Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Over the past few years, I’ve started my day by opening this thread. Indeed, over the past few months, I’ve done so out of necessity, even getting up early, so that I can stay caught up with it. It’s usually a nice way to start the day, but I didn’t think that when I logged on today. I’ve got a lot on this week, and I really would have preferred to have started it in a better way. All of us are grown-ups here, and with the exception of Gary (@Peregrin), who posts here from time to time, we’re all ordinary posters, and there’s nothing most of us dislike more than having to pull up other members about the contents of their posts. Personally, I more than dislike it, it makes me angry to have to do so. We’ve had some great off-topic discussions here in the past, but they can’t be the focus of the thread, otherwise one day, the thread will be locked and/or half the posts will have been moved to the Lounge. If you want to see this thread continue, please rein in your off-topic posts, and post more Lambsfoot content. I’m getting way past tired of seeing patterns that aren’t Lambsfoot knives posted here, so please let’s not see any more of it (and please think twice before you ‘like’ such posts) If you have not already done so, please go and read this, and if you think you have posts which need to be edited, please edit them soon.

One more thing, I know I’m as much to blame for this as anyone, but I think the anti-vegan posts are getting out of hand. I want people to feel welcome here, irrespective of their diet, so long as they want to post about the Lambsfoot pattern.

Thank you to those who post here responsibly, and try to maintain the integrity of the thread (a collective responsibility). I don’t want to have to close this thread, but things have got to improve here.

Jack

 

[black mamba]

Good morning, Guardians, and Jack, I'm fervently hoping yours improves.

LAMBSFOOT CONTENT

 

[dc50]

Now that my wife and I are getting settled in we took a short road trip around the area. I took advantage of a fence post to show off my Rosewood Barlow.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice Vistas!!! Hope you meet up with the Postie also, Jack!! Say hey to donn!!

Thank you Charlie, I'm afraid all the postie left me was a Customs Payment letter I'll be sure to pass on your best

Andrew Comyn Irvine, George Mallory's less glamorous companion, carried a swagger stick. He marked it with three notches. Those same three notches were found on and used to identify his ice axe.

Fascinating I wonder if the notches on Sandy Irvine's axe were carved with a Lambsfoot, either Mallory's, or perhaps even his own? I bought a pile of books on the ill-fated expedition six months back, and am now struggling to find them!

Leaving questionable cooking and returning to the subject of cutlery, my 2019 Guardians knife has officially become my favorite folder for yard work. It definitely earned its keep today

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Thank you! It's great to hear that your 2019 Guardians Lambsfoot is being put to good use

With gratitude I want to say a heartfelt thank you to Charlie @waynorth for making this release happen as well as for this particular knife. Everything about this knife just feels special and just as everyone else has expressed before me I just love it.

Thank you.
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Two gorgeous knives there Kelly and most proud to have you posting in the Guardians thread! However I must ask you to replace that picture with one that has lambsfoot only knives in it. I am merely letting you know so that you won't have to be told the same by Jack.

Welcome to the thread Kelly, thank you Dwight for doing your bit, and to Kelly for editing your post. Be nice if we could get rid of that thumbnail, and see your lovely Lambsfoot Kelly

Definitely a looker!

Beautiful knives gents

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Thank you Charlie, let's see if we can get rid of those thumb-nails too

Beautiful knives, but I suspect that when Jack wakes up he will respectfully request that you edit your post, Charlie. ONLY lambfoots, I'm afraid.

Thanks Vince, when Jack woke up he wasn't at all happy

Yep. Jack’s pretty consistent with that notion.

I try to be Harvey, I think everyone has to be treated equally here, even if new posters have more of an excuse I am grateful that we now seem to be getting back on track, but am not pleased to have had my day occupied in the way it has been

Happy Monday, Guardians!

That's some nice stag Vince, deservedly so

It was closed? I've been skimming too fast.
Sorry, Jack.

You have nothing to apologise for Jer

Thanks for your interesting responses, Jack.
That photo of Stan Shaw's hands is amazing! He certainly has prominent veins, but I find his knuckles especially fascinating.

