Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Even though I don't know that there's any Black Sea in the Golden Ass.

A chihuahua tried to savage me this morning! Must have thought it was Spartacus!

 

[Jack Black]

Instead of my usual Merkur, I brought this vintage Gillette travel razor away with me. Handy package, but what a rotten shave! It's like some sort of 'play razor' designed to keep the blade away from your face!

 

[sf fanatic]

Instead of my usual Merkur, I brought this vintage Gillette travel razor away with me. Handy package, but what a rotten shave! It's like some sort of 'play razor' designed to keep the blade away from your face!

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Jack, it’s what us Yanks call a “Safety” razor. Which means it’s safe to say that it doesn’t work!

 

[Fodderwing]

Nice Albers Lamb and a beautiful pic!

Thank you David.

Looks like you are having a nice, luxurious time, Jack!!! I'm envious, here in the rainforest!!

Looks like everyone here is celebrating their Eric's Lambs, so I thought I'd join in!!!View attachment 2177863View attachment 2177864View attachment 2177865
I can't 'Bear' to use/carry it yet!! Safely stashed away so far!!

Incredible stag on that lamb Charlie!

Working on the project one again while taking a break from the other one.

Very nice work Daniel.

You really know how to capture the beauty of that lamb Dwight.

Many thanks my friend.

Lovely photo of an amazing lamb buddy

Thanks buddy and happy birthday!

Stunning pic

Gracias amigo.

I'm determined to get to Nessebar tomorrow

I'm glad you are enjoying yourself my friend.

Enjoying a cigar and a beer. Cheers Guardians.

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Good to see things turning green.

Good morning Guardians. Got up with the birds this morning. Heading out for a stroll and later some yard work. My Senator in the pocket.
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Beautiful botanical paradise Bill.

It's Complicated; Actually Anhueser Busch InBev ( A Belgian Company) owns Grupo Modelo who make Corona, Modelo, Pacifica and others. https://www.grupomodelo.com/nuestras-marcas. Anheuser changed dramatically after the Belgians InBev took over.

However, for exclusively for US production and distribution , Corona and Modelo are licensed to, distributed (and made?) by Constellation who also does Pacifica, Victoria and others.
From Constellation:
Every day, people reach for our high-end, iconic imported beer brands such as those in the Corona brand family like the flagship Corona Extra, Modelo Especial and the flavorful lineup of Modelo Cheladas, Pacifico, and Victoria



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Sounds about as convoluted as vintage knife history...

 

[Jack Black]

Jack, it’s what us Yanks call a “Safety” razor. Which means it’s safe to say that it doesn’t work!

LOL!

I'm glad you are enjoying yourself my friend.

Thanks a lot buddy, I'm just having a couple of cocktails before going to eat

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Great photo Dwight, that burl is stunning, I'm really happy so many Guardians were able to get hold of one of Eric's Lambs

 

[Prester John]

A chihuahua tried to savage me this morning! Must have thought it was Spartacus!

That's how Chihuahuas roll, Jack. Got two myself.

Looks like you are having a relaxing time mostly. Love the seaside.

 

[waynorth]

Thanks Charlie, having fun my friend Great pics of that beauty

Thanks, Jack!!

 

[waynorth]

That’s a beauty, Charlie!

Some gnarly snag there my friend.

Thanks for the thumbs up, my friends!!

 

[waynorth]

Incredible stag on that lamb Charlie!

Glad you like it, Dwight!!!
Mighty nice burl you have there!!

 

[SteveC]

Carrying Spalty to start of the week

 

[flatblackcapo]

My '18 and tunes on the opposite end of the spectrum as in my last post.

 

[Jack Black]

That's how Chihuahuas roll, Jack. Got two myself. View attachment 2178795
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Looks like you are having a relaxing time mostly. Love the seaside.

LOL! What's going on buddy?! Darn thing was about a 50th of my size, and still throwing its weight about?! After several pleasant days here, I was surprised to have some council estate bully threaten to knock my teeth out tonight! Needless to say, I still have MY teeth

My '18 and tunes on the opposite end of the spectrum as in my last post.

pllllll

Cool pic Kevin

 

[Prester John]

LOL! What's going on buddy?! Darn thing was about a 50th of my size, and still throwing its weight about?!

We had a small Italian Greyhound, who was a real sissy, but Chihuahuas will attack German Shepherds and Rottweilers. Just their personality.

After several pleasant days here, I was surprised to have some council estate bully threaten to knock my teeth out tonight! Needless to say, I still have MY teeth

What did you do to upset him?

 

[cudgee]

After several pleasant days here, I was surprised to have some council estate bully threaten to knock my teeth out tonight! Needless to say, I still have MY teeth

Doesn't matter where you go on this planet there will always be a feral bogan spoiling things for everyone. Australians have ruined Bali with their bogan behaviour. Stay safe over there my friend.

 

[Jakeywax31]

First day out fishing this year. First fish was a decent walleye. I always let the first go. His buddies were not so lucky. K roo is hogging the pocket lately. Hope everyone had a great day.

 

[Jack Black]

Carrying Spalty to start of the week


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Spalty is such a great-looking Lambsfoot

We had a small Italian Greyhound, who was a real sissy, but Chihuahuas will attack German Shepherds and Rottweilers. Just their personality.

