Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Pt-Luso]

 

[r8shell]

This is a very nice giveaway, Jack, and a fine way to honor Ron.

Not an entry.

I've got a good flock of Lambsfoots, including one of those Bagpipe Big'uns that you kindly gifted:
Congratulations to anyone who gets one.

Looking through some of my older photos is a trip down memory lane. This thread often veered toward the Knives & Food

I'm getting hungry now.

 

[Sacto]

I’ll enter the giveaway, Jack. It feels a little weird since I don’t have a lambfoot and don’t frequent this thread, but since you mentioned it elsewhere, I’ll do it.

Through the years, I’ve found that my favorite blade for ranch work and general use for me is a sheepsfoot. It does everything I need it to do. The point is great for cutting open salt bags, pallets, cutting rope, twine, etc; and the straight edge is easy to sharpen. I frequently think about getting a lambfoot, but I haven’t because every time I wonder if i will really use that instead of a sheepsfoot. Will it really be any different? So I’d love the opportunity to try one out to see the differences in use.

Thanks for the giveaway and for remembering Ron. I didn’t know him, but I certainly know his contributions here.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, the ones arriving today will most definitely be "good ones" and here is my pic for entry. View attachment 1583775i am on a local roadtrip for work today stopped for a quick break. Its funny my trip is actually taking me to my home town so i get to have lunch with my mom today! Have a great day everyone!

Look forward to seeing them Kevin, enjoy your lunch

 

[Jack Black]

This is a very nice giveaway, Jack, and a fine way to honor Ron.

Not an entry.

I've got a good flock of Lambsfoots, including one of those Bagpipe Big'uns that you kindly gifted:
Congratulations to anyone who gets one.

Looking through some of my older photos is a trip down memory lane. This thread often veered toward the Knives & Food

I'm getting hungry now.

Thank you Rachel, wonderful photos, you've made me hungry too!

I’ll enter the giveaway, Jack. It feels a little weird since I don’t have a lambfoot and don’t frequent this thread, but since you mentioned it elsewhere, I’ll do it.

Through the years, I’ve found that my favorite blade for ranch work and general use for me is a sheepsfoot. It does everything I need it to do. The point is great for cutting open salt bags, pallets, cutting rope, twine, etc; and the straight edge is easy to sharpen. I frequently think about getting a lambfoot, but I haven’t because every time I wonder if i will really use that instead of a sheepsfoot. Will it really be any different? So I’d love the opportunity to try one out to see the differences in use.

Thanks for the giveaway and for remembering Ron. I didn’t know him, but I certainly know his contributions here.

Thanks for entering I hope you get the chance to try a Lambsfoot, because I think you'll definitely notice a difference If you want to read some first impressions of the knife, the thread index, linked to in post #1, will help

 

[Sacto]

Thank you Rachel, wonderful photos, you've made me hungry too!

Thanks for entering I hope you get the chance to try a Lambsfoot, because I think you'll definitely notice a difference If you want to read some first impressions of the knife, the thread index, linked to in post #1, will help

Thanks. I’ll check it out.

 

[mcc850]

Jack Black first off, thank you for hosting such a fine GAW. I would like to throw my name in your cap. I do not currently own a lambsfoot, but often come to this thread to lust over them. I never purchased one from across the pond because I was hearing differing reports of quality after the change in ownership. The blade shape really looks like it would become an instant favorite, as it gives you the point of a wharncliffe, but without reducing strength at the tip. Seems like a perfect utility knife that would be useful in just about any condition. I am still planning to buy one myself, as I would like to contribute more to this thread. I started lurking the BF traditional threads (before signing up for membership) right about the end of Ron's life, so I was able to glean some of his humor and vast knowledge of knives. I do love hearing old stories about him, and have grown to understand what a fine contributor and friend he was to the porch. Its guys like Ron and yourself who made this place feel so welcoming to me. Now, this is one of maybe two or three websites that I get on regularly anymore. Good luck to everyone!!!

link to my latest post in this thread: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/post-20525412

 

[SteveC]

Thanks for a chance on your GAW Jack and Congrats everyone for the major milestone in this thread !

