Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Prester John]

It's very impressive my friend, you have certainly jumped in with both feet! When I first started posting here, I was surprised that anyone outside England had even heard of Sam Smith's, as they're quite a small brewery here. You might want to start with the Pale Ale and work your way up to the Stingo!

I had my first Samuel Smith about 40 years ago here in south Texas. Been one of my favourites since. Going out in a little while to get some.

(Recent pic. Will post new ones tonight. With the Barlow. Maybe I should call it my "Barley Barlow". )

 

[WhittlinAway]

Rosewood today.

 

[Jack Black]

They're all good, Barrett. My faves are the Nut Brown Ale and the Pale Ale.

They are probably the two I've drunk most of over the years Vince

I had my first Samuel Smith about 40 years ago here in south Texas. Been one of my favourites since. Going out in a little while to get some.

(Recent pic. Will post new ones tonight. With the Barlow. Maybe I should call it my "Barley Barlow". )

That's incredible Nice pic Vince

Rosewood today.

Cool pic Greg

 

[CelloDan]

Rosewood today.

Ebony today

 

[cigarrodog]

Jack Black - To your good health and have a safe weekend, Jack. Cheers!

JohnDF - Hope your visit with your Mom is a good one, John.

Good Afternoon Guardians. May your holiday be filled with peace and joy.

 

[flatblackcapo]

We had to take Scout in for a quick follow-up doctor’s appointment this afternoon. They’re only allowing one parent per visit, so while my wife handled the doctor’s appointment, I headed across the street to the liquor store and bought every variety of Samuel Smith’s they had in stock.

Hey Barrett, you should take that dialect test after you finish 6 er 8 of those Samuel Smiths.

Thanks Kevin, I have always admired the way you put your Lambsfoot knives to work, and the way you took to that humble 'Silent' Lambsfoot so enthusiastically Great pics my friend

Yes, I was immediately taken with the Lambsfoot. Thank you for introducing me and so many others to this hard working knife pattern. Many of us on this side of the pond might have gone through life without ever knowing the joy of using a Lambsfoot.
I have to admit that I questioned the usefulness of the upswept handle. I thought it might be uncomfortable, until I used it and realized that it works just fine. I found that the upsweep of the handle helps stop the the knife from rolling / twisting in my hand during hard pushing cuts.
Btw, what is a Spring Knife? I read the page of the book that your stag HHB is resting on. I googled it but only got info on assisted knives or switchblades.

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Saturday
It's a special day so I'm carrying a special knife. I get to visit my Mom for the first time in two months. She lives in an assisted living fcility and they have been in strict lock-down with zero visitors. But today we get to drive up in our car, they will bring her out and keep her 10 feet away, but we get to see her and talk to her for 20 minutes. Feels a lot like my Mom is in prison.

Enjoy the visit with your mom, John.

Good Morning Guardians and anyone else looking in.

Large "Big-un" Rosewood Lambfoot.

When new.

Used a Bit.

That Rose wood Big'un looks better and better, the more use it gets.

I think I dropped a couple quotes...oh well, I need to come back and post a Lambsfoot pic anyways, I'll try to fix it then.
Have a great weekend y'all!

 

[JohnDF]

Hope your visit with your Mom is a good one, John.

Enjoy the visit with your mom, John.

Thanks guys, I'm sure it will be great to see her.

 

[Jack Black]

Ebony today

LOL! Hey what's going on here?!

Jack Black - To your good health and have a safe weekend, Jack. Cheers!

JohnDF - Hope your visit with your Mom is a good one, John.

Good Afternoon Guardians. May your holiday be filled with peace and joy.
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Many thanks Harvey, another beautiful pic

Hey Barrett, you should take that dialect test after you finish 6 er 8 of those Samuel Smiths.

Yes, I was immediately taken with the Lambsfoot. Thank you for introducing me and so many others to this hard working knife pattern. Many of us on this side of the pond might have gone through life without ever knowing the joy of using a Lambsfoot.
I have to admit that I questioned the usefulness of the upswept handle. I thought it might be uncomfortable, until I used it and realized that it works just fine. I found that the upsweep of the handle helps stop the the knife from rolling / twisting in my hand during hard pushing cuts.
Btw, what is a Spring Knife? I read the page of the book that your stag HHB is resting on. I googled it but only got info on assisted knives or switchblades.

LOL!

