Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[SteveC]

Good luck my friend

Those photos of the sacred Henderson's gave me a craving for some cheese on toast

Yum !

 

[echoscout]

Kat is a delight to look at David

Thanks buddy

You are the gift that keeps on giving Barrett! The GL-24 is a wonderful tale of your selfless efforts to get everyone a new 'club knife', and this giveaway is the icing on the cake. These two unique knives are the icing on the cake, and the winner of your generous giveaway will have something truly special Thank you my friend, and well done

Indeed

I have many condiments which go with chips, not least the sacred Henderson's Relish, but if I they are proper chips, I prefer nothing more than simple old sea salt and malt vinegar

Pic

Those photos of the sacred Henderson's gave me a craving for some cheese on toast

That looks tasty Jack

 

[mbkr]

Barrett btb01 Oh Boy! What a great GAW! I'm in!

 

[euroken]

Guardians of the Condiments GIVEAWAY!!

Unless you’ve slept through the last 100+ pages of this thread, you’ve likely been seeing a lot of the 2024 Guardians of the Lambsfoot knives made for us by Eric Albers. Many of you have been carrying yours and sharing pics here, which has been a real treat for me. I enjoyed getting to work on this project with Eric (he did all the real work, of course, making the knives), and I’m happy that everyone seems to like the knives.

While putting the Guardians knives together, Eric ended up with a couple extra GL-24 stamped liners, a result of breaks/voids in some pieces of the vintage Micarta that made them unfit for use. Since he couldn’t really use the stamped liners for anything else, I asked Eric if he might make a couple extra knives, in whatever handle material he’d like. He kindly agreed to do so. You could call them “Eric’s Choice” if you were so inclined.

When I first reached out and asked Eric to take on the Guardians project, I had some initial (admittedly self-indulgent and far-fetched) ideas of tying the knives into the whole Guardians of the Condiments thing. I looked at some pretty out-there handle materials, including an orange and black (Henderson’s Relish colors) patterned G10 that was particularly wild. In the end we obviously went a different way, and I think the vintage Polish Micarta turned out to be a much better (and less polarizing) choice.

Now I doubt that Eric had any of that in mind when he chose the materials for the two “bonus” knives that he made (he probably doesn’t even remember me rambling on about the Guardians of the Condiments in my early emails). But he did send me two knives that, to my eye, at least, definitely have a bit of a condiment-adjacent theme to them.

Eric referred to these as Cranberry Jigged Bone and Brown/Green Stag Jigged Bone, but I think I’m going to call them “Cranberry Relish Jigged Bone” (a nod to one of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes from my grandma) and “Pickle Bone” (because how could I call that one anything else?).

I hope that y’all won’t begrudge me the decision to hang on to one of these knives myself, and my 4-year-old daughter Scout made it pretty clear that she wanted me to keep the Pickle Bone Lambsfoot, so I’m going with that one.

That means that the Cranberry Relish Lambsfoot will be going to one lucky Guardian, because this is a giveaway! The rules are pretty simple:

— You need to have at least 25 posts (prior to this post) in the Guardians thread to qualify. You’re welcome to enter on behalf of another Guardian, but they must meet the post requirement.

— Let me know that you are in for the GAW, and post a condiment-themed Lambsfoot photo.

— I’ll let this go until some time Sunday afternoon (Sept. 22) to give everyone enough time to see this and enter.

— Sometime around the middle of the week I’ll probably post an update with an opportunity for a second entry in the GAW.

— And finally, I would ask that whoever wins this knife please keep it within the Guardians group if you ever decide to move it along. I think it goes without saying in this group, but please don’t enter with the intent of selling/profiting off the knife.

So let’s see your favorite hot sauces, BBQ sauces, mustards, chili crisp, Henderson’s relish, or whatever other condiments you like (along with a Lambsfoot knife, of course). Have fun with it, get creative, and thanks again for such a great reception to the 2024 Guardians knives!

btb01
How can I say no to this? TY again for this amazing opportunity!

