Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Dschal]

Thanks again to Jack, I can proudly post in this distinguished thread!

 

[black mamba]

First comparative photo, after one sandwich. Shows just a hint of color on the blade.

 

[TucsonMik]

That sure is hot Mikel! Thanks for the fantastic pics though, I love the grain of your ebony Have a cool one for me my friend, hope you get some respite soon

As an aside, there is a large grassed area in inner city Sheffield (there were houses there until WW2), close to where I once lived, which was for years known jokingly as 'The Ponderosa' by the locals. Now, it is officially called that!

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Welcome to The Guardians Jeff! Hope you and Ralf get along



Cheers Mikel! Launch the Torpedos!

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Cool pic Dave

Thanks, Jack! I love the grain and that little dark swirl of a knot in mine as well. I understand people's preference for jet-black ebony, but I don't mind a bit of grain. Gives the eye something to ponder

Love the Sheffield Ponderosa! And that it features an apple tree Thanks for the interesting bit of local history

Stay cool, everyone! Don't hesitate to break out an emergency pint if needed.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks, Jack, I just used Ralf to make a sandwich for lunch. While it wasn't ideal at spreading the mayo, it still worked, and did a fine job of cutting the sandwich in half. I don't know what most of these are supposed to measure, but mine is a full tenth over 3½", which is about an eighth inch longer than the GEC #15s measure. That's just long enough to be a lot more useful to me. Very snug but smooth 7 pull, no light between liners, just an excellently crafted knife!

I usually try and use the 'nose' of the blade for spreading Glad you're pleased with it Jeff, and it's great to have you here my friend

Thanks again to Jack, I can proudly post in this distinguished thread!

I wish I was with you there in Wasdale, my younger self has spent so many hours in that fine old inn, planning adventures for the following day over a pint or three

First comparative photo, after one sandwich. Shows just a hint of color on the blade.

The polish usually holds up pretty good Jeff, until you start cutting fruit of course!

Thanks, Jack! I love the grain and that little dark swirl of a knot in mine as well. I understand people's preference for jet-black ebony, but I don't mind a bit of grain. Gives the eye something to ponder

Love the Sheffield Ponderosa! And that it features an apple tree Thanks for the interesting bit of local history

Stay cool, everyone! Don't hesitate to break out an emergency pint if needed.

My granddad told me that, in the 1920's, when many men were unemployed, on the upper part of the Sheffield Ponderosa, which has been cleared a lot longer than the lower part, on a Sunday, there'd sometimes be hundreds of men and their sons, sitting on the slopes, a sort of natural amphitheatre, watching men playing football on the rough pitch below

Still pretty darn warm here, the sort of heat we rarely see in Yorkshire I cracked open this 'un, but managed to drop my knife into the glass taking a pic!



Meow!

 

[Jack Black]

It's been a few years since I had one of these

 

[5K Qs]

I haven't posted much in this thread lately, other than a couple of quick "Here's my lambsfoot" posts. I'm going to try to catch up on about a week's worth of Guardians activity in a single post.

You're welcome my friend It's funny, whenever I walk down Fossgate/Walmgate in York now, I always think of you and your family

Thanks for your kind words, and it's great to see your Union Jack here I'm excited about what next week holds in store!
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I'm honored that you think of us in York, Jack!
You need not get TOO excited about what I might carry the next week, since I'm quite boringly predictable! I simply cycle through my Wright lambsfoots alphabetically by the names I've given them: Black Jack (2018 ebony), Lam Jack (2017 horn), Man Jack (stag senator), Union Jack (rosewood from York). So Black Jack follows Union Jack.

Went out for beer and nachos

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https://www.magicrockbrewing.com/beer/fantasma-gluten-free/?age-verified=fe0b3d3334

I like the name of that brew, since it contains my surname with the "L" knocked out of it!

Thanks, I picked up a new phone, as my old one decided to only work when it felt like it. I am still trying to figure the camera on this thing. It isn't helping that the light is all weird do to all the smoke in the air. Last I heard, we have three fires here in California.

I realized that I put the wrong knife with the 2018 pocket slip so I took another.

Here is the other pocket slip that @Pàdruig so generously included. Thank you, Dylan! It matches some other leather gear that another forum friend made for me. The wallet started out the same color as the rest leather. The veg tanned leather just gets better looking with age.

HAPPY YORKSHIRE DAY to all my fellow Guardians!

You have some NICE leather and and an impressive lambsfoot sextet there, FBC!

