Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[WhittlinAway]

Another couple of pics from yesterday

Splendid, Jack! I'm so glad you got out for a day like that. As you said, it probably did you more good than you even yet realize.

 

[WhittlinAway]

Hey Prester John ! I carry a lambsfoot...



... because some packages are worth opening. How 'bout you?

 

[screened porch]

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[flatblackcapo]

This Waynorth Lamb helped me whip up a couple hotdog burritos on this fine Sunday afternoon.

 

[JohnDF]

Did you get much rain your way, John?

Not much. Just enough to wet the ground.

The light sprinkle we had in the morning did make for fantastic conditions for a trail run right before lunch time

Sounds like a good way to spend some time.
But the only time i run is when something is chasing me.

I wish I'd thought of Jack's round-up comment.

Jack's pretty quick.

I hope you enjoyed your hike, lunch, and the game with friends.

It was a lot of fun. Never got to the dominos, too busy talking and laughing.

because some packages are worth opening. How 'bout you?

Brilliant!

 

[Prester John]

Hey Prester John ! I carry a lambsfoot...

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... because some packages are worth opening. How 'bout you?

That sure looks good, Ron! Lambsfoots are great for opening packages, that's for sure.

 

[cigarrodog]

Fantastic find Harvey, and they've made for a great pic I have Barrett to thank for the introduction to the original, he brought me a bottle all the way to Sheffield

Thank you Jack. Now that’s what I call service.

I found a yum emoticon!

this one sure does. Others have commented on the covers. The long-pull nail nick caught my eye. I don't recall seeing that on many (any?) other lambsfoot blades. Very cool.

Thank you Greg.

Another couple of pics from yesterday

Nice additional images. Getting out really was brilliant mood therapy.

You’ll have to let us know how those others are. I’ve only ever had their standard habanero hot sauce (the red label/cap).

The Habanero has the right amount of heat for my t buds, with a flavor to match. I really like it. The Drunken Jerk Jamaican Marinade is medium hot, spicy and quite tasty. Great on chicken, etc., but also wonderful as a dipper. Haven’t tried the drunken bean, yet.

They have a USA delivery only website, but a list of places that carry it. https://secretaardvark.com/

Hey Prester John ! I carry a lambsfoot...

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... because some packages are worth opening. How 'bout you?

I’ll say.

 

[tmd_87]

I got an early start to wood cutting season. Nice load of sequoia!

 

[WhittlinAway]

Nice, tmd_87 ! Did you bring in enough for the winter or is that a multi-outing thing?

BTW, have you seen this book?



Fellow Guardian Cambertree recommended it to me a few years ago. I won't be cutting, drying, stacking, or burning any significant amount of firewood anytime soon but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

 

[tmd_87]

Nice, tmd_87 ! Did you bring in enough for the winter or is that a multi-outing thing?

BTW, have you seen this book?

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Fellow Guardian Cambertree recommended it to me a few years ago. I won't be cutting, drying, stacking, or burning any significant amount of firewood anytime soon but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

A load in my truck bed of soft wood will last me for the year so yea pretty much! Have a bunch of oak that I cut last summer and I’m gonna split this summer and burn in the winter. That’s usually what I do. I cut green in the summer let it sit all year then burn it the following winter.

No never have seen that book I will take a look at it online. Thanks Greg!

 

[Jack Black]

Splendid, Jack! I'm so glad you got out for a day like that. As you said, it probably did you more good than you even yet realize.

Thanks Greg, walking in the outdoors is definitely a tonic Having recovered from Covid, my mate returns to work today, but has Wednesday off, so we're going out, for what will, hopefully, be a nice hike

Hey Prester John ! I carry a lambsfoot...

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... because some packages are worth opening. How 'bout you?

Great to see the return of your infrequent series my friend Nicely maintained Lambsfoot there

Nice way to start the week Jer

This Waynorth Lamb helped me whip up a couple hotdog burritos on this fine Sunday afternoon.

Fantastic pic Kevin, hope you had a great weekend

Nice additional images. Getting out really was brilliant mood therapy.

Thank you very much Harvey

I got an early start to wood cutting season. Nice load of sequoia!

Nice work Taylor I saw a lot of wood on Saturday, and hopefully one of my wood-burning pals will be interested. I can only burn wood on my fire-pit unfortunately. I have a makeshift 'wood-shed' under which I season it, and add to the pile as and when I can

Nice, tmd_87 ! Did you bring in enough for the winter or is that a multi-outing thing?

BTW, have you seen this book?

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Fellow Guardian Cambertree recommended it to me a few years ago. I won't be cutting, drying, stacking, or burning any significant amount of firewood anytime soon but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

I've heard that book is an enjoyable read Greg, and will probably pick up a copy at some point

Good morning Guardians, I hope that everyone had a lovely weekend, and that your week gets off to a good start Starting mine with my Hartshead Barlow

 

[A.L.]

Nice, tmd_87 ! Did you bring in enough for the winter or is that a multi-outing thing?

BTW, have you seen this book?

