Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Fodderwing]

Nice pic Dwight !

Thanks Steve!

Thats should a Lamb

Thanks David!

Oh Boy, ok that does it, I am going to have an EDC Swap around this weekend, and out will come an old Lambsfoot- you guys are driving me crazy Dwight and Steve with your gorgeous shots of these oldies

Much appreciated Duncan.

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Very nice Bob. I really do like the Bexoid lambs.

Jack Black
Well I hate to hear you tested positive Jack. I hope it will be a mild case my friend.

Have a great week all.

 

[Rufus1949]

Very nice Bob. I really do like the bexoid lambs.

Have a great week all.

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Thanks Dwight.
That IXL should stand proudly.. very nice.

 

[Jack Black]

Get well soon Jack !

Thank you Steve

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Nice pic Bob, I definitely have a soft spot for those Bexoid Lambs

ebony helped to install a screen door yesterday and slice up the cardboard, I’m noticing how utilitarian this blade shape can be. View attachment 2337024
Jack I hope you feel better soon.

To use a Lambsfoot is to love it Thanks buddy

Sorry Jack, hope you feel better quickly.

Thanks Rick, spent most of the past 24 hours asleep

I might be the oddball here but I like their "almost Barlow" more than the normal longer bolster. The new IXLs are tempting though, but they seem to have the correct long bolster and I just imagine it being an anchor!

Nothing wrong with that Rick. I doubt there's much weight difference though, particularly as I think Eggington use a slightly smaller frame

Thanks Bob! I got the rosewood because it was the economical option for modifying, but I'm a bit torn now.... the dark brown rosewood is pretty nice. Lol!

Rosewood can be very attractive

Jack Black
Well I hate to hear you tested positive Jack. I hope it will be a mild case my friend.

Have a great week all.

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Thanks pal, everybody has taken their eye off the ball over here Great pic there

 

[Rufus1949]

Thank you Steve

Nice pic Bob, I definitely have a soft spot for those Bexoid Lambs.

The Bexoid is very appealing to me also Jack.

 

[Prester John]

Great pics Steve

Nice find

Looking good David

Thanks buddy, I'm glad to hear you're keeping well

They're addictive! Looking forward to seeing how your new project progresses Rick

That's good news It's great to have you here

Good morning Guardians, I'm not having a lot of fun with this Covid Hoping it's short-lived Hope everyone is well, and having a good week

Sorry to hear about the covid, Jack. No fun. Hope you feel better soon.

 

[screened porch]

Thanks pal, everybody has taken their eye off the ball over here Great pic there

Here, too for the most part. "Back in the pandemic,..."
I'm pining for my next shot and masking in crowds.

 

[Jack Black]

Sorry to hear about the covid, Jack. No fun. Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks mate

Here, too for the most part. "Back in the pandemic,..."
I'm pining for my next shot and masking in crowds.

Yeah, it's a year since my last shot Cool pic of your Ebony '18 Jer

 

[SteveC]

Good afternoon Guardians !

Carrying my I*XL Large Lamb today

 

[screened porch]

Thanks mate

Yeah, it's a year since my last shot Cool pic of your Ebony '18 Jer

Thanks. There's not much light today.
Actually, I had to go eight pages back to find one with even this much light:

 

[Rufus1949]

Thanks. There's not much light today.
Actually, I had to go eight pages back to find one with even this much light:

Making chip butties Jer?

 

[echoscout]

Afternoon Guardians. Unity Lamb today.

 

[Rufus1949]

Afternoon Guardians. Unity Lamb today.

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That is a beauty David.

 

[bigfish64]

Jack Black

 

[Angry Waiter]

Tough week Guardians. Hope you all are well.

 

[SteveC]

Afternoon Guardians. Unity Lamb today.

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Sweet !

 

[Angry Waiter]

Good morning guardians toting the ebony lamb this morning. Will probably grab a fancier one for this evening we are going to go to a fish and chips place for my birthday dinner. View attachment 2333813

Daniel the provenance of this knife makes it one of the coolest lambs out there.

Uh oh.... I couldn't help it. Big soupy needed another lamb around for company.

