Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[herder]

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Have a great weekend Guardians.

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Beautiful knife and scenery.

 

[5K Qs]

Thanks Gary! The Union Jack is waving proudly!

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Thanks a lot Gary, your Union Jack is looking great
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I was mainly working all day yesterday, but I did get a chance for a pleasant lunchtime pint besides the River Aire at Saltaire

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Don't worry, I'm not behind bars!

Thanks for saluting my rosewood Union Jack, Ron and Jack.
Jack, thanks also for the reassurance that you're not (currently) incarcerated! Coincidentally, I sent my Dad a Father's Day card a couple of weeks ago with a similar message.

Thanks GT! I was wondering about the tomatoes myself, they are the Bradley variety a friend grows every year. Very flavorful but delicate fruit, they won't stand up to commercial transportation so we enjoy them for 6 to 8 weeks and they are gone til next year.

Interesting info, Rob. I'm not much of a tomato eater myself, but my wife loves them, and maybe we should try growing Bradleys next year in our little garden.

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LOL GT. I say try it if what I've read is true, the export version is in bottles and I think slightly stronger. It could be a completely different animal
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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

-David.

Thanks for the clarification, David. I'll go on Makeson's watch starting today!
Fantastic pic of your lambsfoot going over the wall in York! My wife and daughter visited York a year ago last April and the old city walls of York were something they talked about.

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Another section of York's ancient walls with the Lambsfoot gifted to me by bonzodog
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Perhaps because the U.S.A. celebrates Independence Day next week, your lambsfoot pic (and @StoneBeard's mountain photos in a later post) reminded me of a song called "America the Beautiful" with the opening lines
"Oh, beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains' majesty..."
The wood on your lambsfoot has very noticeable wavy grain that triggered the song association , and just pure coincidence led to StoneBeard's post illustrating the first and third lines of the song!

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Have a great weekend David (and everyone), I'm off to Gargrave tomorrow, have a walk down the canal

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Captivating pic of your ebony Guardians lambsfoot, Jack, with a canal in the background. Is the vessel on the canal a tourist boat, or do the canals still serve as a regular mode of transportation for some folks? Hope you had a healthy hike, though I imagine it was hotter than heaven!

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.
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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:

Sorry to read that you've been too busy at work to post much recently, Chin. I'm also a bit disillusioned to read that, since I've always had the impression that you could generate your masterful, eloquent, articulate, and informative posts almost instantaneously on the fly (as opposed to my style of composition which tends to require blood, sweat, and tears as well as copious amounts of time).

Great shot of your ebony lambsfoot with pleasantly progressing patina! I'm a fan of stout year-round (like donn ), although I don't remember enjoying any brand with "hints of cigar box"! I take it that's meant to be a positive feature! What is the little fruit or seed pod between bottle and knife?

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Oh well. Life goes on, and I can sit back and watch the patina form.
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Wow! Guardians we’re 300 pages strong this morning! I believe I will carry some Sambar this morning to celebrate. Have a great weekend!

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Have a great weekend Guardians.

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Thanks for a Guardians version of Stag Saturday, Ron (X2) & Rachel & StoneBeard!!

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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Very cool find, H herder ! Thanks for sharing the catalog image.

300 pages, cheers Guardians!
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Your 2018 Horn Lambsfoot is a beauty, Mark! I love the comets streaking across the night sky in the handle, heading for the tastefully-threaded bolster.

...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
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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

Great pic of your blond horn lambsfoot (with Eye of Sauron ) and your stout! I think the motto Rachel inspired you to propose is too passive, though. My experience is you can't just sit back and wait for the patina to show up. You have a nice patina started on the knife in the photo, but I'll bet you had to work a bit to get it! I know to get the patina I enjoy seeing on my carbon knives, I have to cut up and consume a lot of "healthy food" that I probably wouldn't eat otherwise were it not for my active patina quest.

Another shot (from my moody "photos in the laundry room's glass block windows" series) of the rosewood Union Jack I'm carrying this week:


- GT

 

[Jack Black]

YAY!!! 300+ pages! Well done folks, and thanks

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:

Great to see you companero Read back a few pages, there's lots of topics where your insight would be a great asset. Hope work eases up soon. Great pic

A great night in the best company possible mate I've eaten at The Red Deer a couple of times since, and I wish we had too! The other pub was Fagan's. Tetley's used to be made in Leeds, and when I was young, it really didn't travel too well. Then in the 80's, it really came on form, and was a great pint in Sheffield. In those days pubs only served one bitter, and in Fagan's, it was Tetleys. I've sank a heck of a lot of pints of it in there. Boy, was I disappointed by the way it tastes in there today!