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Union Jack is my lambsfoot this week:
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- GT

You are the Master of the Multi-Quote GT! You should see Stan's arms! Nice to see the return of your Union Jack

Nice 'top-shot' Mark, I'll have to take one of mine

Good morning, Jack.

I'm glad you said the above. It seems to get worse everyday. The line between what flies and what don't seems to get wider and more blurry all the time. You can find posts whining about GECs availability around every corner it seems.
Things that were not allowed in the past....apparently are allowed now.
(I don't get it.)
I am not sure where it ends, but it's very frustrating. Some people just will NOT listen and it seems to be all they want to discuss is the buying process.

I love the texture, color and finished shape of the Stag on my HH Barlow. Good things, like this knife, seem to ease the frustration mentioned above for me.

Have a good day, friend.

I shame to HAVE to say it Mark, particularly repeatedly. I very dislike the commercialisation of this sub-forum, while hearing grown men whining because they didn't get this or that knife absolutely horrifies me. I hope that, together, we can at least keep this thread non-commercial in nature

Well, I missed out on Charlie's great Lambsfoot SFO. What's a guy to do? I went out and found this Venture online. It was quite the jalopy, broken covers, sprung spring, etc. I put some nice NOS bone on it, and it's quite serviceable now.

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Good attitude and great work Glenn. You have done a great job of that Slater I'll be passing their old works tomorrow

 

[Modoc ED]

The only Lambfoot knife I have. I'll have to take more pictures of it with other themes so I can keep posting here. Thanks for the great thread Jack Black .

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians. I was searching for something this morning and came across this excellent post by @Cambertree speculating on the origins of the Lambsfoot shape and why its popularity did not immediately spread abroad. I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading it and recommend it for your (re)reading pleasure.

A timely link to an excellent post Greg, I doubt that Chin has ever made one here that isn't a thoroughly enjoyable and informative read

You're right, Mark, especially about the stag on that wonderful HHB.
About what's allowed and what's not...
Frank and Gary do a marvelous job!!! Kudos to them! The Guardians thread, and The Porch have seen many new participants...among them are those who will push the 'envelope'. They do this either knowingly or not. It is invasive here and in our day to day life. The most immediate example I can point to is the way people drive now, posted speed limits mean nothing, no signaling for a turn and I'm going to get in front of you no matter what. I'll stop now and hope I haven't crossed the line!
I carry and Lambsfoot because...

...it makes everything 'just ducky'


Nice job, neat that you have those kind of skills!

I couldn't agree with you more about our hard-working mods Preston Nice not to give them extra work

Cool pic

Good morning, Guardians!

What a smasher

 

[tmd_87]

Love this picture!

 

[kamagong]

Fascinating I wonder if the notches on Sandy Irvine's axe were carved with a Lambsfoot, either Mallory's, or perhaps even his own? I bought a pile of books on the ill-fated expedition six months back, and am now struggling to find them!

I wondered the same thing myself.

 

[Hairy Clipper]

Good morning Guardians. I was searching for something this morning and came across this excellent post by @Cambertree speculating on the origins of the Lambsfoot shape and why its popularity did not immediately spread abroad. I thoroughly enjoyed re-reading it and recommend it for your (re)reading pleasure.

Wonderful read Greg, thank you for the link to it. I have tasked myself with reading the entire Guardians of the Lambfoot thread and eventually would have read this, but, I am glad to have read it now. I can't help but wonder how soon regular trade between England and the newly minted US of A started after the revolution and how much this may have affected specific items used on this side of the Atlantic? Additionally, there was a thing called the War of 1812 and its aftermath that may also have deterred the knife trade here?

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning, Guardians, and Jack, I'm fervently hoping yours improves.

LAMBSFOOT CONTENT

Thanks Jeff, late afternoon here now, and I'm hoping I can go and get something to eat soon before I go and get my stuff together for my trip over to Sheffield tomorrow. A fine-looking pair of Lambsfoot knives there my friend

Now that my wife and I are getting settled in we took a short road trip around the area. I took advantage of a fence post to show off my Rosewood Barlow.
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Excellent pics Dave

The only Lambfoot knife I have. I'll have to take more pictures of it with other themes so I can keep posting here. Thanks for the great thread Jack Black .

