I've posted this in other areas today but it is what I'm carrying today and deserves a picture of it in this Guardians thread. It's a "Lil-un" covered with Pere David stag. It's the runt of my flock but always manages to make it's way to the top for posting sometimes. Today's the day.
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My flock. They like to pick on the Pere David "Lil-un" but the "Runt" beats them back every time.
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Nice flock Ed
I am not to be considered an Expert about the subject , so I will refer back to my old Taylors Eye Witness LAMBFOOT and see what they stamped on their Lambfoot Blades .
Another Eye Witness
Harry
When I commissioned the 2018 Guardians Lambsfoot SFO, the 'REAL LAMB FOOT' etch (the most common of the Lambsfoot blade etches) had recently slipped out of use in Sheffield, partly from a lack of demand, partly for technical reasons, and perhaps because a few folks find it confusing. I could have had anything etched onto those blades, but regarded the etch I chose as the most authentic. Despite the wording of the etch, neither I, nor the cutler who etched the blades thought that the pattern was called a 'Lamb Foot', we knew that it was called a Lambsfoot, as did the cutler who made the knife, and his workmates beside him. As
Peregrin
noted earlier, many names are sometimes ascribed to blades/knives, and they are also sometimes described incorrectly. We have seen examples in this thread of Wharncliffe and Sheepsfoot blades, which have the 'Real Lamb Foot' etch (or variations thereof). Sheepsfoot knives are sometimes called Sheepfoot or Sheep Foot knives, and that has also been stamped on blades. Yet, we say Sheepsfoot, just as we say Lambsfoot. When looking at any subject, I try to do as much research as possible, and take information from as many informed sources as possible. The vocabulary of Sheffield cutlers in relation to a knife they (and for the most part they alone) manufacture, cannot easily be dismissed. Lambsfoot is the name they give to this knife, and that was accepted for the first 2500 pages of this thread, so why it is in question now, I'm not sure. But folks can call their own knives what they want
Sun is going down, cooling off another warm but comfortable day here in PNW. Have a wonderful evening all!
Glad the heat is not too oppressive there Ken
Nice shot
I wonder if this is something like the way the word almond is spoken around here. Almonds are a multibillion dollar business in this valley (55% of the world's total is grown here). Most people pronounce it with the L. But the old time farmers drop the L and pronounce it "amond", with the a sounding like the a in the word at. We all know that the word is spelled with an L, but the old time farmers drop it when they talk. It even led to a joke based on how the almonds are harvested - the harvesting machines have arms that grip the trunk and shake the tree, making the nuts fall off. The joke goes like this: Why are almonds pronounced amond? Because they shake the "L" out of them.
Perhaps the old time Sheffield cutlers say lambsfoot, regardless of whether there is an S or not.
That's very interesting about the almonds, and a funny story
Here, we still pronounce it with a silent 'L'. English is full of these kind of anomalies, which Noah Webster tried to iron out, and which led to the whole tomato-tomato thing
For example, we pronounce 'buoy' as 'boy', and 'Edinburgh' as 'Edin'boro'. I'm not sure what Webster would have thought about the Lambsfoot knife, but they weren't around then
Nor, were they around, in the USA, for the most part, until very recently
Them some good dunkers, Jack! I think your Lambsfoot is eyeing them!
Thank you Jack!
LOL! Yeah, the best dunkers I think mate
Hope you had a good day! Your HHB looks ready for action with a fleet of minions behind him!
Sounds interesting...never had it.
For Stag Saturday...
Thanks Dennis
It's a bit like a flat Cornish Pasty, with added ginger and other spices. Sizeable Afro-Caribbean population (mainly Saint Kitts) in my area, so they're quite common
I've been enjoying the photos of your Hartshead Barlow
And tasted even better. Have some left in the ice-box, will be even
better re-heated in a couple of days. You have a good Independence Day my friend.
Enjoy it Leon
Good morning Guardians, and Happy Independence Day to all our US members
Sheffield people were very supportive of US independence, and it was common to cheer for 'Good Tom Paine', though the support led to the crushing of local newspapers, the imprisonment of pioneering journalists, and cavalry riding into crowds of people hacking with sabres. Joseph Mather was a Sheffield file-hewer, and the cutler's favourite poet. For the 4th of July, here's a link to his song, which was sung to the tune of the British National Anthem,
God Save Great Thomas Paine
I hope everyone is having a great weekend
Any savory with ginger in it. 
I very much doubt that steel is any type of 440 
