Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

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The new owners of that company must be STUPID to start making some of their iconic range overseas, it's not as if they are inexpensive! The first one I bought was made in China, so I returned it, which was quite a bit of hassle. I managed to find a Canadian-made model in an outdoor shop, after getting good advice from @Crazy Canuck Some of the models are still made in Canada, which makes the decision to produce others in the Far East, even more stupid I think! I was supposed to have another Canadian model delivered today, but the Royal Mail can't fight their way through the sprinkling of snow and sunshine Unfortunately, even the Canadian ones now have the cheap-looking label inside I imagine other corners are being cut too. A lot of good companies have gone the same way, as we all know

Long may it be before Grohman follows suit, but I've got mine, just in case.
And if you're moving production somewhere cheap, lower your prices, dang it.

Speaking of flying creatures, as we were above, the universe is giving me immersion therapy for my bat phobia. There was one flying around my living room two nights ago, and there was one in my kitchen the Wednesday before Valentine's day. What is it about Wednesdays, I wonder. What really puzzles me is why they're so sprightly. A Winter bat once flew into my dad's face and fell on the floor, and a Winter bat once flew around my brother's ceiling light and went plop on his desk.
These two, and I fear it is two, because an active bat should starve pretty quick without bugs, have avoided my awkward but zestful attempts to humanely capture them, bolted into the basement, and disappeared. I like the "disappeared" part. And, if they are starving as quickly as I think they should, that's two good bats. I like that idea.

 

[Jakeywax31]

Soooooooon….. (not sure why it looks a lighter color than the original post. Will have to see when it gets here which picture is closer. I’m kind of hoping it’s the deeper blue from the earlier pic but I’ll be happy either way. This almost looks like a robin’s egg blue which is awesome. It was supposed to have fullered bolsters but oh well.View attachment 2110619View attachment 2110620View attachment 2110621View attachment 2110622

In the Army we call that Infantry blue as in the best color in the world lol. Lovely knife no matter what shade of blue it is.

First I have to thank Jakeywax31...Paul. He led me to a trade that I was not aware of...he could have made it himself. His unselfishness meant my joy.
I can now appreciate the joy and magic surrounding this knife. It epitomizes what a lamb should be.
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I am so thrilled you got it Bob !!!! Enjoy that bad boy.

I was just looking online Paul, I'm not sure what the law is in relation to exporting tobacco, but I'd be happy to send you some I am staggered by the price of pipe tobacco though, I'm not sure how much it was when I quit cigarettes in 1978, but 20 good cigarettes for 50p (half a Pound (£) Sterling) then. A 1 3/4 oz tin of tobacco is £25 today! Of course that would be a 2 oz tin at one time, but they made it metric!

PM incoming lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With the snow here, I am sure that 'Two Jags' will be driving round, smugly, in his Landrover - like every other Landrover owner!

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The pups got me out of bed at 0400 local time so I guess I’ll enjoy a cup and do some reading. Looking forward to the weekend and hope you all have a pleasant Friday.

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Blood lamb is looking great Pete! Have a good day buddy

Suppose Monty Python was thinking of Two Jags in their sketch where the composer Two Sheds Jackson gets kicked off the arts program?
I'll never be a Two Jags. Maybe when I'm famous they'll call me Multiple Sticks.

Like I saying, Spring is here.

Not a day to take old Shuttlecock out to play.

Wow. We got it the same yesterday. Stay warm Jer.

Good morning Guardians. Some foul weather coming today. Cold and rainy (but we really need the rain). Finished up the sausage making and fried up a sample for taste testing. My best effort's to date for sure! One of my neighbors has an extensive herb garden and I was allowed to harvest some fresh Marjoram, Tyme and Sage to add to my concoction. However, my secret ingredient is that for every 10 pounds of pork I also ad 2 pounds of apple wood cured bacon. Oh man! I package 1 lb quantities, use a hog ring to seal each bag, and then put them in the freezer. My HHB helped the process along when need for odd jobs like harvesting the fresh spices/herbs.
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Nice!!!!!

 

[JohnDF]

 

[Jakeywax31]

LOL! With the trains barely functioning, huge tailbacks at the ports, the border security on strike, and the price of airfares, I'm surprised so many people have managed to get out of the country!

LOL! Fantastic David

Looking good Jeremy

Thanks Todd, it was just what I needed after a cold day in the market

I was just looking online Paul, I'm not sure what the law is in relation to exporting tobacco, but I'd be happy to send you some I am staggered by the price of pipe tobacco though, I'm not sure how much it was when I quit cigarettes in 1978, but 20 good cigarettes for 50p (half a Pound (£) Sterling) then. A 1 3/4 oz tin of tobacco is £25 today! Of course that would be a 2 oz tin at one time, but they made it metric!

I'm very sorry you've had a rough week Tyson, I hope things are going to get better my friend I'm glad that my package finally made it, at least. I think it's more than 2 months since I parcelled it up Hope you enjoy using your Hartshead Barlow my friend





Thanks gents

Thanks mate, yeah!