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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Banjaxed is a good one! That's some lovely stag

Wow! Guardians we’re 300 pages strong this morning! I believe I will carry some Sambar this morning to celebrate. Have a great weekend!

Very nice Ron

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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Fantastic info my friend, thanks

300 pages, cheers Guardians!
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Cheers Mark, excellent pic

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.

No US dealer I'm afraid Late here, but I'll PM you tomorrow

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Have a great weekend Guardians.

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Beautiful scenic views as always Looks like you're enjoying that small Sambar model

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!



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

Fantastic pic David Tontine was the name of one of the oldest inns in Sheffield - even before my time!

Still hot here, and I had a great day, with a lovely walk Hope everyone is having a fab weekend



Started off with breakfast in this smashing old cafe



Set off walking along the Gargrave-Skipton section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, thanks also for the reassurance that you're not (currently) incarcerated! Coincidentally, I sent my Dad a Father's Day card a couple of weeks ago with a similar message.

Captivating pic of your ebony Guardians lambsfoot, Jack, with a canal in the background. Is the vessel on the canal a tourist boat, or do the canals still serve as a regular mode of transportation for some folks? Hope you had a healthy hike, though I imagine it was hotter than heaven!

Thank you my friend That's a tiny little thing GT, runs tourists around on 30 minutes trips. A lot of folks still live on the canals, saw some big old boats on my hike along the canal today (same canal as Thursday, but a few miles further north), though the ones in this pic are just standard narrow boats

Another shot (from my moody "photos in the laundry room's glass block windows" series) of the rosewood Union Jack I'm carrying this week:
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5K Qs Thanks for the Stag compliments Gary!

Jack Black Thanks for the compliment Jack! Thanks also for all the lovely photos. That is some beautiful scenery my friend!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Jack- amazing Photo's- That Cafe looks like it's worth another trip to England just to have a Cuppa there- with you of course!

 

[donn]

Thanks for the clarification, David. I'll go on Makeson's watch starting today!
Fantastic pic of your lambsfoot going over the wall in York! My wife and daughter visited York a year ago last April and the old city walls of York were something they talked about.

Great pic of your blond horn lambsfoot (with Eye of Sauron ) and your stout! I think the motto Rachel inspired you to propose is too passive, though. My experience is you can't just sit back and wait for the patina to show up. You have a nice patina started on the knife in the photo, but I'll bet you had to work a bit to get it! I know to get the patina I enjoy seeing on my carbon knives, I have to cut up and consume a lot of "healthy food" that I probably wouldn't eat otherwise were it not for my active patina quest.

Another shot (from my moody "photos in the laundry room's glass block windows" series) of the rosewood Union Jack I'm carrying this week:
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- GT

LOL! Eye of Sauron You mentioned that a week or two ago and you know what, I think I'll take a leaf out of your book and actually name it that
That's the thing GT I didn't have to work to get that patina at all. I'd had the knife, soz I mean the Eye of Sauron , two days. I cut some rope, cord, compost bags some other stuff I can't remember and a chorizo sausage. Came to clean the knife and...Voila! Patina. Not usually that easy....
Yep York's walls are about the best. Not the only city that has them mind; Chester, Canterbury, Chichester? Exeter. But they are the finest. hope your kin enjoyed their time in York

YAY!!! 300+ pages! Well done folks, and thanks



Great to see you companero Read back a few pages, there's lots of topics where your insight would be a great asset. Hope work eases up soon. Great pic

A great night in the best company possible mate I've eaten at The Red Deer a couple of times since, and I wish we had too! The other pub was Fagan's. Tetley's used to be made in Leeds, and when I was young, it really didn't travel too well. Then in the 80's, it really came on form, and was a great pint in Sheffield. In those days pubs only served one bitter, and in Fagan's, it was Tetleys. I've sank a heck of a lot of pints of it in there. Boy, was I disappointed by the way it tastes in there today!

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Fantastic pic David Tontine was the name of one of the oldest inns in Sheffield - even before my time!

