Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[JohnDF]

Good morning, capt. - good mornin' to you

Good evening, OG.

There must be some way outta here,
Said the Joker to the Thief;
There's too much confusion,
I can't get no relief.

I don't hear any music! (Battlestar Galactica Joke).

 

[dc50]

Good evening, OG.


I don't hear any music! (Battlestar Galactica Joke).

So, I was cutting up an empty cereal box this morning on the kitchen counter and my Rosewood Lambsfoot slipped and the tip hit the granite counter breaking a wee bit of the tip-off. I'm not really sure how to bring it back pointy again? I looked in our index for a time but most likely didn't look long enough.
Note: I'm only thinking out loud I'm not starting a discussion.

 

[cigarrodog]

Today my wife and I took the day off and headed up to Sebastopol, which is one of our favorite towns to visit within a couple of hours' drive from our house. Located in Sonoma County, it's part of Wine Country, and is a small, unpretentious town with good people and an agrarian feel. Having grown up in Oklahoma and Texas, it reminds me of what I liked about those areas combined with what I like about coastal-adjacent Northern California.

We started with a stroll down Florence Avenue to view its "Junk Art" installations. They are all the work of a local artist who lives on the street. The Avenue runs three blocks, and, every few houses, there is another fun sculpture made from found parts. Here are a few examples, along with a sign from an adjacent street that gave me a good chuckle:

Afterwards, we headed to an area called....

Yup! The Barlow. That's me standing in the middle of the (thankfully not busy) street holding my Rosewood Hartshead Barlow in my hand. At my feet is Tucker, our ~1 y.o. Border Collie mix who came along on our adventure.

The Barlow describes itself as "a 12-acre Bay Area outdoor market district in Sebastopol, California featuring local food, wine, beer, spirits and crafts made onsite by Sonoma County artisans" and that's pretty accurate. We grabbed tacos from one vendor and headed to the Crooked Goat Brewery tap room to eat and enjoy a pint at one of their outdoor picnic tables:

That ginormous taco featured a single, handmade black tortilla and was just too unwieldy to eat with my hands. So, the Hartshead was pressed into its first field service:

Aside: it hadn't occurred to me before, but another benefit of having a very sharp knife is that it makes it easy to slice through food without having to put a lot of downward pressure that could cut through a compostable food container and into the lovely wooden picnic table below.

After lunch, we visited a cheese maker that specialized in making English-style cheddar in California. I thought y'all might enjoy the logo:

The cheese was quite good, so we brought a wedge home with us. I'm sure you can guess what I used to cut off a sample as soon as we got home:

Afterwards, we made one more stop at another brewery to fill a growler. I'll show a shot of the trappings in the Beverages and Blades thread later.

All in all, we had a great time and it was fun to take my Hartshead Barlow to see The (Sebastopol) Barlow.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

As good as being there, Greg. Thank for the great travel feature.

 

[cigarrodog]

So, I was cutting up an empty cereal box this morning on the kitchen counter and my Rosewood Lambsfoot slipped and the tip hit the granite counter breaking a wee bit of the tip-off. I'm not really sure how to bring it back pointy again? I looked in our index for a time but most likely didn't look long enough.

Depending on the severity, maybe you can show an image, and then via PM, one of the more knowledgeable can advise. Very sorry, Dave.

 

[WhittlinAway]

So, I was cutting up an empty cereal box this morning on the kitchen counter and my Rosewood Lambsfoot slipped and the tip hit the granite counter breaking a wee bit of the tip-off. I'm not really sure how to bring it back pointy again? I looked in our index for a time but most likely didn't look long enough.

Don't fret. You're not alone. And you won't be the last.

A couple of ideas come to mind. Want to post a pic? I'm sure fellow Guardians will have some ideas, too. Perhaps advising by PM if Jack doesn't want to get too much maintenance talk here?

 

[dc50]

Depending on the severity, maybe you can show an image, and then via PM, one of the more knowledgeable can advise. Very sorry, Dave.

Don't fret. You're not alone. And you won't be the last.

A couple of ideas come to mind. Want to post a pic? A couple of ideas come to mind. I'm sure fellow Guardians will have some ideas, too. Perhaps advising by PM if Jack doesn't want to get too much maintenance talk here?

Thanks, fellas I've been playing around with a DMT extra fine diamond and it seems somewhat better. Your right we won't discuss maintenance here, onward and upward.

 

[Modoc ED]

Okay Jack Black - I got one. Now what? Get more I guess. Oh, since this is an American manufactured knife based on a traditional English pattern, I thought it only appropriate to include an English coin in the picture. I have no idea what the coin is but there it is for what it's worth.

 

[waynorth]

Use that knife, ED!! Spread marmalade and/or Marmite and peanut butter!!
Cut a nice steak and kidney pie!! Carve a gnome for your garden!!! Trim hooves!!
You will find that the Sheffield cutlers were great designers, and the Americans fitted the crowning touch (if a little late!!). Then open your mail!!!