 

[Haegar]

50000 posts is a number to be proud of. It takes a lot of time and effort for everybody contributing to reach that number. Unfortunately (at least for the moment) I‘m more a reader than posting myself.

Partly it fits me (I do the same in other threads) and partly due to the lack of a Lambsfoot Knife - but I hope to change that status something the future.
Nevertheless I enjoy reading here in this thread just because of the people participating.
Hopefully we will have a lot of those anniversaries in the future.

Gerd from sunny Germany (32degC)

 

[Ramrodmb]

Hey Jack! A fine GAW honoring a very nice man whom I never had the pleasure of meeting in person. Always enjoyed Ron's posts and our few conversations. He is missed.

Being among the fortunate who received a Big-un in Ebony from you, I will enter with a few older, favorite photos. If I win, please send the prize to Sacto . I'd like for him to try one out.

 

[JJ Cahill]

The Ron Half/Stop Memorial Giveaway

I never imagined, when I started this thread, on June 26th 2016, almost 5 years ago, that it would run to 50,000 posts, only very rarely slipping off The Porch front-page. Things are certainly quieter here than they were a few years back, when everyone was posting pics of their SFOs, and I was struggling to keep up with all the posts made while I was fast asleep in Yorkshire, but we’ve still made it to this great milestone. So thanks to everyone who has helped us get here, particularly our longstanding regular members. Thanks for making this thread the great place it is to hang-out

As everyone here knows, less than a year ago, we lost one of our greatest contributors, Ron [IMG alt="Half/Stop"]https://www.bladeforums.com/data/avatars/s/385/385987.jpg?1492197663[/IMG] Half/Stop , who I know is still greatly missed by those of us lucky enough to have counted him as a friend. Ron loved Lambsfoot knives, but he had a particular fondness for the large-bladed Big ‘Un, and always wanted a large Lambsfoot SFO with ebony covers. Before the change of ownership at A. Wright & Son, I had hoped to get a run of Big ‘Uns made for our annual Guardians knife, and while that wasn’t to be, I did get a short run of 10 made up with Bagpipe Ebony covers. They were the last knives I had made by Wright’s, and the ebony wasn’t as black as I had been promised, and half the blades were off-centre, so I gave most of them away. Ron had the first pick though, and that knife was, sadly, the last knife I gifted him before he passed away.

When I noticed we were rapidly approaching 50,000 posts, I was searching round for a suitable prize, and was surprised to come across a knife from that run. Sadly, the blade is slightly off-centre, but I hope it’s acceptable as a suitable prize in my Ron Half/Stop Memorial Giveaway. It does bear the tang-stamp of the firm who made it, but I think they’ve had enough publicity from me, and considering their rather despicable behaviour, I resent them filching pics from the Guardians thread to use in their publicity material, so I’m not showing it.

The giveaway is open to any member of Bladeforums to enter, with more than 20 posts on The Porch. If you’re a Guardian, post a pic of your Lambsfoot, and get a second entry. If you’re a regular here, and have posted in this thread in the past 3 months, post a link to one of your posts, and you get an additional entry. If you have any memories about Ron, please feel free to share them. Otherwise, either tell us some of the things you love about the Lambsfoot pattern, and why you carry one, or, if you don’t yet have a Lambsfoot, say why you’d like to try the pattern. Outstanding posts will get yet another chance of winning the prize. The draw will be from my hat, in about a week’s time. I’ll call ‘Last orders’ a day or two beforehand

Good luck everyone, and thanks once again to all the Guardians

Seize the Lambsfoot! Seize the Day!