Do you know, I thought the same myself! And there was never anything on the TV on Sunday nights!
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Sunday at 6PM was Walt Disney then the Ed Sulivan Show, followed by Bonanza, then Bed arrrgh

I LIKED Sunday night TV (and I was eager to get back to school each Monday ). In addition to the classics Dave listed, when I was quite young there was Lassie, and when I grew up and moved to a city with cable TV, there was Masterpiece Theatre and Monty Python's Flying Circus!!

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In another thread, I assumed that was a peach, but might it be a nectarine??

Added a new member to the OG collection just the other day. I'd like everyone to meet...Lobo
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Congrats, OG; Lobo looks like a real wolf in lamb's clothing!

Finally! I had time to photograph my latest Guardians Lambfoot with perfectly fitting sheath from Dylan and upload same. ...
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Congrats on the knife and sheath, Alan! Great to see you here!

Happy Yorkshire Day, everyone! Yorkshire Day finds me in Flagstaff, Arizona, on the road with my family, which now includes a 2018 Guardians Lambsfoot.
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On our last day in Idaho, we found a clump of maple leaves in pre-autumn splendor. They caught my eye as it was far too early for this kind of color. Nevertheless, a nice photo opp. What hams these Lambsfeet are

With gratitude for my new companion,

Mikel (TucsonMik)

Congrats on the Lambsfoot, Mikel, and thanks for the splendid photos of your knife's travels with your family!!

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Irresistible ironwood, Ron!

I received a surprise package from Australia today
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It turned out to be a bumper box of goodies from our friend and fellow Guardian @Cambertree (I'll show some of them in due course)

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Thanks mate I'll PM you shortly

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Well, I can now introduce the Frostfoot, which he has made for me, and which was in the parcel I received today. Like a big old scary sharp Lambsfoot!

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It's the wee hours of the morning here now, so I'll check in again later this Yorkshire Day!

Congrats on the gifts from Down Under, Jack! Kudos to Chin for his thoughtfulness! Chin, I also have a weakness for lambsfoot pics with sheep in the background.

Your plant might be Mouse-ear Chickweed. or Bindweed ...

Thanks for the possible IDs, Dave. Definitely not the smaller flowers (chickweed), but the Bindweed looks close except for a missing central ring of small petals.

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I was talking to someone about slide rules the other day, and told them I would be happy to give them the one I had. I'm still trying to find it!

Excellent pics GT, thanks for taking them my friend
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Hope it's not bindweed! Certainly not like the bindweed which is rampant here, AKA Japanese Knotweed The flowers are similar to the one in the lower picture

Thanks, Jack. One wonders how slide rules come up in ordinary conversation.

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Handsome pair of lambsfoots, OMR!!

... The Dutch were, good dairy farmers.

Interesting, Dave. My paternal grandfather was a Dutch immigrant who eventually became a dairy farmer, and sold the farm to my Dad when I was 5.

I hope the Guardians are having a good weekend so far.

Notable stag, Dylan!

A Wright's trifecta.

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Tremendous trio, @herder!

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These were taken as the sun set on the weekend. Have a great week everyone.

Great grain on your lambsfoot, Leslie!

First photo of my first lamb foot in ebony, out on our covered deck.

I'll be using this daily for a while, getting to know the nuances and eccentricities of the RLF, or "Ralf" as I'm gonna call him.

Congrats, Guardian Jeff; Ralf looks superb!

Thanks again to Jack, I can proudly post in this distinguished thread!

Congrats, D Dschal , and welcome to the Guardians!

- GT

 

[5K Qs]

OK, what's happened to this thread?? I haven't paid close attention for a week, and it has turned into The Food Network!! Consider the following recent posts:

Jack posted a really nice looking apple pie earlier this week. I was jealous and showed the Missus said pie.
She says Jack is an enabler I say good on Jack! Rhubarb and strawberry it is.
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Just having my Elevenses With some weird melty 'cheese' stuff I stupidly bought on offer in the supermarket, and had to flavour-up with Henderson's and chilli & tomato chutney

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...Teach me to stop in at some trendy joint for an overpriced (mediocre) coffee and a slice of (very poor) coffee and walnut cake while I read my newspaper

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Trying to maintain a balanced diet. Got all the food groups covered here I reckon, vitamins 'I', 'P', and 'A'

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Poutine is a dish originating from the Canadian province of Quebec consisting of French fries and cheese curds topped with a brown gravy.

The funny thing is New Orleans' take on the Chip Butty is a French fry and roast beef gravy po' boy. I like to add provolone to mine. It's a mash up of a Chip Butty and Poutine!

