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Guardians of The Lambsfoot!
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That looks like a pleasant place to enjoy your lunch Jack!
I’m carrying this medium Stag Lambsfoot and one of its friends this morning.I hope all of you Guardians are off to a great start for the weekend!
It was indeed Ron
That Lambsfoot is looking great, tempted to get one myself 
Probably Jack. Alot of these breweries alter recipes when they take over a brand.And theres always that thing about the taste being effected by the change of the water when there brewed in another location. It's a real shame about Newky Brown though, and says alot about Tadcaster if they can't get that right.
It's a bit of a quality desert round where I live to. I've got to cycle or an hour walk at least to find even a half-decent ale.
Saying that I know a few drinkers who are adamant that Thwaites Lancaster Bomber has actually improved since it left Blackburn
Aye I'd read about the robustness of Wright's polish on here and it's something that my other Wright's seem to prove, so I was really surprised by how quick the patina formed on my horn lambsfoot. Maybe what you need is to eat more Chorizo
Thanks David, who needs patina with horn like that one
Yes, Ward's was never the same after they moved it to the Vaux brewery, and I had a pint of Tetley's (for nastalgia's sake) when I was with
Cambertree
in Sheffield, and it was rotten! That looks like a nice pub I just noticed my 'dessert' typo!
A day and a half in York helping my mates get ready for there wedding. After which a little wonder round the Grande Olde Cittie
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Have a lovely time in York my friend (seems a popular wedding location these days, I was at one there last year). Cool pic of your Lambsfoot
Another section of York's ancient walls with the Lambsfoot gifted to me by @bonzodog
Great to see your Big 'un Charlie
I think mine is due some pocket time 
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I haven't re-installed Photoshop to this PC, so just did it in Publisher!
Out and about in Leeds today
(That isn't Carlsberg by the way!
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Thanks for the compliment on the Stag David!
Your welcome gents! I love the combination of the knives, the locations and the stories on this forum
Keep 'em coming everyone A great combination for the weekend there
Yes, Ward's was never the same after they moved it to the Vaux brewery, and I had a pint of Tetley's (for nastalgia's sake) when I was with
Have a lovely time in York my friend (seems a popular wedding location these days, I was at one there last year). Cool pic of your Lambsfoot
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Ahhh....Wards.... Now that was a NICE pint!
Only had it a few times on visits to Sheffield of course but remember it with much fondness That pic is the Maltings pub on Lendal Bridge. I was waiting for the train. The wedding aint 'til next weekend so I'm back to York next weekend to it all over again
Thats a stunning looking lambsfoot Jack
And a great shot of Marygate tower
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Ahhh....Wards.... Now that was a NICE pint!
That pic is the Maltings pub on Lendal Bridge. I was waiting for the train. The wedding aint 'til next weekend so I'm back to York next weekend to it all over again
Thats a stunning looking lambsfoot Jack
Wards used to have a brewery open day every year. Right next to James Neill tools where my dad spent most of his working life, and down the road from where I lived as a kid
The Maltings is an excellent pub, but I bet it's nearly 10 years since I was last in!
Shocking really, but you are spoilt for choice for pubs in York Thanks, I like the Minster Inn near there
Have a great weekend David (and everyone), I'm off to Gargrave tomorrow, have a walk down the canal
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Wards used to have a brewery open day every year. Right next to James Neill tools where my dad spent most of his working life, and down the road from where I lived as a kid
The Maltings is an excellent pub, but I bet it's nearly 10 years since I was last in!
Thanks, I like the Minster Inn near there
Have a great weekend David (and everyone), I'm off to Gargrave tomorrow, have a walk down the canal
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Then I've bad news for you. The Minster Inn, (which was my local in York for many years), is no more. Dave & Sally who ran it had to give it up (a combination of sky-high rents and ill-health). Once they left the brewery who owned it took the opportunity to "renovate" it. Aka, completely banjax it
It is still a pub called the Minster Inn, but it's not the Minster Inn people travelled hundreds of miles to come and visit.
