Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

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working-class districts in London, would put free seafood on the bar on Sunday lunchtimes, not oysters, but cockles, mussels, whelks,

No jellied eels?

 

[Prester John]

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!

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Laphraig is my favorite spirit, much less scotch.

 

[AnW]

Pardon the mediocre photo of three pretty darn nice knives ...

 

[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.

"Politics make strange bedfellows" usually incompetence and corruption. Another one to add to that-" In politics incompetence always finds it's own level, and the more incompetent you are the higher you shall rise."

 

[rockman0]

Thanks John

Fabulous knife.

Very photogenic stag on your HHB, Bill

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Thanks Bill

Rob, a great looking knife. Very unusual blade combination (well, to me anyway).

You are welcome Gary, and that's a very nice black and white photo

Thanks for the bone bonanza, Rob!
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- GT

Thanks Gary, we had a good trip, my wife has a dental appointment tomorrow so we didn't spend as much time in Missouri as we would have liked but we made some progress with the new floors going down, almost done and of course had a couple of beers in the late afternoon.

Have a good trip, Rob. Thanks for the superb knife photo!



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Nice shot of your HHB John

Nice to see that old Blackwell still gets around with you Jack

Thought I'd have a Double Lambsfoot Day

Love the stag Ron

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!

Took me awhile to catch up on this thread, 10 or so pages behind, hope all everyone had a good weekend

 

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Love the stag Ron

Took me awhile to catch up on this thread, 10 or so pages behind, hope all everyone had a good weekend

Thanks for the compliment Rob! That IPA is not the only thing that is Smooth and Silky! That beautiful old Lambsfoot certainly is too!

 

[WhittlinAway]

Pardon the mediocre photo of three pretty darn nice knives ...

Pardons need never be requested for lambsfoot pics. The knives make the photos and yours are splendid.

 

[cigarrodog]

Both very sweet, Harvey!!

Thank you kindly, Dennis.

She blinded me with science!

Cool image, Dennis.

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

Smashing images, Chin. Always a treat.

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?

Yes. 7.65 mm is a 32 Cal., same as my Seecamp. My Dad fought and was wounded at the Battle of Bulge.He was in the 3rd Armored Division. Love to see a pic. A 32 cal. is a “belly gun.” Good concealment.

I inherited from my father-in-law, who was an MP in Paris who liberated from a POW, a 25 cal officer’s pistol.

 

[cigarrodog]

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!

Many thanks, Jack.

You must have a quorum in the Lambsfoot Senate by now!

Just received this awesome care package from Jack Black .

Very generous and thoughtful. Enjoy!

 

[Jack Black]

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.

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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Great to see Black Jack GT

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.

I'm glad you finally got your prize! Hope you enjoy using it

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!

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I'll see if I can find some more pics Bill I took that photo at a local canal festival we went to, not sure who organised the Morgans, a local club I imagine

I'm with you on the Malts Bill, far too precious to dilute Excellent composition

Awesome gift package.
Well done, Jack.

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

Thanks guys

No jellied eels?

LOL! I don't think so Jer, but there could have been I guess. I've never had them

 

[Jack Black]

Nice to see that old Blackwell still gets around with you Jack

Many thanks Rob, I always enjoy carrying it I hope your wife goes on OK at the dentists today

I inherited from my father-in-law, who was an MP in Paris who liberated from a POW, a 25 cal officer’s pistol.
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That is quite an heirloom Harvey, great pics

Good Morning Guardians, hope everyone's week is going well so far I thought I'd drop my AC in my pocket today Have a good day Guardians

 

[Pt-Luso]

Cool picture, Jose.

Many thanks, John.

 

[Pt-Luso]

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

Many thanks, Gary.

 

[Pt-Luso]

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

Beautiful pose of your Black Jack.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[donn]

Don't run out of that David!

LOL! Did you hear about this?

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/sheffield-man-appalled-morrisons-sub-18372294

Personally though any right thinking Yorkshireman who actually allows their stock of Hendersons to get so low as to actually run out, should be deported.

To Blackburn....

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

Delicious!

But movies really were better then.

