Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[echoscout]

Lol..
David, I appreciate the invite. I don't think you could beat this accent out of me. Yet, just north of me accents are even worse...dem's and doe's

My next suggestion is that when you hit the Texas border to load up on Blue Bell ice cream to make peace should you encounter a rowdy Texan.

 

[Prester John]

My next suggestion is that when you hit the Texas border to load up on Blue Bell ice cream to make peace should you encounter a rowdy Texan.

This Texan prefers Tillamook ice cream from Oregon.

 

[Rufus1949]

My next suggestion is that when you hit the Texas border to load up on Blue Bell ice cream to make peace should you encounter a rowdy Texan.

Damn, there are a lot of requirements to visit Texas!!! I appreciate all this advice.

I did spend time at Ft.Sam Houston. Does that count?

 

[mitch13]

Damn, there are a lot of requirements to visit Texas!!! I appreciate all this advice.

I did spend time at Ft.Sam Houston. Does that count?

Nah they have simplified it Bob.
Straw of gold or your first born left at the border.
It's called the Rumpelstiltskin statute

 

[Jack Black]

Yep Jack, you have to check the labels on everything with the marketing BS.
People are that jumpy, we have strict laws & it's up to you to justify a legitimate reason. Like your neck of the woods there is always a media beat up & gang violence. I don't think they are interested in middle-aged guys with a Lambsfoot or a sak. You still see the occasional folder pouch on belts. As you know common sense approach, where there is not much common sense left

New phone camera takes good photos
Have a good day Jack!

You're right Mitch, that IS very much like here I'm sorry my friend I use and photograph my knife in public all the time, but I guess I am mainly around folks who know me Good news on the phone camera I was supposed to have a camera arrive on Friday, but they're now saying next Saturday

Thanks kindly for your response Jack. Unfortunately, it is on parr with some recent builds I own.
A very nice lamb you are carrying Jack.

Thank you Bob One of the reasons that the Sheffield cutlery firms, for the most part, never really mechanised, was because wages were so low. Today, there is talk of the 'Gig Economy', but that is just how the cutlery trades were run, with nominally self-employed workers buying or renting their own tools, and paying for power, and a space in a factory. They were part of what was, and still is, called the 'Liver and Draw' system, in Sheffield, where they were only paid when they delivered the knives they had made to the gaffer. Such 'piece work' does not encourage high standards, when the rates are low, as they always were, since cutlers had to work very fast to earn a crust. After WW2, with increased foreign competition, Sheffield cutlery companies sought to compete on PRICE, rather than QUALITY, buying cheaper materials, and paying their workers even less. Because of WW2 though, there was actually a shortage of labour, with many new employment opportunities opening up. Only a dull boy, with no other employment prospects, would have wanted to train as a cutlery apprentice, where he would have probably been sweeping the floor for the first two years in any case. Cutlers did not want to take on apprentices, because it 'slowed them down', and they could make fewer knives. Where apprentices were taken on, they were widely misused as cheap menial labour (though this was certainly nothing new). The training they received could be very poor, and given to them by cutlers who had been poorly trained themselves. Stan Shaw is a very rare exception. He went into the trade because he had had no formal education, and was lucky to be apprenticed to a kind, knowledgeable cutler, (Ted Osborne), who was approaching retirement. There were certainly other good cutlers, but most, in the latter days of the Sheffield cutlery industry were mediocre, and simply trying to put food on their family's table. The foremen were also underpaid, and cared more about numbers, than quality. As for the owners, their forebears may have built great firms, but they were different men, for the most part, spoiled, cossetted, and detached from the trade. They saw no reason to invest, no reason to raise wages, no reason to better their workforce in any way. When their firms went under, they blamed it all on Hong Kong or the Japanese, and they carpet-bagged what they could, while sending their workers to the dole office. Sadly, there are a lot of mediocre Sheffield pocket knives, because a lot were produced. And they still are

The Key to Time was a great season.
The actress is Mary Tamm. She's dead, too.

Nice to see your '18 Jer

Awesome stag on that beautiful lamb!

Lovely Stag Lamb !

Perfect little lamb.

Thanks a lot guys

We Texans are friendly, Jack!
Awesome stag, by the way.