 

[JohnDF]

So, I was cutting up an empty cereal box this morning on the kitchen counter and my Rosewood Lambsfoot slipped and the tip hit the granite counter breaking a wee bit of the tip-off. I'm not really sure how to bring it back pointy again? I looked in our index for a time but most likely didn't look long enough.

Oh Dave, that's horrible. I hope you can get it back in shape.

 

[Mayonardo]

Well, I’m
Checking out A Wright and Son web site. I may make the plunge so I can hang out here more. My new Ram Foot knives have been moving me in the lamb direction.

Sorry for the confusing start. I composed this during a chemo session and was kind of not all there.

Any advice on Wright lamb foot variations will be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[5K Qs]

Like Jack said, a new knife should have a honeymoon period. Gonna be totin' this a lot:

What a knife!

You've got some nice flame tints in that one, Vince!

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LOL, I better man-up my sandwiches for a while!

Love the Man Jack! Knife, that is...
...

I think I remember a product from long ago that was called Manwich. IIRC, their slogan was something like "A sandwich is just a sandwich, but a Manwich is a meal!" Maybe you can find some NOS Manwich!
Thanks for the (somewhat ambiguous) compliment!

Thank you Gary, your RWLFHHB and Man Jack are both handsome classics.

Thanks for the encouragement, Harvey!

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Thanks buddy, I hope the messing is successful
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Thanks, Jack, it's at least educational.

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I was a bit under the weather yesterday, and in did by 7.30pm! I did manage to get a hot-dog with some loaded fries and a coke earlier in the day though I also received a fantastic gift package from Barry @gunstockjack yesterday, which among other things, contained the coolest of caps Barry, I'm wearing it now, and it will be a very treasured possession Thank you so much my friend

Lots to do today, and I'm about to head into town, but I wanted to call in a wish everyone a great day

I hope you're fiddle-fit again, Jack. Congrats on the cool collector's cap! Well done, Barry!

Extraordinary knife, José!

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Man Jack is a sophisticated Gent.

I agree GT. A future icon.
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Thanks for the kindness, Dwight!

Lambfoot, lambfoot and lambfoot







Hot days pics

What's that saying? Amazing things come in threes!

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The Texas Curmudgeon 4th of July report: I rode along with a couple friends who met up with a larger group in a small town/suburb outside of Austin. It was fantastic! ...

Lambsfoot photo content: I take such care to compose a nice shot, but sometimes you don't have much time until someone comes along to help....
Have a great weekend, Guardians!

Your Fourth sounds like fair dinkum, Rachel!

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Good Morning Guardians. Enjoy your long weekend.

Delectable decadence, Harvey!

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Get thee behind me oh purveyor of perniciously perilous pastry of purgatory... ............................... nice cutlery
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Priceless Poetry!

My current herd with the addition of two new lambs!!!

First-rate flock, José!

I'm heading out for a hike tomorrow with the Barlow Brothers Hoping everyone has a fantastic weekend

There he goes with the Barlow Bros!

Was out for a hike in the woods today.
Red Raspberries, Green Tree Frogs, and Brown Stag Hartshead Barlows were in full bloom.

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Fine photos, @herder!

I've been preoccupied with other things and keep forgetting to thank Jack for the marvelous gift he snuck into my Hartshead Lambsfoot Barlow package in addition to the cloth slip and Yorkshire rose. Jack knows that I'm constantly striving to become a better photographer (and I've certainly improved a lot over the past almost 5 years). He sent me a little tripod that I think will be just the thing for some experiments with apertures and shutter speeds and ISOs that I coincidentally had been reading about the day the tripod arrived. Here's a pic for which I used the tripod, but when I showed it to my wife, she declared that I have a lot to learn about the role of tripods in photography! But I'll work on it!


- GT

 

[waynorth]

JohnDF , To renew the tip you will have to shorten the blade, or you will lose too much blade grinding in from the edge!! Tough luck!! A battle scar to be!!

 

[pjsjr]

Hope your Friday is going well, Guardians.

Very cool image and knife Preston. Love these canon shots. (no pun)

Thanks you Dwight, with a knife as good looking as these Waynorth lambfoots are cool images are a given!

My current herd with the addition of two new lambs!!!

What a great collection you have so far, Jose! That is a wonderful shot, also

I'm heading out for a hike tomorrow with the Barlow Brothers Hoping everyone has a fantastic weekend

Barlow Brothers...that's great, Jack, love it and those knives!

You're on the right path Mayo

'we are all just prisoners here, of our own device' You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'

Dave, love the Eagles and their new(1994) rendition of Hotel California, on the
Hell Freezes Over release.

