Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
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Keep the Hartshead away from them... They would have taken England by now if they were so well-armed. ;)
 
tiguy7 said:
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Yeah, I've been walking around "my" little section of Grand Rapids quite a lot (50-60 miles per week) since March 11, 2020 and noticing all kinds of utilities-related items, including manhole covers, on my routes. I've started appreciating manhole covers as "works of art" and have started taking quite a few knife photos that include manhole covers, sewer grates, curb-stop access "lids", etc. And I've noticed that EJIW has made the majority of Grand Rapids' manhole covers. One of the reasons I have the photo I posted yesterday is that the Rempis & Gallmeyer cover seems quite rare.

I'll probably eventually start a thread involving traditional knives and manholes sometime. But my photo-taking of that sort has slowed down quite a bit for now because there are too many leaves on the ground right now. Here's a photo of a Grand Rapids storm sewer manhole cover, manufactured by East Jordan Iron Works, that has the city "logo" cast into it, along with a desert ironwood Guardians lambsfoot:
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- GT
 
screened porch said:
They can fly now. One of the things that put me off the new Doctor Whos.
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My mate's kid keeps telling me that! :rolleyes: I tell him I'll believe it when I see it! ;) :D :thumbsup:
tiguy7 said:
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That's cool :cool: I always thought 'Manhole Covers' was a very English expression, like 'Sleeping Policemen'! ;) :D :thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
Some English Culture content...
I have this sitting on my filing cabinet at work.


And Some Lambsfoot content...
I have this sitting in my pocket right now.
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LOL! :D Did I ever tell you about the friend of a friend, a mad Doctor Who fan, who was about to get married? A few days before the wedding, he came across a half-size Dalek for sale, and spent the honeymoon money buying it! :eek: The marriage went ahead, suprisingly :rolleyes: ;) :thumbsup:
5K Qs said:
Yeah, I've been walking around "my" little section of Grand Rapids quite a lot (50-60 miles per week) since March 11, 2020 and noticing all kinds of utilities-related items, including manhole covers, on my routes. I've started appreciating manhole covers as "works of art" and have started taking quite a few knife photos that include manhole covers, sewer grates, curb-stop access "lids", etc. And I've noticed that EJIW has made the majority of Grand Rapids' manhole covers. One of the reasons I have the photo I posted yesterday is that the Rempis & Gallmeyer cover seems quite rare.

I'll probably eventually start a thread involving traditional knives and manholes sometime. But my photo-taking of that sort has slowed down quite a bit for now because there are too many leaves on the ground right now. Here's a photo of a Grand Rapids storm sewer manhole cover, manufactured by East Jordan Iron Works, that has the city "logo" cast into it, along with a desert ironwood Guardians lambsfoot:
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Cool post Gary :) :thumbsup:

Here's a pic I took in the first lockdown here ;) Weird time looking back :) :thumbsup:

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They aren't manhole covers here anymore. They're drainage structure access covers.

The Robert Graves poem doesn't quite work, unfortunately:
"Gone are the drab monosyllabic days, ...."

I might have almost as much Robert Graves as Monty Python in my head .
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^Because Robert Graves was big on Greek myths.

"Yet still, with greedy eye half shut, rend the raw liver from its gut.
Feed, Jealousy, do not fly away, If she who fetched you also stay."
 
JohnDF said:
Yes, I remember that story. 🤣
After that, I guess she wasn't surprised by much.
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I guess not! 🤣 Apparently, he has an entire room devoted to his Dalek collection! :D I wish I knew them better, as I imagine there are loads of funny stories! 🤣 :thumbsup:
r8shell said:
Yep. Lots of walking with our heads down, perhaps.

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Hmmm :) That's a nice one Rachel :) I like the way so many mundane things were still made to be attractive once :thumbsup:
screened porch said:
They aren't manhole covers here anymore. They're drainage structure access covers.

The Robert Graves poem doesn't quite work, unfortunately:
"Gone are the drab monosyllabic days, ...."

I might have almost as much Robert Graves as Monty Python in my head .
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^Because Robert Graves was big on Greek myths.

"Yet still, with greedy eye half shut, rend the raw liver from its gut.
Feed, Jealousy, do not fly away, If she who fetched you also stay."
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A typically learned post Jer :) I just went to find a volume of Graves, and failed :( I have so many books, they are double-parked on my many bookshelves, and stacked atop them :rolleyes:

Good morning Guardians, halfway through the week already. I've got my Hartshead Barlow back in my pocket today, and it's helping me doing some cleaning-up ;) Have a good day everyone :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
A coincidence you should post that Leon, as I am just about to replace my flying-pig door-stop with something I found on the market last week! :cool: It'll need a bit of cleaning up first though ;) :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
I nearly put my back out carrying this 12lb block back from the market last week! :D An interesting find I think, but I have limited practical use for it. It holds my kitchen door open pretty well though ;) :thumbsup:

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Very cool posts Jack. Your HHB looking great as usual. What were all those iron blocks originally used for? Very interesting.


Good morning Guardians. Lots to do today. Will be heading into town today to the USPS, the barber, hardware store, etc. My HHB in the pocket this morning.
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Onebigbill said:
Very cool posts Jack. Your HHB looking great as usual. What were all those iron blocks originally used for? Very interesting.


Good morning Guardians. Lots to do today. Will be heading into town today to the USPS, the barber, hardware store, etc. My HHB in the pocket this morning.
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Thanks Bill, I'm not sure if the block was used with a press or a chasing hammer, but probably the former I imagine. You can see the shape for the handle of a piece of table cutlery (flatware), and maybe the other decorations are for punch bowls, snuff-boxes, or whatever, the sort of thing that Sheffield produced in great quantity :thumbsup:

Sounds like you have a busy day my friend, I need a trip to the barber myself :) Have a good one, that's a great pic of your Hartshead Barlow :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
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Beautiful picture, Jack.
Forgive me if it was already mentioned, but what is a block like that used for?
It looks really nice in photos with knives, I'm sure it does a good job of propping up doors, but I'm thinking it's a mold or die of some sort?
 
JohnDF said:
Beautiful picture, Jack.
Forgive me if it was already mentioned, but what is a block like that used for?
It looks really nice in photos with knives, I'm sure it does a good job of propping up doors, but I'm thinking it's a mold or die of some sort?
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Thank you very much John, that's very kind of you :) I think you are right about the block. Cutlery moulds I've seen have two halves, with a channel into which molten metal was poured after the two halves were clamped together. However, soft metal is also pressed or beaten into moulds. I remember Paul Mason, who used to post here, made the moulds for Rolls Royce's 'Spirit of Ecstasy', and I believe he was also a skilled Chaser, as well as a skilled knife maker :)

Here's what I said to Bill, but I'm sure there are others who would know more about it than me :thumbsup:
Jack Black said:
Thanks Bill, I'm not sure if the block was used with a press or a chasing hammer, but probably the former I imagine. You can see the shape for the handle of a piece of table cutlery (flatware), and maybe the other decorations are for punch bowls, snuff-boxes, or whatever, the sort of thing that Sheffield produced in great quantity :thumbsup:
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