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It's rosewood ... for now.... there are a pile of options here that it could be in the future. Walnut, spalted maple on the way (this is Bob's fault), toby tree, black locust, olive wood and probably more

I don't know. The rosewood is nice but I do need a new project.

Hope you are all having a good week so far. Happy hump day!

I understand the itch! I have a buckeye burl lamb recover in the works!

Good morning Guardians, I'm not having a lot of fun with this Covid Hoping it's short-lived Hope everyone is well, and having a good week

Dang Jack, sorry to hear you are sick. Hydrate and then hydrate. Hopefully it will pass quickly.

I’ve had it twice and the second time around was easier.

 

[echoscout]

That is a beauty David.

Thanks Bob!

Sweet !

Thanks Steve!

 

[mitch13]

BobStag.
Hope everyone is doing ok & Jack is on the mend.

 

[btb01]

With Jack Black out of commission (really hope you’re feeling better soon!) and unable to do his usual Thursday market visit, you Guardians are going to have to settle for my trip to the University of Minnesota’s surplus warehouse (or “Reuse Program,” as they call it). It’s open to the public on Thursdays and Saturdays.

This place can be a bit overwhelming, and often contains quite a lot of useless junk. But if you’re willing to do a bit of digging, sometimes you can find something worthwhile. Here’s what it looks like when you walk in.

I’ve been on the hunt for something new to store my knives in, as the old parts cabinet I’ve been using is now overflowing. What I’d really like to get is a metal flat filing cabinet, the kind you’d use for storing maps or blueprints, but they’re expensive, and I’ve found it hard to find a good used one.

This place regularly posts new items they have on Facebook (I’m not on Facebook, but my wife follows them and shows me anything of interest that they post). Yesterday they posted these, which they called “storage boxes with specimen display drawers,” and I wanted to take a look and see if they might work for storing knives.

Although they were all turned on their sides and I couldn’t really slide the drawers out, I found a couple more that had extra drawers stacked on top, and I let my HHB give one of the drawers a test run.

I do think these would work quite well for knife storage, but they were actually bigger than I expected (and a bit ugly, if I’m being honest), and I don’t know that they’d work for the space I have. They were also asking $200 each. So I passed, and will keep looking.

(Also, I’m not exactly sure what kind of specimens they were storing in these. I should’ve had read the labels on the drawers in that second photo. I’m afraid you can’t really make them out from the picture. I know a drawer in another one was labeled “Racoon.”)

Since we were there, we walked around a looked at all the other random stuff they had. We’ve had some luck finding interesting/useful stuff here and at the ASU surplus in Tempe when we lived in Arizona, so it’s always worth a look. But like I said, you do have to be willing to sort through quite a lot of junk. Here’s a pic from the back corner of the warehouse, opposite the entrance.

U of M trash can, anyone?

Laboratory glassware for the aspiring Walter White.

And who doesn’t need a used prosthetic leg?

The prices here can be all over the place, and sometimes seem a bit high (they were asking $50 for the leg), but they try to move stuff out pretty fast, so after a couple weeks everything gets discounted a bit, then discounted again and again, a little more every week, until they’re practically giving it away.

Although I didn’t need a fake leg, I didn’t leave empty handed. Earlier this year, I bought three matching bookcases here, which replaced some old bookcases we didn’t really like anymore. Today I found a fourth one exactly like the others, so I couldn’t pass it up.

This one is missing some shelf brackets, but I had to get a few brackets for the first three I bought, so I know where I can order more. It also turned out that they’ve had this one out for a while, and it was discounted quite a bit. I paid $8 for it.

Once we got that loaded up (these bookcases are, irritatingly, just a couple inches too long to close the tailgate), Scout and I grabbed a quick lunch, which we ate at a park before she had to go to preschool for a few hours.

The leaves are just starting to turn here in MN.

 

[BigKurtHaze]

Evening Gaurdians!

Creature of habit here. I think the ocean shot is on turnout father south than last week. Los Tres Chiles at the Mexican restaurant tonight, with condiments.
Jack Black feel better soon. Covid sucks, had it on my birthday last year.