'm pretty wiped out.
@Cambertree - great write up and thanks for the pics
Jack Black - the Sylvester cartoon is very fitting for me today I also enjoyed the Good Life video wonderful song, classic beautiful women - although to paraphrase the words of Steve Martin in My Blue Heaven "I dunno, I like 'em kinda dirty or something"
Time for a nap.

OG

Getting/being old is not for sissies

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Congrats to all, Barry. Well done!

I carry a lambsfoot...

... because it works a treat.

Yumm, chocolate patina, my fav.

 

[r8shell]

[Did you know they make some Band-Aids just for fingertips?]

I got some of those Band-Aids once Vince, they were really good, but I've never been able to find them again

I buy bandaids in packages of "fingertip and knuckle " , but I use up the fingertip ones first, so am stuck with a stack of extra knuckle bandages.

I've never had a Martini Chasers used to be a regular addition to rounds among my friends, but you rarely see folks drinking like that now. Not even in Scotland, I don't think, where folks regularly drank a 'half and a half', a beer and a whisky, or in Ireland (probably a few old fellers still keeping the tradition of a whiskey on the side alive ). When I used to have a local, I'd quite often buy folks sat at the bar, and behind it, shots, as would others, but I don't get out so often now Back in the 70's, in my early teens, I used to go to a nightclub that had a weekly 5p (about 7 cents I think) drinks night. The draught beer was rubbish, and probably watered, so folks used to buy a pint (5p), and a load of shots, and just tip them into the beer Does anyone know where the name 'Boilermaker' comes from? You sometimes hear folks say 'Depth Charge' here, but I don't think I remember hearing 'Boilermaker' used

More Google results:
Why is the drink called a boilermaker?
It's believed the drink takes its name from the workers who built and maintained steam locomotives in the 1800s. These workers were known to head to the bar at the end of the shift, and a shot of whiskey with a beer became a staple for quickly easing the pain that came from a hard day of back-breaking labor.

Cool pic pal, I've never even heard of Necco wafers before

I believe they were made by the same company that made the candy hearts with little sayings on them that are given out on Valentines Day. As a child I grew suspicious they were made from dried up toothpaste.

Have a great day everyone. I peeled an orange with my Hartshead Barlow, so I've got to go see if I've got any patina to photograph. Have a fine evening, everyone!

 

[Half/Stop]

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Congratulations Barry!

Great choice, Ron and great knife.

Thank you very much!

 

[cudgee]

A package from Leeds arrived!

Firstly though, just let me say that I enjoyed the discussion around convict transportation and working in the prison system, last time I posted here.

It’s Guardians ancient history by now, but I just wanted to say thanks to David/Donn, Jack, OG, and John for the fascinating details. I’m very sorry for my belated acknowledgment.

I’ve been up in the Victorian High Country recently, so here’s a few pics:

Looking down onto a walnut plantation on the valley floor:

My trusty Ironsides:

Sambar deer country:

It’s always nice to get back down and warm up and enjoy a good country meal at the local pub:

The dish is called Flatty Tails, a common species of local saltwater fish.

cudgee - I daresay you recognise this neck of the woods, mate!

Jack and Duncan @Campbellclanman - it was so cool you lads got to catch up again in York.

I enjoyed all the pics and narrative. Old Jorvik town will definitely have to be on the cards next time I can make it over to visit!

We also had a mini Guardians member catchup in Melbourne recently.

Cudgee and I had been chatting on an Australian knife forum, and arranged to meet, and go over some knives. (Cudgee also very kindly gifted me a nice pair of handmade knives - thanks again, my friend.)

Cudgee has family connections out in the west of Victoria, where the eastern end of the infamous Shipwreck Coastline begins, an area I’ve previously written about in another Porch thread.

We had a very interesting discussion about the Lambsfoot pattern in Australia.

Cudgee recalled that as a boy, he noticed that the old farmers in the Western District stockyards often had Sheffield made Lambsfoots (although he only learned what they were called later). When he asked them about the curious blade shape, they said it was the ideal working knife around the farm, better suited for hard general duties than the clip bladed Bunny Knife. Apparently they weren’t often called Lambsfoots though, but were just referred to as Working Knives or Work Knives.