A pleasure my friend What a terrible thought, going through life without a Lambsfoot! It was the same for me Kevin, that is one of the things that fascinates me about the Lambsfoot, I don't entirely understand WHY it is so darn good, it just IS! It's a thing of genius, and yet we don't even know who originally came up with those little tweaks that make it such an outstanding knife

A Spring Knife is the original, and more correct way of describing a slipjoint, a term which I doubt is more than a couple of decades old. It was in use from when the mechanism was first introduced

 

[donn]

Wonderful photos, David!

John JohnDF motivated me to try my shakey hand at making one of these. Kinda got started down the road with them niw!

Thanks Dennis.
That's cracking with the pocket slip; nothing shaky about that all.

Nostalgic picture right there.
Hope everything is going well for you.

Aye cheers John, just a pre-assessment for something my mum is having next week. The NHS is trying to spool things back up after being on hold 'cos of the current fiasco.

I had a pretty nice walk again earlier, sunny here, but also pretty windy. Sat out in the garden for a bit when I got back home. Just as I was going back in, with a deckchair under my arm, a mouse ran in front of me, and ended up trapped in a corner next to the door. I was saying, the other day, that more birds die round here hitting my window than from cats. Well, my neighbour's cat didn't take any interest in the mouse at all, I don't think it even knew it was there. I took a few pics, and then thought I'd see if I could get the mouse to run over my Lambsfoot, but putting down my chair startled it, whereupon it actually ran up the wall, and around the cat, who still didn't show any interest! I'm glad it got away anyway

I think the disinterest is because that moggy is what we call a "Fat Cat".

By coincidence, I was reading a book, (by a relative of donn 's), about the author's childhood in Sheffield, and he used the phrase 'beer-on', which I've never heard before. At one time, it was common for people to send their kids to the pub, with a jug or bottle, to buy draught beer. The pub is referred to as a 'beer-on' because it has a licence to sell alcohol for consumption both on and off the premises, as opposed to a 'beer-off', more commonly known here as an 'Off-licence', which may only sell alcohol for consumption off of the premises. Well, it's only taken me 60 years to work that one out!

Hey Jack, I'm going to have to find and post a pic of my grandad Sidney Turner, then you can compare them.

donn - Hope your visit and weekend goes well, David.

Good Afternoon Guardians.

J. Milner & Co.
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Thanks Harvey.
Lovely Milner there as always.

To understand that you would have to be able to understand what exactly goes on inside the head of the brewery owner, whose friends, if he has any, would call 'eccentric', and most folks, particularly in Tadcaster, would be considerably less charitable about. Politicians and murderers aside, he may well be the most hated man in the north of England. Smith's own their own pubs, with Billions of real estate around the country, and unlike all other British pubs, they only sell the beers them make themselves. Not only that, they sell their own distinct wine, spirits, mixers, bar snacks, and food. So they make a Wheat Beer because they 'make' everything else

Jack, that's got to be the funniest description of 'ole Humphrey I've read in a while.
Good to hear the wheat beer is up to scratch. I used to like their Museum Ale which they stopped brewing years ago.

Jack, one of my favorite places I had a bacon sandwich in England was this little farm shop/cafe outside Bath that we visited several times with my brother and his family. They called it a “door step” sandwich (I’m not sure if that’s a common term there, or if it denotes something specific?), and it came with lots of bacon and the option to add a fried egg (I opted in ) on thick-sliced, crusty bread. I never took a photo of the food there, but here’s a picture of Eleanor at the farm with some pigs (aka pre-bacon). (Seriously, I’m pretty sure I ate one of these guys’ relatives shortly before or after this photo was taken.)

We had to take Scout in for a quick follow-up doctor’s appointment this afternoon. They’re only allowing one parent per visit, so while my wife handled the doctor’s appointment, I headed across the street to the liquor store and bought every variety of Samuel Smith’s they had in stock.

So that's why you drive that damned big truck then.
Good catch.

We've a saying round where I live in England when insulting people who are...intellectually challenged.
"Thick as a Wigan butty" (a butty being what we call a sandwich).
Wigan buttys are regionally renowned as being a bit...generous. So basically what everyone calls a 'door step' sandwich.

A bit of classic American fiction which I didn't get round to reading today as I got busy with other stuff.

 

[Jack Black]

I think the disinterest is because that moggy is what we call a "Fat Cat".

Called Maggie

Ahhh! Oh to be in The Fat Cat

Hey Jack, I'm going to have to find and post a pic of my grandad Sidney Turner, then you can compare them.

