Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[flatblackcapo]

 

[zolthar]

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

You're absolutely right! I guess a plane doesn't even reach cruising altitude and we could even go by car

 

[Jack Black]

Great to see you here Kevin

You're absolutely right! I guess a plane doesn't even reach cruising altitude and we could even go by car

Yes, the only time I've flown is where I am on a connecting flight, every other time I have travelled by boat

 

[Cambertree]

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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Interesting find there, Herder. I suppose the imitation stag might have been jigged or moulded delrin? That inexpensive Farmer lambsfoot variant still seems to be sold today, albeit without the candle end tip, and by Taylors rather than Rodgers/Eggington.

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Have a great weekend Guardians.

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Wow, incredible scenes, Stonebeard. Where are you camping? Skyrim?

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?

Thanks Dave, I've been enjoying some absolutely superb stouts this winter. I probably should cellar some away, but I'd no doubt end up drinking it before the two years was up!

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?

Ach, GT, you have me blushing my friend, you're too kind, but I thank you very much for the compliment. I was at a social occasion recently with some people from the small town I grew up in, who I hadn't seen for some years, including an ex girlfriend. Someone asked me if I had kissed the Blarney Stone, while visiting Ireland. My ex laughed and said 'Oh Good Lord no, he has no need of that!!' Jokes aside, most of the time spent is actually going back and editing down material. Like Hemingway said, knowing what to leave out is crucial.

I'm glad you spend that blood, sweat and tears, my friend as I always look forward to your posts. I enjoyed your recent reveal of your monickers for your Lambsflock, after keeping us in suspense for so long!

I was so pleased with my 2017 Lambsfoot, that I reflected she should have a name, as any unique, fine blade should.

For some reason I had been thinking of the much imitated Ulfberht and lesser known Ingelrii blades after reading a paper with a metallurgical analysis of the fabled swords, and as our Lambsfoots are an example of fine craftsmanship from Ingleterra, I decided Ingrid, would be her name.

I haven't named my ebony 2018 Lambsfoot yet!

That little seed pod is from one of my favourite trees, beautiful in both name, shape and sound: the Casuarina. I'll take a photo when next I see one. Sleeping in a Casuarina forest in the outback is very soothing, or I find it so, from the gentle sussurations, or whispering sound of the long sheaves of needles, which hang like hair from their branches rustling in the wind...

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!

Thanks mate, yes Fagan's it was! I loved those old pubs which actually were like the front of someones house, although I kind of wished I had been there in the days when you could get a beer brewed on the premises, rather than some mass market stuff. I was well impressed with the variety of 'real beers' available though, if you looked not too hard!

I've posted a few pics of our avian friends here before, but I thought you all might enjoy this one from my nieces second birthday party today.

Offscreen, to the left is my niece, in her princess-fairy costume, kindly offering these two Kookaburras a strawberry, which accounts for their unimpressed looks. If it was a piece of bacon or a sausage, they would have snatched it deftly out of her hand in the blink of an eye!

 

[Jack Black]

Interesting find there, Herder. I suppose the imitation stag might have been jigged or moulded delrin? That inexpensive Farmer lambsfoot variant still seems to be sold today, albeit without the candle end tip, and by Taylors rather than Rodgers/Eggington.



Wow, incredible scenes, Stonebeard. Where are you camping? Skyrim?



Thanks Dave, I've been enjoying some absolutely superb stouts this winter. I probably should cellar some away, but I'd no doubt end up drinking it before the two years was up!



Ach, GT, you have me blushing my friend, you're too kind, but I thank you very much for the compliment. I was at a social occasion recently with some people from the small town I grew up in, who I hadn't seen for some years, including an ex girlfriend. Someone asked me if I had kissed the Blarney Stone, while visiting Ireland. My ex laughed and said 'Oh Good Lord no, he has no need of that!!' Jokes aside, most of the time spent is actually going back and editing down material. Like Hemingway said, knowing what to leave out is crucial.

I'm glad you spend that blood, sweat and tears, my friend as I always look forward to your posts. I enjoyed your recent reveal of your monickers for your Lambsflock, after keeping us in suspense for so long!

I was so pleased with my 2017 Lambsfoot, that I reflected she should have a name, as any unique, fine blade should.

For some reason I had been thinking of the much imitated Ulfberht and lesser known Ingelrii blades after reading a paper with a metallurgical analysis of the fabled longswords, and as our Lambsfoots are an example of fine craftsmanship from Ingleterra, I decided Ingrid, would be her name.

I haven't named my ebony 2018 Lambsfoot yet!

That little seed pod is from one of my favourite trees, beautiful in both name, shape and sound: the Casuarina. I'll take a photo when next I see one. Sleeping in a Casuarina forest in the outback is very soothing, or I find it so, from the gentle sussurations, or whispering sound of the long sheaves of needles, which hang like hair from their branches rustling in the wind...

Thanks mate, yes Fagan's it was! I loved those old pubs which actually were like the front of someones house, although I kind of wished I had been there in the days when you could get a beer brewed on the premises, rather than some mass market stuff. I was well impressed with the variety of 'real beers' available though, if you looked not too hard!

