Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[mitch4ging]

Or even worse, the three or four days it takes to recuperate.

And then the sciatic nerve starts to make you feel special!

A bountiful harvest, my friend. You have a green thumb.

Thank you very much, John! It's the Mrs. for sure....I kill cactus!

Great picture of your Hartshead, Dennis.

Thanks again, my friend!

Great pics Dennis, and a great crop too Your Hartshead Barlow is looking good

Thanks, Jack! When we lived in the country, we had a very large garden, and our neighbor would come over and plow up the area for us, but I don't think we could keep up with one that size anymore.

your garden is putting out very well

Thank you, Rob! We've already used some for Fajitas!

Some outstanding images of your Hartshead and harvest. May your day be a good one, my friend.

Thank you very much, Harvey! The gardening is somewhat therapeutic, until the bugs cause problems!

What a beautiful pal. I swear he’s really smiling with joy,

She's a mess, loving dog to us, but cranky to the poor Cocker Spaniel!

Fortunately (?), my wife has located several quilt shops along our route, so those provide some welcome opportunities for me to walk around and stretch out.

We have established stops along our trip as well, wine, pistachios, antique stores, aliens in Roswell !

The Valley Jack name came from the topographic aspect of the pile side!

Well, I guess it never registered with my brain you called it "Valley Jack"! I blame the meds!

Thought I would catch some of the sunshine this morning.
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It sure has a gorgeous translucent amber color, Bill!

Love your pie and Lamb Foot image.

Thanks, Harvey! I loved the pie too....a bit too much!

Christopher Johnson Western Works.

Both very sweet, Harvey!!

My Hartshead Barlow opened a fresh pack of Feathers for my morning shave

Sharp photo, Jack!

Just starting another Sheffield history book

Very cool pic, Jack!

Good morning Guardians! I’m starting my week off with this beautiful custom SFO from my pal Jack Black. It’s called a Hartshead Barlow! This one is clad in beautiful Sambar Stag, but some also have Rosewood! Y’all have a great day!

A "Heartshead Barlow" you say? Hum, I like it!!
Nice photo, Ron!

I miss using chalk.
I also miss running my nails across the board to get kids' attention.

Aye, that should get their attention!

Good Morning Guardians

My to-do list for today:
Drink lots and lots of coffee
Early morning workout and mobility
Wash my wife's car after our dusty trip to the lake
Keep scanning math worksheets turning them into digital format

Sounds like a full day!
To go with your coffee mug this morning...

Going to do some yard work today and I will have my trusty HHB by my side. Repeat photo of my stag HHB.

Beautiful yard! Great photo of your HHB, such vibrant color on your covers!

Unusually-named Sheffield pub

I guess it's better than the "kids Pool"
...Just Kidding!

He jokingly told my mother that it was grounds for divorce if she ever let him run out. (He never did).

They're in the same ballpark of spiciness, but I'd say Tapatío is chili forward whereas Tabasco is vinegar forward. They're both staples in my house. The Tabasco goes on eggs and in soups and stews and things like red beans and rice. The Tapatío goes on all varieties of Mexican food as well as potatoes and, when we're out salsa, tortilla chips. It's also quite good on popcorn.

I've always kept a bottle around since way before I even got married. Even keep a bottle at work.

By the way, Good Morning, Guardians!

My uncle made my aunt cary a bottle of Tabasco and a jar of jalapenos in he purse, he said the food wasn't ever spicy enough, and they lived in SW New Mexico!

Great photos of some spicy Lambsfoot, guys!

It's my Buffalo Horn "Big-un" this morning.

Sadly, until I heal up, hot sauce is a no-no. Even though I do use them in moderation, you guys/gals would be surprised at how hot Ketchup and Mustard can be.

Your Big-un is looking good, Ed!
But if you can drink a beer, I guess not all is bad?

She blinded me with science!

Again, sorry if I missed anyone, after yesterday's blotched attempt at posting.

Have a great week, Guardians!

 

[JohnDF]

And then the sciatic nerve starts to make you feel special!

You feel my pain, Amigo.

