Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Here's the ram's horn I was cleaning up yesterday. I'm sure @cudgee and some of you other folks have seen plenty of these. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, maybe give it my mate's kids if they wanted, or find another so I can stick them on my drinking hat!

 

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[QUOTE="Jack Black, post: 19978043, member: 150652"

Good Morning Guardians! Hope everyone's week got off to a good start Here, in contrast to the beautiful weather yesterday, it is absolutely 'chucking it down'! Hope you're all getting some sunshine

Thought I'd have a change

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That’s a good one Jack! When I was a teenager I used to go to the drive in several times a week during the summer months and a couple of times a month on weekends during the other months. Of course I will have to admit that I wasn’t always watching the screen! Change is good, when it looks like your Hartshead’s pile side my friend!

 

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Good morning Guardians! I’ve got big Rosie to tag along to the dentist this morning. I’m getting a crown glued back in and a filling replaced. Hopefully things will go smoothly! Y’all have a great Tuesday!

 

[chuck4570]

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find another so I can stick them on my drinking hat!

That was going to be my suggestion.
Or your bicycling helmet.

 

[Jack Black]

That’s a good one Jack! When I was a teenager I used to go to the drive in several times a week during the summer months and a couple of times a month on weekends during the other months. Of course I will have to admit that I wasn’t always watching the screen! Change is good, when it looks like your Hartshead’s pile side my friend!

Thanks Ron Good for you my friend, you're only young once We don't have too many drive-ins here I'm afraid, they'd probably be a good idea at the moment Thanks again buddy

Good morning Guardians! I’ve got big Rosie to tag along to the dentist this morning. I’m getting a crown glued back in and a filling replaced. Hopefully things will go smoothly! Y’all have a great Tuesday!

Good luck at the dentist Ron, I need to get a crown glued back in myself - when the dentists here decide to go back to work again Good to have Big Rosie along

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Looking good Chuck, nice pic Great that you two have become such firm friends

That was going to be my suggestion.
Or your bicycling helmet.

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Hey, where's @5K Qs , I hope he doing OK. @donn too, I hope he made it back home OK after his trip to Harrogate

 

[Onebigbill]

I also ask for them everywhere I travel Bill, and find them delicious Sadly, when I lived among olive groves as a teenager, I didn't like them. Apparently they are one of those foods that you might like as you get older, as your taste-buds change, and I kept trying them every few years, but always found them horrible. Then one day, when I was 41, they suddenly tasted very different, and I have probably eaten my weight in olives several times over in the past (nearly) 20 years! Perhaps, if your wife hasn't tried them for a long time, they might taste different to her now? I'll leave it up to you if you want to suggest it though!



He sure did my friend This one is very basic Ron, I've used Victorian house-bricks to surround it, but I hope to eventually surround it in Yorkshire stone. I'll just have to bring a piece home with me every time I go for a hike!

Jack, one thing I have learned over the many years of being married to my wife is that she may not always be right but she is never wrong.

No olives for me, yet. I'll try them again in a few years.

Your HHB looks good on the Schlumbergera, Onebigbill !

Grilled veggies and marinated chicken along with my 2019 Ironwood.

No olives?? Mark, you don't know what you are missing!

 

[Onebigbill]

Good morning Guardians. Starting things off right today in the kitchen with my HHB. Hmm, what am I going to slice up with it for breakfast?

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, one thing I have learned over the many years of being married to my wife is that she may not always be right but she is never wrong.



No olives?? Mark, you don't know what you are missing!

One of life's great lessons my friend

Good morning Guardians. Starting things off right today in the kitchen with my HHB. Hmm, what am I going to slice up with it for breakfast?
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Have a great breakfast Bill, nice pic of your Hartshead Barlow

 

[flatblackcapo]

How're you doing Kevin? Nice pic my friend

Thanks Jack, I'm hanging in there.

A recycled pic of Jake.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack, I'm hanging in there.

A recycled pic of Jake.

