Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[SteveC]

Happy Friday all !


Rodgers riding in my pocket today

 

[Sid Post]

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 builder’s tea is how I like mine.

I never understood tea with milk until I tried a really strong cup of British tea. Stronger than 'normal' strong British tea. Put a little milk in, like a partial teaspoon, and was impressed so I added a bit more! Seemed to me like adding a splash of water to really good Scotch and opening up the flavor a lot (never noticed the banana in Nadura until a bit of distilled water was added!).

Lovely pictures too! That second one is particularly stunning to me at the moment. What scales are that one and is it one of the Albers I keep hearing about?

 

[btb01]

Lovely pictures too! That second one is particularly stunning to me at the moment. What scales are that one and is it one of the Albers I keep hearing about?

Thanks! Yes, that’s an Albers. The wood is Afzelia Burl.

 

[echoscout]

Afternoon Guardians! Boss is........well being Boss.

 

[Fodderwing]

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 haven’t tried them yet, partly because, well, I’ve never actually tried any sardines, so I’m a bit hesitant.

They are indescribably delicious.

 

[btb01]

They are indescribably delicious.

I’ll have to man up and give ‘em a try.

I wonder if they’d be any good on a chip butty…

(Don’t worry, Jack, I’m only joking!)

 

[cudgee]

They are indescribably delicious.

Absolutely. And the term is bandied around with gay abandon now with every marketer trying to sell you the " Next " "Superfood ". But sardines are a complete superfood. I always have at least half a dozen tins in the cupboard. .

 

[Prester John]

Absolutely. And the term is bandied around with gay abandon now with every marketer trying to sell you the " Next " "Superfood ". But sardines are a complete superfood. I always have at least half a dozen tins in the cupboard. .

Saw some here and bought myself some today. Couldn't find Portuguese, but found Latvian. In olive oil with black olives and herbs.

 

[Daniel W]

Had both of my lambs on me today, sliced the tomatoes just fine.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Afternoon Guardians !

Happy to say I got a clean bill of health after my colonoscopy and I've graduated to the ten year plan from the five year


Got some tea in yesterday for upcoming Yorkshire day

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Looking forward to a Chip Buttie !

I am Rapt for you my friend, 8 years after the big C visited, I am still on the every year list! I go in again next month!

 

[Campbellclanman]

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Shot!!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Good morning Guardians. Feeling better now and the Covid symptoms are subsiding. Leftover cough but I'm confident it will improve. Hope you all have a good start on the upcoming weekend.
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My friend you could post this every day and still I would be so happy to see it!

 

[Campbellclanman]

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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Never gets old looking at a nice Lambfoot! Love the Handle texture- Pile side the same?

 

[danno50]

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?

I rounded off the sharp edges and polished the brass bolsters. It is actually a nice looking knife. I don't think that flitz will fix the rough action problem. I believe it is a problem with the way the blade and bolsters have been peened. At half open, the blade sits crooked between the bolsters. I am going to post pictures in the modification thread and see if any one can give me some idea of how to fix it.

 

[SteveC]

I am Rapt for you my friend, 8 years after the big C visited, I am still on the every year list! I go in again next month!

Thanks Duncan, best of luck to you for a good result my friend !

 

[Sid Post]

I am Rapt for you my friend, 8 years after the big C visited, I am still on the every year list! I go in again next month!

Best wishes for an uneventful procedure and outcome! With annual colonoscopy visits, unfortunately, suggests a bad family history and personal risk of problems.

 

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[Jack Black]

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 builder’s tea is how I like mine.

That's how just about everyone has it here Barrett Cool pic, I like your mug

I use Luzianne for sweet tea, but these days I rarely drink it as sweet as would really be considered “sweet tea” back home in Arkansas. If I get it at a restaurant I’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.

The sweetest sweet tea I ever had was at a fast food chicken place in Texas (I can’t recall the name right now but it’ll come to me). I don’t know how they were able to dissolve that much sugar into tea!

LOL! That's another great photo my friend

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 haven’t tried them yet, partly because, well, I’ve never actually tried any sardines, so I’m a bit hesitant.

I like them in a tomato/chilli sauce, on toast That said, it's a long time since I last had them. When I was a boy, they were one of the few varieties of tinned fish available here, and fairly inexpensive. Their popularity may have been boosted by a fictional character called Bobby Brewster, who loved sardine sandwiches I would think Henderson's would go well with them!

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

Sterling work!