I kill cactus!

My wife kills cactus... I'm worse.

Aye, that should get their attention!

Lol...

To go with your coffee mug this morning...

Don't know where you find those Peanuts/Who pictures, but they are wonderful.

She blinded me with science!

Lovely Lambsfoot, but I didn't need THAT song stuck in my head. Lol...

 

[Cambertree]

Hey Guardians, I hope you all had a good weekend!

A camo Lambsfoot!



Thank you very much Ron



That's some really nice ebony Rob Thanks pal, it's OK, for now, but when things open upon again I'm going to be shelling out for a chiropractor



Yes, it's the sort of thing that would only sound a good idea to a teenager!



Cool pic Gary, Valley Jack looks quite different, I'm going to have to try doing the same Not sure it'd make a lot of difference with my ebony carry today though



Sounds great mate



Yes, it's terrible Chin, the space in city centres here is regarded as too expensive to waste on common folks, which is one of the reasons every high street looks almost identical, with the same range of shops I always enjoyed going round St George's Market, and it was still a decent size the last time I was there, even though the Saturday market has been gentrified to a large extent. I wonder if those English people had never had oysters, I can't think how else you'd eat them?! Though I used to sometimes grill them in the shell with gruyere cheese and tabasco, and I remember using them in a stew once - the only other ingredient I can remember was Guinness! When I bought oysters in Sheffield though, unless I was going to eat them there and then, I always had to shuck them myself, whereas when I bought them in France, they'd gladly shuck me a couple of dozen



Fascinating Chin



That looks like great coffee mate I had an accident yesterday when a flask of good hand-ground coffee leaked in my (otherwise empty) rucsac. I've sponged it down a couple of times, and left it to dry in the bathroom, but now my bathroom smells of coffee I'm going to be getting some strange looks the next time I use the sack!







Reminds me of the new British passports



Yes indeed, they have several Yucca's growing too We are on the Costa del Chapeltown afterall!



Thanks pal, lovely composition there, hope you enjoy your soup

I've been enjoying this the past couple of nights

Thanks Jack.

Yes, those people I was chatting to about oysters in the St Georges Market seemed genuinely curious. I concluded they might have been from a rural inland area - either that or they were just used to eating processed prepackaged food!

Those recipes sound very tasty.

Sorry to hear about the wasted good coffee! Can you just put your bag in the washing machine? Or does it have leather parts which would prevent that method of cleaning? I have a weakness for good coffee too. I only have one cup per day, in the morning when I get up, but it’s the equivalent of about four espresso cups! If I spill a single drop on my hands or clothes, I can smell it for the rest of the day!

That’s funny about the passports. Although when they say politics makes strange bedfellows, I think those bedfellows are usually Incompetence and Corruption!

My brother’s wife is South African, and she tells me the old apartheid era passports were known as The Green Mamba, both for their colour, and the speed with which customs officials of other countries would recoil from it when presented to them!

Thanks for the HBO Watchmen tip, I wasn’t aware of that series.

Hi Chin - I have to agree with you regarding the cap lifter/screwdriver blade. I love the pen blade and all but I have found that I now prefer the cap lifter/screwdriver . Must be a trend with us knifeys. However, I have to be cautious using the screwdriver as a pry-bar - I tend to break the knife because...you know, at times I'm too rough. I also use my SAKs a lot and love them but they typically are pretty affordable to replace or fix.

Yes, I guess a bottle opener isn’t usually a traditional pairing with a Lambsfoot blade, but then again, the cutlers who designed the old patterns which have now become classics weren’t so much looking to the past as they were trying to make useful pocket tools. I usually hold the caplifter by the blade if I’m doing some light prying or screw tightening, so I don’t put sideways pressure on the pivot pin.

It's black, it's morning, it's wound care day, it's never going to end. It sucks.

Hang in there Ed, this too shall pass. But no hotsauce? That is rough!

Seriously, I hope you’re on the mend, mate.

One of the many things I like about the 1970's is that even the rich and famous had really bad haircuts!