We have a TV channel here in the UK Talking Pictures that shows nothing but old movies and programmes from 1930 to about 1970. It's the only thing that can get me to turn the telly on nowadays.

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!

After mentioning that in my post the other day, I spent some time looking at a couple lists of countries and cities ranked by their population density. The numbers at the top of the lists gave me anxiety!

I’ve been through Amarillo several times driving from Arizona to Arkansas and back. I looked through my phone (you can view photos by location on a map, which is convenient) to see if I had taken any pictures there, but this was all I had, the sun coming up just outside Amarillo.

Oh London is horrible. How people like living like that I don't know. But one of my brothers lives in Kalkata in India which is 20million or something like that and wouldn't change it for the world.

That's a stunning photo of the sunrise!

Thank you David. Me too. I was shy about posting it, because it was so odd. What a splendid array of nice images.

Christopher Johnson Western Works.

Thanks Harvey. Those cufflinks are fantastic and must of taken some real skill. If I could do it all again horologist would be one of the jobs that would be on the very short list.
That Christopher Johnson looks great.

stocking up in case there's another Beerpocalypse!

I'd of made our politicos drink it. ALL of it.

Happy Monday Guardians. Another sunny morning here in southern NC. I hope all you fathers out there had a nice Fathers Day. Going to do some yard work today and I will have my trusty HHB by my side. Repeat photo of my stag HHB.

Looks like a lovely home you have there Bill.

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!

We had a teacher that was known to throw chairs. But of course this was back in the day when teachers would receive gratitude off the parents for disciplining their children and not lawsuits.

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.

Good on you Chin! You can be proud of what you achieved with Melbourne then. Especially when you compare it to our large cities in the UK which are just plain are awful. Of course we had WWII to thank for some of it, but you can't blame that for what the powers that be allowed to be built afterwards.

Your winters look better than our winters.

I sold my last and favorite car; a 1962 Morgan plus 4. My finest effort next to my favorite knife.
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Bill why'd you sell your Morgan?? Stunning cars!

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

Jack, even in semi-rural Lancashire here we had chaps come round the pubs with baskets selling cockles and mussels and that was still going on into the mid-90's? I'm can't say when it stopped, though I certainly don't recall seeing any in York pubs when I moved there in 2000.

Is the Channel swimming mention supposed to indicate the quality of the matches? "These matches will light even when wet."
- GT

Haha GT no not quite. Captain Webb was the first person to swim the English Channel- specifically the Dover Strait, the narrowest part, which separates England and France by about 22 miles. Swimmers from around the world still do this. Not only is it one of world's busiest shipping lanes but it also has among the world's strongest tides and currents.

https://www.channelswimmingdover.org.uk/content/history

Captain Webb became a genuine celebrity and his name was associated with all sorts of goods; what we would call nowadays celebrity endorsement.
Here's his Wiki page which tells it better than I can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Webb

No jellied eels?

There's still one cafe left in London.

https://www.goddardsatgreenwich.co.uk/

Yes. 7.65 mm is a 32 Cal., same as my Seecamp. My Dad fought and was wounded at the Battle of Bulge.He was in the 3rd Armored Division. Love to see a pic. A 32 cal. is a “belly gun.” Good concealment.

I inherited from my father-in-law, who was an MP in Paris who liberated from a POW, a 25 cal officer’s pistol.
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That's a great story about your dad Harvey. Do you still shoot it?

 

[5K Qs]

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Father's Day.
Going to the lake today and hang out with my Wife's family.

No fishing this trip... Just BBQ and Beer.

Sounds like a good time, John. I'll bet the in-laws are impressed by that ebony WCLF!

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That jigged bone WCLF is also ravishing!

Buffalo Horn and Pere David this morning. It's going to be a trying day. The wife is watching a marathon showing of "Yellowstone" all afternoon and then the new season opener tonight. Not a bad program but there's only so much I can take.

Dynamic duo, ED!
I hope you found things to entertain you during the Yellowstone-fest.

To Have and Have Not. I believe Lauren Bacall and Walter Brennan are in it. Haven't seen it in years. But movies really were better then.

