Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Modoc ED said:
When I joined the Guardians, I jumped in with both feet and went from 0 Lambfoot knives to 16 Lambfoot knives in a matter of just a few months.

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Then for reasons known only to myself, I gifted 9 of them to various members and am left with this flock of 7 Lambfoot knives.

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The one with Snakewood was a custom recover by Jason @Signalprick and Ron PMed me saying how nice a job Jason had done.

A couple of adventures with a Lambfoot that come to mind involve trips to my dentist. On one trip, I had to demand some suckers that they give out to the kids. Afterall, I'm just a big kid.

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On another trip to the dentist, I ran across a copy of Ranger Rick magazine and in it was a most interesting article about Wombat Poop. Ron got a chuckle out of that.

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All in all Ron was a great guy. Quick with his sharp-as-a-tack wit and just as quick to give out advice and praise when it came to Lambfoot knives and anything associated with them.
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Great-looking knives Ed :thumbsup:
waynorth said:
Nice collection of Oldies but Goldies, Rob!!
What a great double celebration of Ron, and, Jack's brilliant thread!!

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Thanks for those fantastic photos Charlie, you're looking well my friend :) :thumbsup:
Pàdruig said:
I've got this ol' one with me today. On the smaller side but she walks and talks and is very sharp.

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Nice-looking IXL Dylan :) My mother grew up living very close to the Washington Works, and I remember the building myself. After Wostenholm moved out, it was used by the Post Office for at least a couple of years before demolition. Opposite the site, The Washington pub still stands. I can remember when they used to have some of the stone friezes and works sign from the old works round the back of the pub. I don't know what happened to them, I have asked in the pub several times, but nobody knows :( :thumbsup:

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rockman0 said:
🤣 Jack I had forgotten about the bank and fence climbing, I appreciate you taking it back to its origin for a picture or 2:thumbsup:
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It's certainly imprinted on my memory Rob! :eek: :D I'm glad I did it while it was still possible, judging from a report I was reading yesterday, the building is going to look very different after they have finished gentrifying it :rolleyes: :thumbsup:
mitch4ging said:
I guess that could be likened to talking too much!😮🤣 I guess I'm just trying to catch up while I can.

Well, great minds and all that! 😎👍🍻

Yes sir, please and thank you!👍
Thanks again!

A real beauty there as well!
What's the story with the arrowhead, Jack?😁

That's a great use for it, Jack! Glad you got out and had a good day! Nice pile side view!


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LOL! :D It's great seeing your posts Dennis :) Thank you for all the kind words my friend :) The arrow-head was another kind gift from rockman0 rockman0 Rob when he sent the knife :) :thumbsup:

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is having a good week. Thanks to everyone who has entered the giveaway. If you do want to toss your hat in the ring, can you please make it clear in your post? Thanks :) My Hartshead Barlow has made me a dull boy I'm afraid, it slipped into my pocket again today ;) Have a great day folks, the weekend is nearly here ;) :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
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 :thumbsup:

As everyone here knows, less than a year ago, we lost one of our greatest contributors, Ron @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.

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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! :D ;)

Jack
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Don't know how I missed this but I wended my way to the link and I'm now post for Ron's Memorial GAW. However, If I get picked please pass me by for another deserving contributor.
I don't have any specific story to tell about Ron other than he almost alway commented on my HHB; my favorite knife. We would exchange a few posts and he alway treated me like a long time friend. I usually don't warm up to people all that fast but Ron was the exception; exceptional guy that he was. RIP Ron.
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Onebigbill said:
Don't know how I missed this but I wended my way to the link and I'm now post for Ron's Memorial GAW. However, If I get picked please pass me by for another deserving contributor.
I don't have any specific story to tell about Ron other than he almost alway commented on my HHB; my favorite knife. We would exchange a few posts and he alway treated me like a long time friend. I usually don't warm up to people all that fast but Ron was the exception; exceptional guy that he was. RIP Ron.
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Nicely said Bill :) :thumbsup:
scrteened porch said:
I thought I left a draft here taliking about the weather. I'll check the edc thread.
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It's in the Lounge Jer! :D ;) :thumbsup:
 
If I may return to the conversation back to Dyneema and Technora for a moment….. I’m sure Jack Black Jack Black and mitch4ging mitch4ging won’t mind; hopefully everyone else will bear with me. ;)

It was unseasonably hot yesterday, but cooled off rapidly in the evening, leaving it much cooler outside than in. I took it as an opportunity to practice setting up and sleeping under a tarp in our backyard. I’m new to tarps and I aspire to try this for real while backpacking someday. For now it’s a fun way to get some experience with the setup and enjoy some cooler sleeping weather. :)

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I continue to marvel at how strong a line so thin can be. This one has a breaking strength of 950 lbs, but is noticeably thinner than standard paracord:

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For the knot geeks, that’s a trucker’s hitch that I used to tension the line. On the other end is a Siberian hitch around a tree. I have two Prussiks made from gutted paracord that I use to secure and tension the tarp. Rather than being fixed loops, they have a bowline loop on one end and a stopper knot on the other, making for quick deployment, passing through the tabs of the tarp. I learned this setup from 21st Century Bushcraft by Mike Lummio, a book that I’ve been enjoying recently.

