Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack. The wee stag is one of my favorites. It does get mistaken for an A.C. sometimes, but we can tell the difference by the plain bolster.

'Course we can

I still need a Little 'Un and a Big 'Un... and maybe something in Bone.

Unless you can get vintage, I think the way to go is to buy the Sheffield ones as cheap as you can, and then get one of our resident modders and fettlers, to make you something nice! Wright's 'jigged bone' sucks!

Here's a couple SFOs from Jack Jack Black .

Looking good Ed, great pics Better than reading about your flatulence when I'm drinking my beer!

I was one of em. Little did I know. Spectacular showing of your SFOs, from you and the other Guardians. What an undertaking to produce your SFOs. Of course there are ones I wish I around for, but I’m grateful for the ones I have. Kudos.

Good Morning Guardians.

My SFO Senator with a portion-controlled, Cheesecake Factory, BBQ Burger and Keylime pie cheesecake. Curbside pickup, of course.
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We seemed to be on a roll at the time Harvey! Who knew the well would get poisoned? Thank you my friend, having become stuck on my stag Hartshead Barlow, I probably don't show my others enough Those knives really were a lot of work, but I like your attitude Harvey, they're only knives at the end of the day

Now THAT is not just a burger and pie! Very cool And a nice choice of cutlery if I may say so

Good day Guardians! It's been awhile since I've posted here, but today's a good day because I've got my AC with me and I had a small adventure.

I recently took my family to Texas for a holiday, but I had to fly back to Florida for a "virtual" conference for work. Since then, I've been at home getting extra work done (and one of a few house projects) until I go back to pick them up and drive at the end of the month. This weekend one o our local blueberry farms is having its last picking of the season, with reduced prices ($1.50/lb!!), so I decided to get up early and go out. I took my hat in case the sun came out, but it was very overcast.

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There weren't many rows with ripe blueberries, but they had a few marked out with red flags and I found a few non-flagged rows with a cluster here and a stray berry there. In the first few minutes, I had a good start.

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There weren't many folks there when I got started, so I had plenty of opportunity to meander, eat a few berries, and observe and listen to the wildlife. I saw a very interesting climbing vine/weed with red flowers. Unfortunately the only birds were loud-mouthed crows, but I did find quite a few interesting bugs on the blueberry trees, and there was a spider here and there which had set a web across the path and had lots of flies to catch. I didn't snap any pictures of them, however.

By the end, which was about 90 minutes or so, I had picked 7 lbs. of blueberries, and had probably eaten a pint myself.
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I took them home, rinsed them, dried them a bit, and put them in freezer bags in the freezer. Now the family can enjoy fresh blueberries when I bring them home.

Great to see you here Joshua What a great pic! I don't know why, but I am always surprised by how young you look, compared to most of us old fellers! It sounds like you've been busy, and that's a great haul of blueberries. I was only wondering earlier how they grow. We mainly get blueberries here too, which are obviously cultivated, but our native species is bilberries, a related plant, which grows wild on the moors. I think they have a better taste, but you'd be up on the moors for a month trying to pick a haul like that! I'm sure your family will be very grateful my friend

What a handsome knife!

I hope everyone is having a good day. Here it has been very dull, but also hot and humid, and I've been inside all day. The sun came out earlier, and I thought I might go and have a beer in the garden, but then the heavens opened, and it rained hard for about an hour! Fine again now, but I've settled in for the night I'm going for a hike tomorrow, so I hope we don't get another downpour like that while I'm out! Having another of my Saltaire Brewery beers tonight, named after the patrician mill-owner, Sir Titus Salt, who named the village, and everything in it, after himself, and who forbade his workers alcohol on pain of eviction and the sack. As many of his employees were children, they probably weren't bothered about going to the pub anyway So cheers Guardians, and 'Up yours Titus!'

 

[Jack Black]

I not sure if the African Rosewood SFO has been mentioned.
Here us mine ( 1 of about 10 ), a generous gift from Jack !

