Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[echoscout]

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all had a good weekend. Haven't carried this one yet. Since it's Metal Monday it got the call.

 

[Rufus1949]

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all had a good weekend. Haven't carried this one yet. Since it's Metal Monday it got the call.

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Some jolly Roger's you have there David.

 

[SteveC]

Stunning horn on that

Thanks pal !

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all had a good weekend. Haven't carried this one yet. Since it's Metal Monday it got the call.

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Heavy Metal

 

[doulos]

Glad to hear you're in good health, and as insightful as ever Jer

Thanks Steve, it was fun, and fortunately, I avoided a hangover!

Good for you Bill



Sweet Pile Side shot Dwight

Beautiful Kurt

Thank you, he must have had a fascinating life, and I bet folks were intrigued by the unusual knife he carried - as I am! In terms of the way that knives are dated, I'm afraid that there really is very little to go on here, because Sheffield knives were often made in the same way (by one cutler or another, for generations), and the hafting materials were usually bought in. Here's a James Howarth Lambsfoot, with similar covers, from the 1950's, for example. Often, it's the quality of manufacture that assists in dating, but Lambsfoot knives were simple, rough and ready knives, a bit like Barlows. It's a broad guess, but I'm going to suggest 1930's (1930-1939) for your grandfather's knife. Sorry I can't be more helpful



That cauliflower cheese has patinaed that beauty nicely Bob!

Great to see it Steve, there are a few treasures I need to dig out

You too David

Thank you for this Jack, it sure does look similar. I'm looking forward to my first Albers Lambsfoot, but it seems I may have be scammed. I paid for it on the exchange, with PayPal FF, and he promised to ship it, but has not done so, and is not responding. It also looks like he may have sold it to someone else before me. Any ideas what I can do?

 

[Rufus1949]

Thank you for this Jack, it sure does look similar. I'm looking forward to my first Albers Lambsfoot, but it seems I may have be scammed. I paid for it on the exchange, with PayPal FF, and he promised to ship it, but has not done so, and is not responding. It also looks like he may have sold it to someone else before me. Any ideas what I can do?

No lectures from me, but perhaps a fraud claim with card you used?

 

[doulos]

No lectures from me, but perhaps a fraud claim with card you used?

Thanks, I'll try that.

 

[sbh06]

Thank you for this Jack, it sure does look similar. I'm looking forward to my first Albers Lambsfoot, but it seems I may have be scammed. I paid for it on the exchange, with PayPal FF, and he promised to ship it, but has not done so, and is not responding. It also looks like he may have sold it to someone else before me. Any ideas what I can do?

Is your email address posted anywhere on the forum that scammers can access?

Who was the seller? I would recommend starting a thread in GBU to document the sequence of events if the answer to my first question is no so that the mods can get involved and hopefully get the situation resolved for you.

 

[pat9198]

I’m carrying my other 88 today, such a useful set of blades on these.

 

[btb01]

Thank you for this Jack, it sure does look similar. I'm looking forward to my first Albers Lambsfoot, but it seems I may have be scammed. I paid for it on the exchange, with PayPal FF, and he promised to ship it, but has not done so, and is not responding. It also looks like he may have sold it to someone else before me. Any ideas what I can do?

I’m afraid that you probably did get scammed. Not by the person selling the Albers on the exchange, but by a scammer who saw you post that you were interested in that knife, searched your posts, found that you had publicly posted you email address somewhere on the forum, and contacted you pretending to be the person selling the knife.

I was able to find your publicly posted email myself with just a quick search.

Anyways, this really isn’t the place to discuss this sort of thing, but I will take the opportunity to remind my fellow Guardians to do a search and make sure your email isn’t posted anywhere publicly on here. I was surprised to find my own (posted in a slightly more cryptic fashion but still out there) on some sales posts that were several years old, long before this type of scam became a problem here.

 

[rddp]

A very special day. @glennbad did his famous stag on this 93 Charlie lamb. Exactly how I envisioned it would be fit close to the liners and nice and slim cut stag. I think @waynorth would agree that this knife is wonderful. If it would have had original covers on it I would not have dared to change it.

This sucker is going straight into my pocket!!! Thank you, Glenn. Honored to have a knife that two masters had a hand in.