Thank you fellers



Fabulous photo of your Waynorth Lamb Dwight

Nice work Daniel, looks delicious

LOL! I was fast asleep Dwight!



Thank you guys

Oh, he's 'careful' (as they say in Yorkshire)!



Thanks mate, nice to see your brace of Barlows

Oh yes! He's also a big 'Sweeney' fan, and when he got his first Jag, he told me he was thinking of buying an airsoft replica sawn-off to keep on the back-seat. I had to have several conversations to persuade him that the police were unlikely to view this as a joke, and it was unlikely to end well! He's a daft sod!

That looks beautiful Gus, I bet you can't wait to get it in your hands






Good morning Guardians, we had some snow overnight, so Britain has come to a standstill...I wonder if anyone will notice! I'm not sure I'll get out today, as I have a load of stuff to do, but here's a photo taken from my window. As you can see we have been overwhelmed

I'm carrying an Old Friend today, my Unity Lambsfoot, shown here in an old pic Have a great day Guardians

Have a great day Jack and I believe that's the first time I have heard of Unity. Research time!!! We got blasted with snow last night. It came down for about 8 straight hours. It amazes me how fast the road crews are up here. They truly are the unsung heroes up here. It's hard to imagine how many lives they save every year.

 

[Jakeywax31]

Woke up to about 6-7 inches of snow on the driveway. Better that the 7-10 they were predicting I suppose. Regular ole day of work here but at least its Friday. Going to meet up with my dad at the VFW and have a few beers and play some darts. Makes me so happy that Bob got the HHB!!!!! My first real carry for the Charlie Lamb. Wonderful knife.

 

[Jack Black]

Long may it be before Grohman follows suit, but I've got mine, just in case.
And if you're moving production somewhere cheap, lower your prices, dang it.

It's crazy! I was going to name a few companies that have done the same, but there are just too many of them! Often, they are still charging high-end prices, like Barbour, and Orvis! I paid £100 for an Orvis safari shirt, never thinking for a minute that it'd been made in China, and more than double that for a Barbour jacket, which disguised its provenance under a lot of Union Jack marketing, and started falling apart as soon as I got it!

Speaking of flying creatures, as we were above, the universe is giving me immersion therapy for my bat phobia. There was one flying around my living room two nights ago, and there was one in my kitchen the Wednesday before Valentine's day. What is it about Wednesdays, I wonder. What really puzzles me is why they're so sprightly. A Winter bat once flew into my dad's face and fell on the floor, and a Winter bat once flew around my brother's ceiling light and went plop on his desk.
These two, and I fear it is two, because an active bat should starve pretty quick without bugs, have avoided my awkward but zestful attempts to humanely capture them, bolted into the basement, and disappeared. I like the "disappeared" part. And, if they are starving as quickly as I think they should, that's two good bats. I like that idea.

Cool pic Jer Weird Wednesday! I once got clouted round the head by one in the Middle East, I think they overplay their sonar capabilities! When I first moved to my current address, they used to fly around outside my upstairs windows on summer evenings, which I rather liked, but they abandoned me years ago. Maybe you need to grumble more Jer!

In the Army we call that Infantry blue as in the best color in the world lol. Lovely knife no matter what shade of blue it is.

PM incoming lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL! I used to know someone who once stuck a pie in that smug face!

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SpiderLamb, SpiderLamb....

Have a great day Jack and I believe that's the first time I have heard of Unity. Research time!!! We got blasted with snow last night. It came down for about 8 straight hours. It amazes me how fast the road crews are up here. They truly are the unsung heroes up here. It's hard to imagine how many lives they save every year.

I don't come across their knives often, but I buy them when I do I have a small pair of their scissors somewhere too

 

[Jack Black]

Woke up to about 6-7 inches of snow on the driveway. Better that the 7-10 they were predicting I suppose.

I'd never see the Royal Mail again!

Regular ole day of work here but at least its Friday. Going to meet up with my dad at the VFW and have a few beers and play some darts. Makes me so happy that Bob got the HHB!!!!! My first real carry for the Charlie Lamb. Wonderful knife.

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Sounds like a great plan buddy Special Lamb

 

[Headwinds]

It's a looker!

Thanks, Jack!

 

[Rufus1949]

In the Army we call that Infantry blue as in the best color in the world lol. Lovely knife no matter what shade of blue it is.

I am so thrilled you got it Bob !!!! Enjoy that bad boy.

PM incoming lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blood lamb is looking great Pete! Have a good day buddy

Wow. We got it the same yesterday. Stay warm Jer.

Nice!!!!!

Thanks Paul...will put it through its paces.

 

[Rufus1949]

Woke up to about 6-7 inches of snow on the driveway. Better that the 7-10 they were predicting I suppose. Regular ole day of work here but at least its Friday. Going to meet up with my dad at the VFW and have a few beers and play some darts. Makes me so happy that Bob got the HHB!!!!! My first real carry for the Charlie Lamb. Wonderful knife.