Wonderful pics Dan, and you're right, the small African Rosewood SFO hasn't been mentioned. Yes, 1 of 10. That was another one from last year too I think. I'm glad you have one

 

[cigarrodog]

Now THAT is not just a burger and pie! Very cool And a nice choice of cutlery if I may say so

Thank you kindly, Jack.

So cheers Guardians, and 'Up yours Titus!'

Here! Here!

 

[screened porch]

You can afford two mid-life crises?!

How many do we get?

This is my third.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you kindly, Jack.


Here! Here!

Cheers Harvey, Stout and Bitter, just like me!

This is my third.

 

[Prester John]

Great to see you here Joshua What a great pic! I don't know why, but I am always surprised by how young you look, compared to most of us old fellers! It sounds like you've been busy, and that's a great haul of blueberries. I was only wondering earlier how they grow. We mainly get blueberries here too, which are obviously cultivated, but our native species is bilberries, a related plant, which grows wild on the moors. I think they have a better taste, but you'd be up on the moors for a month trying to pick a haul like that! I'm sure your family will be very grateful my friend

It's nice to see Joshua here, but whom are you calling "old", Jack?

 

[Jack Black]

It's nice to see Joshua here, but whom are you calling "old", Jack?

I know there are a FEW youngsters here Vince

 

[Half/Stop]

Thanks so much Jack and Ron, it's great see all of these beautiful examples in one spot. It would have taken me 100s of pages of digging to find all of these!!

You’re welcome! I’m glad you’re taking a liking to the Lambsfoot!

Fantastic photographic tour de force Ron The horn Big 'Un wasn't an SFO, I think I just picked up 3 of them at the factory

Thank you Jack! And thank you for allowing us the opportunity to possess these beautiful limited edition knives. I’ve always liked similar shaped knives. The #47 Viper from Great Eastern Cutlery and the Sway Back Jack and Gent from Case. Both of course with a Wharncliffe blade. When I discovered the Lambsfoot Blade it was a game changer for me. I know you’re the one mostly responsible for sparking that interest. These Lambsfoot beauties are some of the most cherished knives in my collection. Again, I thank you my friend!

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Friday.

John when you can start your day with a good strong black coffee and a beautiful Ebony Lambsfoot you know you can handle most anytime that comes along!

Fantastic show of all the SFO knives Jack and Rongreat to see them all again

Here's a few pics from yesterday's trip to the dog park. Flat land all around. Those big rocks make a nice back ground for knife pictures.

We like to do our part maintaining the park by watering the grass

And a shot of my lil un on one of the rocks.

Thanks for the kind words Rob! Nice to see the dog enjoying an outing! What a beautiful Humphreys Radiant. I honestly don’t recall seeing it before, but then my memory isn’t what it once was!

Good day Guardians! It's been awhile since I've posted here, but today's a good day because I've got my AC with me and I had a small adventure.

I recently took my family to Texas for a holiday, but I had to fly back to Florida for a "virtual" conference for work. Since then, I've been at home getting extra work done (and one of a few house projects) until I go back to pick them up and drive at the end of the month. This weekend one o our local blueberry farms is having its last picking of the season, with reduced prices ($1.50/lb!!), so I decided to get up early and go out. I took my hat in case the sun came out, but it was very overcast.

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There weren't many rows with ripe blueberries, but they had a few marked out with red flags and I found a few non-flagged rows with a cluster here and a stray berry there. In the first few minutes, I had a good start.

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There weren't many folks there when I got started, so I had plenty of opportunity to meander, eat a few berries, and observe and listen to the wildlife. I saw a very interesting climbing vine/weed with red flowers. Unfortunately the only birds were loud-mouthed crows, but I did find quite a few interesting bugs on the blueberry trees, and there was a spider here and there which had set a web across the path and had lots of flies to catch. I didn't snap any pictures of them, however.