I was down at Phillip Island on the weekend and these highland cattle certainly would have had pretty sharp haircuts back then!

Ahhh you mention the Yarra. I just had to post this pic of the Yarra in Melbourne taken from ?Southern Cross Tower.

I'm not a fan of big cities but I thought Melbourne the finest I've been to. Couldn't afford to live there like but I loved the market.

Nice one David. Cool pics. I’m glad you liked Melbourne. Most of those people enjoying the market would have no idea that they owe it’s continued existence to the activism of brickie’s labourers! And even though I’m familiar with the story of the Green Bans, when I looked at the full list in the wiki article of the buildings and parklands and public sites which were saved from being demolished I was shocked. Pretty much everything that makes Melbourne worthwhile would have been converted into an office block!

My first fulltime job was as a brickie’s labourer.

Hope the soup turned out good.

Thanks mate, I’ve been throwing all my vegetable scraps into a big ziploc bag in the freezer and making a stock out of it every couple of weekends. It’s really good.

Well y’all knew it had to happen! Food photos!

Looks great Ron. James Joyce called The Odyssey ‘that poem about food’ and sometimes I think about the Guardians thread the same way!

Yeah, I’ve never felt more in-the-way in my life than I did in London. After London, I think the most densely populated place I’ve been in England was The Sheffield Tap when Jack and I stopped in for one last pint before I caught my train down to Bath. The place was packed like a sardine can!

Nice one Barrett, luckily the Sheffield Tap wasn’t as crowded when Jack and I had a pint there. I think the worst crowd crush experience I had was when I unthinkingly got on the Tokyo subway at about 8:30 am on a weekday to go to the airport!

Hey Leon cudgee it’s good to see you, I was just wondering how you were the other day. How’s that Waynorth Lambsfoot going? I bet it has some nice patina by now.

 

[Onebigbill]

Thanks pal!


Simply beautiful Ebony John! Good luck with your todo list!


Beautiful Hartshead Bill! A very well kept lawn my friend! I’m embarrassed of my lawn right now. Hopefully we’ll make some major improvements through the fall!


Thanks Jack! It’s a beautiful knife my friend!

Thanks a lot Ron. My wife Kathi and I love yard work but as we grow older I must admit that we've hired young high schoolers (man child) to do some of the more mundane and laborious tasks. Between the fungal attack, insects, and moles, etc. it keeps us very busy and entertained

Enjoying a post-workout Sausage Sammich

John, A tasty looking sandwich and a very nice knife.

And then the sciatic nerve starts to make you feel special!

Thank you very much, John! It's the Mrs. for sure....I kill cactus!

Thanks again, my friend!

Thanks, Jack! When we lived in the country, we had a very large garden, and our neighbor would come over and plow up the area for us, but I don't think we could keep up with one that size anymore.

Thank you, Rob! We've already used some for Fajitas!

Thank you very much, Harvey! The gardening is somewhat therapeutic, until the bugs cause problems!

She's a mess, loving dog to us, but cranky to the poor Cocker Spaniel!

We have established stops along our trip as well, wine, pistachios, antique stores, aliens in Roswell !

Well, I guess it never registered with my brain you called it "Valley Jack"! I blame the meds!

It sure has a gorgeous translucent amber color, Bill!

Thanks, Harvey! I loved the pie too....a bit too much!

Both very sweet, Harvey!!

Sharp photo, Jack!

Very cool pic, Jack!


A "Heartshead Barlow" you say? Hum, I like it!!
Nice photo, Ron!

Aye, that should get their attention!

Sounds like a full day!
To go with your coffee mug this morning...

Beautiful yard! Great photo of your HHB, such vibrant color on your covers!

I guess it's better than the "kids Pool" View attachment 1363837
...Just Kidding!




My uncle made my aunt cary a bottle of Tabasco and a jar of jalapenos in he purse, he said the food wasn't ever spicy enough, and they lived in SW New Mexico!

Great photos of some spicy Lambsfoot, guys!

Your Big-un is looking good, Ed!
But if you can drink a beer, I guess not all is bad?

She blinded me with science!

