Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[lambertiana]

Good Groundhog Day to you. Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow. Early spring. 10,000 witnessed Phil’s prognostication early this morning in Gobblers Knob, Pennsylvania.
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Nice horn on that one.

 

[Rufus1949]

Happy Saturday Guardians !

It's a bit overcast here today but mild in temperature


Carrying old Spalty today


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I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start !

Spalty is like a chameleon sitting there.

 

[mitch13]

Jeremy and Paul ganged up on me with their generosity. Well done gentlemen.
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Nice
Well deserved I would say!.
Good on you gents.

 

[Jack Black]

In spite of your tooth, hope you have a good weekend Jack. I have been known to survive on liquid lunches in my youth.
Lucy is a lovely lady to carry around.

Thanks a lot Bob I've had a nice day, but been too busy for a nap!

I really admire the skill of your friend, creating those peening hammers.

Thank you again my friend, Les was a very clever bloke, and always interesting to talk to. I am glad to have his hammers

Jeremy and Paul ganged up on me with their generosity. Well done gentlemen.
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Wow! Fantastic! Well done all round gents

Lucy's looking good Jack ! Enjoy your day with Matt

Many thanks my friend

A volunteer at the farm just lost her 40-year-old son to covid. He'd been in hospital for months.

That's awful Jer, terribly sad Poor lady

Lucy's nightgown was quite a departure from the Gothic horror tradition.

While Googling for a pic, I came across that one on a Russian site

Thanks for the warning Jack!

You might need a dab of garlic Todd!

Gidge has stepped aside so Beni could have some pocket time on Stag Saturday. Lovin' that quirky burl, Bob!

Killer stag

Nice to put faces with the names! Lovely LF knife too!

Thank you Bill I'll post a few more, from Charlie's Cafe below

Good morning Guardians. Sunny but cold start of the day. Found that I have a few computer issues - like a dog it has worms! Screwed up my printer too. Got my computer geek friend, Sebastian, coming over on Monday. Going to kill the worms!! One good thing though, my HHB is in the pocket again.
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That's annoying Bill I hope your friend can sort it out, I no longer have a computer geek friend No danger of a Lambsfoot breaking down

Yeah, verily!

Oh yeah, I remember the pin now.

I thought I remembered someone posting it here (not necessarily in this thread, but on the Porch, at least) before.

Yes, I've posted it here at least once

My first (and worst) A. Wright Lambsfoot, which I ordered sight unseen from a famous shop in Sheffield, had a curved edge about like that.

That's bad

I had a discussion (not on BF) a while back where I corrected someone who referred to a sheepsfoot blade as a Lambsfoot, and he said he thought the only difference between a sheepsfoot and a Lambsfoot was that a sheepsfoot had a curved edge.

Good looking German Lambsfoot, oder ist es Lammfuß?

Thanks pal

One of my favorite anecdotes that you shared with me when we met up in Sheffield was about how the pub owners would prepare for the end of shift by pouring as many pints as they could and lining them up on any available flat surface on and behind the bar.

That was particularly the case with the steel workers Barrett, who worked shifts. The steel works were surrounded by small pubs, which were empty a lot of the time, as the local housing had gone years before. About 8.30pm, they'd start pulling pints, which if you didn't know what was going on, was very confusing. The pints would be lined up all over the bar, the nearby tables, on top of the piano, everywhere a space could be found. They'd keep pulling pints until 10pm, when the 'afternoon' shift finished, and hundreds of steel workers would race to the nearest pub. In those days, pubs had to call 'Time!' at 10.30pm, and legally, there was only 10 minutes 'drinking up time', Each man would pour the first pint straight down, and probably half the second, and take as many glasses as he could carry, hoping that 'like any good landlord', 10 minutes could be stretched to twenty

Some great pics of the Thursday Market crew, Jack! Were those taken with your new camera?

Thank you my friend They were actually taken with the mirrorless Canon EOS M-200 I bought last year. I did upgrade it, but had to return the replacement. However, I purchased a 22mm prime lens, which is a lot better, for those kind of shots, than the stock lens

50+ degrees in Minnesota at the end of January, you don’t have to be a genius (or a prognosticating groundhog) to figure that one out this year.

