Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
Be sure to give me a shout! :) :D :thumbsup:

"A little bit of what you fancy does you good." As they used to say ;) :thumbsup:

LOL! :D I don't know what that feller's daytime job is, but he really wants to hang onto it! :eek: šŸ¤£ :thumbsup:

I can understand why you were disappointed Dan, that looks pretty shoddily put together :( Have you thought of putting a very small amount of Flitz into the joint, working the blade some, and then flushing it out? :thumbsup:

Thanks David :) :thumbsup:

Stunning composition Dwight :) Those sardines look tasty, and I'm glad your Henderson's arrived :) :thumbsup:

Great to see you here John :) Hope you're doing OK buddy, and that you'll join us in a chip butty next week ;) :thumbsup:

Good morning Guardians, I don't know about you, but I find the weeks go back quickly, as I get older, even though I don't fit as much into them, as I did when I was a youngster. Here we are approaching the end of another one, and I hope you've had a good one, with something to look forward to for the weekend. I'm going to see my mate Wolfie boxing again tonight, which makes for a pretty expensive night out. I just hope we don't have to sit there being deafened by R. Kelly all night, like at the last event, and maybe they'll put enough bar staff on, so you don't have to queue for 20 minutes to pay Ā£6.50 for a plastic glass of beer šŸ¤¬ I'm not sure I'll get a chance to get down to Charlie's today, as I have some work to do, as well as some housework :rolleyes: No rain currently, but it's cool and overcast, kind of like you might expect here in early March. I've not seen the forecast for the weekend yet, but hoping we get a bit more sunshine šŸ¤ž Got some WABOOM in my pocket, and a song in my heart! :D Have a good day Guardians :) :thumbsup:

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It is interesting, how as a child, time passed slowly. Now, I would love to have a reverse button.
Hopefully, Wolfie is up to the task tonite
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Rufus1949 said:
It is interesting, how as a child, time passed slowly. Now, I would love to have a reverse button.
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Yes, me too Bob :) I can remember, as a kid, my dad would take me to see some very mediocre football, and 90 minutes could seem like an eternity. Now, I can stare into a cup of coffee for half an hour! :D ;) :thumbsup:
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Hopefully, Wolfie is up to the task tonite
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I hope so, he does take things far too lightly šŸ¤ž
 
Hello and good day everyone! I thought this was a fun topic and decided to share. Knives and watches kinda go hand in hand... Right?


This thread and the Sheffield knife led me to dig out my one English watch. It was retailed by a company in Sheffield called JG Graves. A huge mail order company. The watch itself was made in Lancashire. The factory cleverly named The Lancashire Watch Co. It was a very large factory that produced machine made watches from 1889-1911.

At the time most English watches were piece made, cottage industry kind of stuff... Fusee barrels still widely used (a chain attached to the mainspring barrel and winding around an adjacent cone shaped barrel). But, the success of the going barrel (no chain and a longer spring inside) machine made watches in the US prompted the world to follow suit. Lower manufacturing cost and time, higher accuracy and interchangable parts are all bonuses of this method of manufacturing. This brought about the watches from the English watch co, Errington, Lancashire, H. Williamson etc.. in the last quarter of the 1800s.

I got this quite some time ago and disassembled it, cleaned and lubricated it. It runs strongly, but very fast. I started searching for a new mainspring and got sidetracked and never finished the project. The hands are an odd size (compared to the American hands I have) so that needs to be addressed as well. It's not a particularly fine watch, but solidly built to do its job and do it well.

The normal British key watches at the time wound anti-clockwise because of the fusee. I find it interesting that these going barrel watches include a dummy fusee, an extra empty barrel to make the watch wind anti-clockwise.

Over the next month, in honor of the lambsfoot that hasn't left my side pocket since it rolled through the door (and this nice group of course), I'm going to work towards getting this thing right. Hopefully it won't give much trouble.

I'm sure it's getting old seeing this same lambsfoot over the last couple weeks... But its taken over pocket time and will continue to do so. My excitement over this knife is apparent, I'm sure, and apologies for spamming it again today.
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RickHuf said:
Hello and good day everyone! I thought this was a fun topic and decided to share. Knives and watches kinda go hand in hand... Right?