Again, sorry if I missed anyone, after yesterday's blotched attempt at posting.

Have a great week, Guardians!

Great looking lambfoot knife Dennis

Thank you Jack.


Much respect for having your priorities straight. Hartshead, Beer and good books to read.

Good Morning Guardians.
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Harvey, I have a 7.65 mm ACP that my Dad liberated during the Battle of the Bulge. I think that it is the same as a 32 cal. Your take?

 

[Half/Stop]

A "Heartshead Barlow" you say? Hum, I like it!!
Nice photo, Ron!

She blinded me with science!

Again, sorry if I missed anyone, after yesterday's blotched attempt at posting.

Have a great week, Guardians!

Thanks for the compliment Dennis! Hope you have a great week too my friend!

Looks great Ron. James Joyce called The Odyssey ‘that poem about food’ and sometimes I think about the Guardians thread the same way!

Now one can accuse the Guardians of not enjoying their food and drink! Thanks for the photos Chin. Stay safe out there my friend!

 

[Onebigbill]

My Dad would have been proud of that yard, he was all about the yard work.

Thanks John. Besides my lawn I am also into collector cars and knives too. I sold my last and favorite car; a 1962 Morgan plus 4. My finest effort next to my favorite knife. The lawn, BTW, is pictured here from my former residence - 3 acres of mowed yard.

 

[Onebigbill]

Thanks Ron Beautiful photo



By the time I got to teaching, chalk was long gone I'm afraid When I was a kid, teachers just threw the chalk to get attention, and if that didn't work, they'd throw the board-rubber!

Sounds like a busy day John, good to see you've got a good helper along with you



Nice photos Bill



I find them head and shoulders above the rest in terms of sharpness Bill, and love using a fresh blade I've not used their single-edged blades, but get a few out of the double-edged blades usually - except in my open-comb razor, which really eats them up. I've started using Astras in that. Thank you very much kind sir

Yes Jack, I too use Astra SP blades( in my double edge - Rex Ambassador).

 

[Half/Stop]

Thanks John. Besides my lawn I am also into collector cars and knives too. I sold my last and favorite car; a 1962 Morgan plus 4. My finest effort next to my favorite knife. The lawn, BTW, is pictured here from my former residence - 3 acres of mowed yard.
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Wow! What a beautiful Morgan! Your Hartshead is also a standout with that Carmel Stag Bill!

 

[JohnDF]

John, A tasty looking sandwich and a very nice knife.

Thank you, Bill.

 

[Jack Black]

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Nice stripes Chuck

Thank you Jack.


Much respect for having your priorities straight. Hartshead, Beer and good books to read.

Good Morning Guardians.
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Thanks buddy Cool pic Harvey, I looked at it on my phone first, and was thinking that was your AC, I figured you had a .25 there rather than a .32!

And then the sciatic nerve starts to make you feel special!

Thanks, Jack! When we lived in the country, we had a very large garden, and our neighbor would come over and plow up the area for us, but I don't think we could keep up with one that size anymore.

That must have been big Dennis! When I was young, I loved gardening, but I don't have the back for it anymore!

Sharp photo, Jack!

Very cool pic, Jack!

Thanks a lot pal, great seeing you here

Aye, that should get their attention!

Sounds like a full day!
To go with your coffee mug this morning...

Beautiful yard! Great photo of your HHB, such vibrant color on your covers!

I guess it's better than the "kids Pool" View attachment 1363837
...Just Kidding!

...

She blinded me with science!

Again, sorry if I missed anyone, after yesterday's blotched attempt at posting.

Have a great week, Guardians!

LOL! Hope you have a great week too Dennis

 

[Jack Black]

Hey Guardians, I hope you all had a good weekend!

Thanks Jack.

Yes, those people I was chatting to about oysters in the St Georges Market seemed genuinely curious. I concluded they might have been from a rural inland area - either that or they were just used to eating processed prepackaged food!

Those recipes sound very tasty.

