Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Dschal]

Sounds like a great trip in the make! Tent camping??
Great looking "old friend "!

Thanks Dennis. Yes tent camping on a lake for four days. It's going to rain for the first two....
Have a great week.

 

[Onebigbill]

Thank you kindly, Jack! Getting there!
Time flies by, didn't mean to be out of the loop so much.

Thank you very much, Ron!

Such a great swirly horn pattern on that one Jack!

Such great working knives, comfortable in the hand!
Good to see you here, Willie!

Great character with that one, Josê!

I can see why!


I do love the color of the covers on your HHB, Bill!

What a great way to remember the days, as they do get jumbled up some! Of course that means I need to have 7 Lambsfoot, one for each day!! Wait till I tell my wife!!

They are a treat to carry daily, good choice, Chuck!

Nice photo, Jack! Is that sheep in the background?

Sounds like a great trip in the make! Tent camping??
Great looking "old friend "!

They look great, Dylan!

Will have the HHB with some BBQ this weekend.

Have a great weekend Guardians!!

Thanks Dennis for your kind words regarding the covers on my HHB. @waynorth made it possible for me to own my most favorite knife.

 

[Onebigbill]

Good Morning Guardians, on my way out, but I'll look forward to catching up with you all later. Have a great day

Have a great day Jack.

As for me, I am going to inspect a new home site that my wife and I may purchase. If we do this we will only be moving a very short distance. Taking my HHB along for the ride. Recycle photo I think.

 

[Dschal]

Packing the tea and biscuits for the camping trip.

 

[Modoc ED]

They say "Variety is the Spice of Life" so, here's a bit of Variety for all you Guardians and anyone else looking in this morning.

 

[Haegar]

They say "Variety is the Spice of Life" so, here's a bit of Variety for all you Guardians and anyone else looking in this morning.

Love these HHB‘s. Unfortunately I found this thread too late....

Gerd

 

[CelloDan]

Lambridge

 

[Modoc ED]

That bridge has been there for eternity with many patches and fixes and then along comes Dan, sticks his knife in a piece of the bridge lumber and splits it. Way to go Dan

 

[CelloDan]

That bridge has been there for eternity with many patches and fixes and then along comes Dan, sticks his knife in a piece of the bridge lumber and splits it. Way to go Dan

Lambpower

 

[Jack Black]

Hope everyone is having a good day Had a long hike, and just about to tuck in to some blackberry crumble Catch up with you tomorrow Guardians

 

[Half/Stop]

You know what they say about great minds and all . You have a wonderful weekend as well, my friend.

Thanks Dylan!

What a great way to remember the days, as they do get jumbled up some! Of course that means I need to have 7 Lambsfoot, one for each day!! Wait till I tell my wife!!

Will have the HHB with some BBQ this weekend.

Have a great weekend Guardians!!

Dennis it’s great to see you my friend! I can always remember to carry stag on any day that ends in “y”! On the other days I have to get by the best I can! That’s a great Hartshead! Enjoy that BBQ!

Hope everyone is having a good day Had a long hike, and just about to tuck in to some blackberry crumble Catch up with you tomorrow Guardians

Jack that cobbler looks great buddy! We got a half bushel of fresh local Alberta freestone peaches this morning. We peeled and cut them up for the freezer. We had 14 pints. We kept out enough for Pam to make a cobbler tomorrow! I promise to show y’all a photo. I just got back from the mailbox and it looks like I’ll be able to post something new with that cobbler. I’ve not opened it yet but I want to thank you in advance Jack!

 

[Half/Stop]

Good evening Guardians! I’m running a little later than usual, but I’ve not been getting in any hurry today! I’ve had my Hartshead Stag Barlow in the pocket today. I decided I needed to take some new photos this afternoon. So here is one of the photos. Dang this is a beautiful knife! Jack, I’ve said this before but, these are amazing knives! Ever last one of them! Y’all have a great weekend and stay safe wherever you may be!

 

[flatblackcapo]

Happy Saturday!
A few Lambsfoot pics from this week.