You know how to whistle, don't you, Vince?

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I’ve been through Amarillo several times driving from Arizona to Arkansas and back. I looked through my phone (you can view photos by location on a map, which is convenient) to see if I had taken any pictures there, but this was all I had, the sun coming up just outside Amarillo.
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Lambsfoot content: a quick pic I took of my Rosewood Lambsfoot this morning.
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Couple of cool photos, Barrett! Looks like you can see for miles around Amarillo!

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Now you're talking! Although, when it comes to bottles of Tapatío, I favor the big 'un.

Edit: actually, 10 oz is the medium 'un. I'd forgotten for a moment that they make a 32 oz and just discovered that they also sell 1 gallon jugs. But that's OK, that's a medium 'un lambsfoot, too.

I've never heard of Tapatío, but those are a couple of nice lambsfoots you gents have paired with the hot sauce bottles!

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Father’s Day was a most pleasant day. Fresh from the oven, raisin Sourdough loaf and cupcakes. Nothing says loving like fresh from the oven.
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Christopher Johnson Western Works.

That knife looks similar to tasty baked good!

Hello to my fellow Guardians, please accept my apologies for being missing in action for so long, i do feel guilty, because i know how much all people of the Lambfoot care and worry about each other. ...

Thanks for stopping by; sounds like you've been busy doing good work!

Just starting another Sheffield history book

Is that really the author's name, or is there some kind of Photoshop magic going on here??

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
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Did you make it through the list, John? That would be an impressive Monday!

Unusually-named Sheffield pub

Interesting! It's definitely a better name for a pub than "The Sheep Dip".

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.

Splendid knife, ED!
I'm not surprised that mustard can be hot, but I don't think of ketchup that way.

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Looking good!

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!

Gotta admit that your stops sound more interesting to me than quilt shops!
Believe it or not, there's often some kind of method to my madness when I name lambsfoot knives!

She blinded me with science!

Cool pic!

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.

Good hint, Chin!

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

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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Nice wheels, Bill!

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

I can certainly relate to that, Bill.

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


A Black Beauty, GT.

Thanks, 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.

Congrats on the highly-desirable care package!
Way to go, Jack!

Black Jack in the woodlot:


- GT

 

[Jack Black]

LOL! Did you hear about this?

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/sheffield-man-appalled-morrisons-sub-18372294

Personally though any right thinking Yorkshireman who actually allows their stock of Hendersons to get so low as to actually run out, should be deported.

To Blackburn....

Barbarians!

Good point though David

I'd of made our politicos drink it. ALL of it.

We had a teacher that was known to throw chairs. But of course this was back in the day when teachers would receive gratitude off the parents for disciplining their children and not lawsuits.

Blimey! They were a strange generation of teachers When I was 7, one of my teachers once tied me to a chair with a skipping rope to stop me talking to my pal!

Jack, even in semi-rural Lancashire here we had chaps come round the pubs with baskets selling cockles and mussels and that was still going on into the mid-90's? I'm can't say when it stopped, though I certainly don't recall seeing any in York pubs when I moved there in 2000.

A mate of my dad's did it. It was a sort of franchise you bought into. A shame it disappeared

Is that really the author's name, or is there some kind of Photoshop magic going on here??

LOL! I hadn't noticed before Gary! I knew a feller, back in the 80's, with the same surname. He was notoriously cantankerous, so we dubbed him 'Lambo'!

Interesting! It's definitely a better name for a pub than "The Sheep Dip".

It's very unusual

Way to go, Jack!

Black Jack in the woodlot:
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Thanks buddy, great pic of Black Jack

 

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Good Morning Guardians, hope everyone's week is going well so far I thought I'd drop my AC in my pocket today Have a good day Guardians

That’s one of my favorite photos of your AC Jack!

That jigged bone WCLF is also ravishing!

Black Jack in the woodlot:

Thanks Gary! Black Jack is looking good my friend!

 

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Good morning Guardians! Raining here today so my activity will be indoors. I’m going to be carrying my Waynorth Cutlery Jigged Bone Lambsfoot! Have a safe and productive day!