By the end, which was about 90 minutes or so, I had picked 7 lbs. of blueberries, and had probably eaten a pint myself.
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I took them home, rinsed them, dried them a bit, and put them in freezer bags in the freezer. Now the family can enjoy fresh blueberries when I bring them home.

Beautiful berries Joshua!

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you Jack! And thank you for allowing us the opportunity to possess these beautiful limited edition knives. I’ve always liked similar shaped knives. The #47 Viper from Great Eastern Cutlery and the Sway Back Jack and Gent from Case. Both of course with a Wharncliffe blade. When I discovered the Lambsfoot Blade it was a game changer for me. I know you’re the one mostly responsible for sparking that interest. These Lambsfoot beauties are some of the most cherished knives in my collection. Again, I thank you my friend!

Many thanks Ron, you have been here from the beginning It's been quite a journey hasn't it

I'm about to hit the hay here in Yorkshire folks, and I'm heading out for a hike tomorrow. I won't be leaving too early, but if I don't get a chance to post, there's no need to send out a search party Hope everyone is having a great weekend

This is quite a lengthy video, and you might want to skip forward a few times, but I thought it was pretty funny - Middle-aged Sheffield Bloke Shows Off His Lockdown Project - Hic!

 

[JohnDF]

Good day Guardians! It's been awhile since I've posted here, but today's a good day because I've got my AC with me and I had a small adventure.

I recently took my family to Texas for a holiday, but I had to fly back to Florida for a "virtual" conference for work. Since then, I've been at home getting extra work done (and one of a few house projects) until I go back to pick them up and drive at the end of the month. This weekend one o our local blueberry farms is having its last picking of the season, with reduced prices ($1.50/lb!!), so I decided to get up early and go out. I took my hat in case the sun came out, but it was very overcast.

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There weren't many rows with ripe blueberries, but they had a few marked out with red flags and I found a few non-flagged rows with a cluster here and a stray berry there. In the first few minutes, I had a good start.

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There weren't many folks there when I got started, so I had plenty of opportunity to meander, eat a few berries, and observe and listen to the wildlife. I saw a very interesting climbing vine/weed with red flowers. Unfortunately the only birds were loud-mouthed crows, but I did find quite a few interesting bugs on the blueberry trees, and there was a spider here and there which had set a web across the path and had lots of flies to catch. I didn't snap any pictures of them, however.

By the end, which was about 90 minutes or so, I had picked 7 lbs. of blueberries, and had probably eaten a pint myself.
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I took them home, rinsed them, dried them a bit, and put them in freezer bags in the freezer. Now the family can enjoy fresh blueberries when I bring them home.

Great adventure, Joshua. Thanks for taking us along.

Great colors in that one, Dan. Looks like a Christmas card.

I think the way to go is to buy the Sheffield ones as cheap as you can, and then get one of our resident modders and fettlers, to make you something nice!

I've thought about it a time or two.

I'm going for a hike tomorrow,

Hooray!!!
Hope it's enjoyable.

whom are you calling "old", Jack?

Us, I think.

John when you can start your day with a good strong black coffee and a beautiful Ebony Lambsfoot you know you can handle most anytime that comes along!

True words, my friend. Thanks.

Middle-aged Sheffield Bloke Shows Off His Lockdown Project - Hic!

Now I want one for myself... That's pretty cool.

 

[rockman0]

Great flock Rachel

I think these were made in 2018, Jack, and I am the proud carrier of one:

My flock, L to R:

Wee Sambar (2018)
Hartshead in rosewood (2019)
Guardian in horn (2017)
Guardian in ironwood (2019)
non-sfo in rosewood (can't remember, I'm guessing around 2015-ish)
"Bagpipe Ebony" Big'un (2019)

Exemplary ironwood Vince

Found it in the mailbox when I got home yesterday. I have some Kent combs, and told her she should get one of their brushes.