That's warmer than it is here, and we've had a mild winter too

When Eleanor got out of school, we headed over to a place in St. Paul so she could get her ears pierced. That went about as well as could be expected. She doesn’t exactly handle pain well, but she toughed it out and got it done.

I figured Eleanor for a bit of a toughie! Matt's daughter, Rheia, has been poorly today, and is such a drama queen! Her mum was hanging out some washing to dry, and as Rheia was sat next to the window, she asked her let her know if it started raining, while she was making lunch. "But mummy, I CAN'T look out of the window!" came the reply, in a voice which I suspect most parents have heard at some point!

Hope everyone’s weekend is off to a good start!

You too mate While I think that scale looks rather cool, what happened? I sure hope it didn't arrive like that!

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack and echcoscout, and good to hear that Rufus1949 and Joefairbanks signed up for the magazine.
Hopefully you will be able to access some of the previous articles online that Jack was involved with which were very interesting.
As a small teaser, this next article in "Knife Magazine" will show the oldest known example of a Lamb Foot knife.

Enclosed is a picture of one of the last Lamb Foot knives to be offered by the original Wostenholm company.
As Jack has mentioned several times, the Sheffield cutlery industry was sadly on a steep decline following WWII, and was mostly dead by the 1980s.
Wostenholm and Joseph Rodgers had merged in 1971, but that was not enough to save either company and together had gone bankrupt by 1983.

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Was that before or after they were acquired by Richards mate? I have a Wostenholm Barlow Lambsfoot, with the same covers, and unlike that one, it is a sorry piece indeed (I might never have shown it) After Meteor acquired everything, they took loads and loads of stock out of the Richards factory, along with everything else. Much was sold off, but I wonder if anything was left, such as parts, when Eggington acquired the name. When the Rodgers-Wostenholm cutlers had to move into the Richards factory, they were so unhappy that they threw tray after tray of old blade stock, out through the windows of the factory, and into the River Sheaf below!

Between work and life I've been pretty busy and haven't really thought about it but I tossed big soupy into the side pocket of my carpenter jeans today to get some lambsfoot action this weekend.

This is one of those knives I'll keep till the wheels fall off.

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Hope everyone is well, happy and healthy. I've gotten very far behind on many of the threads on the forum here. Have a great weekend.

Sounds hectic Rick! I hope you get to put your feet up this weekend, and enjoy Soupy

Happy Saturday Guardians !

It's a bit overcast here today but mild in temperature


Carrying old Spalty today


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I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start !

Fabulous photo buddy

Tools of the teaching trade.

An old friend of mine became headmaster of a small rural school, and the retiring headmaster presented him with a weighted and brass-capped Victorian policeman's truncheon, and a heavy set of brass-knuckles! They had originally been given to the school's first headmaster by the police, to defend himself against the pupils! The eldest child to attend the school then would have been aged 10!

Hahaha... I was thinking the same thing... either that he's too boring, or everybody was afraid to give him a silly name.

He is a bit boring! He has an adopted son, Michael, who is stupid, lazy, and smells badly. Tool Man can't stand him, but he's banned from the market for a year, for swearing at a customer! Years ago, they had the stall next to Tool Man, and would constantly argue, and regularly come to blows! So, not entirely boring!

Good Morning Guardians... Hope you are all enjoying the weekend.
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Great to see one of the 18's John

Nice to see Rose Beast too Jer

One of the coolest mail days for lambs. Rufus1949 gifted me this wonderful shadow pattern lamb. I gifted Jack one a while back because the one he had was well awful. r8shell I meant no disrespect . Glad to have another one again. This one is Mint!!

So excited to have an Albers in the flock again. This is a special knife. Thank you @ea42 for doing what you do.


Carrying the the Rodgers shadow lamb. Thanks again, Bob.

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Congratulations my friend, two smashers there I could have sent you this one! I wonder if r8shell wants it?!