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Fellow Guardian Cambertree recommended it to me a few years ago. I won't be cutting, drying, stacking, or burning any significant amount of firewood anytime soon but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Looks like interesting read!

 

[donn]

BTW, have you seen this book?

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Fellow Guardian Cambertree recommended it to me a few years ago. I won't be cutting, drying, stacking, or burning any significant amount of firewood anytime soon but I still thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

Great book isn't it. I spent the entire read thinking "well I never knew that".

Spring. At last.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[screened porch]

Inner child? What's that?

The ray gun makes a whirring sound and generates sparks in the red part, which are focused into a death ray by the silver bit!

 

[5K Qs]

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Those are some great ideas Gary, it’s a versatile food. Is it safe to assume that you wash it all done with a nice Porter?

Thanks Gary, it’s the standard “rosewood.”
The blade is off center a bit but not rubbing, nice grind, good action, only a few minor gaps. It’s a perfect work knife.

Whoa! That’s a big apple. I usually get the bagged apples. They’re a lot smaller and not as pretty, you know…the ones that didn’t make the “cut.”

Having a porter with a meal is certainly preferred, but I don't always have one available; almost any non-hoppy beer is a good beverage with a meal for me.

Thanks for the wood ID, Todd. I know rosewood has lots of variety, but all of my rosewood is quite dark (and some quite "stripey", so I sometimes forget that there are light-colored examples, too. (In fact, I suppose "rosewood" makes a lot more sense as a name for wood like you have on your knife. )

I always buy bagged apples, too (usually Gala). Got a good deal on this BIG bag of Fujis, and many of the apples were BIG, too ... so big that I almost couldn't make the cut.

It's from the Watchmen movie and comics.
The phrase "Who Watches the Watchmen?" is seen throughout.
If you have not seen the movie, I cannot recommend it strongly enough... It's absolutely fantastic!
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Thanks for the recommendation, John. I looked at the movie Wikipedia page. This old man might find following the plot extremely challenging!

"Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodiatores?"
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Who guards the Guardians?

I've had the page for this Latin phrase bookmarked since last summer. Seems like it would definitely be a question of interest to us Guardians of the Lambsfoot.

IIRC.
Sed quis administrat ipsos administratores?
I'm less confident of that. I coined it when I was an academic, but I was never a classicist.
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It was a bit of a result! The engineer was here about an hour ago, and it was a very brief visit. He said he'd have to order an expansion vessel, and will be back Monday or Tuesday, so I'll just have to manage until then. I've got the boiler running at the moment, but I suspect I'll have the same issue when it's been running a while, and have to turn it off again
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I know what you mean Gary! My mind seems to repress a lot of memories!
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I think Harrogate is about the fanciest place in Yorkshire Gary! Yesterday made a nice change though
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Thanks for the replies, Jack.
I've been reading about your boiler challenges for over a week (and hope that the most recent repair does the trick), but I'm not exactly sure I know what you mean by "boiler". When I hear "boiler", I usually think of a major component of a heating system pumps hot water through pipes to heat a building. I think they're quite common in schools and other "institutional buildings" in my area, but not very many private residences have hot water heating any more. So then I wonder if "boiler" is the term used in Yorkshire for what I call a "water heater", which is the tank used to heat water to be pumped to the hot water faucets in sinks, showers, bathtubs throughout the house.

That image measures up nicely.

Beautiful GT. I can only hope to age that well.

Great pics Gary

Thanks, Harvey & Jeremy & Jack.

Thanks GT, I'm always amazed by the snowy photos many post on here knowing that many are 10 degrees of more further south than us regardless of elevation. The whole of the UK sits further north than the entire Lower 48, and indeed the southern half of Canada. My sister in the north of England lives further north than Moscow, and if you swam across the north sea from Aberdeen in Scotland you'd hit southern Sweden. The only reason we don't have baltic winters is the Gulf Stream current that sweeps up from around the Bahamas, crosses the Atlantic and warms western Europe. Without that we'd look like where Barrett lives for half the year. It what gives us our temperate maritime climate that us Brits are world-renowned for griping about.

Interesting info, David; thanks.
I'm familiar with the Gulf Stream, but I'm not very aware of its influences.

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Good Morning Guardians

That's a vibrant vintage Lambsfoot, Harvey, but I have trouble focusing on it with chocolate chip cookies in the vicinity

Happy Pi(e) Day Guardians!
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Right back at you, Jack!

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Apologies if this new pic is too tempting.

Happy Pi Day Guardians.
Since I gave up sweets for Lent, I had to resort to Pizza Pie.
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There are no irrational choices of pie. . Well done.

Good one, Greg!!
Glad to see Guardians observing Pi Day.
My department had a celebration in the Reading Room across from my office on 3.14 at 3.14pm, with pies to eat for students and faculty. But I was in class at the time and missed the festivities. (I lobbied hard for starting at 1:59pm instead - 3.14159 - when I'm not in class, but no joy.)

I hear you guys.