 

[cudgee]

That bridge has been there for eternity with many patches and fixes and then along comes Dan, sticks his knife in a piece of the bridge lumber and splits it. Way to go Dan

That is very clever and funny, you have made my week.

 

[cudgee]

I think it is the correct time for the time zones in the Northern Hemisphere, Today is Victory In The Pacific Day. We had some commemorative ceremonies here yesterday to honor the day, but sadly for the remaining veterans we could not have any in our state because of lock down regulations. It got a lot of media coverage which was good for people to remember the sacrifices that were made by the generation that went before my generation. My father was in the pacific for 4 years, he has been gone for 37 years so there would not be many veterans left, last night they interviewed a woman in her nineties who signed up as a nurse. It was a fantastic interview and she made a really good comment i thought, " We will never see a generation like that again". So if there are any veterans or just people from that era on the forum, you have not been forgotten. Hope everyone has a good week.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you so much Jack! Have a great Saturday my friend!

Thank you very much Ron, it wasn't a bad day my friend Hope you had a good one too

I spent the day packing for a week’s camping trip. I’m about 2/3 done, and rewarding myself. Have a great week everyone. Old friend carry today was a gift from Jack Black , which reminds me of a great vacation two years ago.

I hope that you have a great camping trip Dave

Thank you, Jack. I did enjoy some Grand Marnier neat yesterday and it was surprisingly pleasant - not something I expected.



It is in my top three as well, Ron - that one you got from Jack's GAW is one of the finest examples of it. Stag, Ebony, and Red Bone (preferably Sawcut) are in my top three. Smooth White Bone rounds out the top four .

No Red Sawcut on any of my Lambsfoot knives but I do have some nice jigged bone.

A glorious trio. (The Stag on my AC has mellowed and gotten quite a patina with use and age)

I never see it on sale by the bottle here, for some reason, Dylan, perhaps I've just not looked hard enough. I have mainly had it in restaurants, but always enjoyed it That's a fantastic photo there I don't think I've ever seen saw-cut bone on a Lambsfoot, but Wostenholm used saw-cut bone on some of their Barlows, so perhaps they used it on a Lambsfoot Barlow

I bet some sawcut bone would look pretty good on a Lambsfoot!

A shame Sheffield has just abandoned producing good quality bone, but I guess there just wasn't enough work for the firms that used to specialise in covers, and the remaining cutlery firms don't have the imagination to consider it sadly

Speaking of liqueurs, Dylan, have you tried Drambuie? Maybe be my favourite. Rusty nails are good too, made with Drambuie and scotch (not single malt, of course--maybe Johnny Walker black.

Glorious indeed. Especially that red bone.

I had a Rusty Nail after my blackberry crumble yesterday

Have you ever had a rusty spike?

No, what's that?

Tis my friend a " Rusty Nail x 4". It's a killer.

LOL! I reckon I've had a few of those too!

I have indeed had Drambuie, though I don't believe I've ever tried a Rusty Nail. I enjoy Drambuie neat on occasion and I find it to be a delightful treat. I also enjoy the history (contrived or otherwise) surrounding the concoction - it definitely adds to its intrigue.

I'd forgotten about the 'history' Dylan, and being too lazy to get up and go check the back of the bottle, I went to Wikipedia, where it is re-produced along with this subtle caution: "This version of events is disputed by historians who believe it to be a story concocted to boost sales of the drink." I once spent a wet afternoon in the West Highland Museum in Fort William, Scotland, which I thoroughly recommend if you're ever in the area. Virtually every cabinet and corner has some stick, sword, chair, or kettle supposedly associated with 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', and often marked saying that 'modern carbon dating has established it was probably made in the early 20th century' or whatever!

Gotta have a couple!

Definitely! Rusty Nails are very drinkable

Thank you kindly, Jack! Getting there!
Time flies by, didn't mean to be out of the loop so much.

It's great to see you here Dennis Hope you're having a good weekend buddy

Such a great swirly horn pattern on that one Jack!

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Nice photo, Jack! Is that sheep in the background?

