Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

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My 1 year old daughter is a fan of the Hartshead!

Awesome photo, Taylor! I take a picture of my daughter (who turns 4 in July) every year on her birthday holding “her” pocket knife, which is the knife I was carrying the day she was born. The first photo (when she was just a day old) was a breeze. First and second birthdays were a lot harder; I couldn’t get her to hold still! She did ok last year. I figure moving forward it’ll be fairly easy… at least until she’s a teenager.

 

[Jack Black]

It would appear that this Jack Black Jack Black Hartshead Barlow is washed out by the sun light; however, as evidenced by the second picture taken only moments later in a more shadowed location, it is not. Both pictures show the same beginnings of patina - just in a different light. Anyway, I thought this thread could use a couple of afternoon pictures.

Oh, in the first picture, notice the verdigris working it's way up the lower brass pin to the rosewood cover.

Nice to see the contrast between those two pics Ed

I'll join ED in posting an afternoon picture.
I was just out blowing the leaves off the porch and driveway.

Looks like it's time to clean out the nail nick.

I often notice the nail-nick of knives I've photographed, and think !

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My buffalo horn lambsfoot showed up today and happy to say its a much nicer example than my large rosewood was. Hard to capture in photos but the horn has nice looking color striations and the back cover has some lighter shades as well. I do like the size better than the large also. I think its a keeper this time.

Looks like you got a nice one there

And why not wrap up this fine Thursday with a sunset picture.

Atmospheric photo John

Doing some yard clean-up today, and I had to take apart an old, broken leaf sweeper.

A lambsfoot slashes through rubberized canvas pretty well.

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A Lambsfoot loves to work

Afternoon pics of the garden. Eggplants and bush beans.

The peas are starting to fill the funky trellis:

Nice work Rachel

Thank you, Jack! I hope your back recovers quickly! Fine pic of your Hartshead, very artistic.



Serves me right for not paying closer attention - I think another member somewhere else was talking about a dish they used some venison on. Regardless, your veggie soup still looks fantastic. I've become quite fond of our Instant Pot as well.

Thank you for the compliment - fine pic of a fine knife you are toting today!



Thank you, Harvey! When the weather is good, as it's been lately, it's a great place to send an evening.

Excellent grain on that TEW.



Very rich horn on that one, congrats!



Excellent pic, John!


The good Ol' AC for me this evening.

Thanks a lot Dylan, I appreciate that buddy Another great pic of your AC

Jack Black - Thank you Jack. Feel better, Bud.

JohnDF - Thank you John. The little fella has the chops to take on minor tasks, but it’s more of a collectible. Tough as nails, though. Sweet sunset image.

@Pàdruig - Thank you Dylan. Look at the Stag on your AC. Super nice.

Many thanks Harvey

Morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing well. I was hoping my back would be a bit better today, but unfortunately the reverse is true. No pics today I'm afraid as I can't get my backside into my computer chair! Hopefully it'll be ok in a day or two (when I'll then have a mountain of washing-up ) Have a good day Guardians, take care, and stay safe

 

[donn]

I actually should have called the food something like “Southern Cuisine”, David. I would still be eating it even if I had money growing on trees! We’re actually still eating the same food we were before all this happened! We’re just taking more photos! That’s a nice sunny photo. I’m glad you and Jack are at least having a run of nice weather! Stay safe!

Thanks Ron. Your like me; I could win the lottery tomorrow and I'd still just eat spam butties or a pork pie.

Wright's get their Rosewood from Indonesia, but decades ago, it came from Africa. Last year, they found a small amount of African Rosewood in one of the factory attics, and so I was able to get some knives made up with it. It's a little darker, and more uniform in colour than the Indonesian Rosewood. I'll go and take a comparative pic shortly

Thanks Jack, I actually thought it was the other way round.

Pretty similar, but I know a guy who ignored symptoms too long, and now he has to wait to have his heart shocked out of fibrillation until after this is over, if this is ever over, or the rules change, or I trust if the meds stop being enough.

