Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[cigarrodog]

You couldn't have picked a better background to show off the covers of the 1-XL Harvey.

Thank you kindly, Ed. Hope things are going well for you.

 

[Half/Stop]

Always love seeing your AC, Ron, one of the best! I hope your stomach troubles have subsided.

Spent some time in my backyard today, brought a few knives down with me, including this beauty.

The stomach is fine now and thanks for the compliment on my AC Dylan! Your Hartshead and the photo of it today are mesmerizing. I actually can’t hardly stop looking at it, making several trips back to your post!

 

[Jack Black]

Recycled photo, but this one has been in my pocket today! A Jack Black 2019 Guardians Ironwood Lambsfoot SFO! Have a blessed Sunday Guardians!

That's a great photo Ron, I love that particular Ironwood, it reminds me of Stan Shaw's arms!

We are leaving for a walk in 5 min and my trusty lambsfoot ... sharp as a beaver's teeth is in my pocket already

That'd make a great blade etch Dan! Hope you had a nice walk

Today I turned the mahogany blank .... ( I turned the ambrosia maple a few weeks ago ).
Still need a couple coats of tung oil, engrave the back and buff/polish.

Incredible work Dan, just beautiful

Peppers looking good!

Nice Taylor, your Lambsfoot is looking good too my friend

Jack it was a blast until the end of the night when I started spinning a little bit...

I had never had a hangover until I was 50 - I try to avoid them now! Hope you're feeling better today Taylor

Before I call it a night, I'll post a pic of my LamBarJack and me. I'm the one wearing the bandana mask I learned to make from a link Harvey cigarrodog posted here a while back. I carry the mask with me at all times, but rarely wear it unless I go inside somewhere.
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- GT

Cool pic GT, definitely one for the scrapbook

I'll need to pull them out later but I do have some natural inclusions in the Ironwood - in my mind, it is perfectly normal. That said, I gifted one to my son and he inadvertently let our newest pup chew on it a bit so it actually does have some chew marks! . Needless to say, the knife is back in my case and care... Ironwood is hard stuff though and it will just take a little bit of buffing for it to be as good as new.


Spent some time in my backyard today, brought a few knives down with me, including this beauty.

I thought I'd remembered correctly Dylan, I remember being surprised when you posted a pic. They are certainly part of the wood, but I don't recall seeing them, which I find strange. I do have pics of all of the knives, but not in high resolution unfortunately. With all this talk of Ironwood I think I better carry Lucy today, or she will be getting jealous

Dylan, that is an absolutely stunning pic, well done

Jack Black - Thank you Jack. Much appreciation for posting that brilliant collection of your surroundings. A photographer’s paradise. Smashing images. Feel better and have a good, safe week, my friend.

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Good Evening Guardians.

1-XL and a cranberry/blueberry muffin.

Many thanks Harvey, that's a beautifully-matched photo my friend

Good morning Guardians, here we are at the start of another week, which I know doesn't mean a great deal to many of us at the moment Those of you who are still working, please take care, and thanks for keeping things going I mainly work from home anyway, and I don't think anyone would miss my work too much I definitely have less work on than usual, but I've no complaints there Hope everyone is staying safe and well, have a good week Guardians

 

[JaxBaron]

Back at it! How quickly the weekend goes by.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Good morning, Guardians! Popping in to say hello after a busy week has come to a close and before another one that is about to begin. As always, a lambsfoot has been—and will be—in my pocket. And, as of late, there has been some sourdough baking squeezed into my week.

My third loaf was better than my first two. Still some things to work on, but I’m enjoying the learning process. And, each “lesson” comes with tasty homework.

Skimming through the recent posts, it looks like folks had a good weekend. I hope everyone has a safe week that has a few unexpected moments of joy sprinkled in along the way.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians

 

[flatblackcapo]

Good morning Guardians. Here's some pic's from the past few days.

 

[Jack Black]

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Back at it! How quickly the weekend goes by.

Hope your week goes OK Jon, that's a stylish image

Good morning, Guardians! Popping in to say hello after a busy week has come to a close and before another one that is about to begin. As always, a lambsfoot has been—and will be—in my pocket. And, as of late, there has been some sourdough baking squeezed into my week.

My third loaf was better than my first two. Still some things to work on, but I’m enjoying the learning process. And, each “lesson” comes with tasty homework.

Skimming through the recent posts, it looks like folks had a good weekend. I hope everyone has a safe week that has a few unexpected moments of joy sprinkled in along the way.

