Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Nice to see the evenings beginning to get lighter again :) I'm looking forward to going to the market tomorrow, but a few of the other regulars are out of action at the moment, due to various ailments. Forecast is down in the low 30s again, but with some sunshine thankfully. It sure does get cold, after a few hours, down there. Hopefully, there'll be cake to fend off the low temperatures ;) My Hartshead Barlow is a capable cake-cutter, but I thought I'd let Big Rose accompany me, for the day (shown here with a new tool I picked up last week) :thumbsup:

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bigfish64 said:
Couldn’t agree more with the dog comments. We have a great dog, wouldn’t hurt a fly, but when he is running full speed at someone, I know he isn’t going to jump on them (he’s been trained not to do that), I know he isn’t going to bite them, I know all he wants is to be petted, but THEY don’t. So I restrain my dog.
Similarly, when we go over to our neighbors and their dogs are constantly barking while we are trying to visit, or jumping up on the couch and getting in your face, and making me uncomfortable, I don’t say anything because if I do, I’m then labeled as not a “dog lover.” It’s always the owners, not the dogs. Sorry, this discussion struck a chord.
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Good point Todd, I can remember one of my young daughters being knocked flying by a big red setter years ago. The dog was just being friendly, but she was hurt, and she and her sister were frightened. When I asked the posh woman owner to get it under control, she told me to stop being so stupid! :mad: Years ago, I had an acquaintance, with two large, but very soft, dogs, and they were always out of control. One day they jumped up at my neighbour, who was very heavily pregnant at the time, and naturally concerned, and he said something similar to her. I told him not to come round to my house anymore. As he was going back to his car, with the dogs still running all over the place, they started barking at two guys in their early twenties. I don't know what happened, but I heard him shout, "Don't be stupid, they're just frightened!" Instead of getting hold of his dogs, he kept on giving the two guys a hard time, until eventually, one of them put him on his backside. Afterwards, they apologised to me, as they had seen him with me before, but I told them they had nothing to apologise for. I was actually embarrassed to have known the guy :thumbsdown:
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On a lighter note, lunch preparation! 😊View attachment 1724177
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That looks like a very healthy lunch Todd, and just the sort of thing I should be eating myself :) I had some leftover leek and potato soup, which I guess isn't TOO bad ;) The colours of your salad make a nice background for your handsome Lambsfoot :) :thumbsup:
 
I carry this Lambsfoot almost everyday. It doesnt get into the pics to often but its there. This knife has taught me the subtle refinements that make the Lambsfoot such a great knife. I have several other Lambsfoot knives but this one is the one that won me over.

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echoscout said:
This knife has taught me the subtle refinements that make the Lambsfoot such a great knife.
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They are just good work knives, that is what they were designed for. Look at all the knives with a similar blade shape, every one of them designed to be a work knife. My dad always said, knives are tools, so look after them.:thumbsup:
 
echoscout said:
I carry this Lambsfoot also everyday. It doesnt get into the pics to often but its there. This knife has taught me the subtle refinements that make the Lambsfoot such a great knife. I have several other Lambsfoot knives but this one is the one that won me over.

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Glad to see you've taken to the Lambsfoot pattern :) The refinements are indeed subtle, and I think you really need to use a Lambsfoot before they can be fully appreciated. I still marvel at them myself :) Sometimes our knives choose us, as much as we choose them perhaps? It can sometimes be hard to say why one particular knife takes over our pocket, compared to another :thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
Now THAT'S a proper cake cutter. 🤠:thumbsup:
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No cake can withstand its awesome power my friend! :D ;) :thumbsup:
cudgee said:
They are just good work knives, that is what they were designed for. Look at all the knives with a similar blade shape, every one of them designed to be a work knife. My dad always said, knives are tools, so look after them.:thumbsup:
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For hundreds, if not thousands, of years, most of the knives used by our ancestors had straight edges. Presumably, because they WORKED. Like these two examples from the Iron Age:

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All straight-edge blades are good work knives, but as we know some genius came along, in the 19th century, and invented the best of them, the Lambsfoot :)

Of course, there are always anomalies ;)

Such as this knife from 800AD! :eek: :cool:

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Jack Black said:
It can sometimes be hard to say why one particular knife takes over our pocket, compared to another :thumbsup:
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Good observation. But it happens to most knife lovers, just happens. The answer's a pineapple.:)
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Such as this knife from 800AD! :eek: :cool:
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I remember when that was released, there was a stampede at knife stores.;)
Jack Black said:
I'll be off out early in the morning Guardians, so have a good day, and I'll hopefully catch up with y'all later in the day
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That is a great looking Lamb.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
That looks like a very healthy lunch Todd, and just the sort of thing I should be eating myself :) I had some leftover leek and potato soup, which I guess isn't TOO bad ;) The colours of your salad make a nice background for your handsome Lambsfoot :) :thumbsup:
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Thanks Jack, after I took the picture I put a generous amount of shredded cheese on it so…🤣

JohnDF said:
Waiting for my next virtual meeting to start and I'm playing around with shadows... It's called boredom. 😄
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Looks really cool John. 😎👍
 
Jack Black said:
It's been a while since I was last able to sneak out for a mid-week walk, but I managed to get out of the city for one today. It was in the 30's all day, but it sure made a difference when the sun came out. Unfortunately, I spent most of my walk with it in my eyes :rolleyes: I finished off in the park I walked in last week, so took a pic of the castle folly for [IMG alt="CelloDan"]https://www.bladeforums.com/data/avatars/s/487/487928.jpg?1563066954[/IMG] CelloDan , along with a few others :) :thumbsup:

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You're surrounded by beautiful landscapes, Jack; these and your images from last Saturday are amazing! 😲 :cool: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
Campbellclanman said:
Great viewing everyone!
I’m travelling here for the past week - coming into the Guardians thread feels like home! 😊👍
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You mentioned in a post a while ago about sharpening and leather strops and diamond applications. I never tell anyone what to do or how to spend their money, but if i may make a suggestion, do your research and be sure of what you want to purchase, it is not only a rabbit hole, but a money burning pit going down that path. I have no idea of your needs and requirements, but i can say with confidence, the average knife person does not need these in their sharpening kit, it is expensive over kill. I could go on but don't want to hi-jack the Lamb content, but if you or others would like my thoughts would be more than happy to share them, i have a drawer full of diamond pastes and sprays, and different leathers, glad i bought them to experiment with, but spent a lot that i did not need to, only to try them and satisfy what i needed to know, don't want to see other people spend money they don't need too. As jack will vouch for, we all have sharpening equipment that seemed like a good idea, till you get them and think why did i buy that. My thoughts and rant for the day.:)
 
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