Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[WhittlinAway]

Rain is in the forecast here as well, but we sorely need it. Or, more accurately, we really need snow in the mountains. The California snow pack is only at 60% of normal for this time of year. I fear we'll have another drought and nasty fire season this summer.

Given that I'll be inside, I think I'll take my cue from Jack and catch up with some deferred knife maintenance as well. My Hartshead Barlow could use a wee touch-up to its edge and the whole flock—except for the one I took care of yesterday—is past due for oiling. But first, coffee.

Oh yeah! Don't forget that today is Pi Day! Lambsfoot knives are good at sectioning pies.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Dan!
Thanks, Jack! Most of the work was done with files and a diamond sharpening plates. I used the leather honing wheel on the Tormek as a final polishing stage.

I eventually figured out that for small knives I prefer sharpening by hand or with my KME to using the Tormek, but the leather honing wheel sees a ton of use for touch-ups.

Wow Greg, you did a great job of those swedges, as well as re-profiling the point. Well done Interesting to hear your thoughts on the Tormek my friend. With those very acute sharpening angles you favour, I guess there really isn't that much steel at the tip. I've even broken pretty meaty tips on knives by dropping them - well once, and that was enough!

 

[Pt-Luso]

This is my Lambs Foot collection to date, there are twelve wonderful knives!!!

 

[Jack Black]

Rain is in the forecast here as well, but we sorely need it. Or, more accurately, we really need snow in the mountains. The California snow pack is only at 60% of normal for this time of year. I fear we'll have another drought and nasty fire season this summer.

Given that I'll be inside, I think I'll take my cue from Jack and catch up with some deferred knife maintenance as well. My Hartshead Barlow could use a wee touch-up to its edge and the whole flock—except for the one I took care of yesterday—is past due for oiling. But first, coffee.

Oh yeah! Don't forget that today is Pi Day! Lambsfoot knives are good at sectioning pies.

I sure hope you're wrong about the drought/fires my friend Coffee is essential before knife maintenance! I noticed it was Pi Day in The Lounge, and sadly find myself with no pies, and no pie makings Here's an old pic though Well, only about a week old!

 

[brewbear]

Rain is in the forecast here as well, but we sorely need it. Or, more accurately, we really need snow in the mountains. The California snow pack is only at 60% of normal for this time of year. I fear we'll have another drought and nasty fire season this summer.

Indeed, we need the rain! We need that slow, steady rain that has time to soak into the ground. I drive past Cachuma lake in our annual trip to Solvang for the Danish Days celebration and it is disheartening to see what remains of this once beautiful lake. We were fortunate in the past couple of years, the brush fires didn't get too close to our house. The Creek fire of 2017 got to within a half a block from us and the La Tuna fire (three months earlier) got to about a quarter mile from us.
Stay safe Guardians, enjoy your Sunday....and don't forget to "spring forward"

 

[Jack Black]

Indeed, we need the rain! We need that slow, steady rain that has time to soak into the ground. I drive past Cachuma lake in our annual trip to Solvang for the Danish Days celebration and it is disheartening to see what remains of this once beautiful lake. We were fortunate in the past couple of years, the brush fires didn't get too close to our house. The Creek fire of 2017 got to within a half a block from us and the La Tuna fire (three months earlier) got to about a quarter mile from us.
Stay safe Guardians, enjoy your Sunday....and don't forget to "spring forward"

Have a nice time at the festival Ted, it looks good - somewhat different to the Viking festival I usually go to at this time of year That's terrible about the lake

 

[Jack Black]

Beer o'Clock!

Cheers Guardians

 

[donn]

The ones I've seen recently just seem to be full of Wetherspoon pubs, and some of them (and a few other pubs besides) are absolutely rotten places to drink, even if the beer itself is OK. Thanks for clearing that up about Northern Monkey David

The stepping stones shown in that video are in a park just across the road from my parents old house, and I must have crossed them a few thousand times! That's a fancy lamp-post isn't it? The base of the structure, which I think had a drinking fountain, looks familiar, and while it's no longer at the top of Fargate, I think it may be elsewhere in Sheffield. Loads of statues have been moved around Sheffield over the years, for example, the nearby Queen Victoria statue at .36 and 1.03 was moved to the same park as the stepping stones (Endcliffe Park), as were at least two other Victorian monuments, one of which stood more or less where that lamp-post stood. At 1.38 there's a view from the River Don towards Lady's Bridge, and the old Exchange Brewery, where I once worked. I wonder if @campbelanman recognises that view? When he visited Sheffield, not longer he and Sue arrived, Duncan was filming looking towards Lady's Bridge, and some drunk walked across the bridge, and just tossed an empty beer can down into the river! The old 'Rag 'n' Tag' market, first shown at 2.00 is just how I remember it as a kid

The weather has turned rotten here too I'll put the kettle on! David, that's a great pic, enjoy your Sunday mate

Thanks Jack! I thought it was Foregate! I can't find the website now which is annoying but I was reading about the Queen Victoria Jubilee drinking fountains and lampposts a few weeks ago. They were built in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. There wasn't a standard design but they were all very ornate stone drinking fountains topped with even more ornate iron gaslit lampposts (some even then had a clock atop the gaslights). Many still exist but like you say it's often only the drinking fountain base that has survived. There were hundreds around the country all placed in a prominent location in towns and cities (eg, the main crossroads or outside the main post office). Some still exist in situ but many were moved often due to road widening schemes (and the demise of gaslighting of course).
I'm wondering if Sheffield's is in the Botanical Gardens or Weston Park next to the museum as it's places like that were many Jubilee fountains that survived seem to of ended up.
Oh it wasn't just Britain that had them, Australia certainly has some, and I'm sure my brother says they still exist in India.