This thread and the Sheffield knife led me to dig out my one English watch. It was retailed by a company in Sheffield called JG Graves. A huge mail order company. The watch itself was made in Lancashire. The factory cleverly named The Lancashire Watch Co. It was a very large factory that produced machine made watches from 1889-1911.

At the time most English watches were piece made, cottage industry kind of stuff... Fusee barrels still widely used (a chain attached to the mainspring barrel and winding around an adjacent cone shaped barrel). But, the success of the going barrel (no chain and a longer spring inside) machine made watches in the US prompted the world to follow suit. Lower manufacturing cost and time, higher accuracy and interchangable parts are all bonuses of this method of manufacturing. This brought about the watches from the English watch co, Errington, Lancashire, H. Williamson etc.. in the last quarter of the 1800s.

I got this quite some time ago and disassembled it, cleaned and lubricated it. It runs strongly, but very fast. I started searching for a new mainspring and got sidetracked and never finished the project. The hands are an odd size (compared to the American hands I have) so that needs to be addressed as well. It's not a particularly fine watch, but solidly built to do its job and do it well.

The normal British key watches at the time wound anti-clockwise because of the fusee. I find it interesting that these going barrel watches include a dummy fusee, an extra empty barrel to make the watch wind anti-clockwise.

Over the next month, in honor of the lambsfoot that hasn't left my side pocket since it rolled through the door (and this nice group of course), I'm going to work towards getting this thing right. Hopefully it won't give much trouble.

I'm sure it's getting old seeing this same lambsfoot over the last couple weeks... But its taken over pocket time and will continue to do so. My excitement over this knife is apparent, I'm sure, and apologies for spamming it again today.
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That's a lovely watch Rick, I hope you can restore it to his former glory. John George Graves is very well known in Sheffield as a benefactor to the city, and as well as watches, his name also appeared on table cutlery. It's great that you have taken to the Lambsfoot pattern, and I'm sure nobody here gets tired of seeing that fine specimen :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
That's a lovely watch Rick, I hope you can restore it to his former glory. John George Graves is very well known in Sheffield as a benefactor to the city, and as well as watches, his name also appeared on table cutlery. It's great that you have taken to the Lambsfoot pattern, and I'm sure nobody here gets tired of seeing that fine specimen :thumbsup:
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Thanks Jack! Finding suitable parts is always a challenge. Thankfully it's in mostly good condition.

A very prominent figure in the area! Business man and politician.

Since you talk about the Leeds market, there was a company called A. Yewdall located in Leeds that retailed these same Lancashire watches. I don't know anything about the company, unfortunately, but have just seen their name on many Lancashire dials.
 
RickHuf said:
Thanks Jack! Finding suitable parts is always a challenge. Thankfully it's in mostly good condition.

A very prominent figure in the area! Business man and politician.

Since you talk about the Leeds market, there was a company called A. Yewdall located in Leeds that retailed these same Lancashire watches. I don't know anything about the company, unfortunately, but have just seen their name on many Lancashire dials.
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So I imagine Rick :thumbsup:

Yes, most Sheffield youngsters won't know him today, but they will have heard of Graves Park. I can remember reading his name, as a small boy who had just learned to read, on a plaque in our local park, Endcliffe, another which he bought for the city :thumbsup:

That's interesting Rick, it's a subject I wish I knew more about, if only to help me pick up a decent pocket watch! :D Leeds was a much richer city than Sheffield, and one of the prominent jewellers and cutlery firms was Croisdale, who were started by a humble cutler. I have a few of thir knives, but sadly none of the type this thread is dedicated to :( :thumbsup:
 
Sid Post said:
The heat and humidity here in Texas is terrible! My jeans and shirt are dripping wet from sweating yesterday in the heat catching up around my farm.

My Henderson's Relish is due to arrive Aug 1st! We will have to see if it makes it in time for Yorkshire Day.

I'm all about the 'common' British teas here in Texas. Getting a decent cup of British tea is super nice compared to Lipton and the off-brands like Walmart "Great Value". Right now it's P&G and Tetley for the most part unless I do sweet Tea with some Luzianne which makes awesome 'sun tea' too! Sweet tea with Luzianne from the Deep South puts modern soda pop to shame too!