My Grail knife

 

[Pàdruig]

Dwight, David, Steve, Jack, and Barrett - thank you all for the kind compliments. I like all of Jack's SFOs but this one in Ebony is pretty excellent. They used some nice wood on these, though I suspect Jack's watchful eye had more to do with that .

Regarding the Wee Beastie: I highly recommend it and it's become a favorite as well. It is almost criminal that such a young single malt has such excellent depth. I also like that it is usually pretty available and isn't too expensive a dram either. For an Islay lover, this is an excellent regular option to have on hand.

Continuing with the Ebony today.

 

[Jack Black]

And the world looks just the same, and history ain't changed,
Except for vicious thugs going to jail.

I also am glad it's quieted down.

It's warming up a bit here, weather-wise.

Thanks a lot Jer, it's been the hottest day of the year here, apparently, but it has mainly been overcast and sticky. It"s always a treat to see that one

I sure hope that's the end of the unrest over there and things can get back to a more normal state for you and everyone else.

Great pic of your HHB on your bunnet !

Many thanks Steve, me too

Jack, I hope that you and HHB have a restful and recuperative day. Beni is doing double duty for me both at home and later at work.

Thank you very much Jeff, we were doing OK, until I got back home, and there was a pile of work waiting for me! Have fun with Beni

Good morning Guardians! Got back yesterday from a family boating vacation at the Lake of the Ozarks. I always get stressed out when pulling a boat long distance. Happy to report my 1998 Suburban made another successful journey!
Not chilly enough for a real fire but just right for a gas one. Have a great day everyone.

That's a lovely photo Todd, glad to have you back :thumbs up:

Going to start the day with my first lamb! Have a great week Guardians!
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Nice way to start! Hope you're doing OK buddy

Thank you gents!

Wonderful photo!

Good morning Guardians


Vulcan to start the week

That's a sweet one Steve

Nice pic, Jack. I hope you have a relaxing week my friend!

Thanks pal, it was going well until about 2.00pm!

I hope all you Guardians had a good weekend. Ours was busy but fun. On Friday we went to a Twins game, where, coincidentally, they were playing the Cleveland Guardians.

While we were at the baseball game, Julie got a text from a coworker saying they couldn’t use their tickets to the Vikings preseason game the next day, and asking if we would like them. So, on Saturday, we headed back downtown for the Vikings game.

The tickets actually came with access to one of the stadiums all-inclusive clubs, so there was all kinds of free food — burgers, nachos, buffalo chicken tenders, soft pretzels, loaded potato skins, some sort of fancy sushi-looking thing — and free beer, too! Not just the cheap macro stuff, but good beer! Needless to say, we had a good time.

Unfortunately I didn’t have a Lambsfoot with me for either of these events. They will let you into Target Field with a pocket knife, but sometimes it’s just easier to leave it in the car; at least once I’ve had to show the security guard working the entry the policy on their own website. Knives are strictly prohibited at the Vikings games.

After our busy Friday and Saturday, we had a pretty relaxing Sunday. Picked up groceries for the week, got some stuff done at the house. It was a good day.

Sounds like a fantastic time Barrett (lack of Lambsfoot aside)

When I wasn’t at a sporting event, I had my Katalox Albers in my pocket for the weekend.

Have a good week, Guardians!

Love that pic!

In hopes that sanity and beauty returns to the streets of The UK, I'm carrying this great Horn Lamb that Jack sent me a few years ago!!
All the best Jack!!

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Many thanks my friend, it's nice to see that Big 'Un again That was the Peaches & Cream horn I wanted for the 2018 run

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all had a good weekend. Haven't carried this one yet. Since it's Metal Monday it got the call.

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Looks like you got the set!

Thank you for this Jack, it sure does look similar. I'm looking forward to my first Albers Lambsfoot, but it seems I may have be scammed. I paid for it on the exchange, with PayPal FF, and he promised to ship it, but has not done so, and is not responding. It also looks like he may have sold it to someone else before me. Any ideas what I can do?

You're very welcome my friend, I'm sorry I couldn't be of any further help. It's always frustrating when a knife doesn't have a maker's mark. I'd be grateful if you'd go to the start of this thread, and read the first post, because this is definitely not something we discuss here in this thread

I’m carrying my other 88 today, such a useful set of blades on these.