Now, although we’ve had the pleasure of Cudgee’s company for a little while now on the Porch, I thought I’d do the honours to officially bring him into the Guardians with a picture of his Lambsfoot knife:

It’s a Joseph Rodgers Barlow Lambsfoot alongside my Ol’ Reliable Ebony.

Welcome, mate!

Now for the wonderful contents of the package from Leeds:

Jack you’ve really done an outstanding job on the packaging and presentation of these Barlows.

I love the tin, and the signed slip with historical notes, along with the Yorkshire Rose badge.

The woollen Yorkshire broadcloth slip is also a superb inclusion and gift to the Guardians community from Jack.

Mine also arrived with some personal touches, which are greatly appreciated - a unique coin , which I may have to start carrying as a lucky talisman in the same way I hear some of you US Guardians carry silver dollars, and a book which I’ve read from cover to cover already, on the Derry ‘Bogside Artists’ who are responsible for many of the famous murals in that community.

Thanks so much Jack, I was like a kid at Christmas, opening up my package!

Now the knife itself is one of the nicest Lambsfoots I’ve seen. I don’t know how Jack does it, but each successive knife seems to outdo the previous one!

It’s no secret that some of us here prefer all steel construction on our slipjoints, for strength and durability, and also so they will be immune to the verdigris which can develop over time around brass pins and liners. I prefer all-steel fittings too, so I’ve been looking forward to this Barlow for that reason alone.

But even though I’ve been enjoying all the great pics here, I wasn’t prepared for just how fine these knives are in person.

Ashley’s done absolutely stellar work on these - they’re tightly fitted and constructed, and have excellent, user friendly walk and talk, while still retaining a nice handmade warmth, rather than a clinical machine-made feel.

The Sambar cover scales are very fine, with a wonderfully satisfying tactile texture on both sides, which will make it a perfect worry-stone.

There are two historical, aesthetic touches that most people on the Porch seem to really enjoy, and which don’t really have an equivalent in the modern knife world, and those are the multiplicity of Barlow bolster motifs, and the old Sheffield blade and tang stamps.

Jack has combined all these elements in this outstanding synthesis of two favourite Porch pocketknife patterns: the Barlow and the Lambsfoot.

I recall a conversation in this thread some time ago on the Wright ‘Candelabra’ stamp which is usually used on their Whittle-tang Bowies.

I searched for it and it was waaay back on page 44! So it’s very neat, I think, that Jack worked out a way to incorporate it onto a Lambsfoot knife. I think it’s a very tasteful and classic looking Barlow bolster stamp.

The tang stamp is deeply, evenly struck with the newer A. Wright and Son serif font style.

And that blade etch! The old English font style and Yorkshire Rose in beautiful crisp detail really elevates the knife.

It’s so nice, in fact, that I had already decided that I probably wouldn’t be using this knife, and would be keeping it pristine, along with my 2017 buffalo horn Guardians Lambsfoot knife.

Now that I have the knife in hand though, I think it’s too nice not to be used and appreciated, or at least carried!

That blade etch also seems like it’s fairly durable.

I’m not in any hurry to get a patina on this one though.

I’ll sharpen it up over the next couple of days and this instant classic will be riding in my pocket for quite a while to come.

A Sambar Hartshead on a small Sambar hart’s head :

(Not really, because I believe a ‘Hart’ is a stag at least five years old, but you get what I mean!)

And a comparison to an earlier Wright candle-end frame Lambsfoot knife:

Here’s a toast to Jack - Cheers my friend, you’ve outdone yourself again!

Thanks on behalf of everyone for your fantastic photos of the Victorian High Country, a place very dear to my heart. Loved the photos of the Dargo pub and the flathead tails. Just makes me want to prop at the bar with a few pots, then sit down next to the open fire with a nice bottle of wine and a feed of flat head. Also thank you for the official welcome to the Guardians Of The Lambsfoot. I am currently trying to navigate my way around to post some pictures myself, currently adding to my Lambsfoot collection. But have a new phone and did not come with a USB connection to transfer photos to my computer, so i have to get one of those first. Thank you everyone for welcoming me into your fantastic world, but you are costing me some bugs bunny!!!

