Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Rufus1949]

A fabulous K'roo Bob

Thanks Jack. The second lamb is from a new craftsman I took a chance on. Time will tell.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. The second lamb is from a new craftsman I took a chance on. Time will tell.

Good for you Bob, hope you made a good choice my friend

I came across this old pic

 

[Rufus1949]

Good for you Bob, hope you made a good choice my friend

I came across this old pic

I like the clean looks of your wood handled HHB Jack.
Did horn come later to the craftsmen? I would assume those using the knife on farms, went for cheap function over form. Horn seems it would add to the cost, something a fragile farmer would avoid.
Early ramblings

 

[Jack Black]

I like the clean looks of your wood handled HHB Jack.
Did horn come later to the craftsmen? I would assume those using the knife on farms, went for cheap function over form. Horn seems it would add to the cost, something a fragile farmer would avoid.
Early ramblings

Thank you Bob Well, by the time spring knives (slipjoints) came around, the Sheffield cutlers had already been hafting knives for hundreds of years, so they were familiar with a range of hafting materials, but the Barlows were inexpensive knives, and used cheap materials such as bone and wood

 

[Rufus1949]

Thank you Bob Well, by the time spring knives (slipjoints) came around, the Sheffield cutlers had already been hafting knives for hundreds of years, so they were familiar with a range of hafting materials, but the Barlows were inexpensive knives, and used cheap materials such as bone and wood

I guess I was just thinking bone would be more time intensive, thus cutting into their production rate.
Guess I learned something today.

 

[SteveC]

Beautiful

Thanks Jack !

Stunning, my friend

Thanks mate !

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone had a great weekend, and that your week gets off to a good start. Sorry again about my absence yesterday. These days, it takes me, anything up to an hour and a half, just to catch up in the mornings! I think I'll be having another indoor day today, trying to get some of the things done that I wanted to do yesterday Good time to carry my OTHER Hartshead Barlow

Good looking HHB !

 

[Jack Black]

I guess I was just thinking bone would be more time intensive, thus cutting into their production rate.
Guess I learned something today.

If you see some of those old Barlows, they really didn't take much time over the bone, sometimes it's not even ground to shape!

Good looking HHB !

Thank you Steve

 

[screened porch]

I worry that the future may be near perpetual rain, like Bladerunner. but with Yorkshire accents!

I hope Darryl Hannah will be there!

Wasn't Blue in The High Chaparral?!

"We can fight the Apaches, or we can fight Don Sebastian, but we can't fight them both. [Good thing my wife is dead so I can form an alliance.]"
With Linda Cristal, not to be confused with Sylvia Kristel.

There sure were a lot of white-haired ranching patriarchs.

 

[Angry Waiter]

Great spalted covers Pete.

Beautiful

Nice spalted covers !

Andsome, as they say in London!

Thank you gentlemen. A kind gift from Dwight.

 

[SteveC]

Good morning Guardians !

Starting the week off with Gidget

 

[Rufus1949]

Good morning Guardians !

Starting the week off with Gidget

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Gidget is dressed for a night on the town Steve. Nice

 

[Jack Black]

If you see some of those old Barlows, they really didn't take much time over the bone, sometimes it's not even ground to shape!

Thank you Steve

Don't be too sad Rufus1949 , they do look kind of cool

I hope Darryl Hannah will be there!

An underused actress, considering her range

"We can fight the Apaches, or we can fight Don Sebastian, but we can't fight them both. [Good thing my wife is dead so I can form an alliance.]"
With Linda Cristal, not to be confused with Sylvia Kristel.

There sure were a lot of white-haired ranching patriarchs.

LOL! That line actually sounds familiar Jer! I remember in a school assembly, when I was about 10, the headmaster started by enthusiastically asking who had seen The High Chapperal. Then, "On a school night?! You should have been in bed at 9 0'clock!!" Sweet Space Lamb my friend

Thank you gentlemen. A kind gift from Dwight.