For an island nation, folks here eat surprisingly little fish and shellfish Chin, even less so during my lifetime. I remember when pubs in working-class districts in London, would put free seafood on the bar on Sunday lunchtimes, not oysters, but cockles, mussels, whelks, etc. They were referred to as 'Sunday treats' by the locals. Even as a young man, it was common to see a feller going round the Sheffield pubs of an evening, selling seafood from a basket. Those days are long past unfortunately

Sorry to hear about the wasted good coffee! Can you just put your bag in the washing machine? Or does it have leather parts which would prevent that method of cleaning? I have a weakness for good coffee too. I only have one cup per day, in the morning when I get up, but it’s the equivalent of about four espresso cups! If I spill a single drop on my hands or clothes, I can smell it for the rest of the day!

No leather parts on that sack, but washing takes all the proofing out of the fabric, and they never really recover I don't think. I am just the same Chin, occassionally I might have a second coffee, but usually I only have one cup a day, so it has to be good and strong. I put two big handfuls of beans into my hand-grinder for a cup

That’s funny about the passports. Although when they say politics makes strange bedfellows, I think those bedfellows are usually Incompetence and Corruption!

And we have both of those in abundance my friend!

My brother’s wife is South African, and she tells me the old apartheid era passports were known as The Green Mamba, both for their colour, and the speed with which customs officials of other countries would recoil from it when presented to them!

LOL! Yeah, there has been a massive scramble for Irish passports! Unfortunately, I can't trade two Irish great-grandfathers for one Irish grandfather, or I'd be applying myself!

Thanks for the HBO Watchmen tip, I wasn’t aware of that series.

Check it out mate, I think you'll like it

I was down at Phillip Island on the weekend and these highland cattle certainly would have had pretty sharp haircuts back then!

Nice one David. Cool pics. I’m glad you liked Melbourne. Most of those people enjoying the market would have no idea that they owe it’s continued existence to the activism of brickie’s labourers! And even though I’m familiar with the story of the Green Bans, when I looked at the full list in the wiki article of the buildings and parklands and public sites which were saved from being demolished I was shocked. Pretty much everything that makes Melbourne worthwhile would have been converted into an office block!

My first fulltime job was as a brickie’s labourer.

Incredible piece of history my friend, and a great pic

Thanks mate, I’ve been throwing all my vegetable scraps into a big ziploc bag in the freezer and making a stock out of it every couple of weekends. It’s really good.

Hey, great tip

Great start to the day

Nice one Barrett, luckily the Sheffield Tap wasn’t as crowded when Jack and I had a pint there. I think the worst crowd crush experience I had was when I unthinkingly got on the Tokyo subway at about 8:30 am on a weekday to go to the airport!

Superb pics Chin

Thanks John. Besides my lawn I am also into collector cars and knives too. I sold my last and favorite car; a 1962 Morgan plus 4. My finest effort next to my favorite knife. The lawn, BTW, is pictured here from my former residence - 3 acres of mowed yard.
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Beautiful car Bill, and that is quite a lawn!

Yes Jack, I too use Astra SP blades( in my double edge - Rex Ambassador).

Barrett @btb01 kindly introduced me to them Bill I was thinking of you when I poured my first Rust Nail earlier (using Bushmills today) When I was taking the photo, I noticed 'The Isle of Skye Liqueur' for the first time! I couldn't remember seeing that before, but after checking some older photos, it seems they've been using that label for a while (even though it's been produced on the mainland for over a century) Maybe I'll try it with Talisker sometime, though I'm reluctant to use a decent Malt

 

[5K Qs]

My pleasure, GT. I’m not sure, but if you mean the saplings all tied together I’d guess it’s the beginnings of a rudimentary paling fence, possibly to protect their vegetable or berry plantings. The wallabies and possums in this area would make short work of any seedlings overnight. In fact it’s one of the reasons why I favour chilli plants in the garden! I should add that given the timeframe that this area was settled (1890s onwards) I wouldn’t be surprised if some of the pioneer characters in those old photos had Lambsfoot knives in their pockets.

Thanks for your conjectures, Chin.