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My line is 50 feet long, which is far more than I need in my yard. I’m reluctant to cut it before I’ve used it in the field a few times, so for now I keep it double-hanked so that the unused portion stays tidy.

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I hope everyone has a great weekend and that lambsfoot adventures abound! Happy Friday, everyone!
 
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Onebigbill said:
Got contractors swarming all over our new homeo_O. Fixing punch-list stuff, installing our sunroom, putting in cabinets to our pantry room, etc:thumbsup:. Busy morning for sure and I have my trusty HHB in my pocket once again.:thumbsup:

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Hope the work gets done quickly Bill, and that you and Mrs Bill can settle into your new home :) Handsome pic of your Hartshead Barlow :thumbsup:
r8shell said:
I was fortunate as well to receive a Lambsfoot from Ed.

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WhittlinAway said:
If I may return to the conversation back to Dyneema and Technora for a moment….. I’m sure Jack Black Jack Black and mitch4ging mitch4ging won’t mind; hopefully everyone else will bear with me. ;)

It was unseasonably hot yesterday, but cooled off rapidly in the evening, leaving it much cooler outside than in. I took it as an opportunity to practice setting up and sleeping under a tarp in our backyard. I’m new to tarps and I aspire to try this for real while backpacking someday. For now it’s a fun way to get some experience with the setup and enjoy some cooler sleeping weather. :)

XE5e8gYl.jpg


I continue to marvel at how strong a line so thin can be. This one has a breaking strength of 950 lbs, but is noticeably thinner than standard paracord:

ntihaW2h.jpg


For the knot geeks, that’s a trucker’s hitch that I used to tension the line. On the other end is a Siberian hitch around a tree. I have two Prussiks made from gutted paracord that I use to secure and tension the tarp. Rather than being fixed loops, they have a bowline on one end and a stopper knot on the other, making for quick deployment, passing through the tabs of the tarp. I learned this setup from 21st Century Bushcraft by Mike Lummio, a book that I’ve been enjoying recently.

ai3Qyf0h.jpg


My line is 50 feet long, which is far more than I need in my yard. I’m reluctant to cut it before I’ve used it in the field a few times, so for now I keep it double-hanked so that the unused portion stays tidy.

jcSBcy4h.jpg


I hope everyone has a great weekend and that lambsfoot adventures abound! Happy Friday, everyone!
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Great post Greg, love the knots, and they're very well photographed :cool: One of my reasons for making my first hiking staff was to enable a quick tarp set-up :) Unfortunately, I don't get to use it enough, partly because of the complete disinterest of my regular hiking partner (and girlfriend) :rolleyes: Nice set-up :) Do you find gutting the paracord makes it grip better when used as a prusik, I've only ever used it un-gutted? Thanks for the book recommendation, I shall investigate! ;) Hope you have a great weekend too :) :thumbsup:
 
I suspect this thread will rapidly fade into obscurity, but I've added a few thoughts on the historic 'Little Mester' system in Sheffield, which those of you with Sheffield knives might find of interest :thumbsup:
 
WhittlinAway said:
If I may return to the conversation back to Dyneema and Technora for a moment….. I’m sure Jack Black Jack Black and mitch4ging mitch4ging won’t mind; hopefully everyone else will bear with me. ;)

It was unseasonably hot yesterday, but cooled off rapidly in the evening, leaving it much cooler outside than in. I took it as an opportunity to practice setting up and sleeping under a tarp in our backyard. I’m new to tarps and I aspire to try this for real while backpacking someday. For now it’s a fun way to get some experience with the setup and enjoy some cooler sleeping weather. :)

XE5e8gYl.jpg


I continue to marvel at how strong a line so thin can be. This one has a breaking strength of 950 lbs, but is noticeably thinner than standard paracord:

ntihaW2h.jpg


For the knot geeks, that’s a trucker’s hitch that I used to tension the line. On the other end is a Siberian hitch around a tree. I have two Prussiks made from gutted paracord that I use to secure and tension the tarp. Rather than being fixed loops, they have a bowline on one end and a stopper knot on the other, making for quick deployment, passing through the tabs of the tarp. I learned this setup from 21st Century Bushcraft by Mike Lummio, a book that I’ve been enjoying recently.

ai3Qyf0h.jpg


My line is 50 feet long, which is far more than I need in my yard. I’m reluctant to cut it before I’ve used it in the field a few times, so for now I keep it double-hanked so that the unused portion stays tidy.

jcSBcy4h.jpg


I hope everyone has a great weekend and that lambsfoot adventures abound! Happy Friday, everyone!
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My apologies, but I am compelled to post this:

 
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