Need to remember to get some STEAK FRIES next time I'm in Town. The Lambsfoot and I are getting ready for a short trip to my friend's deck on the pond/lake for a nice late evening outing, might have to see if I can score some British beer for the outing too.
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PG Tips is what I usually buy for hot tea. I learned, on my first trip to the UK to visit my brother and his family who were living in Bath at the time, that builderā€™s tea is how I like mine.

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I use Luzianne for sweet tea, but these days I rarely drink it as sweet as would really be considered ā€œsweet teaā€ back home in Arkansas. If I get it at a restaurant Iā€™ll do half sweet/half unsweet, and if I brew it at home I probably use less than half the sugar my grandma would have.

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The sweetest sweet tea I ever had was at a fast food chicken place in Texas (I canā€™t recall the name right now but itā€™ll come to me). I donā€™t know how they were able to dissolve that much sugar into tea! šŸ˜²šŸ¤£

Rufus1949 said:
I found a shop here where I will have my chip butty. ( my indestructable lamb, probably made in China!)View attachment 2266549
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Thatā€™s awesome that you found a place that actually has a chip butty on the menu! :thumbsup:

Rufus1949 said:
Lol...they even have dandelion & burdock.
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Incredible!! šŸ˜²šŸ˜€

Jack Black said:
WOW! :D I treated Ex-Para Steve to a chip butty and a D & B today. I asked Nobber Al if he wanted the same, and he said, "I'm not 8!" Then wanted chips and Dandelion & Burdock when I came back with them! :rolleyes:
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Funny, I bought a tin of those exact same sardines a while back, at the same place I used to be able to get Dandelion & Burdock. I had read a sort of taste test article that had ranked them as their favorite. I havenā€™t tried them yet, partly because, well, Iā€™ve never actually tried any sardines, so Iā€™m a bit hesitant. šŸ¤£

Good to the Guardians of the Condiments going strong this week in perpetration for Yorkshire Day. šŸ˜ I think someone at Hendersons owes Jack a commission, or at least a pint.

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JohnDF said:
Oh, you know I do. šŸ¤  :thumbsup:
That place is super cool, I'd like to go there.
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Next time youā€™re in Minnesota, just let me know. šŸ˜€:thumbsup:

Time for a new pocket notebook. Donā€™t mind the black rectangles, sometimes when I label/number these my brain says, ā€œNah, that one doesnā€™t look good,ā€ and I cross it out and do it again. šŸ™„

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btb01 said:
PG Tips is what I usually buy for hot tea. I learned, on my first trip to the UK to visit my brother and his family who were living in Bath at the time, that builderā€™s tea is how I like mine.

C94IdSk.jpg


I use Luzianne for sweet tea, but these days I rarely drink it as sweet as would really be considered ā€œsweet teaā€ back home in Arkansas. If I get it at a restaurant Iā€™ll do half sweet/half unsweet, and if I brew it at home I probably use less than half the sugar my grandma would have.

xOzsEPB.jpg


The sweetest sweet tea I ever had was at a fast food chicken place in Texas (I canā€™t recall the name right now but itā€™ll come to me). I donā€™t know how they were able to dissolve that much sugar into tea! šŸ˜²šŸ¤£



Thatā€™s awesome that you found a place that actually has a chip butty on the menu! :thumbsup:



Incredible!! šŸ˜²šŸ˜€



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Funny, I bought a tin of those exact same sardines a while back, at the same place I used to be able to get Dandelion & Burdock. I had read a sort of taste test article that had ranked them as their favorite. I havenā€™t tried them yet, partly because, well, Iā€™ve never actually tried any sardines, so Iā€™m a bit hesitant. šŸ¤£

Good to the Guardians of the Condiments going strong this week in perpetration for Yorkshire Day. šŸ˜ I think someone at Hendersons owes Jack a commission, or at least a pint.

F5CfBtG.jpg




Next time youā€™re in Minnesota, just let me know. šŸ˜€:thumbsup:

Time for a new pocket notebook. Donā€™t mind the black rectangles, sometimes when I label/number these my brain says, ā€œNah, that one doesnā€™t look good,ā€ and I cross it out and do it again. šŸ™„

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Barrett, Albers is looking good.šŸ‘Œ
Jack should get a commission for each lamb sold over here.
 
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