That bread certainly looks great Greg, as does your accompanying Lambsfoot Kind sentiments my friend, wishing you the same

Good Morning Guardians

Nice to see more of Skoll John

 

[JohnDF]

Nice to see more of Skoll John

Thanks, Jack.
He's been in my pocket since I took a picture of him yesterday.
He's happy to be getting a little attention, Rosewood and WCLF seem to hog the pocket.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack.
He's been in my pocket since I took a picture of him yesterday.
He's happy to be getting a little attention, Rosewood and WCLF seem to hog the pocket.

Yeah, I know how that can happen John, my Hartshead Barlow has certainly taken over my pocket these past few months

 

[Half/Stop]

That's a great photo Ron, I love that particular Ironwood, it reminds me of Stan Shaw's arms!

Good morning Guardians, here we are at the start of another week, which I know doesn't mean a great deal to many of us at the moment Those of you who are still working, please take care, and thanks for keeping things going I mainly work from home anyway, and I don't think anyone would miss my work too much I definitely have less work on than usual, but I've no complaints there Hope everyone is staying safe and well, have a good week Guardians

Jack, I can see where the grain in the Ironwood resembles the veins in Stan’s arms! I may have to nickname that Ironwood “Stan” in honor of the man! Lucy is looking lovely basking in the sunshine!

Good morning, Guardians! Popping in to say hello after a busy week has come to a close and before another one that is about to begin. As always, a lambsfoot has been—and will be—in my pocket. And, as of late, there has been some sourdough baking squeezed into my week.

My third loaf was better than my first two. Still some things to work on, but I’m enjoying the learning process. And, each “lesson” comes with tasty homework.

Skimming through the recent posts, it looks like folks had a good weekend. I hope everyone has a safe week that has a few unexpected moments of joy sprinkled in along the way.

Nice sourdough Greg! Your Guardians Ebony looks right at home with your bread!

Great Ironwood photo Jack! A very interesting history lesson. Do I remember you saying that Louis Le Prince stayed in a home across the street from your home?

 

[Half/Stop]

Good morning Guardians! Hopefully everyone is doing well today! I’m carrying my PD Stag standard sized Lambsfoot this morning.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, I can see where the grain in the Ironwood resembles the veins in Stan’s arms! I may have to nickname that Ironwood “Stan” in honor of the man! Lucy is looking lovely basking in the sunshine!


Nice sourdough Greg! Your Guardians Ebony looks right at home with your bread!


Great Ironwood photo Jack! A very interesting history lesson. Do I remember you saying that Louis Le Prince stayed in a home across the street from your home?

I'm sorry I don't have a better photo Ron. Stan always tells me, in respect of his hospital visits, "They never have to look for a vein!" Yes, I think I might have cured her of her dark side

Thanks Ron, yes, the oldest house on my street belonged to Louis Le Prince. Only his wife lived there though, as he disappeared in mysterious circumstances in France. I stayed with friends there for a couple of months when I first moved to Leeds. They no longer work, but the house still has bell-pushes to ring for the servants, and in the kitchen there is the old display panel which indicated the location of the bell. The rear part of the basement was originally a stable

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians! Hopefully everyone is doing well today! I’m carrying my PD Stag standard sized Lambsfoot this morning.

Very nice Ron, hope your day is going well too

 

[Modoc ED]

pre-patina HHB with rosewood covers

 

[CelloDan]

Good morning, Guardians! Popping in to say hello after a busy week has come to a close and before another one that is about to begin. As always, a lambsfoot has been—and will be—in my pocket. And, as of late, there has been some sourdough baking squeezed into my week.

My third loaf was better than my first two. Still some things to work on, but I’m enjoying the learning process. And, each “lesson” comes with tasty homework.

Skimming through the recent posts, it looks like folks had a good weekend. I hope everyone has a safe week that has a few unexpected moments of joy sprinkled in along the way.

Beautiful loaves Greg Nice crumb
We must be coordinating our baking
These loaves came out of the oven a couple hours ago.
I am enjoying the learning process too .... and tasting it
Finally I was able to get a more open crumb structure. Started the the process yesterday morning, in the fridge overnight and baked this am.
Very mild sour flavor, we shall see the verdict from the family
Cheers

 

[JaxBaron]

Hope your week goes OK Jon, that's a stylish image



That bread certainly looks great Greg, as does your accompanying Lambsfoot Kind sentiments my friend, wishing you the same



Nice to see more of Skoll John

Thanks Jack!

 

[chuck4570]

Thanks everybody for the great posts you all put up, with the way things are going at work (12 hr. days) I've been to busy to post anything much for a couple of weeks now, but at lunch time I close my office door take off my mask and take a few minutes to enjoy what's going on here, it's a much needed break in my day. hopefully soon I will start posting again. Thanks once again.