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Looking good Pat

I hope everyone's week is starting off well. After taking care of a few things at home, I decided to have a walk down to Charlie's. On the way down, I bumped into Hisham's wife, his older son, Ryan, and the new born baby Adam. It's the first time I've seen Adam, and he was sleeping sweetly. Ryan is 3, and full of energy and mischief. They all moved house recently, but Hisham has been back in the cafe, as Fabrizio managed to break his hand moving the fridge, and his wife Anna was off sick today. After having a coffee, I had to head back up the hill to the post office, and then into town. I called in for lunch at the Vietnamese place I've been going to. It's only been open a week, and I've eaten there four times! All was going well, but when I got home, I had work waiting! Ah well Enjoy the rest of your day Guardians

 

[Jack Black]

Dwight, David, Steve, Jack, and Barrett - thank you all for the kind compliments. I like all of Jack's SFOs but this one in Ebony is pretty excellent. They used some nice wood on these, though I suspect Jack's watchful eye had more to do with that .

Thank you Dylan Yeah, I wouldn't say getting that wood was a labour of love, because there wasn't much love involved, just a lot of phonecalls, ranting, and several visits to the factory!

Regarding the Wee Beastie: I highly recommend it and it's become a favorite as well. It is almost criminal that such a young single malt has such excellent depth. I also like that it is usually pretty available and isn't too expensive a dram either. For an Islay lover, this is an excellent regular option to have on hand.

Continuing with the Ebony today.

Thank you for the thorough recommendation my friend That's another wonderful photo, and it's great to see the creek again

 

[SteveC]

That's a sweet one Steve

Thanks pal !

 

[Jack Black]

I’m afraid that you probably did get scammed. Not by the person selling the Albers on the exchange, but by a scammer who saw you post that you were interested in that knife, searched your posts, found that you had publicly posted you email address somewhere on the forum, and contacted you pretending to be the person selling the knife.

I was able to find your publicly posted email myself with just a quick search.

Anyways, this really isn’t the place to discuss this sort of thing, but I will take the opportunity to remind my fellow Guardians to do a search and make sure your email isn’t posted anywhere publicly on here. I was surprised to find my own (posted in a slightly more cryptic fashion but still out there) on some sales posts that were several years old, long before this type of scam became a problem here.

Very sorry to hear this sort of thing is going on

 

[bigfish64]

Sounds like a good time, Todd. I’m glad you, your truck and your boat made it back in one piece! A Lambsfoot, a cigar and a fire to sit beside, what more could a guy ask for? An adult beverage, I suppose, but maybe it’s a little early in the day for that. Then again, you are retired now…

Not a bad idea!

I hope all you Guardians had a good weekend. Ours was busy but fun. On Friday we went to a Twins game, where, coincidentally, they were playing the Cleveland Guardians.

While we were at the baseball game, Julie got a text from a coworker saying they couldn’t use their tickets to the Vikings preseason game the next day, and asking if we would like them. So, on Saturday, we headed back downtown for the Vikings game.

The tickets actually came with access to one of the stadiums all-inclusive clubs, so there was all kinds of free food — burgers, nachos, buffalo chicken tenders, soft pretzels, loaded potato skins, some sort of fancy sushi-looking thing — and free beer, too! Not just the cheap macro stuff, but good beer! Needless to say, we had a good time.

Unfortunately I didn’t have a Lambsfoot with me for either of these events. They will let you into Target Field with a pocket knife, but sometimes it’s just easier to leave it in the car; at least once I’ve had to show the security guard working the entry the policy on their own website. Knives are strictly prohibited at the Vikings games.

After our busy Friday and Saturday, we had a pretty relaxing Sunday. Picked up groceries for the week, got some stuff done at the house. It was a good day.

When I wasn’t at a sporting event, I had my Katalox Albers in my pocket for the weekend.

Have a good week, Guardians!

What a great weekend!

That's a lovely photo Todd, glad to have you back :thumbs up:

Thanks Jack, good to be back.

 

[Rufus1949]

Critter day...

 

[echoscout]

I’m carrying my other 88 today, such a useful set of blades on these.

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Ace knife

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Critters have good taste

 

[mitch13]

Thank you gents!

Great picture

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Cool pics Bob

 

[Rufus1949]

Great picture

Cool pics Bob

Thanks Mitch...