Thank you Ed, how are you finding the pattern, that's a great crisp pic of one of Charlie's finest

Love this picture!

Me too!

 

[dc50]

Excellent pics Dave

Thank you, Jack!

 

[cigarrodog]

Jack Black - Sorry you had to spend your time in such a way. Your comments and edited post #1 couldn’t be any clearer. Here’s to your derailed week getting back on track.

@glennbad superb looking covers on your Lambsfoot.

Good Morning Guardians.

 

[r8shell]

Back on the Lambsfoot track!

I've got my Hartshead in my pocket, and it's time to get a patina going. I rarely bother to "force" a patina these days, but will use a new knife to cut some food, just to get things started. I'm really looking forward to seeing if the steel bolsters take on a similar patina. Maybe some mustard will fall on them today at lunch, accidentally on purpose...
Has anyone seen signs of patina forming on Barlow Bolsters (Lambsfoot Barlows, of course!)?

I took this picture of Li'l Sambar, who was getting jealous of HB's pocket time.

 

[Modoc ED]

Thank you Ed, how are you finding the pattern, that's a great crisp pic of one of Charlie's finest

I haven't had occasion to use it yet Jack but we're going for Chinese this afternoon and I'll take it and use it to cut the noodles and whatever else I can use it on.

 

[kamagong]

I haven't had occasion to use it yet Jack but we're going for Chinese this afternoon and I'll take it and use it to cut the noodles and whatever else I can use it on.

You could always use it to smoothen the disposable chopsticks they give you.

 

[donn]

Over the past few years, I’ve started my day by opening this thread. Indeed, over the past few months, I’ve done so out of necessity, even getting up early, so that I can stay caught up with it. It’s usually a nice way to start the day, but I didn’t think that when I logged on today. I’ve got a lot on this week, and I really would have preferred to have started it in a better way. All of us are grown-ups here, and with the exception of Gary (@Peregrin), who posts here from time to time, we’re all ordinary posters, and there’s nothing most of us dislike more than having to pull up other members about the contents of their posts. Personally, I more than dislike it, it makes me angry to have to do so. We’ve had some great off-topic discussions here in the past, but they can’t be the focus of the thread, otherwise one day, the thread will be locked and/or half the posts will have been moved to the Lounge. If you want to see this thread continue, please rein in your off-topic posts, and post more Lambsfoot content. I’m getting way past tired of seeing patterns that aren’t Lambsfoot knives posted here, so please let’s not see any more of it (and please think twice before you ‘like’ such posts) If you have not already done so, please go and read this, and if you think you have posts which need to be edited, please edit them soon.

One more thing, I know I’m as much to blame for this as anyone, but I think the anti-vegan posts are getting out of hand. I want people to feel welcome here, irrespective of their diet, so long as they want to post about the Lambsfoot pattern.

Thank you to those who post here responsibly, and try to maintain the integrity of the thread (a collective responsibility). I don’t want to have to close this thread, but things have got to improve here.

Jack

My sincere apologies Jack. I feel this is somewhat directed at myself, and justifiably so. Some of my posts certainly drift way to far off from the topic of lambsfoot knives, so I'll certainly rein myself in from now on.
Again, my apologies to yourself and everyone else for infringing the rules.

I've been under a car for most of the day (and will be again in a minute) but this little chap is being of some assistance.

 

[gunstockjack]

I used my lamb foot and a few simple tools to build these driftwood chairs this weekend!

Not really.

 

[Rusty1]

Jack Black

What is going on with the handles on your Taylors Eyewitness. Looks like they have been in the sun too long, or have I missed the answer to this previously.

Russell

 

[JaxBaron]

I used my lamb foot and a few simple tools to build these driftwood chairs this weekend!

Not really.

Beautiful knife. Lol you got me good, I was really impressed.

 

[cigarrodog]

What is going on with the handles on your Taylors Eyewitness. Looks like they have been in the sun too long, or have I missed the answer to this previously.

Russell

Not sure what you mean. If you’re referring to light and dark, then that’s because of how the Sun reflected off the covers. In shade or inside, the covers are showing uniformity of reflecting light.