Thanks GT. Oh no, after your last few posts, I now have an indelible image of you wearing your signature bandit style crossed bandoliers loaded down with Lambsfoot knives, and a colander - or is that a sieve - on your head!

I do almost always wear suspenders, and I suppose I could try crossing them over my chest as a fashion statement. (But it would complicate some bathroom trips! ) And a colander as headwear would provide welcome ventilation in the current summer weather.

Yes, it's the sort of thing that would only sound a good idea to a teenager!

Cool pic Gary, Valley Jack looks quite different, I'm going to have to try doing the same Not sure it'd make a lot of difference with my ebony carry today though

Your ebony lambsfoot itself wouldn't be transformed radically by going monochrome, but you often have colorful backgrounds that could be interesting in black&white.

New A. Wright arrival from across the pond this week!
...

Congrats on the sparkling snakewood lambsfoot, @SnackPack!

It's black, it's morning, it's wound care day, it's never going to end. It sucks.

Hang in there, ED. Looking back, you've made remarkable progress so far, haven't you?

I don’t recall an IKEA Cookie, GT. That was too many cookies ago.

Thank you GT.

Super B&W Valley Jack images, Bud.

Thanks for your replies, Harvey. (I'm not sure I could ever forget the IKEA cookies I'm thinking of. )

Figured another picture to close out the day couldn't hurt.

That is one BOSS lambsfoot barlow, ED!

Good morning Guardians! The big’un decided to show off its backside this morning! Hope y’all have a great day!

Abstract Art, Ron!

...
Here's an older picture of the rosewood big'un that I'm carrying today.

Your big rosewood is a dandy, Rachel!

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Saturday

From the vault for Stag Saturday!

I was not familiar with that problem, Gary, so I had to google it. I think I have a solution, but it requires swimming.

Swimming might be outside the "rules of the game" for the 18th century Königsbergers!

I had not seen that thread, pretty cool though. I am glad you enjoyed the Razorback matchbook. I am from south Arkansas and there are plenty of Razorback fans there for sure.

I sure do admire your curvaceous stag lambsfoot, Les!

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R is for Rosewood: in pocket today.
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Rockin' pic of your rosewood lambsfoot in its capital R, Greg!

Thanks Gary! Valley Jack is a beautiful knife my friend!

Thanks, Ron.

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And so is the portrait...

Good Afternoon Guardians
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I appreciate the photo compliment, Harvey.
You must have a quorum in the Lambsfoot Senate by now!

Old pic, but the jasmine is blooming in my yard.
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Good to see your AC, Vince!

...
Thanks GT. I hope that snow Valley Jack is resting near isn't anything to do with those recent Californian flakes.
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Inspired by Les's post.

I hope you all have a great summer solstice planned.

That was an old winter photo of Valley Jack that I posted on a day that it was 90˚F here.
Cool photo of your stag HHB with the box of matches! Is the Channel swimming mention supposed to indicate the quality of the matches? "These matches will light even when wet."

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Good afternoon Guardians - just got back from the links. Decided to treat myself for Father's Day. Hope all you fathers out there have a real fine weekend - mine's shaping up just great.
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Such a pro photo, Bill!

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but we do have an espalier Meyer Lemon tree that is heavy with young lemons and threatening to succumb to its own weight. So, out came the carving hatchet and the lambsfoot.
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As usual, having a lambsfoot at hand made one of life’s chores a bit more fun.

I hope there are a few other lambsfoot knives getting a weekend workout courtesy of their Guardians today. Ya’ll know that working breeds get bored and mischievous if they aren’t put to use, right?

Thanks for the action shots of the lambsfoot at work, Greg!

At least I'm a stake-holder

What if I were dyslexic and became a skate-holder?
Time for my supper - I wish I were a steak-holder.

Jigged bone lambsfoot is a rare breed here; very nice, José!

The golden glow of Guardians 19 (Valley Jack) is awesome.

I'm grateful for your kind words, José.

Since it's Monday, I've rotated my knives again, and my lambsfoot this week is Black Jack, the Guardians ebony lambsfoot:


- GT

 

[Onebigbill]

Thanks for your conjectures, Chin.