I've posted a few pics of our avian friends here before, but I thought you all might enjoy this one from my nieces second birthday party today.

Offscreen, to the left is my niece, in her princess-fairy costume, kindly offering them a strawberry, which accounts for their unimpressed looks. If it was a piece of bacon or a sausage, they would have snatched it deftly out of her hand in the blink of an eye!

Blarney Stone or no, your posts are always hugely interesting and a pleasure to read my friend Thanks for the links, and the fantastic pics too, hope your niece had a very happy birthday Ingrid is a great name!

When I was younger, many of the old pubs really were like the front room of someone's house, the licensee often usually lived not only above the pub, but downstairs as well (the Flynn's at the Dog & Partridge had their living room downstairs, and Tom & Barbara at Fagan's still have their kitchen downstairs. It's much the same at The Grapes where Mrs Flynn moved to). Sometimes you'd been invited to stay for a drink after-hours, and you were very much in the family parlour There are a few pubs where the beers are brewed on the premises now, but that wasn't the case for a long time. Lots more Sheffield pubs to visit another time Chin, but so, so many have gone, or been ruined sadly



Sheffield's Real Heritage Pubs (Free Download): https://sheffield.camra.org.uk/SheffieldsRealHeritagePubs.pdf

 

[flatblackcapo]

Great to see you here Kevin

It's nice to be welcome in such a nice place, Jack
Lambsfoot knives, pubs, pints and bacon eating birds, what more could you ask for in a thread.
Cambertree , I too enjoy your posts. Nice shot of the bacon eating birds.

 

[dc50]

Happy Canada Day to our members in the far north

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Thank You Jack! I will post a couple of pic's of the local parade, hopefully later today. That Canadian dollar is a collector, since they switched over to a $1.00 and $2.00 coins a few years back.

 

[Jack Black]

It's nice to be welcome in such a nice place, Jack
Lambsfoot knives, pubs, pints and bacon eating birds, what more could you ask for in a thread.
Cambertree , I too enjoy your posts. Nice shot of the bacon eating birds.

LOL!

Thank You Jack! I will post a couple of pic's of the local parade, hopefully later today. That Canadian dollar is a collector, since they switched over to a $1.00 and $2.00 coins a few years back.

Fantastic The dollar came in one of the many gift packages I've received from Charlie @waynorth

 

[r8shell]

It's a new month. Pile Sides on Parade!

Hard to believe the year is halfway over!

 

[Jack Black]

It's a new month. Pile Sides on Parade!
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Hard to believe the year is halfway over!

It has flown hasn't it?! Excellent pics Rachel, those three are each clearly well used and much loved

 

[Jack Black]

Morning Guardians!

 

[r8shell]

Good morning!
Since receiving my fancy little sambar stag lambsfoot, I feel I've been neglecting my good old Rosewood.

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning!
Since receiving my fancy little sambar stag lambsfoot, I feel I've been neglecting my good old Rosewood.

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Nice to see it today Rachel

 

[5K Qs]

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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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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

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Thanks for the fine pictures of your canal hike, Jack, including the extra boat photos.

Happy Canada Day to our members in the far north

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Your mention of Canada Day reminds me to raise a question I had about a couple of your canal photos. In one photo, some fowl that I call Canada geese swam in the canal. They certainly don't migrate annually from Canada to Yorkshire and back, do they? I assume they must have been introduced to the UK at some point in the past. In another photo, swans swam in the canal. While on vacation each summer on Lake Huron, I've noticed that swans are quite territorial and sometimes chase nearby geese quite mercilessly. Does the same swan/goose antagonism exist in your birds sharing the canal?

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
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I enjoyed your name and patina comments, David.
My wife and daughter did enjoy York, and I even passed on some suggestions from Jack Black about possible points of interest. As Jack noted, on his recommendation they found the Blue Bell, but after peering in from the doorway, my daughter deemed it an unacceptable pub for the two of them!

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

Nice choice Ron

Another pic of mine from yesterday

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Handsome stag lambsfoots, Ron & Jack!!

Hypnotic horn on that one, FBC!

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Ach, GT, you have me blushing my friend, you're too kind, but I thank you very much for the compliment. I was at a social occasion recently with some people from the small town I grew up in, who I hadn't seen for some years, including an ex girlfriend. Someone asked me if I had kissed the Blarney Stone, while visiting Ireland. My ex laughed and said 'Oh Good Lord no, he has no need of that!!' Jokes aside, most of the time spent is actually going back and editing down material. Like Hemingway said, knowing what to leave out is crucial.

I'm glad you spend that blood, sweat and tears, my friend as I always look forward to your posts. I enjoyed your recent reveal of your monickers for your Lambsflock, after keeping us in suspense for so long!

I was so pleased with my 2017 Lambsfoot, that I reflected she should have a name, as any unique, fine blade should.