Thanks. Yup, that's my new-to-me deer gun. I tried to take it to the range yesterday, but the road was blocked and I've been known to have unhappy results improvising on country roads. I have a plan now to approach the club from the other side, which should work, assuming I don't run into more construction that google doesn't know about.

Aye all this lock down fiasco is a good reminder not to put off health related matters as anything could happen at anytime. I need a couple of dental fillings which got delayed (I had a bad cold) and then the amended appointment got cancelled cos of the lock down.
I know lots of people who are finding Google doesn't seem to know about lots of things anymore, or is just plain wrong. We've got so used to just 'googling' stuff we just accept the information as fact. Everything from recipes to traffic updates is wrong.
I hope you'll get to the range sometime. It's nice to see a rifle that would actually be legal to own in the UK.

Blue skies, green grass, and a Lambsfoot... what's not to like?

The explosive dumps behind the grey fence. The motorway behind the explosive dumps. And behind the motorway the town of Leigh; the poorest and most deprived town in the north-west of England.

Looks like my most recent Wright. Pity my grey hairs.

Nice pic' of your flock there. I like the EO modification on the lowest one.

Thank you very much Ron I think the chances of getting one like that today would be very low indeed. Another member here asked me if I could pick him one up just after, I went to the same store about 5 times, and not one of the ones they had in stock was decent. Unfortunately most of the outlets that sell these knives don't even care about quality, they don't check their stock, and they don't send anything back. A phrase I've heard from Wright's in recent times is, "You're the only one who complains." Yes I do, 20% of the Hartshead Barlows went back, because they weren't good enough. It was a pain in the backside to have to take them back, but I didn't want any knives which were second-rate. I think that firm would rather turn out second-rate goods, and sadly, they deal with people who are willing to accept it from them, or too clueless to spot the faults

We definitely appreciate your efforts Jack.

Thank you, my friend! I took some inspiration from Harvey's skillfully done pictures - he is a master at capturing interesting textures and effects.

I missed the Rosewood memo today but I did bring some Ironwood out.

Aye you guys should do a portfolio of your photos.

Good Day Guardianes de la Pata de Cordero !

Last week snow. This week snakes. You live in a crazy part of the world Dan.

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My buffalo horn lambsfoot showed up today and happy to say its a much nicer example than my large rosewood was. Hard to capture in photos but the horn has nice looking color striations and the back cover has some lighter shades as well. I do like the size better than the large also. I think its a keeper this time.

Nice find there. Those buffalo covers look great.

Strictly speaking Wednesday evening.

And everyone's been posting pics of their flocks recently. Here's an updated one of mine.

I hope everyone has a nice Friday planned.

 

[r8shell]

Nice work Rachel

Thanks, Jack. I sure hope your back feels better soon.

 

[Half/Stop]

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My 1 year old daughter is a fan of the Hartshead!

Made my day Taylor! What a priceless photo!

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My buffalo horn lambsfoot showed up today and happy to say its a much nicer example than my large rosewood was. Hard to capture in photos but the horn has nice looking color striations and the back cover has some lighter shades as well. I do like the size better than the large also. I think its a keeper this time.

That is extremely nice horn. The knife appears to be well made. I think you got a good one.

Serves me right for not paying closer attention - I think another member somewhere else was talking about a dish they used some venison on. Regardless, your veggie soup still looks fantastic. I've become quite fond of our Instant Pot as well.

Thank you for the compliment - fine pic of a fine knife you are toting today!

The good Ol' AC for me this evening.

No problem Dylan. There's a lot going on here and it's easy to get mixed up sometime. We love our Instant Pot! A great photo and knife my friend!

Thanks Ron. Your like me; I could win the lottery tomorrow and I'd still just eat spam butties or a pork pie.

Strictly speaking Wednesday evening.

And everyone's been posting pics of their flocks recently. Here's an updated one of mine.

I hope everyone has a nice Friday planned.

Looking good David. I hope you have a great Friday also.

Jack Black Jack, I really hope you feel better soon buddy!

 

[Half/Stop]

It's Black Friday so I'm drinking Black Coffee and totin' my "18 Ebony Guardians SFO. I hope you Guardians are all safe and well!

