Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[SteveC]

Looks like a well used Lamb !

Thanks y'all. Your kind words are appreciated.

My weekend is over so it's back to work for Jake and I.

Lovely Lamb !

 

[draggat]

One of my favorite worry stones again today. This is a prime example of a 'fancy' knife with poor fit and finish. Sometimes I wonder why they went to all that trouble. I still love it, but it's not the best execution.

 

[Rufus1949]

Great picture Bob !

Thanks Steve.

 

[echoscout]

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all have a good day.

 

[DaleS]

One of my favorite worry stones again today. This is a prime example of a 'fancy' knife with poor fit and finish. Sometimes I wonder why they went to all that trouble. I still love it, but it's not the best execution.

Yup, mine too.

 

[black mamba]

Carrying Modoc ED's awesome gift today (but not the shells!).

 

[SteveC]

One of my favorite worry stones again today. This is a prime example of a 'fancy' knife with poor fit and finish. Sometimes I wonder why they went to all that trouble. I still love it, but it's not the best execution.

Interesting stag !

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all have a good day.

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Cool patch buddy !

Carrying Modoc ED's awesome gift today (but not the shells!).

Beauty !

 

[CelloDan]

At the gym right now where I could not resist taking my Lamb out for a quick pic VERY discreetly

Oh btw, that is what I am bench pressing these days

 

[btb01]

I was lucky to be 50 before I had my first hangover. I didn't realise I had a superpower until it was gone!

That is lucky!

One of my favorite worry stones again today. This is a prime example of a 'fancy' knife with poor fit and finish. Sometimes I wonder why they went to all that trouble. I still love it, but it's not the best execution.

Love the file work! Sorry to hear the rest of the F&F doesn’t match up to it.

At the gym right now where I could not resist taking my Lamb out for a quick pic VERY discreetly

Oh btw, that is what I am bench pressing these days

We’re going to have to start calling you Cello Dan Schwarzenegger!

 

[Rufus1949]

My weekend is over so it's back to work for Jake and I.

Oh, that is sooo nice.

 

[Rufus1949]

Your Hartshead Barlow is looking very healthy Bob

Thanks kindly Jack. I hope you are ready to limbo again.

 

[AusLoX]

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I love this slip! Very nice

 

[Jack Black]

One of my favorite worry stones again today. This is a prime example of a 'fancy' knife with poor fit and finish. Sometimes I wonder why they went to all that trouble. I still love it, but it's not the best execution.

Yup, mine too.

Such a shame, if not entirely surprising Nicely photographed though Steve

Morning Guardians! Hope y'all have a good day.

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You too David Cool patch

Carrying Modoc ED's awesome gift today (but not the shells!).

Very generous

At the gym right now where I could not resist taking my Lamb out for a quick pic VERY discreetly

Oh btw, that is what I am bench pressing these days

Good for you Dan I'll give you a ring, the next time I need carrying home!

We’re going to have to start calling you Cello Dan Schwarzenegger!

Thanks kindly Jack. I hope you are ready to limbo again.

Thanks Bob, the problem is I can no longer get up when I fall on my backside!

 

[Rufus1949]

I love this slip! Very nice

Thanks, a kind gift from Jack B.

 

[btb01]

When I first announced the 2024 Guardians knives, I mentioned that I had some in-progress photos that Eric ea42 had shared with me while he was working on the knives. Now that most of the knives have arrived, I thought I’d share those with y’all.

This was the micarta roll/cylinder that was used for the handles. As you can see, it started out looking a bit rough, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a tad anxious about how the end result would look, but you’ve to trust the process and, of course, they turned out great!

After cross-cutting the cylinder into disks, Eric ended up with a couple pieces that he couldn’t use due to voids or breakage. This was one scrap piece that he partly polished to see what the color and texture would look like.

Here’s one of the stamped liners before assembly. Rather than stamp all five characters individually on every knife (and for a cleaner execution), Eric ordered a stamp from the guy who makes his tang stamps.

Eric said he likes to glue and pin the handle material to the liners. Here’s the micarta being glued to the liners.

Here are a couple pics of the assembled knives during the grinding and shaping process.

This one is shaped and ready for buffing.

And finally, here’s the first bunch of finished knives that I got to see.

Thanks again to Eric for taking these pics along the way so we could see some of the process of how the 2024 Guardians knives were made!

 

[SteveC]

Very cool pics of the process !

 

[SteveC]

Good afternoon Guardians !

Wee Rosie today

 

[Rufus1949]

When I first announced the 2024 Guardians knives, I mentioned that I had some in-progress photos that Eric ea42 had shared with me while he was working on the knives. Now that most of the knives have arrived, I thought I’d share those with y’all.

This was the micarta roll/cylinder that was used for the handles. As you can see, it started out looking a bit rough, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a tad anxious about how the end result would look, but you’ve to trust the process and, of course, they turned out great!

After cross-cutting the cylinder into disks, Eric ended up with a couple pieces that he couldn’t use due to voids or breakage. This was one scrap piece that he partly polished to see what the color and texture would look like.

Here’s one of the stamped liners before assembly. Rather than stamp all five characters individually on every knife (and for a cleaner execution), Eric ordered a stamp from the guy who makes his tang stamps.

Eric said he likes to glue and pin the handle material to the liners. Here’s the micarta being glued to the liners.

Here are a couple pics of the assembled knives during the grinding and shaping process.

This one is shaped and ready for buffing.

And finally, here’s the first bunch of finished knives that I got to see.

Thanks again to Eric for taking these pics along the way so we could see some of the process of how the 2024 Guardians knives were made!

Thanks Barrett, always interesting to see part of the process.

 

[Rufus1949]

Good afternoon Guardians !

Wee Rosie today


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I say good sir, that is sweet.

 

[Jack Black]

When I first announced the 2024 Guardians knives, I mentioned that I had some in-progress photos that Eric ea42 had shared with me while he was working on the knives. Now that most of the knives have arrived, I thought I’d share those with y’all.

This was the micarta roll/cylinder that was used for the handles. As you can see, it started out looking a bit rough, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t at least a tad anxious about how the end result would look, but you’ve to trust the process and, of course, they turned out great!

After cross-cutting the cylinder into disks, Eric ended up with a couple pieces that he couldn’t use due to voids or breakage. This was one scrap piece that he partly polished to see what the color and texture would look like.

Here’s one of the stamped liners before assembly. Rather than stamp all five characters individually on every knife (and for a cleaner execution), Eric ordered a stamp from the guy who makes his tang stamps.

Eric said he likes to glue and pin the handle material to the liners. Here’s the micarta being glued to the liners.

Here are a couple pics of the assembled knives during the grinding and shaping process.

This one is shaped and ready for buffing.

And finally, here’s the first bunch of finished knives that I got to see.

Thanks again to Eric for taking these pics along the way so we could see some of the process of how the 2024 Guardians knives were made!

Thank you for sharing those incredible pics Barrett

Good afternoon Guardians !

Wee Rosie today


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Wee Rosie is a sweetheart Steve, great pic