Thanks Vince, you sure are my friend, we are lucky to have so many Texans among the Guardians

Hope everyone has time to enjoy the weekend!
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Beautiful shade of blue Bob, and a fine-looking knife altogether

Gracias amigo mio.

De nada hermano

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Lovely shot of that old beauty my friend

Thanks Jack. Every day and in every way I'm getting better and better. Missus is too.

Great to hear it Bill!

Good morning Guardians. Feeling better today and decided to take a short walk. Thanks to all for the well wishes.
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A great companion for your walk

Sure, there are good people everywhere.
But Dave lives way too close to Los Angeles for my liking.

Hope you're having a good start to your weekend, my friend.

Thanks buddy, I had a nice day yesterday, but I'm struggling to keep up here!

 

[Jack Black]

Just getting on today. Time to play a little catch up as I am having a busy day at work. Carrying the Titusville stag.

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Fab Lamb Paul, and a fine-looking slip too I hope you're getting to take it easy over the weekend

Thanks Jack it’s been a long trip out to the EU for me we were up for close to 60 hours and then had to wait on the unit we are replacing to sell their starlinks so we can get internet. Also it took me close to 3 hours to catch up.

That sounds like a LOT of work Daniel, I hope you get some time to yourself buddy

Thank you kind Sir and yes I have a few ready for finish work but our equipment has not arrived yet so my handle material is somewhere in Europe.

I hope you're reunited soon

Good Afternoon Guardians
I think @waynorth woud be proud of the character developing on this Lambsfoot.
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I'm sure he would John, great pic

Afternoon Guardians! Kat is outta the bag and wants to prowl and growl. Since is s cold wet dreary day. Kat will have to stay by the fire with me.

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LOL! Hope you both had a great day David

Thanks, Daniel. A wonderful gift from our buddy Rufus1949

A very generous fellow

Ah bummer Jack, I hope you find a suitable replacement dentist swiftly.

I'm not holding my breath Pete I'm still attached to the practice though, so I have SOMEONE

Blood lamb with the centerpiece to my Halloween costume this year. Who am I?

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Cool pic Pete Vincent could have used that Lamb!

 

[Rufus1949]

You're right Mitch, that IS very much like here I'm sorry my friend I use and photograph my knife in public all the time, but I guess I am mainly around folks who know me Good news on the phone camera I was supposed to have a camera arrive on Friday, but they're now saying next Saturday

Thank you Bob One of the reasons that the Sheffield cutlery firms, for the most part, never really mechanised, was because wages were so low. Today, there is talk of the 'Gig Economy', but that is just how the cutlery trades were run, with nominally self-employed workers buying or renting their own tools, and paying for power, and a space in a factory. They were part of what was, and still is, called the 'Liver and Draw' system, in Sheffield, where they were only paid when they delivered the knives they had made to the gaffer. Such 'piece work' does not encourage high standards, when the rates are low, as they always were, since cutlers had to work very fast to earn a crust. After WW2, with increased foreign competition, Sheffield cutlery companies sought to compete on PRICE, rather than QUALITY, buying cheaper materials, and paying their workers even less. Because of WW2 though, there was actually a shortage of labour, with many new employment opportunities opening up. Only a dull boy, with no other employment prospects, would have wanted to train as a cutlery apprentice, where he would have probably been sweeping the floor for the first two years in any case. Cutlers did not want to take on apprentices, because it 'slowed them down', and they could make fewer knives. Where apprentices were taken on, they were widely misused as cheap menial labour (though this was certainly nothing new). The training they received could be very poor, and given to them by cutlers who had been poorly trained themselves. Stan Shaw is a very rare exception. He went into the trade because he had had no formal education, and was lucky to be apprenticed to a kind, knowledgeable cutler, (Ted Osborne), who was approaching retirement. There were certainly other good cutlers, but most, in the latter days of the Sheffield cutlery industry were mediocre, and simply trying to put food on their family's table. The foremen were also underpaid, and cared more about numbers, than quality. As for the owners, their forebears may have built great firms, but they were different men, for the most part, spoiled, cossetted, and detached from the trade. They saw no reason to invest, no reason to raise wages, no reason to better their workforce in any way. When their firms went under, they blamed it all on Hong Kong or the Japanese, and they carpet-bagged what they could, while sending their workers to the dole office. Sadly, there are a lot of mediocre Sheffield pocket knives, because a lot were produced. And they still are



Beautiful shade of blue Bob, and a fine-looking knife altogether

Thanks Jack.