I do almost always wear suspenders, and I suppose I could try crossing them over my chest as a fashion statement. (But it would complicate some bathroom trips! ) And a colander as headwear would provide welcome ventilation in the current summer weather.



Your ebony lambsfoot itself wouldn't be transformed radically by going monochrome, but you often have colorful backgrounds that could be interesting in black&white.


Congrats on the sparkling snakewood lambsfoot, @SnackPack!


Hang in there, ED. Looking back, you've made remarkable progress so far, haven't you?


Thanks for your replies, Harvey. (I'm not sure I could ever forget the IKEA cookies I'm thinking of. )


That is one BOSS lambsfoot barlow, ED!


Abstract Art, Ron!


Your big rosewood is a dandy, Rachel!


From the vault for Stag Saturday!


Swimming might be outside the "rules of the game" for the 18th century Königsbergers!


I sure do admire your curvaceous stag lambsfoot, Les!


Rockin' pic of your rosewood lambsfoot in its capital R, Greg!


Thanks, Ron.


I appreciate the photo compliment, Harvey.
You must have a quorum in the Lambsfoot Senate by now!


Good to see your AC, Vince!

That was an old winter photo of Valley Jack that I posted on a day that it was 90˚F here.
Cool photo of your stag HHB with the box of matches! Is the Channel swimming mention supposed to indicate the quality of the matches? "These matches will light even when wet."


Such a pro photo, Bill!


Thanks for the action shots of the lambsfoot at work, Greg!



What if I were dyslexic and became a skate-holder?
Time for my supper - I wish I were a steak-holder.


Jigged bone lambsfoot is a rare breed here; very nice, José!


I'm grateful for your kind words, José.

Since it's Monday, I've rotated my knives again, and my lambsfoot this week is Black Jack, the Guardians ebony lambsfoot:
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- GT

Thx GT. Some photos are better than others. Guess it's just dumb luck

 

[JohnDF]

From the vault for Stag Saturday!

Yes indeed.... My most prized knife in my collection.

A Black Beauty, GT.

 

[AnW]

Just received this awesome care package from Jack Black . I couldn't be happier, the Ebony Big Un is fantastic and the extra souvenirs are a great touch. Thanks! I know what knife I'll be carrying the rest of the week! Better photos tomorrow.

 

[Prester John]

Just received this awesome care package from Jack Black . I couldn't be happier, the Ebony Big Un is fantastic and the extra souvenirs are a great touch. Thanks! I know what knife I'll be carrying the rest of the week! Better photos tomorrow.

 

[Onebigbill]

For an island nation, folks here eat surprisingly little fish and shellfish Chin, even less so during my lifetime. I remember when pubs in working-class pubs in London, would put free seafood on the bar on Sunday lunchtimes, not oysters, but cockles, mussels, whelks, etc. They were referred to as 'Sunday treats' by the locals. Even as a young man, it was common to see a feller going round the Sheffield pubs of an evening, selling seafood from a basket. Those days are long past unfortunately



No leather parts on that sack, but washing takes all the proofing out of the fabric, and they never really recover I don't think. I am just the same Chin, occassionally I might have a second coffee, but usually I only have one cup a day, so it has to be good and strong. I put two big handfuls of beans into my hand-grinder for a cup



And we both of those in abundance my friend!



LOL! Yeah, there has been a massive scramble for Irish passports! Unfortunately, I can't trade two Irish great-grandfathers for one Irish grandfather, or I'd be applying myself!



Check it out mate, I think you'll like it







Incredible piece of history my friend, and a great pic



Hey, great tip



Great start to the day







Superb pics Chin



Beautiful car Bill, and that is quite a lawn!

Barrett @btb01 kindly introduced you to them Bill I was thinking of you when I poured my first Rust Nail earlier (using Bushmills today) When I was taking the photo, I noticed 'The Isle of Skye Liqueur' for the first time! I couldn't remember seeing that before, but after checking some older photos, it seems they've been using that label for a while (even if though it's been produced on the mainland for over a century) Maybe I'll try it with Talisker sometime, though I'm reluctant to use a decent Malt

I notice in your picture of the Morgans that there are three Plus 4s and a plus 8. Nice get together. The Drambuie is a unique liqueur and I always use Dewars for my rusty nails.