 

[btb01]

Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their Lambsfoot knives, I sure enjoyed the 74 degree sunny weather while admiring this pair today.

Beautiful pair of knives! You don’t see stag like that anymore!

Sounds like a lot of fun for a 16-year old Barrett I've always enjoyed road trips too, but there's a limit to how far you can drive in one direction here!

It was, Jack! My dad specialized in smaller van-conversion-type motorhomes, but he also dealt in the big bus-type (what they call Class A RVs) that go up to 40 feet or so. Those were the most fun to drive!

They ought to get some knives out of storage at the museum, and put them back on display! Nobody ever visited Sheffield because it is pretty!

They certainly should! Coming from America, I’d say that while Sheffield may not exactly be beautiful, it’s at least interesting… certainly more so than a lot of our cities here! I enjoyed the sometimes-odd mix of old/historic and new/weird. America seems obsessed with making everything look like The Moor.

I love that photo Barrett

Thanks, Jack! I learned (after googling out of curiosity) that the gent on that two pound coin engineered the Great Western Railway!

Here's a few pics that I've taken round the area where I live over the past few weeks, since the lock-down started, and there's a few at the end from the winter

Great photos, Jack; those last few are a bit spooky!

Everyone likes 'em.

Unfortunately it’s difficult to find crumpets here in the US. You can get them one or two places, but they’re more expensive and not as good.

Another (related?) thing that my brother introduced me to the last time we were over there and spent a day in Cardiff was Welsh cakes. Delicious!

Yeah Barrett years ago I drove around California, New Mexico, Utah and Nevada. Good grief your country is huge. Us Brits really don't have a handle on distance. If I told someone here I was driving to say Cornwall from where I live (about 250 miles) all conversation would stop, there'd be a sharp intake of breath and then remarks like "bloody 'ell you should of set out last week if you want to get there for tomorrow"...
But I don't agree with the cop car thing. They seemed to pop up out of nowhere!

Yep, it seems particularly huge when you get out west. We lived in Arizona for several years, and would sometimes drive back home to Arkansas for holidays, family weddings, etc. From Phoenix, we’d head up northwest through the mountains until we hit I-40, at which point Google Maps would say, “Stay on I-40 East for 772 miles.” (The whole drive was around 1,200 miles.)

The first time we were in England, we visited Stonehenge and Durdle Door in one day. We were in two cars, my brother leading and me driving behind him. Driving down near the coast, I was amazed that anyone was ever able to find their way around there before the invention of GPS/SatNav/Google Maps! He kept turning down roads with no signs, many of them two-way roads that were only one lane wide, flanked with tall hedges, with occasional slightly-wider passing spots for contending with oncoming traffic. It was certainly a different driving experience (not just because y’all drive on the “wrong” side of the road)!

I took this photo at the beginning of that journey. (My brother got my sister-in-law a car when they moved over there, but I don’t think she ever drove it more than a couple times, so the battery was dead when we went to set off that day.)

The drive sure was worth it, though!

As always, I enjoyed your wide-ranging post, Barrett!
The flaws in your ironwood aren't nearly as disturbing to me as is the alien creature (or is it The Mummy??) with a flashlight (pin) examining the largest "inclusion"!

Thanks, GT! Looking at those grainy woods can be kind of like looking for shapes in clouds (or Rorschach tests ), can’t it? Someone posted one a few years ago (I think it was a GEC Desert Ironwood #25?) that looked like Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.”

Great photo Vince I've been struggling to get hold of any Sam Smith's, but I've got £250's worth of beer in my bathroom and hallway! And I definitely need to make several trips to the bottle-bank!

That photo made me laugh, Jack! Sounds like you’re pretty well stocked up (at least in drink)!

Today I turned the mahogany blank .... ( I turned the ambrosia maple a few weeks ago ).
Still need a couple coats of tung oil, engrave the back and buff/polish.

Beautiful work, Dan!

Thank you, Barrett! I promise that I am a nice guy, despite my wild appearance .

That's a great photo Ron, I love that particular Ironwood, it reminds me of Stan Shaw's arms!

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Good morning Guardians, here we are at the start of another week, which I know doesn't mean a great deal to many of us at the moment Those of you who are still working, please take care, and thanks for keeping things going I mainly work from home anyway, and I don't think anyone would miss my work too much I definitely have less work on than usual, but I've no complaints there Hope everyone is staying safe and well, have a good week Guardians

Those are definitely the arms of a man who has worked hard with his hands all his life! Have you spoken with Stan recently? I wonder if he’s been able to work at all? (I imagine not, even though he has his workshop all to himself.) I hope he’s doing well!

 

[Wild Ben]

My little flock, just because!