I would love to enter for Jack Black , father of this wonderful thread! I know he doesn't have enough lambsfoots!

Hope this condiment doesn't derail some palate, but something of a little different flavor...

 

[peanutsxx]

Wow btb01 !! That is a gorgeous knife and super generous of you. I would be most honored to toss my favorite homemade salsa into the hat.

 

[peanutsxx]

When I was first viewing the "bonus" GL-24's I thought of mustard and ketchup...

 

[SteveC]

Evening all,
Did a Costco run this afternoon, so chicken for dinner.

Oh just a reminder Christmas is coming

Costco chicken is the best !

Beautiful stag on your HHB.

Good morning Guardians. Well, the tropical storm hit us yesterday and steadily increased in intensity last night and is still going strong this morning. Hoping we get a break later today of tonight. Come Wed I'll be heading to Germany for 3 weeks so I will probably be missing from the porch. Photo of the file work on my Senator
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Safe travels !

Morning Guardians! Enjoying seeing everyones Lambs this morning. Hope y'all have a good day. Kat helping out today.

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Great picture of Kat !

Good morning Guardians. Not posting much lately, just checking in and thought I’d throw in a photo of CB. Cool GAW Barrett btb01 !
I doubt acorns count as a condiment so I’ll have to jump in with a different photo a bit later

Good pic of CB !

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Lovely Burl !

 

[Rufus1949]

Lovely Burl !

Thanks Steve.

 

[Jack Black]

I would like to enter for Paul@Jakeywax31.
I'm out of Henderson's
Thanks Barrett.
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That looks tasty Jack

Thanks David, it's been a while since I last had cheese on toast!

Barrett btb01 Oh Boy! What a great GAW! I'm in!

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Cool pic Mike

btb01
How can I say no to this? TY again for this amazing opportunity!

I would love to enter for Jack Black , father of this wonderful thread! I know he doesn't have enough lambsfoots!

Hope this condiment doesn't derail some palate, but something of a little different flavor...

Thank you Ken, that's very kind of you One of my favourite Lambsfoot mods

Wow btb01 !! That is a gorgeous knife and super generous of you. I would be most honored to toss my favorite homemade salsa into the hat.

Salsa looks delicious!

When I was first viewing the "bonus" GL-24's I thought of mustard and ketchup...

 

[Jack Black]

I hope everyone is having a good day The weather has been lovely here today, and I'm hoping it is tomorrow too



I have another 6am start tomorrow, as I'm going over to Bradford again (just a one-off this time). This Twisted Assisted Lambsfoot in black linen Micarta has been kicking around on my coffee table for a couple of months now, so I think I'll pocket it tomorrow

 

[btb01]

Good morning Guardians. Not posting much lately, just checking in and thought I’d throw in a photo of CB. Cool GAW Barrett btb01 !
I doubt acorns count as a condiment so I’ll have to jump in with a different photo a bit later

Yes, I’m afraid I’ll have to limit entries to condiments for humans, not squirrels. Plenty of time to get your entry in, no rush, and I look forward to it!

Please count me in Barrett btb01

Thanks !



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I'm in
Thanks for the GAW Barrett
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Nice Henderson’s pics, gents. You’re both in!

You are the gift that keeps on giving Barrett! The GL-24 is a wonderful tale of your selfless efforts to get everyone a new 'club knife', and this giveaway is the icing on the cake. These two unique knives are the icing on the cake, and the winner of your generous giveaway will have something truly special Thank you my friend, and well done

Thank you for all your condiment-related recommendations, and gifts, over the years If it is acceptable, and accepted, I'd like to enter on behalf of Generous Bob if I may Good luck to everyone who enters

I have many condiments which go with chips, not least the sacred Henderson's Relish, but if I they are proper chips, I prefer nothing more than simple old sea salt and malt vinegar

I appreciate your kind words, Jack. It has meant a lot to me to be able to do something for this excellent group of Lambsfoot enthusiasts.