Truly a sad state of affairs Jack. I am wondering why someone does not step up and produce a knife as your HHB, Albers or Kroo. It appears there is demand, as seen on the forum.
It may go a long way to reestablish the prowess of Sheffield cutlers.

 

[Jack Black]

Love that stag, Jack. Hope you had a great day.

Thanks pal, it was a good one

Yes he certainly did.
I will always remember that year as, "The Year the Lamb Guy gave us a Barlow, and the Barlow Guy gave us a Lamb".

That was SOME year! I can remember folks asking me to rein it in a bit with the Lambs! My instincts were that it wouldn't last, and I regret not getting John Maleham to make MORE now Still, we got a few good 'uns

Thanks buddy. I’m taking the wife out tonight to meet some friends and go to a show.

We don’t make mistakes, we make happy trees

Hope you had a lovely time Pete

Great comments gents. Feel extremely fortunate thanks to Charlie to have been able to get one. As rare as hens teeth as the old saying goes. .

You've inspired me to carry mine today Leon

Lol..
David, I appreciate the invite. I don't think you could beat this accent out of me. Yet, just north of me accents are even worse...dem's and doe's

LOL! I had not heard the term until I was nearly 30, but in the small 'pit (coal-mine) villages that then littered the South Yorkshire/West Yorkshire border country, on the other side of Barnsley, a town less than 20 miles away from Sheffield, they used to refer to Sheffielders as 'Dee-Das'. The name, which I still occasionally hear, mainly from Tool Man, refers to Sheffield people supposedly saying 'Dee' and 'Da', rather than 'Thee and 'Tha' (Thou), as elsewhere in Yorkshire. This isn't actually true, but the folks from those pit-villages have probably never been as far as Sheffield!

I tried to find a video to help me explain the Yorkshire vernacular, with limited success!

A great time was has by all. What a blessing to have my mom at 90, the best wife a man could ever hope for, two beautiful daughters, fantastic son-in-laws, beautiful kind loving grand children, wonderful friends... well it just never stops...
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My mom 76 years ago. She really hasn't changed very much.

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Okay, I'll stop. Thanks for indulging me.

You are blessed my friend

BobStag
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Cool pic Mitch

Happy B-Day to Dwight's mom.

Here! Here!

 

[Jakeywax31]

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[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing OK, and having a great weekend Sorry for my absence yesterday, as I ended up being out for the duration, with my mate Matt, and his family. We visited a couple of museums, with the kids, had a Thai lunch, and ended up watching a couple of movies in the evening. I was feeling pretty tired when I got in, but I had lost count of the amount of coffee I'd drunk, and that ended up keeping me awake half the night It's taken me two and half hours to catch up here, and I've just lost 3 quotes, so my apologies to the authors of those Nice to see everything rolling along merrily I better get on, as I have some stuff I need to do in the house, and I'm hoping to meet Wolfie for a pint this afternoon. Got my Charlie Lamb in my pocket Enjoy your Sunday Guardians (hope you had a good one Aussies and Kiwis! )

 

[Rufus1949]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing OK, and having a great weekend Sorry for my absence yesterday, as I ended up being out for the duration, with my mate Matt, and his family. We visited a couple of museums, with the kids, had a Thai lunch, and ended up watching a couple of movies in the evening. I was feeling pretty tired when I got in, but I had lost count of the amount of coffee I'd drunk, and that ended up keeping me awake half the night It's taken me two and half hours to catch up here, and I've just lost 3 quotes, so my apologies to the authors of those Nice to see everything rolling along merrily I better get on, as I have some stuff I need to do in the house, and I'm hoping to meet Wolfie for a pint this afternoon. Got my Charlie Lamb in my pocket Enjoy your Sunday Guardians (hope you had a good one Aussies and Kiwis! )

Very interesting background for your lamb Jack.