How many do we get?

This is one of my most beautiful knives:

Love that ironwood!

Recovering a knife is a good idea, I have one Glenn recovered with sawcut bone and waiting on the second knife to come home with new horn covers. Both Lambsfoot.

'Course we can



Unless you can get vintage, I think the way to go is to buy the Sheffield ones as cheap as you can, and then get one of our resident modders and fettlers, to make you something nice! Wright's 'jigged bone' sucks!



Looking good Ed, great pics Better than reading about your flatulence when I'm drinking my beer!



We seemed to be on a roll at the time Harvey! Who knew the well would get poisoned? Thank you my friend, having become stuck on my stag Hartshead Barlow, I probably don't show my others enough Those knives really were a lot of work, but I like your attitude Harvey, they're only knives at the end of the day

Now THAT is not just a burger and pie! Very cool And a nice choice of cutlery if I may say so



Great to see you here Joshua What a great pic! I don't know why, but I am always surprised by how young you look, compared to most of us old fellers! It sounds like you've been busy, and that's a great haul of blueberries. I was only wondering earlier how they grow. We mainly get blueberries here too, which are obviously cultivated, but our native species is bilberries, a related plant, which grows wild on the moors. I think they have a better taste, but you'd be up on the moors for a month trying to pick a haul like that! I'm sure your family will be very grateful my friend



What a handsome knife!

I hope everyone is having a good day. Here it has been very dull, but also hot and humid, and I've been inside all day. The sun came out earlier, and I thought I might go and have a beer in the garden, but then the heavens opened, and it rained hard for about an hour! Fine again now, but I've settled in for the night I'm going for a hike tomorrow, so I hope we don't get another downpour like that while I'm out! Having another of my Saltaire Brewery beers tonight, named after the patrician mill-owner, Sir Titus Salt, who named the village, and everything in it, after himself, and who forbade his workers alcohol on pain of eviction and the sack. As many of his employees were children, they probably weren't bothered about going to the pub anyway So cheers Guardians, and 'Up yours Titus!'

Thanks, Don't feel bad Ron, I have the same problem. Now that you brought it up, it's possible we are now headed into another onslaught of memory loss symbolistic colander pictures.

Here's a pile side shot we can all forget about no later than Monday

Thanks for the kind words Rob! Nice to see the dog enjoying an outing! What a beautiful Humphreys Radiant. I honestly don’t recall seeing it before, but then my memory isn’t what it once was!

 

[JTB_5]

Great to see you here Joshua What a great pic! I don't know why, but I am always surprised by how young you look, compared to most of us old fellers! It sounds like you've been busy, and that's a great haul of blueberries. I was only wondering earlier how they grow. We mainly get blueberries here too, which are obviously cultivated, but our native species is bilberries, a related plant, which grows wild on the moors. I think they have a better taste, but you'd be up on the moors for a month trying to pick a haul like that! I'm sure your family will be very grateful my friend

I'm still young enough to keep up with the teenagers in sports--I turn 39 in October--but I've always felt like I had an "old soul," or a taste for things from the past with history and heritage, while still being "young at heart" as they say.

My wife bought some sapling blueberry bushes for our yard, and I've already managed to kill two of them in the heat. The other two are doing well, though, so perhaps in the next few years we'll have some of our own to pick. My dad grew blueberries in our back yard when I was a teenager. They didn't do much the first few years, but they did pretty well after that. I'm very surprised by the variety of flavors that the blueberries have. The farms around here usually have up to 30 varieties because they pollinate better that way, and you can easily taste the difference in sweetness or tartness or finishing taste on the different varieties. It's quite a delightful experience. I love berries of all kinds, so I'm sure I'd enjoy bilberries. Not to mention walking on the moors.

It's nice to see Joshua here, but whom are you calling "old", Jack?

Beautiful berries Joshua!

Thanks, Ron! They're tasty too!