Love the pic, looks like it should be a painting! I’ve got your entry down for Bob.

I would like to enter for Paul@Jakeywax31.
I'm out of Henderson's
Thanks Barrett.
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I’ve got you in for Paul, Bob (even if your choice of condiment might be scandalous in this thread).

Good luck my friend

Those photos of the sacred Henderson's gave me a craving for some cheese on toast

Looks tasty, Jack! I just finished a big Reuben sandwich (sans kraut) that I made myself for lunch, but I was so hungry, having skipped breakfast, that I didn’t take a pic.

Barrett btb01 Oh Boy! What a great GAW! I'm in!

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What a selection! You’re in!

btb01
How can I say no to this? TY again for this amazing opportunity!

I would love to enter for Jack Black , father of this wonderful thread! I know he doesn't have enough lambsfoots!

Hope this condiment doesn't derail some palate, but something of a little different flavor...

All condiments are welcome here, Ken. Even Worcestershire sauce. I don’t know that I’ve ever had ponzu, guess I should give it a try some time. I’ve got you in for Jack.

Wow btb01 !! That is a gorgeous knife and super generous of you. I would be most honored to toss my favorite homemade salsa into the hat.

Mmm that homemade salsa looks great! You’re in!

When I was first viewing the "bonus" GL-24's I thought of mustard and ketchup...

Did you raid that one drawer everyone has in their kitchen for that pic? I’ve taken a few like that before, though without the variety of your pic.

 

[Jack Black]

Yes, I’m afraid I’ll have to limit entries to condiments for humans, not squirrels. Plenty of time to get your entry in, no rush, and I look forward to it!

I appreciate your kind words, Jack. It has meant a lot to me to be able to do something for this excellent group of Lambsfoot enthusiasts.

Love the pic, looks like it should be a painting! I’ve got your entry down for Bob.

Thank you my friend

Looks tasty, Jack! I just finished a big Reuben sandwich (sans kraut) that I made myself for lunch, but I was so hungry, having skipped breakfast, that I didn’t take a pic.

I wasn't hungry until you posted this thread Barrett!

Did you raid that one drawer everyone has in their kitchen for that pic? I’ve taken a few like that before, though without the variety of your pic.

LOL! Couple of great pics buddy

 

[echoscout]

 

[traumkommode]

Guardians of the Condiments GIVEAWAY!!

Unless you’ve slept through the last 100+ pages of this thread, you’ve likely been seeing a lot of the 2024 Guardians of the Lambsfoot knives made for us by Eric Albers. Many of you have been carrying yours and sharing pics here, which has been a real treat for me. I enjoyed getting to work on this project with Eric (he did all the real work, of course, making the knives), and I’m happy that everyone seems to like the knives.

While putting the Guardians knives together, Eric ended up with a couple extra GL-24 stamped liners, a result of breaks/voids in some pieces of the vintage Micarta that made them unfit for use. Since he couldn’t really use the stamped liners for anything else, I asked Eric if he might make a couple extra knives, in whatever handle material he’d like. He kindly agreed to do so. You could call them “Eric’s Choice” if you were so inclined.

When I first reached out and asked Eric to take on the Guardians project, I had some initial (admittedly self-indulgent and far-fetched) ideas of tying the knives into the whole Guardians of the Condiments thing. I looked at some pretty out-there handle materials, including an orange and black (Henderson’s Relish colors) patterned G10 that was particularly wild. In the end we obviously went a different way, and I think the vintage Polish Micarta turned out to be a much better (and less polarizing) choice.

Now I doubt that Eric had any of that in mind when he chose the materials for the two “bonus” knives that he made (he probably doesn’t even remember me rambling on about the Guardians of the Condiments in my early emails). But he did send me two knives that, to my eye, at least, definitely have a bit of a condiment-adjacent theme to them.

Eric referred to these as Cranberry Jigged Bone and Brown/Green Stag Jigged Bone, but I think I’m going to call them “Cranberry Relish Jigged Bone” (a nod to one of my favorite Thanksgiving recipes from my grandma) and “Pickle Bone” (because how could I call that one anything else?).