Yikes! Glad you were able to straighten it back out. Thank you for your kind words.

Your welcome Greg. If I do it again I know who to come to.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Obligatory pie pic.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack! I thought it was Foregate! I can't find the website now which is annoying but I was reading about the Queen Victoria Jubilee drinking fountains and lampposts a few weeks ago. They were built in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. There wasn't a standard design but they were all very ornate stone drinking fountains topped with even more ornate iron gaslit lampposts (some even then had a clock atop the gaslights). Many still exist but like you say it's often only the drinking fountain base that has survived. There were hundreds around the country all placed in a prominent location in towns and cities (eg, the main crossroads or outside the main post office). Some still exist in situ but many were moved often due to road widening schemes (and the demise of gaslighting of course).
I'm wondering if Sheffield's is in the Botanical Gardens or Weston Park next to the museum as it's places like that were many Jubilee fountains that survived seem to of ended up.
Oh it wasn't just Britain that had them, Australia certainly has some, and I'm sure my brother says they still exist in India.



Your welcome Greg. If I do it again I know who to come to.

That sounds like an interesting article David. I did a few searches earlier, but couldn't turn anything up. The drinking fountain definitely looks familiar though. It's weird when they move stuff, as it puts it out of context. Sheffield had a famous marble horse-trough, which had a story behind it, I forget what. It was moved many years ago. By coincidence, I actually know where it is (or where it was 50 years ago), in an obscure field on the edge of Sheffield, where I used to sometimes play football as a kid The Botanical Gardens certainly had a fountain at one time, though I don't know if it is the same one. The Sheffield parks are full of old statues and monuments. The Botanical Gardens does have the old Crimean War monument, which stood in the centre previously, but they chopped it down considerably when they moved it!

I guess all towns had a lot of drinking fountains at one time, and while some of them were then inoperable, I do remember a lot of them when I was a kid. Here's an old one, near Fagan's, I photographed a few years back

Obligatory pie pic.

Ooooooooooooooooo

 

[Modoc ED]

This is my Lambs Foot collection to date, there are twelve wonderful knives!!!

Very, very, nice José. Your collection seems to be growing while mine is dwindling. Here are my remaining Lambfoots.

 

[Campbellclanman]

A while back, an accident befell my favorite and most carried lambsfoot and its tip was damaged. I gave it a quick repair and resharpening at the time and put it back into service. But it was not a full repair, and I knew I'd eventually have to revisit it. I think its most recent sharpening must have further weakened the tip and recently I noticed that it had gotten worse:

Well, friends, that simply won't do! An acute, super sharp tip is a hallmark of the lambsfoot blade profile, and it's far past time that this beloved one be restored to a proper profile.

I had a bit of free time today, so out came the files and diamond plates. With a bit of patience and elbow grease, the damaged part of the tip was removed:

But... we lost the swedge.

No worries, we're not done yet! After a bit more grinding work followed with som cleanup on the Tormek honing wheel, I'm happy with where it ended up:

I despise clam shell packaging, but I'm actually looking forward to the next one I have to deal with. This tip will show it what's what for sure.

But, I better not drop this knife again! I don't think there's enough room in front of the nail nick to do this again!

Have a great weekend Guardians! And, please, put those beautiful lambsfoot knives of yours to use. They're a working breed and they get bored and depressed if they are kept idle too long.

Nice Job! Looks better than ever!!!

Jack my friend I owe you an apology as I had to fly down to Christchurch last night and things were a bit of a rush and didn’t get to take those photos.
I will on my return. Have a great day everyone!

 

[Old Traf]

Thanks, Dan!
Thanks, Jack! Most of the work was done with files and a diamond sharpening plates. I used the leather honing wheel on the Tormek as a final polishing stage.
I eventually figured out that for small knives I prefer sharpening by hand or with my KME to using the Tormek, but the leather honing wheel sees a ton of use for touch-ups.
Yikes! Glad you were able to straighten it back out. Thank you for your kind words.

Greg,

I have the smaller tormek and I have lately started freehanding the smaller knives. The accessory bar can be used to steady the hand.

-Mel

 

[brewbear]

Very, very, nice José. Your collection seems to be growing while mine is dwindling. Here are my remaining Lambfoots.

It's not always about the quantity, it is about the quality and all these are outstanding!

 

[Jack Black]

Jack my friend I owe you an apology as I had to fly down to Christchurch last night and things were a bit of a rush and didn’t get to take those photos.
I will on my return. Have a great day everyone!

No apology needed Duncan, I'm glad you had a safe journey mate Were your ears burning earlier?!

 

[tmd_87]

 

[cudgee]

I guess all towns had a lot of drinking fountains at one time, and while some of them were then inoperable,

I can remember some of the old drinking fountains, most of them did not work as you stated, but i have seen a few kept in working order. But i do remember when i was growing up old water trough's for horses and cattle. They were not everywhere, but still quite a few dotted around Melbourne, especially near where there had been old Markets. There are still a few around our old New Market Sale Yards that have been preserved, but the actual yards are a eyesore of cheap apartments. But most country towns still had working stock troughs when i was a kid, a lot of the pubs still had them right out the front, on the footpath.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Tamale pie!

This was the first piece out of the cast iron pan, so it's not particularly pretty. But, it was tasty!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Very, very, nice José. Your collection seems to be growing while mine is dwindling. Here are my remaining Lambfoots.

Thank you very much, Ed.
Your knives are awesome.

 

[Pt-Luso]