I hope everyone is having a great day I walked down to Charlie's, and had coffee with Matt, then we went into town, and had lunch, and a couple of pints As promised, here's a few pics from the cafe

Matt

Hisham

Anna

Sara

 

[Jack Black]

Bacon-duty this morning

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I hope all of you are having a great weekend! It’s raining here today, so it’s starting slow for me. I’ve got a few little projects to do in the garage/shop today- just puttering…

That sounds like a pretty nice Saturday morning

Well, it's February and as the veterans of this Guardians thread know, every February, I post a reminder about "The Scoop on Wombat Poop". So this will be a refresher for the veterans and an education for you guys/gals/youngsters that are new to this thread since last February.

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Has it been another year already?

 

[Angry Waiter]

Hello friends.

my wife’s calendar for this year.

 

[SteveC]

Spalty is like a chameleon sitting there.

Thanks Bob !

Fabulous photo buddy

Thanks Jack !

Yikes !

I hope everyone is having a great day I walked down to Charlie's, and had coffee with Matt, then we went into town, and had lunch, and a couple of pints As promised, here's a few pics from the cafe

Matt

Hisham

Anna

Sara

Sounds like a good day !

 

[SteveC]

Bonus pic of the day

 

[herder]

Jack, as you know, Richards acquired the Rodgers/Wostenholm company in 1975, which was then acquired by the Imperial Knife Co. in 1977.
I have several Richards factory catalogs from the 1950s through the 1980s and none show a Lamb Foot knife. So I doubt that the late model Wostenholm Lamb Foot knife I had shown was made by Richards.
Enclosed is a catalog illustration from a 1982 Wostenholm catalog showing what I believe is that same model. Sadly, like their knives, the quality of their catalogs and illustrations was also less than spectacular in later years.

 

[echoscout]

Afternoon Guardians! Hope everyone has had a good Saturday. Boss ramrodding today.

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[JohnDF]

Cool picture !

Thanks, Steve.

They had originally been given to the school's first headmaster by the police, to defend himself against the pupils!

That's crazy.

So, not entirely boring!

Lol...

Great to see one of the 18's John

It's been a while, hasn't it.

Great picture.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Bonus pic of the day



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Gorgeous Knife Steve!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Sorry for the excessive multi-quote, Guardians, it had been since Tuesday since I had caught up, and this thread moves fast!

Yesterday I had to get a tire replaced on my truck. I actually bought new tires in December, but the other day I noticed a bump/ridge on the sidewall of one (presumably air getting between the layers of the tire, which, of course, isn’t good). Thankfully it was covered under warranty and only cost me about $20 in labor to have it replaced.

When Eleanor got out of school, we headed over to a place in St. Paul so she could get her ears pierced. That went about as well as could be expected. She doesn’t exactly handle pain well, but she toughed it out and got it done.

Hope everyone’s weekend is off to a good start!

Hope Eleanor keeps up with the cream on her ears, I have seen my two girls and StepDaughter go through this- Kelsey also with hey Tummy Button piercing

Love that Harts Head - gorgeous!

 

[Campbellclanman]

Nice to put faces with the names! Lovely LF knife too!



Good morning Guardians. Sunny but cold start of the day. Found that I have a few computer issues - like a dog it has worms! Screwed up my printer too. Got my computer geek friend, Sebastian, coming over on Monday. Going to kill the worms!! One good thing though, my HHB is in the pocket again.
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Oh man - Love this!

 

[cudgee]

In those days, pubs had to call 'Time!' at 10.30pm,

When i was a kid, up untill 1966, we had 6.00PM closing in pubs. They called it the 6 O'CLOCK swill, and for good reason. It was a bunfight. .

 

[SteveC]

Great picture.

Thanks John !

Gorgeous Knife Steve!

Thank Duncan !

 

[RickHuf]

Interesting stag !

Thanks!

Happy Saturday Guardians !

It's a bit overcast here today but mild in temperature


Carrying old Spalty today


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I hope everyone's weekend is off to a good start !

That is outstanding! I love these spalted ones. Really nice pieces you have there.

hope you get to put your feet up this weekend, and enjoy Soupy

Thanks!

 

[SteveC]

That is outstanding! I love these spalted ones. Really nice pieces you have there.

Thanks Rick !

 

[mitch13]

Jb lamb still.
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