Enjoy Gargrave Jack. Thats part of the Pennine Way round there
You can always dip in the canal to cool off 
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Happy 300 pages of the Guardians thread! Well done Jack, and all the Guardians contributors! I always like to catch up on the photos and stories in this thread, although lately, it seems I've been relegated by work demands into more of a reader and lurker, than a contributor.
I remember that evening well mate! A nice Indian curry, and I think we had a tasty pint or two at the Red Deer, before being faced with some rather limited options at another old Sheffield pub. I think I opted for Guinness, recalling how 500ml Tetleys cans are the cheap supermarket beer of choice in Australia. I thought it must be like Fosters: for tourists only, and never drunk by anyone in its native land. Apparently not!
As we get deeper into winter here in Southern Australia, I like to enjoy the odd Stout of an evening. This local brewery does a fantastic rendition:
Yes, Ward's was never the same after they moved it to the Vaux brewery, and I had a pint of Tetley's (for nastalgia's sake) when I was with
I remember that evening well mate!
A nice Indian curry, and I think we had a tasty pint or two at the Red Deer, before being faced with some rather limited options at another old Sheffield pub. I think I opted for Guinness, recalling how 500ml Tetleys cans are the cheap supermarket beer of choice in Australia. I thought it must be like Fosters: for tourists only, and never drunk by anyone in its native land. Apparently not!As we get deeper into winter here in Southern Australia, I like to enjoy the odd Stout of an evening. This local brewery does a fantastic rendition:
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I love learning new words.Then I've bad news for you. The Minster Inn, (which was my local in York for many years), is no more. Dave & Sally who ran it had to give it up (a combination of sky-high rents and ill-health). Once they left the brewery who owned it took the opportunity to "renovate" it. Aka, completely banjax it
It is still a pub called the Minster Inn, but it's not the Minster Inn people travelled hundreds of miles to come and visit.
Enjoy Gargrave Jack. Thats part of the Pennine Way round there
While growth is good for the local economy, as an old curmudgeon, it's hard to watch things change. It seems like most of the places we used to hang out at have closed or changed beyond recognition, and Shiner Bock just doesn't taste the same since they increased production to millions of cases per year.
Oh well. Life goes on, and I can sit back and watch the patina form.
While digging through some catalogs, I came across this "Lambfoot" model from Joseph Rodgers dating to 1961.
It has a unique handle shape (imitation stag) which comes to a point at the back side, and interesting that they call this model "The Farmer".
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It has a unique handle shape (imitation stag) which comes to a point at the back side, and interesting that they call this model "The Farmer".
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A candle-tipped swayback?
I like it!
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I took a break from reading this thread for a bit but keep finding myself coming over to it. I see a lot of the Lambs foot knives are A.Wright. May I ask do you most of you normally order directly from there or is there a U.S. dealer that carried them. I've never ordered anything form over seas before.
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Have a great weekend Guardians.
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I love learning new words.
While growth is good for the local economy, as an old curmudgeon, it's hard to watch things change. It seems like most of the places we used to hang out at have closed or changed beyond recognition, and Shiner Bock just doesn't taste the same since they increased production to millions of cases per year.
Oh well. Life goes on, and I can sit back and watch the patina form.
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But rarely change for the better. Things just seem to change so someone can make a quick buck
I don't know....I think I've become an old curmudgeon... I like the last thing you wrote there. You could base a whole life philosophy on that
It could actually be a motto for the Porch."The Traditional Knives Forum. Sitting back...and watching the patina form...."
Beautiful stag btw
Thanks for posting that
It's like a teardrop swayback lambsfoot...Crikey! North America doesn't do things by halves does it
Stunning scenery!Happy 300 pages of the Guardians thread! Well done Jack, and all the Guardians contributors! I always like to catch up on the photos and stories in this thread, although lately, it seems I've been relegated by work demands into more of a reader and lurker, than a contributor.
As we get deeper into winter here in Southern Australia, I like to enjoy the odd Stout of an evening. This local brewery does a fantastic rendition:
A cracking knife and interesting looking beer
I'm one of these fools who, as we get deeper into summer here in the UK, sticks resolutely to the stout Are you going to cellar some away for two years?
-David
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