That'd be great mate

Jack, that's got to be the funniest description of 'ole Humphrey I've read in a while.
Good to hear the wheat beer is up to scratch. I used to like their Museum Ale which they stopped brewing years ago.

Thanks David I'd forgotten about their Museum Ale!

We've a saying round where I live in England when insulting people who are...intellectually challenged.
"Thick as a Wigan butty" (a butty being what we call a sandwich).
Wigan buttys are regionally renowned as being a bit...generous. So basically what everyone calls a 'door step' sandwich.

A bit of classic American fiction which I didn't get round to reading today as I got busy with other stuff.

Good one!

 

[Jack Black]

My Sam Smith's beer tonight is their India Ale More hops than the Pale Ale, but a very well-balanced beer, with a pleasant maltiness beneath the hoppy nose, refreshing, drinkable, and with a modest ABV, and unlike many other beers brewed here at the moment, without the pretensions to masquerade as an IPA, even though it has the credentials others don't Easy suppin', but by no means a lightweight

I do like the old school artwork of the Sam Smith's beer labels

 

[Prester John]

The store did not have my favourites, but the organic lager is new to me. Now to do some chillin'!

 

[donn]

Called Maggie

So Massive Moggy Maggie.

Ahhh! Oh to be in The Fat Cat

There still brewing Jack and, like all the Kelham Island pubs (except the Waterside), are individually owned, which bodes well for them surviving this fiasco.

That'd be great mate

Aye, we've got loads of pics. He was my mum's step-dad. Him and George looked like brothers and apparently were often mistaken for such.

Thanks David I'd forgotten about their Museum Ale!

Yeah, I used to drink it in Sinclairs in Manchester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambles_Square,_Manchester

Good one!

Aye, local dialects.

 

[Jack Black]

The store did not have my favourites, but the organic lager is new to me. Now to do some chillin'!

Fantastic Vince! I wish I could walk out of my door and return with a couple of handfuls of Sam Smith's! That's the first of their beers I've seen in cans

So Massive Moggy Maggie.

She probably just looks big compared to the mouse! She's actually quite a small cat, I guess she should eat more of what's available!

There still brewing Jack and, like all the Kelham Island pubs (except the Waterside), are individually owned, which bodes well for them surviving this fiasco.

Nice one! Well done to them, when so many threw in the towel straightaway

Aye, we've got loads of pics. He was my mum's step-dad. Him and George looked like brothers and apparently were often mistaken for such.

Fantastic I have that book for you when we can both travel

Yeah, I used to drink it in Sinclairs in Manchester.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shambles_Square,_Manchester

Oh, I've been there a couple of times David, though one of the last times that entire square was littered with drunken Glasgow Rangers fans, and every single inch of Manchester city centre must have contained at least one fag butt (edit - that's like a cigarette end over here!)

 

[Prester John]

Fantastic Vince! I wish I could walk out of my door and return with a couple of handfuls of Sam Smith's! That's the first of their beers I've seen in cans

It may be the first Sam Smith I've had from a can. It's not bad, but I prefer all the other beers from that brewery. In fact, the best lagers come from Germany and the Czech Republic. I like the dark beers from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Belgium. But in the end, I've got to say:

 

[Crazy Canuck]

Happy Saturday, Guardians! Ebony Big 'un (thanks Jack!) in the pocket today.

 

[donn]

Fantastic I have that book for you when we can both travel

Great. Maybe I'll get day release from my care home by the time that comes around.

Oh, I've been there a couple of times David, though one of the last times that entire square was littered with drunken Glasgow Rangers fans, and every single inch of Manchester city centre must have contained at least one fag butt (edit - that's like a cigarette end over here!)

Yip that sounds like it. I've not been in for years as I avoid our major metropolitan cities now but the best time to visit would be on a cold snowy Monday afternoon in the middle of January.

 

[Onebigbill]

I had my first Samuel Smith about 40 years ago here in south Texas. Been one of my favourites since. Going out in a little while to get some.

(Recent pic. Will post new ones tonight. With the Barlow. Maybe I should call it my "Barley Barlow". )

Looks Tasty Vince!

 

[Onebigbill]

Rosewood today.

The Shadow Knows!

 

[K33ncutter]

I met a BP engineer who was from the Orkney Islands. These islands are home to the northernmost Scotch distillery in the world. So in an effort to bust up the Samuel Smith party I thought I would throw this out there. A bottle or two of some of that Chocolate Stout does sound pretty good though.