Great adventure, Joshua. Thanks for taking us along.

You're welcome, John. Wish I could share the smells and tastes as well as the sights.

 

[r8shell]

Great flock Rachel

Thank you. That stag on your lambsfoot is just radiant!

 

[Half/Stop]

Recovering a knife is a good idea, I have one Glenn recovered with sawcut bone and waiting on the second knife to come home with new horn covers. Both Lambsfoot.

Thanks, Don't feel bad Ron, I have the same problem. Now that you brought it up, it's possible we are now headed into another onslaught of memory loss symbolistic colander pictures.

Thanks Rob. Looking forward to seeing the finished product. Glenn is a master!

 

[mitch4ging]

Not sure what caught my eye first... The math or the Lambsfoot.

Math....that's what that is! I don't think I understood any of it...and I evan had my shoes off for better counting!

Poor Queequeg. But now they have Dagoo!

Yes! Another rescue pup!

Your Horn Lamb always looks great, no matter the setting.

Thank you much, Harvey!

Good Morning Guardians

Such a great use of colors, great shot Harvey!

On the way to Saltaire Triple Chocolate Imperial Stout island, I diverted to try this unusual Zapato 6.5 Belgian-style IPA. Certainly different. Got another 23 bottles in reserve

Mmmm, looks great, and all the necessary tools on hand!

and Desert Ironwood covers.

When new:

They came in a hinged metal tin, with a small certificate, a Yorkshire Rose pin, and a slip handmade from vintage Yorkshire tweed.

Few pics of the first Guardians Lambsfoot SFO from 2017

Phenomenal body of work, thanks for the tour in time, Jack!! Oh, if we only had a TARDIS to go back!
I daren't ask when the 2020's will be ready!(as I duck down from the fully armed man with LOTS of beer bottles!)

Big-un" Buffalo Horn; Hartshead Rosewood; Hartshead Stag; 2019 Ironwood with Rat Tail bolster

A great lineup, Ed!!

2019 Ironwood! A good year indeed!

Indeed, Ron!

Nice photo, José!

All this reminiscing reminds me I should have gotten a couple more.

But a nice pair to have in hand!

I hate not having an ebony, but feel fortunate to have the ones I have.

Good Morning Guardians and Happy Friday.

Perfect! Just need a sausage biscuit!

And a shot of my lil un on one of the rocks.

Great knife, great photo Rob!

in special-grade buffalo horn and ebony

Beauties in the make!

My flock, L to R:

You really have a nice hurd going, Rachel!

This is one of my most beautiful knives:

Love that ironwood!

It is a handsome example, Vince!

It's a "Wound Care" morning so along with a couple other knives I'll carry this Jack Adams Lambfoot along with me in it's belt sheath. Knife and sheath from a dealer in Germany.

Looks handy, Ed! Because of nerve damage, I got where I hate having things in my pockets, enjoying the belt sheaths.

My SFO Senator with a portion-controlled, Cheesecake Factory, BBQ Burger and Keylime pie cheesecake. Curbside pickup, of course.

Looks great, but I'm going to need a pepcid just looking at the photo! Senator is looking good!

By the end, which was about 90 minutes or so, I had picked 7 lbs. of blueberries, and had probably eaten a pint myself.

I took them home, rinsed them, dried them a bit, and put them in freezer bags in the freezer. Now the family can enjoy fresh blueberries when I bring them home.

Nice!! And a great backdrop for your photo! Family should be happy, especially with some blueberry pancakes!!

I not sure if the African Rosewood SFO has been mentioned.
Here us mine ( 1 of about 10 ), a generous gift from Jack !

Beautiful, Dan!!

So cheers Guardians, and 'Up yours Titus!'

Nice! Cheers, Jack!

Have a great weekend, Guardians!

 

[Jack Black]

Hooray!!!
Hope it's enjoyable.

