Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[mitch13]

I thought that was at my end at first! Hope you have a wonderful time Gary, great-looking spot you have there

That liner stamp was a cool idea

Nice

Well done Leon

Those look like tasty burgers Mitch

Great pics Welcome to the Guardians

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. I have a meeting this morning, and then I need to go into town, got a bit of work to do later. We had some rain last night, but it looks dry right now. Definitely cooler though. I'm hoping it's going to be good weather for the Carnival Weekend Carrying my Pals Lamb today Have a good day Guardians

Thanks Jack
It was alright, beautiful day about 71f and not a cloud in the sky
Have a great day!

 

[Rufus1949]

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Very nice lamb. Glad you could join us.

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. I have a meeting this morning, and then I need to go into town, got a bit of work to do later. We had some rain last night, but it looks dry right now. Definitely cooler though. I'm hoping it's going to be good weather for the Carnival Weekend Carrying my Pals Lamb today Have a good day Guardians

Pal is looking good Jack. Hope he has a friend come visiting soon.

 

[Rufus1949]

Good morning all.

 

[Rufus1949]

Afternoon all.
Out most of the day, bought some chilli seeds & a seed green house.
Kristy & I had an early lunch

Hi Mitch. It sounds like you have had enough of winter and are looking forward to your garden again.

 

[mitch13]

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The goodun is back

Hi Mitch. It sounds like you have had enough of winter and are looking forward to your garden again.

Bob it will be alright. Hopefully I'll get some good chillis.

 

[screened porch]

Carnival Weekend

 

[Fodderwing]

Barrett mine is correct.

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David is that derrickman you?

 

[Hatchet_Jack]

In todays mail a water bottle to go along with my 18th century hunting kit. Glass bottle protected by hand stitched veg tanned leather. The craftsman was a lady based in Czech and has done a wonderful job.

 

[SteveC]

Away from home this week and next, renting a cottage on Lake Huron in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I have a couple of lambsfoot knives with me for this trip. One is Black Jack, my 2018 ebony Guardians lambsfoot. Here's an old photo of Black Jack near sunset on the front wall of a raised garden bed at home. I hope to post some new pics of this same knife while we're up here at Waterlawn Cottages.

OK, the wifi here is hopeless tonight, so I'll try again tomorrow morning to post a picture in this post.

- GT

Have a great vacation Gary !

I hope you have a great two weeks on Lake Huron GT. It looks like a beautiful place.


Cheers Guardians. Have a great evening...

Great pic !

Enjoying a nice cool evening, Slash, and a fine cigar.

Love the name !

Afternoon all.
Out most of the day, bought some chilli seeds & a seed green house.
Kristy & I had an early lunch

Looks like a nice day there

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Sweet TEW !

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. I have a meeting this morning, and then I need to go into town, got a bit of work to do later. We had some rain last night, but it looks dry right now. Definitely cooler though. I'm hoping it's going to be good weather for the Carnival Weekend Carrying my Pals Lamb today Have a good day Guardians

Have a great day Jack !

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That's a monster

In todays mail a water bottle to go along with my 18th century hunting kit. Glass bottle protected by hand stitched veg tanned leather. The craftsman was a lady based in Czech and has done a wonderful job.
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That's a pretty cool canteen and nice pic too !

 

[Rufus1949]

That's a monster

Morning Steve.
My neighbor is inundated with them.

 

[SteveC]

Happy Tewsday Guardians

 

[Tyson A Wright]

Are these Yorkshire roses? When I hunted buffalo a few years back our guide was a Brit and had a tattoo of a rose which he said was a Yorkshire rose. Looks very much the same.

I do love history and have read a bit on the war of the roses but can’t remember which belongs where.

That is a Yorkshire rose (and that's my first Lambsfoot on top of it, before Jack sent it to me).

 

[Angry Waiter]

One of my favorite parts of previous Guardians SFOs was the group pics Jack would take of all the knives together. I posted one that I took of the 2024 Guardians knives in my post the other day, but now that the knives are arriving at their destinations and you guys are sharing your great pics of them here, I can initiate Step 2 of the Guardians SFO group pic tradition: finding members’ knives in the group pic!

Here’s an example from the 2019 Ironwood Guardians knives:

And here’s the blank photo I started off with for this years:

I went ahead and identified what I could so far based on the pics that y’all have posted, but if you could, please check the blank photo above to make sure I got yours right, especially if your knife doesn’t have any dark spots on the front. There does seem to be enough variation in the texture and grain of the micarta to be able to identify these, but I had to look pretty closely in some cases, and it may be easier for you do with your knife in hand.

Very cool Barrett and yes mine is correct. Thanks!

 

[black mamba]

Bob, is that one of those killer mushrooms? That makes a very apropos background for the "Specter of Death" coffin lamb.

 

[sf fanatic]

I didn’t get a chance to post this yesterday because Postie Mike is on vacation and his replacement letter carrier didn’t come until after 7 my time. There’s not a lot of superlatives that I can add that haven’t already been said. So I will just thank Barrett Brown btb01 for giving me the opportunity to own a truly amazing knife! Of course shout outs to Eric Albers and our great founder Jack Black for their participation.

 

[echoscout]

David is that derrickman you?

No Dwight it's not. That pic is the front cover of a book called Oilfield Trash. I have worked derricks. I use to really like working derricks. Started out in the oilfield as a backup hand ended up a driller. I enjoyed my time in the oilfield.