Very generous

Good morning Guardians !

Starting the week off with Gidget



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Fantastic Steve, lovely pic

 

[SteveC]

Gidget is dressed for a night on the town Steve. Nice

Thanks Bob !

Fantastic Steve, lovely pic

Thanks Jack !

 

[Rufus1949]

Sorry I can just make out letters to type, cannot see detail of your knives. Eyes are still dilated from visit to docs.
Good news, I can still participate in the demolishion derby, which is the norm on my roads.

 

[Jack Black]

Sorry I can just make out letters to type, cannot see detail of knives. Eyes are still dilated from visit to docs.
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I can tell you that looks pretty cool Bob Hope your eyes are back to normal later my friend

 

[Rufus1949]

I can tell you that looks pretty cool Bob Hope your eyes are back to normal later my friend

Thanks Jack.

 

[euroken]

Still...the one and only...HHB...

 

[Jakeywax31]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone had a great weekend, and that your week gets off to a good start. Sorry again about my absence yesterday. These days, it takes me, anything up to an hour and a half, just to catch up in the mornings! I think I'll be having another indoor day today, trying to get some of the things done that I wanted to do yesterday Good time to carry my OTHER Hartshead Barlow

Catching up can be a daunting task . Hope your day goes well, Jack. I must say that the wood HHBs are stunning knives. I love my stag but there is something about that lamb in wood that is perfection. I think it’s the contrast of the nice bolsters with the dark wood.

Good for you Bob, hope you made a good choice my friend

I came across this old pic

Another great pic, Jack.

I hope Darryl Hannah will be there!

"We can fight the Apaches, or we can fight Don Sebastian, but we can't fight them both. [Good thing my wife is dead so I can form an alliance.]"
With Linda Cristal, not to be confused with Sylvia Kristel.

There sure were a lot of white-haired ranching patriarchs.

Space lamb !!!

Good morning Guardians !

Starting the week off with Gidget



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A fine lamb, Steve.

Sorry I can just make out letters to type, cannot see detail of knives. Eyes are still dilated from visit to docs.
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That Ashwin lamb is awesome, Bob!!!

Still...the one and only...HHB...

The baddest lamb around

 

[Jakeywax31]

Driving the wife to an appointment and then driving her into town for some shopping. Blue Albers today.

 

[Jack Black]

Still...the one and only...HHB...

Nicely captured Ken

Catching up can be a daunting task . Hope your day goes well, Jack.

Thanks mate, I had some stuff to do at home, but I also needed to go to the post office to mail a parcel to one of our number. I went to Charlie's first, which is about halfway between my house and the central post office. After having coffee though, I caught a bus in the opposite direction, to a small local post office, where they don't invent rules about what I can and cannot send. Unfortunately, there are only 2 windows, and I got stuck behind a woman who was doing something incredibly complicated, which took half an hour, and a bloke who was trying to send some money to Namibia. The latter was complicated by the fact that the woman behind the counter neither knew where Namibia was, nor how to spell it, and that the customer was a Londoner, who pronounced his 'A's as 'I's, so he kept saying, "No, 'I' as in 'apple'!" Another downside of this post office is that I always seem to get overcharged I had been intending to go home afterwards, but changed my mind, and went into town to buy bread, and get some money from the bank. I had pie, roast potatoes, peas, and gravy for my tea, and a cherry Bakewell, but I have toothache this evening. Fortunately I finally see a dentist tomorrow

I must say that the wood HHBs are stunning knives. I love my stag but there is something about that lamb in wood that is perfection. I think it’s the contrast of the nice bolsters with the dark wood.

Personally, I much prefer the common or garden stag variety!

Another great pic, Jack.

Thanks buddy, very kind of you

Driving the wife to an appointment and then driving her into town for some shopping. Blue Albers today.

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Hope you have a good day Paul Safe travels with your blue Lamb