Today my wife and I took the day off and headed up to Sebastopol, which is one of our favorite towns to visit within a couple of hours' drive from our house. Located in Sonoma County, it's part of Wine Country, and is a small, unpretentious town with good people and an agrarian feel. Having grown up in Oklahoma and Texas, it reminds me of what I liked about those areas combined with what I like about coastal-adjacent Northern California.

We started with a stroll down Florence Avenue to view its "Junk Art" installations. They are all the work of a local artist who lives on the street. The Avenue runs three blocks, and, every few houses, there is another fun sculpture made from found parts. Here are a few examples, along with a sign from an adjacent street that gave me a good chuckle:

Afterwards, we headed to an area called....

Yup! The Barlow. That's me standing in the middle of the (thankfully not busy) street holding my Rosewood Hartshead Barlow in my hand. At my feet is Tucker, our ~1 y.o. Border Collie mix who came along on our adventure.

The Barlow describes itself as "a 12-acre Bay Area outdoor market district in Sebastopol, California featuring local food, wine, beer, spirits and crafts made onsite by Sonoma County artisans" and that's pretty accurate. We grabbed tacos from one vendor and headed to the Crooked Goat Brewery tap room to eat and enjoy a pint at one of their outdoor picnic tables:

That ginormous taco featured a single, handmade black tortilla and was just too unwieldy to eat with my hands. So, the Hartshead was pressed into its first field service:

Aside: it hadn't occurred to me before, but another benefit of having a very sharp knife is that it makes it easy to slice through food without having to put a lot of downward pressure that could cut through a compostable food container and into the lovely wooden picnic table below.

After lunch, we visited a cheese maker that specialized in making English-style cheddar in California. I thought y'all might enjoy the logo:

The cheese was quite good, so we brought a wedge home with us. I'm sure you can guess what I used to cut off a sample as soon as we got home:

Afterwards, we made one more stop at another brewery to fill a growler. I'll show a shot of the trappings in the Beverages and Blades thread later.

All in all, we had a great time and it was fun to take my Hartshead Barlow to see The (Sebastopol) Barlow.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Great post Greg, wonderful pup, and write-up of your journey. Thanks for taking us along with you and your barlow to Barl

So, I was cutting up an empty cereal box this morning on the kitchen counter and my Rosewood Lambsfoot slipped and the tip hit the granite counter breaking a wee bit of the tip-off. I'm not really sure how to bring it back pointy again? I looked in our index for a time but most likely didn't look long enough.
Note: I'm only thinking out loud I'm not starting a discussion.

Sorry that happened to you! Post pictures, Dave. I'm sure that some one on here can help ...I'm sure it's happened before and will happen again.

 

[Fodderwing]

Another fantastic pic, Dwight

Thank you OG.

Today my wife and I took the day off and headed up to Sebastopol, which is one of our favorite towns to visit within a couple of hours' drive from our house. Located in Sonoma County, it's part of Wine Country, and is a small, unpretentious town with good people and an agrarian feel. Having grown up in Oklahoma and Texas, it reminds me of what I liked about those areas combined with what I like about coastal-adjacent Northern California.

We started with a stroll down Florence Avenue to view its "Junk Art" installations. They are all the work of a local artist who lives on the street. The Avenue runs three blocks, and, every few houses, there is another fun sculpture made from found parts. Here are a few examples, along with a sign from an adjacent street that gave me a good chuckle:

Afterwards, we headed to an area called....

Yup! The Barlow. That's me standing in the middle of the (thankfully not busy) street holding my Rosewood Hartshead Barlow in my hand. At my feet is Tucker, our ~1 y.o. Border Collie mix who came along on our adventure.

The Barlow describes itself as "a 12-acre Bay Area outdoor market district in Sebastopol, California featuring local food, wine, beer, spirits and crafts made onsite by Sonoma County artisans" and that's pretty accurate. We grabbed tacos from one vendor and headed to the Crooked Goat Brewery tap room to eat and enjoy a pint at one of their outdoor picnic tables:

That ginormous taco featured a single, handmade black tortilla and was just too unwieldy to eat with my hands. So, the Hartshead was pressed into its first field service:

Aside: it hadn't occurred to me before, but another benefit of having a very sharp knife is that it makes it easy to slice through food without having to put a lot of downward pressure that could cut through a compostable food container and into the lovely wooden picnic table below.

After lunch, we visited a cheese maker that specialized in making English-style cheddar in California. I thought y'all might enjoy the logo:

The cheese was quite good, so we brought a wedge home with us. I'm sure you can guess what I used to cut off a sample as soon as we got home:

Afterwards, we made one more stop at another brewery to fill a growler. I'll show a shot of the trappings in the Beverages and Blades thread later.