It's fig season again and my tree is loaded with fruit.

The only bread in the house is uber-healthy sprouted multi-grain. I'll drizzle it with olive oil, as it'll have to do. toasting as I type.
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That looks great Rachel (as does your Lambsfoot), I like to toast the bread, and then rub it with garlic while it is hot, then add slices of fresh tomato, black pepper, and fresh basil! (Edit - And a good drizzle of olive oil of course ) I'm going to see what I've got in the fridge (I'm a bit short of bread unfortunately)!

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I didn't have any fresh tomatoes in the fridge, but I did have THESE, which had been marinated in garlic, rosemary, and olive oil I put them on garlic-rubbed toasted sourdough, and added another glug of olive oil! Thought I'd crack open a can of this pale ale from Huddersfield's Magic Rock brewery to go with it Look what you started Rob!

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Looks good! Now that we're all carrying the same knife and eating the same thing for lunch, I'm afraid we really are starting to turn into a cult!

...I'm eating my pizza now!

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No cows were harmed in the making of that pizza!

Shouldn't dedicated Guardians restrict their mention of food in this thread to lamb chop recipes??

- GT

 

[dc50]

I LIKED Sunday night TV (and I was eager to get back to school each Monday ). In addition to the classics Dave listed, when I was quite young there was Lassie, and when I grew up and moved to a city with cable TV, there was Masterpiece Theatre and Monty Python's Flying Circus!!

Lassie! and Rin Tin Tin also Monty Python's Flying Circus "wink wink nudge nudge say no more" loved it. one more, Benny Hill,

 

[dc50]

OK, what's happened to this thread?? I haven't paid close attention for a week, and it has turned into The Food Network!! Consider the following recent posts:

That's a good salad! It has meat and beans












Shouldn't dedicated Guardians restrict their mention of food in this thread to lamb chop recipes??

- GT

 

[black mamba]

Thanks, Gary, "Ralf" is gonna be my primary shank for the next few weeks so I can see what he can do! Never had a Real Lamb Foot before.

 

[Jack Black]

I haven't posted much in this thread lately, other than a couple of quick "Here's my lambsfoot" posts. I'm going to try to catch up on about a week's worth of Guardians activity in a single post.

Always great to read your posts GT

Back to black for me today

 

[screened porch]

You know what, you might have something there I really disliked going to skool.

Ed Sullivan was my every weekend's death knell at 8:00 Sunday night.

 

[dc50]

Ed Sullivan was my every weekend's death knell at 8:00 Sunday night.

Man o man, if it wasn't for Ed Sullivan, I wouldn't have seen the Beatles and Roling Stones and many others live.
"And NOW these youngsters from Liverpool"

 

[bonzodog]

 

[TucsonMik]

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I really like how stag looks on your lambsfoot, bonzodog . Before I saw examples of great stag in this thread, I didn't think it would look good on a lambsfoot.

How wrong I was! The wide, uninterrupted frame provides lots of space to really show off a nice piece of stag. Or any nice cover material, for that matter

 

[Jack Black]

I noticed a photo of a slipjoint by Tracy LaRock in the July issue of Knife Magazine today. It caught my eye because, like a Lambsfoot it had a straight edge and a sloping spine. Mr LaRock calls the knife his 'Ethan Jack'. I wondered if he thought of it as a 'Reverse Tanto' (or 'Reverse American Tanto'), a term I've seen used for a variety of patterns in recent years. While the shape of the blade differs on folders bearing this pattern description, some of them definitely have a familiar blade shape



Edit - Just to make clear that the photo above is not Tracy LaRock's Ethan Jack

 

[Jack Black]

Still hot here in Yorkshire. I'm just trying to wash the taste of water out of my mouth!

 

[dc50]

Still hot here in Yorkshire. I'm just trying to wash the taste of water out of my mouth!

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It takes at minimum, 3 glasses of beer to do that. I will do the same this afternoon.
Cheers Mate!

 

[Jack Black]

It takes at minimum, 3 glasses of beer to do that. I will do the same this afternoon.
Cheers Mate!

You're right Dave! Cheers pal

 

[Jack Black]

I'm looking after my mate's three kids for 5 hours, from 8.00am tomorrow The last time I did it, the youngest ran me ragged! That was nearly six months ago, so I'm hoping he has calmed down a bit The days when, as a youth-worker, I could cope with 70 kids on my own are LONG gone! Since I gave the eldest lad his first Lambsfoot a couple of months back, I am hoping we can do some whittling, so I've just been stropping my old faithful ebony. Haven't carried this one in a while