Thanks a lot buddy As luck would have it, the weather is pretty rotten here today, but I think I'm going to head out anyway

Now I want one for myself... That's pretty cool.

Me too! He likes his beer doesn't he?!

Recovering a knife is a good idea, I have one Glenn recovered with sawcut bone and waiting on the second knife to come home with new horn covers. Both Lambsfoot.

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Looking forward to seeing that one Rob Another vintage beauty there

I'm still young enough to keep up with the teenagers in sports--I turn 39 in October--but I've always felt like I had an "old soul," or a taste for things from the past with history and heritage, while still being "young at heart" as they say.

My wife bought some sapling blueberry bushes for our yard, and I've already managed to kill two of them in the heat. The other two are doing well, though, so perhaps in the next few years we'll have some of our own to pick. My dad grew blueberries in our back yard when I was a teenager. They didn't do much the first few years, but they did pretty well after that. I'm very surprised by the variety of flavors that the blueberries have. The farms around here usually have up to 30 varieties because they pollinate better that way, and you can easily taste the difference in sweetness or tartness or finishing taste on the different varieties. It's quite a delightful experience. I love berries of all kinds, so I'm sure I'd enjoy bilberries. Not to mention walking on the moors.

Good for you Joshua I didn't realise there were all those varieties of blueberries, very interesting. The ones we get in the supermarkets here are pretty bland I'm afraid. When I was a kid, bakers still sold bilberry pies, they were delicious, but I always wondered how they got enough berries to make them!

Mmmm, looks great, and all the necessary tools on hand!

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Phenomenal body of work, thanks for the tour in time, Jack!! Oh, if we only had a TARDIS to go back!
I daren't ask when the 2020's will be ready!(as I duck down from the fully armed man with LOTS of beer bottles!)

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I hate not having an ebony, but feel fortunate to have the ones I have.

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Nice! Cheers, Jack!

Have a great weekend, Guardians!

Thank you for all the kind words Dennis, striking patina on that blade

Good Morning Guardians, rushing a bit this morning. Hope everyone has a great Saturday. I'm heading out for my hike, so I'm hoping I don't return looking like a drowned rat! Got my Hartshead Barlow and my Charlie Lamb

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Pt-Luso]

Nice photo, José!

Many thanks, Dennis.

 

[donn]

Good morning everyone.
Are there changes afoot on the forums? I clicked onto the next page and the whole format of the page changed. Everyone's avatars were located above their posts and not to the left of them and the reply box was completely different. Looked quite good actually.

Fishin is so easy David people are successful at it despite being overloaded on beer

LOL! Me, beer, water and not a clue what I'm doing. What could possibly go wrong?

Certainly worth waiting for

How was that Jack?

compared to most of us old fellers!

Oi! Do you mind.

We mainly get blueberries here too, which are obviously cultivated, but our native species is bilberries, a related plant, which grows wild on the moors. I think they have a better taste, but you'd be up on the moors for a month trying to pick a haul like that!

The place were I've come across the most bilberries anywhere on any moors, is above the 'Kilburn White Horse' on Sutton Bank above Kilburn in North Yorkshire. The place was literally teeming with them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilburn_White_Horse

I seem to have lost some quotes but thanks to everyone for posting the information of the SFO's. I only acquired two of them (the ironwood and the HHB) so it's been informative to see a timeline of all the examples. I'll have to bookmark those pages for future reference.

I've doing absolutely nothing at the moment so my small swayback has sufficed for the past few days.

Hope you all have a decent planned.

 

[Onebigbill]

Great flock Rachel


Exemplary ironwood Vince


Recovering a knife is a good idea, I have one Glenn recovered with sawcut bone and waiting on the second knife to come home with new horn covers. Both Lambsfoot.


Thanks, Don't feel bad Ron, I have the same problem. Now that you brought it up, it's possible we are now headed into another onslaught of memory loss symbolistic colander pictures.

Great character in that knife Rob.