All in all, we had a great time and it was fun to take my Hartshead Barlow to see The (Sebastopol) Barlow.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Wonderful post Greg! Thoroughly enjoyed the trip.

dc50 - Dave I hate to hear about the tip accident. But hey, it's still a rare beauty and will always be so.

 

[Half/Stop]

I should have known I couldn’t make it all day without a Lambsfoot! Black Tie attire for the evening!

 

[dc50]

Dave, love the Eagles and their new(1994) rendition of Hotel California, on the
Hell Freezes Over release.

My wife and I went last year to see them live, great show!

 

[Prester John]

Your Fourth sounds like fair dinkum, Rachel!

Thanks for posting that "That Darn Cat" clip, Gary. I've been using that phrase lately about one of our recent family additions! Gotta see that movie again.

 

[cigarrodog]

You've got some nice flame tints in that one, Vince!


I think I remember a product from long ago that was called Manwich. IIRC, their slogan was something like "A sandwich is just a sandwich, but a Manwich is a meal!" Maybe you can find some NOS Manwich!
Thanks for the (somewhat ambiguous) compliment!


Thanks for the encouragement, Harvey!


Thanks, Jack, it's at least educational.


I hope you're fiddle-fit again, Jack. Congrats on the cool collector's cap! Well done, Barry!


Extraordinary knife, José!


Thanks for the kindness, Dwight!


What's that saying? Amazing things come in threes!


Your Fourth sounds like fair dinkum, Rachel!

Delectable decadence, Harvey!


Priceless Poetry!


First-rate flock, José!


There he goes with the Barlow Bros!


Fine photos, @herder!

I've been preoccupied with other things and keep forgetting to thank Jack for the marvelous gift he snuck into my Hartshead Lambsfoot Barlow package in addition to the cloth slip and Yorkshire rose. Jack knows that I'm constantly striving to become a better photographer (and I've certainly improved a lot over the past almost 5 years). He sent me a little tripod that I think will be just the thing for some experiments with apertures and shutter speeds and ISOs that I coincidentally had been reading about the day the tripod arrived. Here's a pic for which I used the tripod, but when I showed it to my wife, she declared that I have a lot to learn about the role of tripods in photography! But I'll work on it!
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- GT

Thank you Gary. Listen...You strive. I strive. We all strive to be better. You’re shooting great. Keep doing what you’re doing. Love what you did with your HHB on the tripod. Also, that tripod looks perfect for table top shooting. If you end up liking using a tripod, then consider getting a cable release for the camera. Of course you might already have one.

 

[JaxBaron]

Today my wife and I took the day off and headed up to Sebastopol, which is one of our favorite towns to visit within a couple of hours' drive from our house. Located in Sonoma County, it's part of Wine Country, and is a small, unpretentious town with good people and an agrarian feel. Having grown up in Oklahoma and Texas, it reminds me of what I liked about those areas combined with what I like about coastal-adjacent Northern California.

We started with a stroll down Florence Avenue to view its "Junk Art" installations. They are all the work of a local artist who lives on the street. The Avenue runs three blocks, and, every few houses, there is another fun sculpture made from found parts. Here are a few examples, along with a sign from an adjacent street that gave me a good chuckle:

Afterwards, we headed to an area called....

Yup! The Barlow. That's me standing in the middle of the (thankfully not busy) street holding my Rosewood Hartshead Barlow in my hand. At my feet is Tucker, our ~1 y.o. Border Collie mix who came along on our adventure.

The Barlow describes itself as "a 12-acre Bay Area outdoor market district in Sebastopol, California featuring local food, wine, beer, spirits and crafts made onsite by Sonoma County artisans" and that's pretty accurate. We grabbed tacos from one vendor and headed to the Crooked Goat Brewery tap room to eat and enjoy a pint at one of their outdoor picnic tables:

That ginormous taco featured a single, handmade black tortilla and was just too unwieldy to eat with my hands. So, the Hartshead was pressed into its first field service:

Aside: it hadn't occurred to me before, but another benefit of having a very sharp knife is that it makes it easy to slice through food without having to put a lot of downward pressure that could cut through a compostable food container and into the lovely wooden picnic table below.

After lunch, we visited a cheese maker that specialized in making English-style cheddar in California. I thought y'all might enjoy the logo:

The cheese was quite good, so we brought a wedge home with us. I'm sure you can guess what I used to cut off a sample as soon as we got home:

Afterwards, we made one more stop at another brewery to fill a growler. I'll show a shot of the trappings in the Beverages and Blades thread later.

All in all, we had a great time and it was fun to take my Hartshead Barlow to see The (Sebastopol) Barlow.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

Really enjoyed your post. You made me feel like I was there! What a great way to spend the day. Beautiful knife.

 

[dc50]

Dave I hate to hear about the tip accident. But hey, it's still a rare beauty and will always be so.

Thanks, Dwight it was my Rosewood, not the mysterious scarry Ironwood.