Still hot here, and I had a great day, with a lovely walk Hope everyone is having a fab weekend

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Started off with breakfast in this smashing old cafe

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Set off walking along the Gargrave-Skipton section of the Leeds-Liverpool canal.

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I didn't know about the Tontine Jack. Definately look that one up Thanks for posting your pics, looks like you had a fantastic day out Cracking part of the world!

 

[r8shell]

That's some lovely stag

Well, I have you to thank for that stag, which is indeed, lovely.

 

[bonzodog]

Part way thro rewiring one of my sons houses,off to his shortly .This one will keep me company.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack Black Thanks for the compliment Jack! Thanks also for all the lovely photos. That is some beautiful scenery my friend!

Thank you very much Ron

Jack- amazing Photo's- That Cafe looks like it's worth another trip to England just to have a Cuppa there- with you of course!

I'd love to do that Duncan The cafe is also an old-fashioned sweet shop, so after breakfast and a large pot of tea, we bought some pear drops for the walk

Yep York's walls are about the best. Not the only city that has them mind; Chester, Canterbury, Chichester? Exeter. But they are the finest. hope your kin enjoyed their time in York

They even visited The Blue Bell!

I didn't know about the Tontine Jack. Definately look that one up Thanks for posting your pics, looks like you had a fantastic day out Cracking part of the world!

Thanks for the compliment David The Tontine Inn opened in 1793, and was one of the most important buildings in Sheffield at the time, it was later the first coaching inn. A shame the building is no longer there. Here's a pic though

Well, I have you to thank for that stag, which is indeed, lovely.

I'm glad you are pleased with it Rachel

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Good luck my friend, always nice to see your Lambsfoot

Still very hot here, but I'm afraid I'm going to stuck indoors most of the day. Got Marilyn for company Hope everyone has a great Sunday

 

[donn]

Thank you very much Ron



I'd love to do that Duncan The cafe is also an old-fashioned sweet shop, so after breakfast and a large pot of tea, we bought some pear drops for the walk

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They even visited The Blue Bell!



Thanks for the compliment David The Tontine Inn opened in 1793, and was one of the most important buildings in Sheffield at the time, it was later the first coaching inn. A shame the building is no longer there. Here's a pic though

Still very hot here, but I'm afraid I'm going to stuck indoors most of the day. Got Marilyn for company Hope everyone has a great Sunday

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Look at all those sweets!!! And all those old tins!! Fantastic! I could spend all day in there though I don't think my teeth would thank me
Thanks for posting the photo of the Tontine Inn. It's a shame it was demolished, though I don't think many old coaching inns survived in any city centres.

And Marilyn is looking mighty fine this Sunday morning

Yesterdays and todays.

And Jack, I posted something in 'Carl's Lounge' last night regarding a change in UK knife law which you may or may not be aware of. It subject doesn't really fit into the Lounge so it's not a discussion piece, but Knarfeng has kindly left it there for people to peruse.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.
-David.

 

[Jack Black]

Look at all those sweets!!! And all those old tins!! Fantastic! I could spend all day in there though I don't think my teeth would thank me
Thanks for posting the photo of the Tontine Inn. It's a shame it was demolished, though I don't think many old coaching inns survived in any city centres.

And Marilyn is looking mighty fine this Sunday morning

Yesterdays and todays.



And Jack, I posted something in 'Carl's Lounge' last night regarding a change in UK knife law which you may or may not be aware of. It subject doesn't really fit into the Lounge so it's not a discussion piece, but Knarfeng has kindly left it there for people to peruse.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.
-David.

Thanks David I'll check out your post in the Lounge my friend, I was just thinking about that very issue (hard not to)

 

[Jack Black]

Can we just have pics of Lambsfoot knives here please folks? Otherwise people are bound to comment or ask about the other knives, and we'll find ourselves discussing other patterns.

Thanks

Jack

 

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This small Sambar is sharing the pocket with a really Ancient one today!

 

[Jack Black]

This small Sambar is sharing the pocket with a really Ancient one today!

Nice choice Ron

Another pic of mine from yesterday



Just having a beer and a burger with Marilyn

 

[Jack Black]

Happy Canada Day to our members in the far north

 

[zolthar]

Thanks for saluting my rosewood Union Jack, Ron and Jack.
Jack, thanks also for the reassurance that you're not (currently) incarcerated! Coincidentally, I sent my Dad a Father's Day card a couple of weeks ago with a similar message.