Thank you for the kind words Dennis, for me and your fellow Guardians That's actually a couple of horses in the background. I tried zooming in on them, but for once, my camera actually focused on my knife rather than the background! They're just blobs really, and I can understand why you'd think they were sheep, one of them has a light-coloured 'coat' on (I don't know if you'd call it a coat, I know less about horses than I know about robotics I'm afraid)

Will have the HHB with some BBQ this weekend.

Have a great weekend Guardians!!

Great pic of your Hartshead Barlow my friend, hope you enjoy your BBQ, and that you're having a fantastic weekend

Thanks Dennis. Yes tent camping on a lake for four days. It's going to rain for the first two....
Have a great week.

Sorry to hear about the forecast rain Dave, but I hope you have a lovely time anyway It's got to be drier than the English Lake District!

Have a great day Jack.

As for me, I am going to inspect a new home site that my wife and I may purchase. If we do this we will only be moving a very short distance. Taking my HHB along for the ride. Recycle photo I think.
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Many thanks Bill, good luck with your hunting, and please keep us posted Smashing pic of your Hartshead Barlow

Packing the tea and biscuits for the camping trip.

Great choices buddy!

 

[Jack Black]

Love these HHB‘s. Unfortunately I found this thread too late....

Gerd

Sorry you missed them Gerd, but you never know what will come up

Lambridge

Ace pics Dan

Lambpower

You've coined a new phrase!

Jack that cobbler looks great buddy! We got a half bushel of fresh local Alberta freestone peaches this morning. We peeled and cut them up for the freezer. We had 14 pints. We kept out enough for Pam to make a cobbler tomorrow! I promise to show y’all a photo. I just got back from the mailbox and it looks like I’ll be able to post something new with that cobbler. I’ve not opened it yet but I want to thank you in advance Jack!

Thanks a lot Ron, I as glad I made it in advance because I was exhausted after my hike yesterday Fortunately, all I had to do was put it in the oven, and open the custard That's a great peach harvest mate, I bet you're looking forward to Pam's famous cobbler It doesn't seem like two minutes since you were having it last year, I'm looking forward to seeing a photo Hey, I'm glad that got to you Ron, it's got there a lot faster than some of the packages I've sent recently

Good evening Guardians! I’m running a little later than usual, but I’ve not been getting in any hurry today! I’ve had my Hartshead Stag Barlow in the pocket today. I decided I needed to take some new photos this afternoon. So here is one of the photos. Dang this is a beautiful knife! Jack, I’ve said this before but, these are amazing knives! Ever last one of them! Y’all have a great weekend and stay safe wherever you may be!

That's a wonderful photo Ron, thank you for the very kind words my friend

Happy Saturday!
A few Lambsfoot pics from this week.

Fab pics Kevin, hope you're having a great weekend mate

I think it is the correct time for the time zones in the Northern Hemisphere, Today is Victory In The Pacific Day. We had some commemorative ceremonies here yesterday to honor the day, but sadly for the remaining veterans we could not have any in our state because of lock down regulations. It got a lot of media coverage which was good for people to remember the sacrifices that were made by the generation that went before my generation. My father was in the pacific for 4 years, he has been gone for 37 years so there would not be many veterans left, last night they interviewed a woman in her nineties who signed up as a nurse. It was a fantastic interview and she made a really good comment i thought, " We will never see a generation like that again". So if there are any veterans or just people from that era on the forum, you have not been forgotten. Hope everyone has a good week.

Four years is a long time to have been in that campaign. I have friends whose fathers and grandfathers took part in that campaign, and I've never heard any happy stories. Those courageous men and women definitely deserve our undying respect

Good Morning Guardians, I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. I'm still tired from my long hike yesterday! Got a heap of stuff to catch up with today, not least some housework I'll try and post some of the pics I took yesterday shortly though. Enjoy your Sunday Guardians

 

[Haegar]

Sorry you missed them Gerd, but you never know what will come up



Ace pics Dan



You've coined a new phrase!