Jack

Congratulations Jack and all your fellow Guardians of the Lambsfoot! members! I have always been a great admirer of your outstanding work with this classic and cool pattern! I've just perused this thread for the first time and it is certainly filled with wonderful lamb-totes; very inspiring!
Since I have spent the last couple years taking care of family matters, I have only made a few new tote purchases . I finally tracked down a "starter lamb," which is heading my way from Sheffield, presently!

 

[lambertiana]

Since I normally lurk around here and don’t post often I won’t make an official entry. I do enjoy checking in on this thread almost daily.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack Black first off, thank you for hosting such a fine GAW. I would like to throw my name in your cap. I do not currently own a lambsfoot, but often come to this thread to lust over them. I never purchased one from across the pond because I was hearing differing reports of quality after the change in ownership. The blade shape really looks like it would become an instant favorite, as it gives you the point of a wharncliffe, but without reducing strength at the tip. Seems like a perfect utility knife that would be useful in just about any condition. I am still planning to buy one myself, as I would like to contribute more to this thread. I started lurking the BF traditional threads (before signing up for membership) right about the end of Ron's life, so I was able to glean some of his humor and vast knowledge of knives. I do love hearing old stories about him, and have grown to understand what a fine contributor and friend he was to the porch. Its guys like Ron and yourself who made this place feel so welcoming to me. Now, this is one of maybe two or three websites that I get on regularly anymore. Good luck to everyone!!!

link to my latest post in this thread: https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/post-20525412

Thank you for the very kind words M mcc850 Good luck

Thanks for a chance on your GAW Jack and Congrats everyone for the major milestone in this thread !

Great to see you here Steve, that's a fine-looking Lamb there Good luck my friend

50000 posts is a number to be proud of. It takes a lot of time and effort for everybody contributing to reach that number. Unfortunately (at least for the moment) I‘m more a reader than posting myself.

Partly it fits me (I do the same in other threads) and partly due to the lack of a Lambsfoot Knife - but I hope to change that status something the future.
Nevertheless I enjoy reading here in this thread just because of the people participating.
Hopefully we will have a lot of those anniversaries in the future.

Gerd from sunny Germany (32degC)

Thanks for posting Gerd, and please feel free to enter the giveaway You definitely need a Lambsfoot

Hey Jack! A fine GAW honoring a very nice man whom I never had the pleasure of meeting in person. Always enjoyed Ron's posts and our few conversations. He is missed.

Being among the fortunate who received a Big-un in Ebony from you, I will enter with a few older, favorite photos. If I win, please send the prize to Sacto . I'd like for him to try one out.

Hey Mark, it's great to see you here, and what an outstanding set of Lambsfoot pics, each one is a work of art I think of you everytime I put on my worn Merrells! That's very kind of you my friend

Congratulations Jack and all your fellow Guardians of the Lambsfoot! members! I have always been a great admirer of your outstanding work with this classic and cool pattern! I've just perused this thread for the first time and it is certainly filled with wonderful lamb-totes; very inspiring!
Since I have spent the last couple years taking care of family matters, I have only made a few new tote purchases . I finally tracked down a "starter lamb," which is heading my way from Sheffield, presently!

It's great to see you here JJ Incredible, you've never looked here before It sounds like you've been occupied though. I hope you get a decent Lambsfoot from Sheffield, and that you'll throw your hat in for the giveaway

Since I normally lurk around here and don’t post often I won’t make an official entry. I do enjoy checking in on this thread almost daily.

It's great to see you here good sir, and I'm glad that you still keep an eye on what's going on with your fellow Guardians You have certainly made plenty of excellent contributions in the past, so I hope you'll reconsider entering

 

[JJ Cahill]

It's great to see you here JJ Incredible, you've never looked here before It sounds like you've been occupied though. I hope you get a decent Lambsfoot from Sheffield, and that you'll throw your hat in for the giveaway

Thanks Jack! I'll certainly throw my hat into your generous GAW; you do amazing work with your fabulous Lamb SFOs!