Good to hear it buddy Nice to see Jake

 

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[btb01]

I've been experimenting with convex edges on a couple of knives lately and wanted to try one out on my trusty standard buffalo horn A. Wright. I had a spare hour during the week and thought I'd see what I could do with my KME sharpener with the convexing rod. Well, before I got started, I realized that the edge had developed a noticeable recurve:

This is very likely because of a previous inexpert job of sharpening I did on my Tormek when I wanted to reprofile it after damaging the tip. This is a risk when sharpening a straight edge on a grinding wheel, because the middle tends to get more time against the abrasive. I was surprised that I hadn't noticed it before, but it was extremely evident. I measured it with a feeler gauge and the space in the middle is about 0.01 inches.

Well, that just won't do for—as my friend @Cambertree would put it—Mah Knife. I had to put the project on hold, but had some time today to break out first the files and then an extra coarse diamond plate to grind out the recurve. Midway through, I used small diamond files to cut a new choil. Here it is part way through:

The blue tape, incidentally, was a tip I picked up from @r8shell, if I recall correctly. It prevents metal filings from getting into the joint and also gives a bit of protection to the bolster.

After a bit more work with the extra coarse stone to get the edge nice and straight (and oh so blunt!) and the diamond files to finish cutting the choil, it was off to the KME for sharpening. It took quite a while to establish a new convex edge, but I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's the most even grind this knife has ever seen and it's easily shaving hair from the back of my arm.

Tomorrow evening I'll need to break down some cardboard boxes to take out with the recycling. I can hardly wait.

Have a great week folks. I hope everyone's managing to stay safe.

Great post, Greg. That’s a sharp looking edge!

I also ask for them everywhere I travel Bill, and find them delicious Sadly, when I lived among olive groves as a teenager, I didn't like them. Apparently they are one of those foods that you might like as you get older, as your taste-buds change, and I kept trying them every few years, but always found them horrible. Then one day, when I was 41, they suddenly tasted very different, and I have probably eaten my weight in olives several times over in the past (nearly) 20 years! Perhaps, if your wife hasn't tried them for a long time, they might taste different to her now? I'll leave it up to you if you want to suggest it though!

I’ve never liked olives, but I couldn’t tell you the last time I tried one, either. Maybe I should give it a go. (Then again, I haven’t quite reached 41 yet, so maybe I’ll wait a few more years. )

This one is very basic Ron, I've used Victorian house-bricks to surround it, but I hope to eventually surround it in Yorkshire stone. I'll just have to bring a piece home with me every time I go for a hike!

I had built a fire pit at our house back in Arizona (nothing exciting, just some landscaping bricks), but haven’t done anything at our place here yet.

There’s a house near us that has an interesting setup for winter. There’s a fire pit in the middle of their front yard, surrounded by an assortment of outdoor chairs. Behind the chairs on one side is a huge stack of firewood. Once it starts snowing, they begin building a wall of snow around the fire pit, chairs and woodpile. After a enough snow has fallen, they‘ll have built 4 foot tall wall of snow, probably 20 feet in diameter (or close to it), all the way around their fire pit, with a small break in the wall to enter and exit.

No olives for me, yet. I'll try them again in a few years.

Your HHB looks good on the Schlumbergera, Onebigbill !

Grilled veggies and marinated chicken along with my 2019 Ironwood.

That looks delicious, Mark!

Think I'm going to watch a film, and finish off this bottle of Bowmore

Sounds like a nice evening, Jack. I’m sure I’ve commented on it before, but that’s a cool glass. Is that Sheffield pewter around the bottom?

Some idiot last week in our local council came up with the brainwave to ban wood and coal bbq's and any sort of fire pit or brick oven. One person had complained about the smell, i give you one guess how this went down with the rest of the rate payers. Another brainwave idea in the bin. Hope your back is holding up ok.

What’ll they ban next, eating meat, lest you offend a vegetarian neighbor?

What do you mean "American accent"? It's the English that have the accent!

I once listened to two people from Yorkshire converse with each other (y’all might know one of them ) and I wasn’t entirely sure they were speaking English.

Here's the ram's horn I was cleaning up yesterday. I'm sure @cudgee and some of you other folks have seen plenty of these. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, maybe give it my mate's kids if they wanted, or find another so I can stick them on my drinking hat!