Thanks a lot Ron, I as glad I made it in advance because I was exhausted after my hike yesterday Fortunately, all I had to do was put it in the oven, and open the custard That's a great peach harvest mate, I bet you're looking forward to Pam's famous cobbler It doesn't seem like two minutes since you were having it last year, I'm looking forward to seeing a photo Hey, I'm glad that got to you Ron, it's got there a lot faster than some of the packages I've sent recently



That's a wonderful photo Ron, thank you for the very kind words my friend



Fab pics Kevin, hope you're having a great weekend mate



Four years is a long time to have been in that campaign. I have friends whose fathers and grandfathers took part in that campaign, and I've never heard any happy stories. Those courageous men and women definitely deserve our undying respect

Good Morning Guardians, I hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend. I'm still tired from my long hike yesterday! Got a heap of stuff to catch up with today, not least some housework I'll try and post some of the pics I took yesterday shortly though. Enjoy your Sunday Guardians

Jack, That the way life works. You can not go back in time so it’s better to just accept the things you cannot do anything about. As a wise man once said the problem is to differentiate between things you can and those you cannot change.
Too often we try to do the latter and draw a lot of frustration out of it without realizing the reason behind.

Enjoy you Sunday everyone and stay safe.

Gerd

 

[Jack Black]

It was a very cloudy day here yesterday, and while still warm, the sun barely broke through at all. My walk started on the Harewood Estate, I've mentioned many times, but most of it was along the banks of the River Wharfe, one of Yorkshire's most delightful rivers in my opinion. Here's the river from Harewood Bridge, where it once powered a saw-mill there.

Within a few minutes, we had seen an abundance of bird life, numerous Red Kites, a couple of Herons, flocks of two different types of geese, a Cormorant, as well as a Water Vole. The Cormorant looked spectacular flying along the course of the river, but I failed to get a pic. I usually see herons sat fishing, but I always enjoy seeing them in flight, with their long gangly legs trailing behind them. I had no better luck photographing the herons though, partly because they were so far away. This one is just landing in the newly-ploughed fields, which I imagine was the reason for all the avian activity. Harewood Castle can be seen in the distance.

We walked on, with the river on the left, and the fields to our right, looking back to the ridge I had walked along on my walk last week.

A flock of Common Geese had settled in the fields, another species which look better in flight. Across the river there was a much larger and noisier flock of Canadian Geese.

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[Jack Black]

After a slog through some very overgrown bank-side vegetation, the nature of the ground changed, and we found ourselves in open pasture, and decided to have lunch sat on the trunk of a downed Hawthorne tree. I lit a small stove I had in my pack, and put some water on to boil for some tea. I was slightly engrossed in making sure the diminutive stove didn't fall over, when I looked up to see the bizarre sight of a flock of sheep, who had been grazing in the distance, charging towards us at a speed I didn't think sheep could muster!

I don't know if previous walkers had fed them a sandwich, or if they were after my Lambsfoot, but a couple of them, one in particular, were positively aggressive! Concerned for my hot water, I eventually got up and chased them off, but it was a very odd encounter, and I was left thoroughly bemused by it, never having seen sheep behave other than as completely docile beasts (except for one time when an old ram chased my grandmother) I found the encounter so bizarre, I later typed 'Aggressive Sheep' into a search engine, and was very surprised by some of the content (even fatal encounters), and hilarious videos I found. Don't think I could ever live down being savaged by a sheep! Next time I'll take the mint sauce!

After the sheep retreated en masse we were able to eat our sandwiches in peace, and drink our tea. Then had some slingshot practice before resuming the walk - no sheep were harmed!

We walked through open fields, with clear views of a particularly attractive stretch of the river.

The next section was through woodland, rather dense in places, but with a few interesting features. Perhaps this one has a story behind it, like this one? Or maybe it's just chance.

After emerging from the woodland, I discovered that, since my last walk along this section of the river, someone had established a large plantation of spindly willow trees, which went on for over a mile, and made for a rather boring stretch.

The path then entered another section of woodland, winding uphill. We had another sandwich, and some more slingshot practice, occasionally enjoying fine views through the trees.

At the top of the wood, we emerged onto a road, and the final section of our walk, along country lanes to the small, pretty village of East Keswick, and a well-earned pint at the The Old Star

Blackberry crumble for tea