 

[dc50]

That was me last night, Dave. Bed at 11:30 up at 3:30.
WAAaaaaaaaaa.

I know eh..

 

[gunstockjack]

Thanks everyone!

 

[flatblackcapo]

Here in the UK it used to be 2 weeks but can be 4 weeks. In my job at the place I work it's now 6 weeks notice and there's been talk of extending it to 8 weeks.
That's a great shot you've caught there.

8 WEEKS!! These last two weeks seemed like the longest two weeks of my life.... a bit of a dramatic exaggeration...a bit.
With those delicious looking meat pies. I almost didn't see the Lambsfoot and it takes a lot to distract me from a Lambsfoot!

Great photo, the book is a perfect sentiment.

Thanks, John. It is a pretty good book if you are into the self sufficient living / homesteading thing.

Hi Guardians It's only 5pm here, but I'm already 13 hours in to a very long and very tiring day, so in case I fall asleep trying to catch up, I thought I'd post to say Hello

Thanks buddy, I have quite a few old steels, and I'm sure that would function as one, but it's actually an old marlin spike I picked up last week

Great pic Here's to it, good luck Kevin

You must have a good stash of cool old stuff, Jack. That is a nice ol' marlin spike and you're right I bet it would work well as a steel.
Don't over tax yourself , my friend. Have a pint or three and get some rest.

Hoisting a pint to my first born grandson today, who's wife just birthed my third great-grandchild!

Congratulations, Barry and to the rest of the gunstockjack family!

Kevin, that's a great story. I wish you the best finding a place that fits you and you enjoy going to work. I have no idea what it would be like job interviewing in this day and age. I haven't needed to for a very long time(33 years) and won't

Thank you Preston. I am pretty old school, in my last interview my boss asked what I wanted from her as a boss, I told her don't BS me and I won't BS you...and pay me on time. I don't know if it helps me or works against me but that is me.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!

Let the patina begin!

 

[tmd_87]

8 WEEKS!! These last two weeks seemed like the longest two weeks of my life.... a bit of a dramatic exaggeration...a bit.
With those delicious looking meat pies. I almost didn't see the Lambsfoot and it takes a lot to distract me from a Lambsfoot!

Thanks, John. It is a pretty good book if you are into the self sufficient living / homesteading thing.



You must have a good stash of cool old stuff, Jack. That is a nice ol' marlin spike and you're right I bet it would work well as a steel.
Don't over tax yourself , my friend. Have a pint or three and get some rest.


Congratulations, Barry and to the rest of the gunstockjack family!


Thank you Preston. I am pretty old school, in my last interview my boss asked what I wanted from her as a boss, I told her don't BS me and I won't BS you...and pay me on time. I don't know if it helps me or works against me but that is me.

Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!

Let the patina begin!

 

[dc50]

Let the patina begin!

Good on you Kevin you are the first one I'm sure!

 

[Prester John]

I buy bandaids in packages of "fingertip and knuckle " , but I use up the fingertip ones first, so am stuck with a stack of extra knuckle bandages.

Me, too! Guess I should start cutting my knuckles.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Good on you Kevin you are the first one I'm sure!

Thanks guys. This one was just begging to be thrown in the pocket and used.

 

[pjsjr]

Thank you Preston. I am pretty old school, in my last interview my boss asked what I wanted from her as a boss, I told her don't BS me and I won't BS you...and pay me on time. I don't know if it helps me or works against me but that is me.

That's a great picture and good start to the patina on that handsome Hartshead. The last time I interviewed(an elementary teaching position) I ask almost as many questions as the interview team. I wanted to find a place where I could feel comfortable and feel as though I understood the 'climate' of the staff. I think it worked in my favor, I got the position and thoroughly enjoyed being at that school. Change, being inevitable, happened...staff and administration came and went. I was there for sixteen years and loved every minute, but those first three or four years were magic. I hope you find that magic.