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Ooooo very svelte.
So, in 15 years you may consider letting that one go too.

 

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Maybe you need to grumble more Jer!

I have a bat exclusion contract and a slightly sheepish bat expert. Once it's warm enough for the wretched things to go outside, he'll put up the one way door for them.
I sure miss the old days when they could gas bats and shovel up the corpses.

 

[Jakeywax31]

Ooooo very svelte.
So, in 15 years you may consider letting yhat one go too.

Yeah......probably not but ask me in 15.

 

[Jakeywax31]

LOL! I used to know someone who once stuck a pie in that smug face!

I personally think he is hilarious. Shame the old crew is not on Top Gear anymore.

 

[Jack Black]

Fishy Friday, and even though it's made by the main high street purveyor of fish products here, this looks very fishy indeed!

I saw an advert for these, (probably because of all my recent YT searches!), and have been quite intrigued to try it, but also with a certain amount of anxiety. Nigh on 20 years ago, I had a girlfriend who, while not actually vegetarian, dabbled a bit that way. For some reason we had had a conversation about 'fish-less fish fingers', which I'd never heard of, and found rather bizarre. Some time later, she gave me a taste of one, and it was very weird indeed! I don't remember much about the appearance and texture, though it did pretty much look like a bread-crumbed fish-finger, but it really tasted like fish. Since it wasn't fish, I found this extremely disturbing, and didn't want to eat anymore. If it wasn't fish, what on earth was it?! I've thought about it numerous times over the years (I understand the taste was from Nori seaweed). Since then, fish-less fish-fingers, (along with various other fish-less fish products), have clearly become much more mainstream here, where many children grow up eating the regular kind.

I purchased these 'breaded fish-less fillets' from the supermarket. I was interested to try them again, but had a degree of trepidation. Into the oven they went, together with their traditional accompaniment, and I buttered some bread, and got out the salt and vinegar for when they were ready.

Their outer appearance is much like the sort of breaded fish fillet which cram supermarket freezers all over Britain. The inner appearance looked less convincing, but not bad. I could have probably cooked them a little more to be honest, but just followed the packet instructions. I added a little salt and vinegar, but didn't want to disguise the taste too much, and bit in...

Nothing unpleasant, but on the bland side, I think. Very slightly fishy, but not like haddock or cod, which are the fish most consumed here. The only fish I've had this bland is shark I think. Still, they weren't unpleasant, and one fillet would certainly have been enough, as they were very filling.

Another week on the Lent waggon, and another ticked life/culinary experience!

 

[Jack Black]

I personally think he is hilarious. Shame the old crew is not on Top Gear anymore.

I've heard his farm thing is quite funny, but mainly because Clarkson is so clueless!

 

[btb01]

...but the mail has been cancelled

Can you tell a difference?

I've heard his farm thing is quite funny, but mainly because Clarkson is so clueless!

It’s entertaining. I think the first series was better than the second. You’ll probably like the young guy who helps run the farm and spends most of the show ridiculing Clarkson’s ineptitude.

 

[SteveC]

Afternoon Guardians and Happy Friday !

More snow here overnight and another storm on it's way for the weekend






Ebony Lamb today

 

[cudgee]

Deleted. Possibly a transgression of forum rules.

 

[wickettedge]

Found out the GSD slip for tactile turn fits the 93lamb nicely


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[Jack Black]

Can you tell a difference?

Hmm I only noticed because they cancelled my deliveries. If I hadn't had 4 emails from them they were delivering them today, I wouldn't have known! Unfortunately, I'll have to wait in for them tomorrow now

It’s entertaining. I think the first series was better than the second. You’ll probably like the young guy who helps run the farm and spends most of the show ridiculing Clarkson’s ineptitude.

Actually, you are the person who told me it was entertaining Barrett!

Afternoon Guardians and Happy Friday !

More snow here overnight and another storm on it's way for the weekend

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Ebony Lamb today


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Crikey Steve! Well, hopefully, that'll stand out if you drop it! Great pics

I want to precursor this post with disclaimer so as not to break any forum rules about promoting or purchasing any cutlery, just want to make that clear so there are no transgressions, but may be able to help a fellow Guardian. PM me if any one is interested in a rare custom made Lamb. Saturday Morning here and just about to have my second coffee, had a sleep in this morning, and as my Mum would have said, " You Must Of Needed It ".

PS. As per Forum rules, if this post is inappropriate, will delete it.

When I was a new poster here, I made a very similar post inviting people to contact me if they needed help getting hold of Sheffield knives. I received an infraction for 'Deal Spotting' It's still on my record! Lesson learned

My mum used to say the same Leon I don't know if she said the same to my sister, when she was a teenager, (I had left home by then), but she would stay in bed until mid-afternoon!

Found out the GSD slip for tactile turn fits the 93lamb nicely


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Great-looking pair