Yeah, I always get on with dogs, but a mate of mine's missus had a toy poodle which was an absolute maniac!

What did you do to upset him?

I think it was partly just drink, and partly he was just used to throwing his weight about. Been a while since I last had to thump someone, don't really expect that when you get to a certain age I have a low tolerance for bullies Hopefully it won't be in the Bulgarian press tomorrow! The bully was with some big Swedish guy, who when push came to shove, couldn't have distanced himself faster!

First day out fishing this year. First fish was a decent walleye. I always let the first go. His buddies were not so lucky. K roo is hogging the pocket lately. Hope everyone had a great day.

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Have fun my friend

 

[echoscout]

Evening Guardians! Ethan riding shotgun today.

 

[Pàdruig]

Hello, fellow Guardians. I hope you will forgive my relative silence - I don't keep up with things nearly as well as I used to be able to. That said, I am always close by.

I have a pretty special project to share with you all. Some time ago, I acquired a fairly unique Lambsfoot - a decidedly Lambsfoot blade on a swell center (coke bottle) frame. Though I have seen the frame paired with other blades, I haven't seen this particular combination anywhere before or since. Jack, I believe, has a similar knife but with a spear blade, which (from what I understand) is a more typical combination.

I have a fondness for the coke bottle shape and so it was much to my delight to have found this example and I had to make it mine. However, the blade was used and treated rather poorly and despite it still having the ability to perform as a cutting tool, I was left with a small sense of wanting. I had reached out to a couple of makers to possibly embark on recreating this unique piece, only to largely be met with crickets.

I became aware of Rhidian's work through Charlie's lavish (and well deserved) praise here on the forums and so I tossed the dice and reached out. Much to my surprise and delight, not only was Rhidian receptive to the idea, I was able to meet him at the Oregon Show, give him the subject knife and seal the deal. H herder also took the opportunity to examine the knife and he made some keen observations - dating the blade to around the '30s (if I recall correctly) and believing it to be all original, despite me thinking it might have been a re-blade at some point.

I was expecting a bit of a wait but Rhidian wasted no time. He gave me permission to share some progress pics - I'm also including pictures I took of it after its arrival today. Just an incredible knife that captures absolutely everything from the original piece that I had hoped would carry over.

A2 steel with steel hardware and ebony covers - an absolute beauty that melts in the hands and practically sings with its walk-n-talk. I couldn't be happier with my first foray into custom slipjoints.


The original subject knife:

Some in-progress pics of the project:

The finished knife!

Here next to its inspiration.

I am very, very pleased with this one - it's going to get an enormous amount of mileage.

 

[SteveC]

Hello, fellow Guardians. I hope you will forgive my relative silence - I don't keep up with things nearly as well as I used to be able to. That said, I am always close by.

I have a pretty special project to share with you all. Some time ago, I acquired a fairly unique Lambsfoot - a decidedly Lambsfoot blade on a swell center (coke bottle) frame. Though I have seen the frame paired with other blades, I haven't seen this particular combination anywhere before or since. Jack, I believe, has a similar knife but with a spear blade, which (from what I understand) is a more typical combination.

I have a fondness for the coke bottle shape and so it was much to my delight to have found this example and I had to make it mine. However, the blade was used and treated rather poorly and despite it still having the ability to perform as a cutting tool, I was left with a small sense of wanting. I had reached out to a couple of makers to possibly embark on recreating this unique piece, only to largely be met with crickets.

I became aware of Rhidian's work through Charlie's lavish (and well deserved) praise here on the forums and so I tossed the dice and reached out. Much to my surprise and delight, not only was Rhidian receptive to the idea, I was able to meet him at the Oregon Show, give him the subject knife and seal the deal. H herder also took the opportunity to examine the knife and he made some keen observations - dating the blade to around the '30s (if I recall correctly) and believing it to be all original, despite me thinking it might have been a re-blade at some point.

I was expecting a bit of a wait but Rhidian wasted no time. He gave me permission to share some progress pics - I'm also including pictures I took of it after its arrival today. Just an incredible knife that captures absolutely everything from the original piece that I had hoped would carry over.

A2 steel with steel hardware and ebony covers - an absolute beauty that melts in the hands and practically sings with its walk-n-talk. I couldn't be happier with my first foray into custom slipjoints.


The original subject knife:

Some in-progress pics of the project:

The finished knife!

Here next to its inspiration.

I am very, very pleased with this one - it's going to get an enormous amount of mileage.

What a beauty, Congrats !

 

[SteveC]

First day out fishing this year. First fish was a decent walleye. I always let the first go. His buddies were not so lucky. K roo is hogging the pocket lately. Hope everyone had a great day.

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Nice walleye !

Spalty is such a great-looking Lambsfoot

Thanks Jack, I feel like I got pretty lucky on this one !

I think it was partly just drink, and partly he was just used to throwing his weight about. Been a while since I last had to thump someone, don't really expect that when you get to a certain age I have a low tolerance for bullies Hopefully it won't be in the Bulgarian press tomorrow! The bully was with some big Swedish guy, who when push came to shove, couldn't have distanced himself faster!

Have fun my friend

Good on you Jack, I also have a low tolerance for bullies ! Sounds like the Swedish guy was the smarter of the two