 

[draggat]

Jack, the pace of this thread has occasionally been a topic of discussion, and I always find such discussions interesting (although I find the pace itself intimidating ).

I used the Search function to fairly quickly come up with a couple of interesting data items regarding pace of the thread.
Post 1 was on June 26, 2016.
Post 50000 was on June 15, 2021, days short of 5 years later.
Post 100000 was on August 15, 2024, 3 years and 2 months later than the 50K-post milestone.
So the second 50K posts came roughly 40% faster than did the first 50K posts.

Here's a link to an old post with more details on the pace of this thread:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/page-933#post-18939092

- GT

I couldn't agree more with the part of your comment I highlighted in red. It's what's kept me from posting here.... That said, I think I'll try to post more often. With my availability, it will be erratic. I hope no one will take offense if I somehow fail to respond or acknowledge them!

One of my favorite parts of previous Guardians SFOs was the group pics Jack would take of all the knives together. I posted one that I took of the 2024 Guardians knives in my post the other day, but now that the knives are arriving at their destinations and you guys are sharing your great pics of them here, I can initiate Step 2 of the Guardians SFO group pic tradition: finding members’ knives in the group pic!

Here’s an example from the 2019 Ironwood Guardians knives:

And here’s the blank photo I started off with for this years:

I went ahead and identified what I could so far based on the pics that y’all have posted, but if you could, please check the blank photo above to make sure I got yours right, especially if your knife doesn’t have any dark spots on the front. There does seem to be enough variation in the texture and grain of the micarta to be able to identify these, but I had to look pretty closely in some cases, and it may be easier for you do with your knife in hand.

Wow! Thanks for digging out that photo of the Jack Black Ironwood SFO's. I still have mine, a jewel in my knife collection. Don't have it with me at the moment, so an older pic for now.



Barrett, the micarta on those turned out really well. I like how the weave is in different directions on every knife. Probably due to the fact that it was from a round source.

 

[echoscout]

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone's week is off to a good start. I have a meeting this morning, and then I need to go into town, got a bit of work to do later. We had some rain last night, but it looks dry right now. Definitely cooler though. I'm hoping it's going to be good weather for the Carnival Weekend Carrying my Pals Lamb today Have a good day Guardians

Pals is such a great Hopefully carnival week will have some good weather.

Always good to see Rose Beast

In todays mail a water bottle to go along with my 18th century hunting kit. Glass bottle protected by hand stitched veg tanned leather. The craftsman was a lady based in Czech and has done a wonderful job.
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Happy Tewsday Guardians


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Handsome

I couldn't agree more with the part of your comment I highlighted in red. It's what's kept me from posting here.... That said, I think I'll try to post more often. With my availability, it will be erratic. I hope no one will take offense if I somehow fail to respond or acknowledge them!


Wow! Thanks for digging out that photo of the Jack Black Ironwood SFO's. I still have mine, a jewel in my knife collection. Don't have it with me at the moment, so an older pic for now.



Barrett, the micarta on those turned out really well. I like how the weave is in different directions on every knife. Probably due to the fact that it was from a round source.

Great DIW on your 19

 

[5K Qs]

I hope you have a great two weeks on Lake Huron GT. It looks like a beautiful place.

I thought that was at my end at first! Hope you have a wonderful time Gary, great-looking spot you have there

Thanks, Dwight and Jack.
I wondered how you gents knew what the place we're staying looked like, since I couldn't post photos. But then I realized I'd named the "resort" and they have a nice gallery of photos on their website. I especially like the aerial view of the premises. We're renting the one-story cottage just to the right of the 2-story cottages, in the middle of the lake frontage in the aerial photo.

Hope you enjoy your annual vacation, GT!

Thanks, Barrett.
Plaudits to you for shepherding the 2024 Guardians Lambsfoot project from start to finish!!

Have a great time Gary!

Thanks, Todd. Unlike you, we're here without a boat, but I can watch a million of 'em go by from the little deck and gazebo on the south side of our cottage.
Congrats on Slash; the marking looks like it's saying you're #1!

Hope you have a wonderful vacation buddy

Thanks for the good wishes, David, and congrats on your GL-24!

I hope you have a peaceful and relaxing trip Gary.

Thanks, Bob. The vacation started out that way until I got way too caught up in your coffee bean guessing game and trying to figure out how I managed to be SO wrong!
Great to see that Grim Reaper coffin jack lambsfoot!

Have a great vacation Gary !

Thanks, Steve, and congrats on the stunning Albers elevator micarta 2024 Guardians Lambsfoot!

Thank you Gary, that's very interesting Sorry about the typo in my post

You're welcome, Jack; it's fascinating to see how the pace of the thread has accelerated over time.
I didn't notice a typo in your post; there were several recent posts in which Guardians remarked on how fast the thread was moving, and I happened to quote your reply to Dylan's comment about pace as a typical example.

Here's a photo of Black Jack 6 years ago on a cottage windowsill along Lake Huron, but it's not the cottage we're renting this year.


- GT

 

[draggat]

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That is one nifty knife! I'm a big horror fan, so I always love a coffin jack and that grim reaper shield.... WOW! Don't think I've ever seen one of those before! I'm guessing it's probably not safe to eat that mushroom either!