For some reason I had been thinking of the much imitated Ulfberht and lesser known Ingelrii blades after reading a paper with a metallurgical analysis of the fabled swords, and as our Lambsfoots are an example of fine craftsmanship from Ingleterra, I decided Ingrid, would be her name.

I haven't named my ebony 2018 Lambsfoot yet!

That little seed pod is from one of my favourite trees, beautiful in both name, shape and sound: the Casuarina. I'll take a photo when next I see one. Sleeping in a Casuarina forest in the outback is very soothing, or I find it so, from the gentle sussurations, or whispering sound of the long sheaves of needles, which hang like hair from their branches rustling in the wind...

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I've posted a few pics of our avian friends here before, but I thought you all might enjoy this one from my nieces second birthday party today.

Offscreen, to the left is my niece, in her princess-fairy costume, kindly offering these two Kookaburras a strawberry, which accounts for their unimpressed looks. If it was a piece of bacon or a sausage, they would have snatched it deftly out of her hand in the blink of an eye!

Thanks for the interesting Blarney stone story and the kind words about my posts. Ingrid is a fitting name for your horn Guardians lambsfoot, and your yet-unnamed ebony is looking very capable! Thanks also for the intriguing info about Oz flora (Casuarina) and fauna (Kookaburra)!

It's a new month. Pile Sides on Parade!
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Hard to believe the year is halfway over!

Tremendous Troika of Lambsfoot knives, Rachel!!

My lambsfoot for this week's carry is my most recent one, the ebony Guardians lambsfoot I've named my Black Jack:

(Maybe I'll try to just show pile side photos of Black Jack this week.)

- GT

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks for the fine pictures of your canal hike, Jack, including the extra boat photos.

You're welcome my friend, a lot of folks live on their boats, but that section of canal has an unusually long stretch without any locks (think it's 17 miles), so it's real hire-boat territory too

Your mention of Canada Day reminds me to raise a question I had about a couple of your canal photos. In one photo, some fowl that I call Canada geese swam in the canal. They certainly don't migrate annually from Canada to Yorkshire and back, do they? I assume they must have been introduced to the UK at some point in the past. In another photo, swans swam in the canal. While on vacation each summer on Lake Huron, I've noticed that swans are quite territorial and sometimes chase nearby geese quite mercilessly. Does the same swan/goose antagonism exist in your birds sharing the canal?

They're called Canada geese here too GT I don't think they come from Canada, but they sure can fly! Here's a fly-past on a previous walk





We saw a lot of different bird and water fowl species on Saturday, including a couple of herons. Also two kingfishers near the start of our walk, but they were flying far too fast to take photos of. This guy wasn't moving much!



We saw a couple of types of geese, ducks, and at least 50 swans. All were behaving a bit friskily from time to time, like these geese below, but not across species (that we saw anyway).



However, I know exactly what you mean about the territoriality of swans. When I lived in Sheffield, there was a duck pond just up the road, and normally all the different species of water-fowl co-existed pretty peacefully. Until that is, Mr & Mrs Swan decided to raise young 'uns, and absolutely terrorised the geese and ducks. The swans spent all day attacking them, and the weirdest thing was that they seemed to have recruited a goose to join them! He would strut around with one or other of the swans attacking the other geese! Around this time, I was writing a very long article about down sleeping bags, and needed pics to go with it. I was struggling a bit, as photos of sleeping bags aren't very interesting, but I figured if I walked 100 yards up the road I'd be able to get some easy shots of geese. Unfortunately, this coincided with the Swan War of Terror, and I struggled to get a pic of a goose that wasn't being attacked (this is before digital photography allowed you to easily crop photos). In the end I had to settle on the one below, the goose actually looked terrified, and just out of shot is an angry swan and the Quisling goose chasing it round the duck pond!

I enjoyed your name and patina comments, David.
My wife and daughter did enjoy York, and I even passed on some suggestions from Jack Black about possible points of interest. As Jack noted, on his recommendation they found the Blue Bell, but after peering in from the doorway, my daughter deemed it an unacceptable pub for the two of them!

Handsome stag lambsfoots, Ron & Jack!!

Thanks, as always for your kind words GT

My lambsfoot for this week's carry is my most recent one, the ebony Guardians lambsfoot I've named my Black Jack:
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(Maybe I'll try to just show pile side photos of Black Jack this week.)

If I may say so sir, a most excellent choice, and a fine photo I keep meaning to take more pile side pics myself

 

[dc50]

Happy Canada Day to our members in the far north

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Here's a few snaps of the Canada Day parade from our little town in the Rocky Mountains.

 

[Astronaut FX]

A pair of Guardians...

And with friends...

 

[dc50]

A pair of Guardians...

And with friends...

A real nice collection for sure. I hope to have a quorum some day as well.

 

[Jack Black]

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Here's a few snaps of the Canada Day parade from our little town in the Rocky Mountains.

Thanks for the fantastic pics my friend, what incredible view

A pair of Guardians...

And with friends...

Great to see that fine pair here, and what a lovely growing collection of Lambsfoot knives

 

[Jack Black]

Thought I'd treat myself to a Double Lambsfoot Day!