Interesting info, Rob. I'm not much of a tomato eater myself, but my wife loves them, and maybe we should try growing Bradleys next year in our little garden.


Thanks for the clarification, David. I'll go on Makeson's watch starting today!
Fantastic pic of your lambsfoot going over the wall in York! My wife and daughter visited York a year ago last April and the old city walls of York were something they talked about.


Perhaps because the U.S.A. celebrates Independence Day next week, your lambsfoot pic (and @StoneBeard's mountain photos in a later post) reminded me of a song called "America the Beautiful" with the opening lines
"Oh, beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains' majesty..."
The wood on your lambsfoot has very noticeable wavy grain that triggered the song association , and just pure coincidence led to StoneBeard's post illustrating the first and third lines of the song!


Captivating pic of your ebony Guardians lambsfoot, Jack, with a canal in the background. Is the vessel on the canal a tourist boat, or do the canals still serve as a regular mode of transportation for some folks? Hope you had a healthy hike, though I imagine it was hotter than heaven!


Sorry to read that you've been too busy at work to post much recently, Chin. I'm also a bit disillusioned to read that, since I've always had the impression that you could generate your masterful, eloquent, articulate, and informative posts almost instantaneously on the fly (as opposed to my style of composition which tends to require blood, sweat, and tears as well as copious amounts of time).

Great shot of your ebony lambsfoot with pleasantly progressing patina! I'm a fan of stout year-round (like donn ), although I don't remember enjoying any brand with "hints of cigar box"! I take it that's meant to be a positive feature! What is the little fruit or seed pod between bottle and knife?





Thanks for a Guardians version of Stag Saturday, Ron (X2) & Rachel & StoneBeard!!


Very cool find, H herder ! Thanks for sharing the catalog image.


Your 2018 Horn Lambsfoot is a beauty, Mark! I love the comets streaking across the night sky in the handle, heading for the tastefully-threaded bolster.


Great pic of your blond horn lambsfoot (with Eye of Sauron ) and your stout! I think the motto Rachel inspired you to propose is too passive, though. My experience is you can't just sit back and wait for the patina to show up. You have a nice patina started on the knife in the photo, but I'll bet you had to work a bit to get it! I know to get the patina I enjoy seeing on my carbon knives, I have to cut up and consume a lot of "healthy food" that I probably wouldn't eat otherwise were it not for my active patina quest.

Another shot (from my moody "photos in the laundry room's glass block windows" series) of the rosewood Union Jack I'm carrying this week:
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- GT

Thanks GT, for the compliment and striking description of my 2018 horn Lambsfoot!

YAY!!! 300+ pages! Well done folks, and thanks



Great to see you companero Read back a few pages, there's lots of topics where your insight would be a great asset. Hope work eases up soon. Great pic

A great night in the best company possible mate I've eaten at The Red Deer a couple of times since, and I wish we had too! The other pub was Fagan's. Tetley's used to be made in Leeds, and when I was young, it really didn't travel too well. Then in the 80's, it really came on form, and was a great pint in Sheffield. In those days pubs only served one bitter, and in Fagan's, it was Tetleys. I've sank a heck of a lot of pints of it in there. Boy, was I disappointed by the way it tastes in there today!

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Banjaxed is a good one! That's some lovely stag



Very nice Ron



Fantastic info my friend, thanks



Cheers Mark, excellent pic



No US dealer I'm afraid Late here, but I'll PM you tomorrow



Beautiful scenic views as always Looks like you're enjoying that small Sambar model



Fantastic pic David Tontine was the name of one of the oldest inns in Sheffield - even before my time!

Still hot here, and I had a great day, with a lovely walk Hope everyone is having a fab weekend

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Started off with breakfast in this smashing old cafe

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Thanks Jack, always love to be taken along on one of your trips. England truly is a wounderful country!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack, always love to be taken along on one of your trips. England truly is a wounderful country!

Thanks Mark, I've enjoyed visiting yours many times my friend

 

[zolthar]

I've never been to England Hope to go in the future though. My wife would like it too, so I don't know why we haven't been yet

 

[Jack Black]

I've never been to England Hope to go in the future though. My wife would like it too, so I don't know why we haven't been yet

It really isn't far! Hope you can make it one day soon