Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

You are in for a great evening, that is a great mix of recordings that you have made. The whole story of the Spitfire is interesting, my interest started with an Airfix kit as a kid.

 

Black squirrels apparently appeared in England a few years ago supposedly due to interbreeding between greys and the fox squirrels, though there not everywhere.
There was something I read about blacks being good for reds as they don't compete with the reds in the same way greys did, but as their essentially the same squirrel I'm not sure if that's true.
Apparently the blacks were bought over like the greys in the early 20th century were but no one knows who was responsible.
I don't think I've ever seen a fox squirrel though either.

 

Aye thanks for that, I'm looking forward to watching them. I was lucky living in York for 15 years. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight would often fly over York for various occasions, and the Spitfire was a regular.
https://www.raf.mod.uk/display-teams/battle-of-britain-memorial-flight/

 

Great insert of the Lancasters, thanks for posting.

 

Good Wed afternoon, ya skallywags.
I thought I’d dump some photos of my TEW Big LF since it’s in my pocket.
Being a man of modest means, and inherited Scottish thrift, I have had a little luck finding a few high quality, above my pay grade, pocket knives by looking for flaws that make a lot of folks pass them over. As long as the blade(s) are mostly still there, I’m not afraid of trying to fix them.
I found this on the auction site for, if I recall, about $15. It was a bargain because one of the gumfuddy scales was cracked through. Here are some shots of it when I got it- I had a knife sized piece of fiddleback black walnut from a well-known mill in Warsaw Missouri famous for gunstocks. This piece sat in a toolbox of mine for nearly 40 years until I remembered it.

No action shots of the surgery, but it came apart and went back together ok for a hack like me. Smoothed the spring and contact parts of the tang. Put in new pins, and prayed it fit correctly. Well, it still snaps with authority, and it’s nice and smooth both ways. The only regret I have is that I somehow ended up with a small gap between the walnut and bolsters. That’s harder than it looks, and is why the modders on here, who work on other people’s expensive knives get my highest respect.
After- And here she is a couple of years later- I like this knife

 

I guess they hid the meat under the cheeze?

I learned that in Boy Scouts.
But with sharp slipjoints, with healthy snap, you’d better keep your fingers out of the blade well.

 

Very nice Jeff. It's aged well over the years and I wouldn't sweat the gap you speak of - It fits right in with it's age and gives it some character.

 

@Modoc ED ~ thanks, my friend!

 

I think that edge is straighter than my first A. Wright Lambsfoot.

Looks good, Jack!

But Wikipedia says it’s “widely known in Sheffield as ‘Hendo’s’,” and Wikipedia can’t be wrong…

 

Mate, Mate you are being a bit hard on yourself.. Lucky we are all open minded here, i doubt if that is PC.. But that was good shopping with that fine Lambsfoot, and you did a great job with the remodeling, good work you should be proud of the end result..
PS - Good choice of wood, i do love walnut.

 

, All of a sudden i'm a genius, i always thought i was.

 

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Pests.

 

Good morning Guardians! We’re getting some rain and cooler weather here in SE Tennessee today. It’s due to the outer edge of the hurricane as it passes to the SE of here. I’m planning on taking it easy and I’ll be carrying my Ironwood big 'un this morning! I hope y’all have a great day!

 

How far are you from the Hurricane.? Hope you staying safe and don't get the flooding rains. Thinking of everyone in either the Hurricane, Flood or Fire zones. Stay safe all.