I hope that y’all won’t begrudge me the decision to hang on to one of these knives myself, and my 4-year-old daughter Scout made it pretty clear that she wanted me to keep the Pickle Bone Lambsfoot, so I’m going with that one.

That means that the Cranberry Relish Lambsfoot will be going to one lucky Guardian, because this is a giveaway! The rules are pretty simple:

— You need to have at least 25 posts (prior to this post) in the Guardians thread to qualify. You’re welcome to enter on behalf of another Guardian, but they must meet the post requirement.

— Let me know that you are in for the GAW, and post a condiment-themed Lambsfoot photo.

— I’ll let this go until some time Sunday afternoon (Sept. 22) to give everyone enough time to see this and enter.

— Sometime around the middle of the week I’ll probably post an update with an opportunity for a second entry in the GAW.

— And finally, I would ask that whoever wins this knife please keep it within the Guardians group if you ever decide to move it along. I think it goes without saying in this group, but please don’t enter with the intent of selling/profiting off the knife.

So let’s see your favorite hot sauces, BBQ sauces, mustards, chili crisp, Henderson’s relish, or whatever other condiments you like (along with a Lambsfoot knife, of course). Have fun with it, get creative, and thanks again for such a great reception to the 2024 Guardians knives!

I'm in! Super cool giveaway, thank you for doing it and thank you for the tip in the Albers thread! Back when I was doing all of those GEC Navy Knife Lambsfoot mods, I did one that was inspired by the Ancient #15 Barlow. I have sold all of those modded knives, so I don't have one to take a picture with a condiment, but I like to say that when I was going at this ancient-ified lambsfoot, it got a little extra mustard so to say on the grinder to age the micarta. Here she is:

 

[Jack Black]

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That looks like a tasty condiment! And a tasty-looking Lambsfoot of course

 

[Jack Black]

Barrett gave me my first bottle of Secret Aardvark Habenero Sauce, and it's still my favourite hot sauce Just the thing on a sausage sammich

 

[Fodderwing]

I had the pleasure of meeting up with herder and danno50 (who was on his way back north from Wisconsin) for lunch today. We had some good pizza and got to sit and talk knives for an hour or two, which is always great. All three of us had a Lambsfoot on us, and I did take one pic, but somehow it came out blurry, which is frustrating. Y’all will just have to trust me that the pizza and the knives both looked great! I had my Ringed Gidgee Albers in my pocket for the first time today.

That must have been a great time with Neal and Dan. The Gidgee is gorgeous wood!

Who am I kidding, sometimes dog food can be more expensive than people food.

No joke. Just the chicken treats we cut up and dehydrate for the pups runs over $50 a month!

Sweet old TEW !

Thanks matey!

Fabulous TEW Dwight

Thanks Jack. That ironwood and coin is a dandy photo my friend!

Cooler days are finding their way here.
No phone or camera, but wandered around Washington Crossing Park. I enjoy seeing the homes and atmosphere of the times.
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Beautiful image Bob. I checked out Washington Crossing park. What a beautiful place to hang out!

Beautiful stag on your HHB.

Good morning Guardians. Well, the tropical storm hit us yesterday and steadily increased in intensity last night and is still going strong this morning. Hoping we get a break later today of tonight. Come Wed I'll be heading to Germany for 3 weeks so I will probably be missing from the porch. Photo of the file work on my Senator
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Have a safe trip abroad Bill.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. That ironwood and coin is a dandy photo my friend!

Thanks pal

 

[Jack Black]

Happy memories of The Fat Cat in Sheffield, after a visit to Stan Shaw

 

[Fodderwing]

Good morning Guardians. Not posting much lately, just checking in and thought I’d throw in a photo of CB. Cool GAW Barrett btb01 !
I doubt acorns count as a condiment so I’ll have to jump in with a different photo a bit later

Lovely image of your butterscotch HHB Todd.