I've been lucky with my knees and back. Both have had issues, but not beyond remediation. My knees got a lot better after putting in a lot of work on improving my running form about a dozen years ago. My back has gotten a lot better lately after working on strengthening my core and introducing a daily stretching routine (which I hated until I realized it was working wonders). Unfortunately after a lifetime of typing, probably with too much enthusiasm, and a lot of more recent use whittling my hands are starting to show signs of arthritis. I'm not looking forward to it getting worse as time goes on.

Perhaps if I add more fat to my diet I can oil my own joints.

I think your persistence in taking measures to "fix" some of the physical problems that inevitably come with "maturity" is admirable, Greg, and my experience suggests that you should plan on setting aside more time each day as you age to work on "maintenance activities." I suppose I'm in pretty good shape for my age, but each morning I'm up to at least 30 minutes of stretching and "targeted exercises" to keep as many of my physical systems operating as I can.

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Holy Handsome Barlow, Batman!

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

What a day! Apart from my ongoing boiler issues, I had a totally wasted trip to town, and have been messing around with my cell-phone ever since. I bought this one less than a year ago, and it's been a nightmare. For the first six months, it behaved as if it was possessed, flashing between apps at record speeds, changing settings, deleting photos, overwriting notes, sending texts, all I could do was try to re-boot it. I'd have sent it back, but I didn't have a spare phone. The 'Haunting' has recently calmed down, but all sorts of other bugs have made it unusable. I decided to try a factory re-set today, so backed up all my contacts, photos, settings, notes, etc. All I got back were my contacts, and that was only thanks to the fact I'd backed it up with Google, as well as the manufacturer's 'cloud' (I'll be able to get my photos back from Google too hopefully). To cap it all, the bugs still weren't fixed, and I couldn't even make a phone call. I haven't got a clue what phone to buy to replace it, so just had a quick look online, and ordered a "cheap" £200 phone for now Hope everyone else is having a less stressful day

Sorry to hear about your phone problems, Jack.
I recently received a letter from my cell phone service provider informing me that they will be "retiring" all of their 3G service at the end of 2022, and that my trusty old unsmart flip phone will be unusable when that happens, so I need to replace it. Not looking forward to that.

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I’m sure you’re all “cracking” up right now!

Better safe than sorry, Todd!

LOL! Great yolk Todd

New lamb in the flock thanks to a great deal I got from another member of the porch. Todd may even say its "eggs"ellent.

Be careful, don’t get me started with the egg jokes because I have dozens!

Y'all are cracking me up today.

Thanks Todd. It was poached from another collection.

High hilarity; you guys are more entertaining than the television!
Congrats on that sublime jigged bone WCLF, Jeremy; that's the stuff that dreams are made of!!!

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You're a fortunate man, Leon!!

We've often spoken of the lambsfoot's ergonomics. It's comfortable in hand for push cuts and pull cuts. I also find that I use it in a pencil grip with my thumb and middle finger gripping mid-blade and my index finger on the spine for fine control when hulling strawberries and piercing clamshell packaging.

That's three grips/cutting techniques, but I bet I'm only scratching the surface of how people hold their lambsfoot knives when putting them to the myriad tasks at which they excel. So, I'll put the question to the group: how many different ways do we collectively find ourselves holding our lambsfoot knives in use?

Thumb on the spine (whatever it's called)
Thumb on the well (whatever it's called)
And Pinch Grip, my most used grip.

The Lambsfoot is such a versatile knife While certainly not illegal, knife carry is very much frowned upon by the authorities here, as well as a lot of the misguided general public, and producing even the most diminutive of folders is likely to lead to the appearance of a SWAT team. As a consequence, if I'm opening a letter, or some packaging, in the centre of town, for example, I have developed discreet ways of using my Lambsfoot in public, so I'll perhaps choke up on the blade to shield it, or reverse the knife, open the blade half an inch (much easier with a cam tang), and use it like that, pinching the blade in a sort of 'pencil' grip. After having done this for some years, I can usually produce my Lambsfoot, use it effectively, and slip it back in my pocket, in a few seconds, and without Nosey Parkers being any the wiser

Interesting question, Greg.

Most of my knife use is in food prep. Here are some photos of my LamBarJack rosewood HHB after I used it to cut up some "traffic signal" bell peppers for use on a plate of nachos I made Saturday. The photos are intended to show how I hold the lambsfoot (and most of my other knives) for cutting fruits and vegetables. Since I'm right-handed, I wanted to show the knife in my right hand, but that meant I'd be working the camera with my left hand, which is literally not dextrous. So I was usually setting down the knife, using my RH to position the camera in my LH, and then picking up knife in RH again. In the process, I think the grip turned out to be a little different than what I actually use. My index finger on the blade spine (with first knuckle where tang meets spring) is usually straight, and that pushes the rest of my grip farther back on the handle. My thumb is typically holding the handle at, or behind, the midpoint.
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- GT

 

[Onebigbill]

Off to a good start today. Then I off for my quarterly blood labs. I don't know why they don't just put a spigot in my arm. lol Going to carry my HHB today. Recycle pic.

 

[JohnDF]

Good way to start the day, my friend.