 

[Jakeywax31]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing OK, and having a great weekend Sorry for my absence yesterday, as I ended up being out for the duration, with my mate Matt, and his family. We visited a couple of museums, with the kids, had a Thai lunch, and ended up watching a couple of movies in the evening. I was feeling pretty tired when I got in, but I had lost count of the amount of coffee I'd drunk, and that ended up keeping me awake half the night It's taken me two and half hours to catch up here, and I've just lost 3 quotes, so my apologies to the authors of those Nice to see everything rolling along merrily I better get on, as I have some stuff I need to do in the house, and I'm hoping to meet Wolfie for a pint this afternoon. Got my Charlie Lamb in my pocket Enjoy your Sunday Guardians (hope you had a good one Aussies and Kiwis! )

Sounds like a great day with friends. We are only here a short while ,so who needs sleep . Very nice picture featuring your lovely Charlie lamb. Enjoy the pint, Jack !!!

 

[echoscout]

This Texan prefers Tillamook ice cream from Oregon.

Whaaaaat? Are you serious? Say it aint so. Tillamook makes good ice cream. I like Braums. Its from Oklahoma. I do enjoy some Blue Bell on occasion.

 

[Jack Black]

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Thanks to our hard-working and ever-vigilant mods

Very interesting background for your lamb Jack.

Thank you Bob, the background is a photo of a 15th century dragon saddle from the Order of Saint George. The saddle is part of the Royal Armouries collection, and it is thought it may have been presented to King Henry V in 1416 by the Emperor Sigismund. There is a (admittedly tenuous) Halloween connection, since one of the first non-Hungarians admitted to the Order of Saint George was Vlad II, Prince of Wallachia, later known as 'The Dragon' (Dracul), and whose son, Vlad Draculea (Son of the Dragon), was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel

 

[Jack Black]

Sounds like a great day with friends. We are only here a short while ,so who needs sleep . Very nice picture featuring your lovely Charlie lamb. Enjoy the pint, Jack !!!

LOL! Many thanks my friend

 

[Rufus1949]

Thanks to our hard-working and ever-vigilant mods


Thank you Bob, the background is a photo of a 15th century dragon saddle from the Order of Saint George. The saddle is part of the Royal Armouries collection, and it is thought it may have been presented to King Henry V in 1416 by the Emperor Sigismund. There is a (admittedly tenuous) Halloween connection, since one of the first non-Hungarians admitted to the Order of Saint George was Vlad II, Prince of Wallachia, later known as 'The Dragon' (Dracul), and whose son, Vlad Draculea (Son of the Dragon), was the inspiration for Bram Stoker's novel

Such rich history from a great nation. Always enjoy your sharing Jack.

Vlad had a problem did he not, loving to impale people?

 

[SteveC]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing OK, and having a great weekend Sorry for my absence yesterday, as I ended up being out for the duration, with my mate Matt, and his family. We visited a couple of museums, with the kids, had a Thai lunch, and ended up watching a couple of movies in the evening. I was feeling pretty tired when I got in, but I had lost count of the amount of coffee I'd drunk, and that ended up keeping me awake half the night It's taken me two and half hours to catch up here, and I've just lost 3 quotes, so my apologies to the authors of those Nice to see everything rolling along merrily I better get on, as I have some stuff I need to do in the house, and I'm hoping to meet Wolfie for a pint this afternoon. Got my Charlie Lamb in my pocket Enjoy your Sunday Guardians (hope you had a good one Aussies and Kiwis! )

Cool pic of your Charlie Lamb !

 

[JohnDF]

I'm sure he would John, great pic

Thank you, Jack.

Great picture, Jack... That saddle is absolutely AMAZING!

 

[Jack Black]

Such rich history from a great nation. Always enjoy your sharing Jack.

Vlad had a problem did he not, loving to impale people?

Thank you very much Bob I really don't know how much is fact, and how much is fiction, but I reckon Shaka Zulu has just about everybody beat in the impaling stakes!

Cool pic of your Charlie Lamb !

Thank you Steve

Thank you, Jack.

Great picture, Jack... That saddle is absolutely AMAZING!

Thanks buddy, I'll see if they'll part with it

Wolfie let me down, as per usual, but I got another DVD 'album' delivered, so just clearing another couple of shelves. They'll certainly get filled immediately!

 

[SteveC]

Good morning Guardians, another chilly morning here but at least the sun is out


Carrying my Old Man Jack Lamb today.


Gnome sighting at the dog park