Time for a new pocket notebook. Don’t mind the black rectangles, sometimes when I label/number these my brain says, “Nah, that one doesn’t look good,” and I cross it out and do it again.

Numbering them is a good idea Barrett, I am due for a new one myself Stunning shot of your Albers Lamb

Happy Friday all !


Rodgers riding in my pocket today


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Great pic of that quality Lamb Steve

Thanks! Yes, that’s an Albers. The wood is Afzelia Burl.

And another!

Afternoon Guardians! Boss is........well being Boss.

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Boss by name, Boss by nature!

I’ll have to man up and give ‘em a try.

I wonder if they’d be any good on a chip butty…

(Don’t worry, Jack, I’m only joking!)

Absolutely. And the term is bandied around with gay abandon now with every marketer trying to sell you the " Next " "Superfood ". But sardines are a complete superfood. I always have at least half a dozen tins in the cupboard. .

They have lost out massively to tuna here, which is a shame

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Nice work Daniel Happy Double Lambsfoot Day

I am Rapt for you my friend, 8 years after the big C visited, I am still on the every year list! I go in again next month!

Good luck Duncan

I rounded off the sharp edges and polished the brass bolsters. It is actually a nice looking knife. I don't think that flitz will fix the rough action problem. I believe it is a problem with the way the blade and bolsters have been peened. At half open, the blade sits crooked between the bolsters. I am going to post pictures in the modification thread and see if any one can give me some idea of how to fix it.

That's terrible! We've seen some absolute stinkers from that maker over the years. The workmanship has been so bad, that I have to say, when I've seen decent examples, with his blade stamp, I've been suspicious about who manufactured them

What do you reckon Jer? Nice to see OTW

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone made it through the week OK. I had a great night out, though it's hard not to feel thoroughly ripped off when you're being charged £25 to sit on a hard, straight-backed chair, crammed together like sardines in a can, and paying £7 for a plastic beaker of badly-served beer, which is well short of a pint However, it was great to see my old friends, and the rotten DJ, who prevented us conversing last time, had been given the boot The fights were of mixed quality, but there were a few good ones. Wolfie drew a tough-looking opponent, but dropped him twice in the first round, before the ref stopped the fight. We found a late-night bar to drink in, and stayed there until 2.30am, which is why I'm late posting today Inspired by Barrett's beautiful photos, I'm carrying my Albers Lamb today Have a great Saturday Guardians, and a lovely weekend

 

[screened porch]

What do you reckon Jer?

I haven't opened it yet. I hope it will taste better than "peeps" marshmallow chicks, which I finally tried last Easter.

Wolfie drew a tough-looking opponent, but dropped him twice in the first round, before the ref stopped the fight.

Congrats to Wolfie.

 

[SteveC]

That's how just about everyone has it here Barrett Cool pic, I like your mug

LOL! That's another great photo my friend

I like them in a tomato/chilli sauce, on toast That said, it's a long time since I last had them. When I was a boy, they were one of the few varieties of tinned fish available here, and fairly inexpensive. Their popularity may have been boosted by a fictional character called Bobby Brewster, who loved sardine sandwiches I would think Henderson's would go well with them!

Sterling work!

Numbering them is a good idea Barrett, I am due for a new one myself Stunning shot of your Albers Lamb

Great pic of that quality Lamb Steve

And another!

Boss by name, Boss by nature!



They have lost out massively to tuna here, which is a shame

Nice work Daniel Happy Double Lambsfoot Day

Good luck Duncan

That's terrible! We've seen some absolute stinkers from that maker over the years. The workmanship has been so bad, that I have to say, when I've seen decent examples, with his blade stamp, I've been suspicious about who manufactured them

What do you reckon Jer? Nice to see OTW

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone made it through the week OK. I had a great night out, though it's hard not to feel thoroughly ripped off when you're being charged £25 to sit on a hard, straight-backed chair, crammed together like sardines in a can, and paying £7 for a plastic beaker of badly-served beer, which is well short of a pint However, it was great to see my old friends, and the rotten DJ, who prevented us conversing last time, had been given the boot The fights were of mixed quality, but there were a few good ones. Wolfie drew a tough-looking opponent, but dropped him twice in the first round, before the ref stopped the fight. We found a late-night bar to drink in, and stayed there until 2.30am, which is why I'm late posting today Inspired by Barrett's beautiful photos, I'm carrying my Albers Lamb today Have a great Saturday Guardians, and a lovely weekend

Sounds like a fun night Jack ! Albers is looking great as always