 

[Onebigbill]

Uh Oh. What happened to it?

I stupidly sold it.

 

[Onebigbill]

Nice to see the contrast between those two pics Ed



I often notice the nail-nick of knives I've photographed, and think !



Looks like you got a nice one there



Atmospheric photo John



A Lambsfoot loves to work



Nice work Rachel



Thanks a lot Dylan, I appreciate that buddy Another great pic of your AC



Many thanks Harvey

Morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing well. I was hoping my back would be a bit better today, but unfortunately the reverse is true. No pics today I'm afraid as I can't get my backside into my computer chair! Hopefully it'll be ok in a day or two (when I'll then have a mountain of washing-up ) Have a good day Guardians, take care, and stay safe

Hope you feel better soon Jack. Back problems are one big pain in the backside

 

[JohnDF]

I often notice the nail-nick of knives I've photographed, and think !

Now somebody needs to take a black light picture to really freak us out.

I was hoping my back would be a bit better today, but unfortunately the reverse is true. No pics today I'm afraid as I can't get my backside into my computer chair!

Sorry to hear that, Jack. I was hoping you'd be up and around.

The explosive dumps behind the grey fence. The motorway behind the explosive dumps. And behind the motorway the town of Leigh; the poorest and most deprived town in the north-west of England.

I'd walk the other direction.

A little bit of everything in there.

Black coffee and black Lambsfoot... Great evening combination.

 

[Onebigbill]

Thanks Ron. Your like me; I could win the lottery tomorrow and I'd still just eat spam butties or a pork pie.



Thanks Jack, I actually thought it was the other way round.



Aye all this lock down fiasco is a good reminder not to put off health related matters as anything could happen at anytime. I need a couple of dental fillings which got delayed (I had a bad cold) and then the amended appointment got cancelled cos of the lock down.
I know lots of people who are finding Google doesn't seem to know about lots of things anymore, or is just plain wrong. We've got so used to just 'googling' stuff we just accept the information as fact. Everything from recipes to traffic updates is wrong.
I hope you'll get to the range sometime. It's nice to see a rifle that would actually be legal to own in the UK.



The explosive dumps behind the grey fence. The motorway behind the explosive dumps. And behind the motorway the town of Leigh; the poorest and most deprived town in the north-west of England.



Nice pic' of your flock there. I like the EO modification on the lowest one.



We definitely appreciate your efforts Jack.



Aye you guys should do a portfolio of your photos.



Last week snow. This week snakes. You live in a crazy part of the world Dan.



Nice find there. Those buffalo covers look great.

Strictly speaking Wednesday evening.

And everyone's been posting pics of their flocks recently. Here's an updated one of mine.

I hope everyone has a nice Friday planned.

Hi David, your HHB stag shows similar coloration as mine:

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Friday.

 

[Half/Stop]

Black coffee and black Lambsfoot... Great evening combination.

Thanks John! I like drinking Black Coffee and totin' an Ebony Lambsfoot anytime of the day or evening!

 

[JohnDF]

I like drinking Black Coffee and totin' an Ebony Lambsfoot anytime of the day or evening!

Right there with you, Ron.

 

[screened porch]

It's nice to see a rifle that would actually be legal to own in the UK.

It's nice to hear that there is such a thing.

We have about three inches of snow on the grass and trees, but it should be too warm for accumulating on the streets. Maybe today is range day.

 

[screened porch]

Or maybe I'll just take my walk and get something done in the house.

Obviously, if I do go deer-hunting this Fall, the weather will be warm and dry.

 

[Prester John]

Sorry to hear about your back, Jack. Hope it's better soon.

 

[JohnDF]

I really like that picture.

Crystal clear image, Vince.

 

[Modoc ED]

Hi gang!!! Harrison Bros & Howson

 

[Modoc ED]

Nice to see the contrast between those two pics Ed

Thanks Jack. Take care of your back. No heavy lifting.

 

[Jordan@DLT]

Hope you get to feeling better soon, Jack.