 

[bigfish64]

Congratulations Jack and all the other guardians on a fantastic thread, just happy to be a small part of it, and I LOVE the lambfoot.
I had only been a forum member for a short time and didn’t really know Ron, but when so many people speak so highly of one man it’s clear that he was a man of the highest character. Jack, this GAW is a very generous way to celebrate both Ron and the success of this awesome community. Thank you!

This banana was no match for my Big’un!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack! I'll certainly throw my hat into your generous GAW; you do amazing work with your fabulous Lamb SFOs!

Thanks for joining in JJ Good luck my friend

Congratulations Jack and all the other guardians on a fantastic thread, just happy to be a small part of it, and I LOVE the lambfoot.
I had only been a forum member for a short time and didn’t really know Ron, but when so many people speak so highly of one man it’s clear that he was a man of the highest character. Jack, this GAW is a very generous way to celebrate both Ron and the success of this awesome community. Thank you!

This banana was no match for my Big’un!View attachment 1583949

It's great having you here Todd Sorry you never got to know Ron, he was such a great guy Nice work on that banana buddy!

 

[Jack Black]

It's been a nice long sunny day here, and I spent some time in the garden this morning, whittling the end of the walking staff I've been making, to take an Alpine ferrule, adding a lanyard hole, and giving it a final sanding. I had half an hour free this afternoon, so thought I would apply the first coat of sanding sealer. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the cap off the bottle, and had to use a chisel to pry it off, and then de-cant the contents. Prying it off, I managed to splash some on my arm, and then it ran down into my glove, which I didn't notice until later. I was putting away my tools after applying the sanding sealer to the stick, and ended up with some red stuff on my hands. I knew it wasn't blood, but couldn't work out what it was. Then I noticed the old gimlet that I had used to make the lanyard hole, thing must be 50 years old or more, some sanding sealer had got on it, and stripped the red paint off the handle! The stick is dry now, so I think I'm going to take it outside, and sand it again, then apply more sanding sealer - carefully! We've had lovely weather here this past week, but tomorrow it is forecast to change, and we have rain forecast for the next week or so I'll be going down to the market anyway, looking to find a cake to console me! Better take my Hartshead Barlow :thumbsp:

 

[bigfish64]

It's great having you here Todd Sorry you never got to know Ron, he was such a great guy Nice work on that banana buddy!

Thanks Jack.

 

[Old Traf]

It's been a nice long sunny day here, and I spent some time in the garden this morning, whittling the end of the walking staff I've been making, to take an Alpine ferrule, adding a lanyard hole, and giving it a final sanding. I had half an hour free this afternoon, so thought I would apply the first coat of sanding sealer. Unfortunately, I couldn't get the cap off the bottle, and had to use a chisel to pry it off, and then de-cant the contents. Prying it off, I managed to splash some on my arm, and then it ran down into my glove, which I didn't notice until later. I was putting away my tools after applying the sanding sealer to the stick, and ended up with some red stuff on my hands. I knew it wasn't blood, but couldn't work out what it was. Then I noticed the old gimlet that I had used to make the lanyard hole, thing must be 50 years old or more, some sanding sealer had got on it, and stripped the red paint off the handle! The stick is dry now, so I think I'm going to take it outside, and sand it again, then apply more sanding sealer - carefully! We've had lovely weather here this past week, but tomorrow it is forecast to change, and we have rain forecast for the next week or so I'll be going down to the market anyway, looking to find a cake to console me! Better take my Hartshead Barlow :thumbsp:

Cheers Javk. Nice piost total.

-Mel

 

[Old Traf]

Yes indeed, I quite often look at those early posts Here's a shout-out to the Page-Oners!

@donn , r8shell , @scrteened porch, @WhittlinAway , @supratentorial, and @smiling-knife

Cheers Jack. Nice post total. Am happy to have added to it. Disregard above.

-Mel