Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[JohnDF]

Oh no.... I thought you might have been stuck in the snow.

Hope you're not working as hard as the guys in the picture.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians
My Usual Lamb was feeling a little left out, so he gets the nod today.

 

[Fodderwing]

Good morning all. Have a good week.

 

[Jack Black]

Now that it's been too cold for so long, it's about to be too hot.

You just can't win sometimes

Hope you're not working as hard as the guys in the picture.

Definitely not mate! I doubt I have ever worked as hard as a crucible steel team!

I hope that you too have a great week in store jack. Weather here is warming up and Monday will be in the low 70's (deg F). Interesting day yesterday. I recently acquired an interesting machine that is manufactured in the Czech Republic. Had my Senator with me to help unpack the the thing. Never have seen this sort of thing but it works off my shop compressor and is able to create up to 4500 psi and can fill my PCP airgun in a matter of minutes. Very simple design - I took it apart (hehe) to see how it works. I am one of those people that can let well enough alone. Put it all back together and it still works!
Almost forgot to mention that your photo is very interesting and your HHB I looking mighty fine.
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Thanks a lot Bill, that sounds interesting, and it's nice to see your double-bolstered Lambsfoot I hope that the weather stays nice for you, with a few overnight showers if possible

Good Morning Guardians
My Usual Lamb was feeling a little left out, so he gets the nod today.

Always good to see John

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Cool pic Dwight, I like that stag

 

[Fodderwing]

Cool pic Dwight, I like that stag

Thank you Jack. BTW I have something on the "old knives" thread I need you to take a gander at. Have a great day buddy.

 

[JohnDF]

Cool pic Dwight, I like that stag

I like the birdhouse too, Dwight.

 

[echoscout]

Morning Guardians! Need to get a band on this Champ before long and give it a play.

 

[cigarrodog]

Old picture.

But a goodie.

maybe it'll even brighten up as the morning progresses Have a great week Guardians

Love that image of your Barlow and the hard working steel workers. Kind of looks like an experienced man teaching an apprentice.

Good Morning Guardians
My Usual Lamb was feeling a little left out, so he gets the nod today.

Simple perfection.

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”Watch the Birdie.“ A fine warm look.

Good Morning Guardians

 

[bigfish64]

Good morning, hope everyone’s week is off to a good start.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you Jack. BTW I have something on the "old knives" thread I need you to take a gander at. Have a great day buddy.

Thanks for the heads-up Dwight, I got so far behind with that thread a few years ago, that I have been frightened to open it ever since! An excellent reply on that rare knife from our friend H herder

Morning Guardians! Need to get a band on this Champ before long and give it a play.

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Get her banded up buddy! Have some fun Cool pic

Love that image of your Barlow and the hard working steel workers. Kind of looks like an experienced man teaching an apprentice.

Thanks Dwight, quite possibly Steel-workers started out, as children, tending the ovens that made the clay crucibles, and performing other lighter tasks. The steel teams had to works closely together, with each man having a specific task. Teeming the steel had to be performed in one fluid motion, with the molten steel-filled crucible, held in long tongs, and braced over the knees, while pouring into the mould. The teemers were big, muscular men, who wore wet sacking around their legs for protection, and held a rag between their teeth to stop their lips blistering from the heat of the molten steel. There might be multiple teams on the floor of works, so everyone had to have their wits about them as they moved around.

Good Morning Guardians

Beautiful photo of that unusual Joseph Rodgers my friend

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Have a good one Todd Great pic

 

[cigarrodog]

Beautiful photo of that unusual Joseph Rodgers my friend

Thank you Jack. And thanks for the additional historical notes. Risky business for those hard working fellows.

 

[JohnDF]

Simple perfection.

Thank you, Harvey.

Beautiful picture with the flowers, Harvey.

Another beautiful flower picture, Todd.
I really missed the "Flower Picture" message I guess.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you Jack. And thanks for the additional historical notes. Risky business for those hard working fellows.

Yes Harvey, certainly a dangerous business. I had plenty of mates who worked in the steel works and rolling mills. Not quite back in the crucible steel days, but they told me that accidents were a weekly occurrence. The lure was good money.

During the two world wars, with the men off fighting, women worked in the steel works, starting from scratch, and a lot of those poor girls were injured or killed helping the war effort

 

[Fodderwing]

Cool pic Dwight, I like that stag

Thank you Jack.

I like the birdhouse too, Dwight

Thank you JD

”Watch the Birdie.“ A fine warm look.

Gracias amigo. And that is a beautiful image of your lamb with a rose. Puts me back to Mother's Day!

Thanks for the heads-up Dwight, I got so far behind with that thread a few years ago, that I have been frightened to open it ever since! An excellent reply on that rare knife from our friend

Good deal Jack.

 

[Jack Black]

Well, it is Monday!

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[Jack Black]

I said I was going to carry some horn this week, and this is what I'll be carrying tomorrow. This is a special knife, and one I used to carry a lot. I'd never seen any buffalo horn like this, it was a special grade that nobody wanted to pay for. This one came first, then I had a few more made for friends, and then came the 2017 Guardians Lambsfoot knives, with this 'Super Duper' Buffalo on both sides, Maybe I'll carry one of those on Wednesday

 

[cudgee]

Thanks Dwight, quite possibly Steel-workers started out, as children, tending the ovens that made the clay crucibles, and performing other lighter tasks. The steel teams had to works closely together, with each man having a specific task. Teeming the steel had to be performed in one fluid motion, with the molten steel-filled crucible, held in long tongs, and braced over the knees, while pouring into the mould. The teemers were big, muscular men, who wore wet sacking around their legs for protection, and held a rag between their teeth to stop their lips blistering from the heat of the molten steel. There might be multiple teams on the floor of works, so everyone had to have their wits about them as they moved around.

Would not pass OH&S now.

During the two world wars, with the men off fighting, women worked in the steel works, starting from scratch, and a lot of those poor girls were injured or killed helping the war effort

It is often quoted, but i will say it again, " We Will Never See The Likes Of That Generation Ever Again ".

I'd never seen any buffalo horn like this, it was a special grade that nobody wanted to pay for.

That is some beautiful horn, i would have paid for that horn. Quality always wins out. .

 

[bigfish64]

Have a good one Todd Great pic

Thanks Jack.

Another beautiful flower picture, Todd.
I really missed the "Flower Picture" message I guess.

Sorry about that John. Harvey cigarrodog said he was going to tell you.

Well, it is Monday!

Awesome knife Jack, and that beer looks very tasty.

 

[JohnDF]

That's some outstanding horn.

Harvey cigarrodog said he was going to tell you

Lol... That darned Harvey.