Really cool photo, Jack!

Hey, where's @5K Qs , I hope he doing OK.

He was on vacation with his family, might still be. He’s posted a few times in other threads, but he did say that the Wifi there was spotty.

 

[Prester John]

Here's the ram's horn I was cleaning up yesterday. I'm sure @cudgee and some of you other folks have seen plenty of these. Not sure what I'm going to do with it, maybe give it my mate's kids if they wanted, or find another so I can stick them on my drinking hat!

My dog would LOVE that horn!

 

[Jack Black]

I’ve never liked olives, but I couldn’t tell you the last time I tried one, either. Maybe I should give it a go. (Then again, I haven’t quite reached 41 yet, so maybe I’ll wait a few more years. )

I know people who started to like them in their 30's I'd usually put a couple on my plate at the salad bar, so I could try them - and then gag! I'm glad I persevered though

I had built a fire pit at our house back in Arizona (nothing exciting, just some landscaping bricks), but haven’t done anything at our place here yet.

There’s a house near us that has an interesting setup for winter. There’s a fire pit in the middle of their front yard, surrounded by an assortment of outdoor chairs. Behind the chairs on one side is a huge stack of firewood. Once it starts snowing, they begin building a wall of snow around the fire pit, chairs and woodpile. After a enough snow has fallen, they‘ll have built 4 foot tall wall of snow, probably 20 feet in diameter (or close to it), all the way around their fire pit, with a small break in the wall to enter and exit.

That looks much better than mine Barrett That sounds pretty good It is winter I am thinking of, if this darn pandemic continues, I want to be able to have a socially-distanced beer outside with friends. I think I might buy a gazebo too

Sounds like a nice evening, Jack. I’m sure I’ve commented on it before, but that’s a cool glass. Is that Sheffield pewter around the bottom?

Thanks pal, the glass was a Christmas gift from a friend a few years back. Yes, that's Sheffield Pewter, and it was actually made in the same building where Harry Brearley discovered stainless steel in 1913

I once listened to two people from Yorkshire converse with each other (y’all might know one of them ) and I wasn’t entirely sure they were speaking English.



Really cool photo, Jack!

LOL! Thanks pal

He was on vacation with his family, might still be. He’s posted a few times in other threads, but l did say that the Wifi there was spotty.

Thanks for the update Barrett, I missed that

 

[Jack Black]

My dog would LOVE that horn!

Maybe that's the reason I don't come across it lying around more often! Not that I'm suggesting your dog has been making day-trips to Yorkshire Vince!

 

[Modoc ED]

Olives are a staple of my diet. First off, I like a Martini. If a bartender is inclined to stuff a couple of big ones with Gorgonzola, I will probably let her go ahead and do that. I use them in cooking, too, as important as potatoes, onions, peppers and artichoke hearts. Sometimes I will crisp up a can of olives in a frying pan with a roughly equivalent amount of garlic cloves, to make a pretty compelling finger food.

As a matter of course, I will dump a can into a pasta sauce, a salad or a pan of sauteed vegetables.
I know a woman who makes an incredible lamb and olive stew. She also keeps a bottle of Citadelle in her freezer. I should probably see if I can’t wangle a dinner invitation.

I don’t know how anybody can complain about the taste, when they all taste so different depending on how they are brined, and on what they are served with.

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I gotta say the pasta with the olives looks delicious.

 

[Modoc ED]

Good morning Guardians! I’ve got big Rosie to tag along to the dentist this morning. I’m getting a crown glued back in and a filling replaced. Hopefully things will go smoothly! Y’all have a great Tuesday!

Good luck Ron. Hope all goes well.

 

[Modoc ED]

Jack Black - Maybe you could give that horn to a cutler for scales on a few knives you might have made up as Guardians knives. Perhaps a cutler other than A.Wright? They'd look mighty sweet.

 

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It is winter I am thinking of, if this darn pandemic continues, I want to be able to have a socially-distanced beer outside with friends. I think I might buy a gazebo too

discovered stainless steel in 2013