My single malts are strictly reserved for drinking neat. With the exception of my Glenlivet 18 year old all my regular single malts hail from Islay.

Almost forgot to thank you for the kind words regarding my lawn...thanks!

 

[JohnDF]

Just received this awesome care package from Jack Black . I couldn't be happier, the Ebony Big Un is fantastic and the extra souvenirs are a great touch. Thanks! I know what knife I'll be carrying the rest of the week! Better photos tomorrow.

Awesome gift package.
Well done, Jack.

 

[cudgee]

Hey Guardians, I hope you all had a good weekend!

Thanks Jack.

Yes, those people I was chatting to about oysters in the St Georges Market seemed genuinely curious. I concluded they might have been from a rural inland area - either that or they were just used to eating processed prepackaged food!

Those recipes sound very tasty.

Sorry to hear about the wasted good coffee! Can you just put your bag in the washing machine? Or does it have leather parts which would prevent that method of cleaning? I have a weakness for good coffee too. I only have one cup per day, in the morning when I get up, but it’s the equivalent of about four espresso cups! If I spill a single drop on my hands or clothes, I can smell it for the rest of the day!

That’s funny about the passports. Although when they say politics makes strange bedfellows, I think those bedfellows are usually Incompetence and Corruption!

My brother’s wife is South African, and she tells me the old apartheid era passports were known as The Green Mamba, both for their colour, and the speed with which customs officials of other countries would recoil from it when presented to them!

Thanks for the HBO Watchmen tip, I wasn’t aware of that series.


Yes, I guess a bottle opener isn’t usually a traditional pairing with a Lambsfoot blade, but then again, the cutlers who designed the old patterns which have now become classics weren’t so much looking to the past as they were trying to make useful pocket tools. I usually hold the caplifter by the blade if I’m doing some light prying or screw tightening, so I don’t put sideways pressure on the pivot pin.


Hang in there Ed, this too shall pass. But no hotsauce? That is rough!

Seriously, I hope you’re on the mend, mate.



I was down at Phillip Island on the weekend and these highland cattle certainly would have had pretty sharp haircuts back then!

Nice one David. Cool pics. I’m glad you liked Melbourne. Most of those people enjoying the market would have no idea that they owe it’s continued existence to the activism of brickie’s labourers! And even though I’m familiar with the story of the Green Bans, when I looked at the full list in the wiki article of the buildings and parklands and public sites which were saved from being demolished I was shocked. Pretty much everything that makes Melbourne worthwhile would have been converted into an office block!

My first fulltime job was as a brickie’s labourer.


Thanks mate, I’ve been throwing all my vegetable scraps into a big ziploc bag in the freezer and making a stock out of it every couple of weekends. It’s really good.


Looks great Ron. James Joyce called The Odyssey ‘that poem about food’ and sometimes I think about the Guardians thread the same way!

Nice one Barrett, luckily the Sheffield Tap wasn’t as crowded when Jack and I had a pint there. I think the worst crowd crush experience I had was when I unthinkingly got on the Tokyo subway at about 8:30 am on a weekday to go to the airport!

Hey Leon cudgee it’s good to see you, I was just wondering how you were the other day. How’s that Waynorth Lambsfoot going? I bet it has some nice patina by now.

Mate, she has Patina'd up beautifully, and if there were any rough spots on the scales they have all been smoothed off now with use. A really well weighted knife that feels so comfortable in the hand.

 

[Half/Stop]

Abstract Art, Ron!

Now that you mention it!

Just received this awesome care package from Jack Black . I couldn't be happier, the Ebony Big Un is fantastic and the extra souvenirs are a great touch. Thanks! I know what knife I'll be carrying the rest of the week! Better photos tomorrow.

Very nice and thoughtful gift package! That Ebony big’un is a thing of beauty! Well done Jack Black!