Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Thanks Jack. Apparently, out of town until 1939 you could drive on either side of the road here..:eek::D Just who was there first:D But then, cars were very few.

The other thing I notice about older films from wherever, is the fact that people really were a lot slimmer then despite the supposed 'bad' diet. But, people of that era walked, carried shopping, did manual work and carried knives:D There has to be a correlation:cool: try putting that forward as an elixir of health..modern Britain seems besotted with knife crime and how to suppress knives:( rather than addressing gang culture and its inanity.

Another point, lot of men smoked pipes and would certainly have a small pocket knife handy or knife tool:cool:
 
Awesome knives in the previous posts! That red jigged bone is really pretty... :thumbsup:

It's nice to read about York, I was in England last February to visit some friends in Leeds and I decided to get a glimpse of York: I know, February may not be the best time of year to visit northern England!! In fact I had the worst day you could think of: freezing temperatures, really strong wind, pouring rain and even snow. I sure hope I'll get back there on a nicer day to really visit York properly ;)

Sorry to hear you had such rotten weather for your visit, we had a bad winter last year :( If you visit again, I'd be happy to show you around York (I live in Leeds) :thumbsup:
 
Thanks Jack. Apparently, out of town until 1939 you could drive on either side of the road here..:eek::D Just who was there first:D But then, cars were very few.

The other thing I notice about older films from wherever, is the fact that people really were a lot slimmer then despite the supposed 'bad' diet. But, people of that era walked, carried shopping, did manual work and carried knives:D There has to be a correlation:cool: try putting that forward as an elixir of health..modern Britain seems besotted with knife crime and how to suppress knives:( rather than addressing gang culture and its inanity.

Another point, lot of men smoked pipes and would certainly have a small pocket knife handy or knife tool:cool:

Good stuff! :D Yes, even in the Sheffield film from the early 60's, there are much fewer cars than today.

Yes, rationing didn't finish here until 1962 (the same year the last tram ran in Sheffield), people certainly ate a lot less, but also ate much less sugar and less processed food in general, it just wan't available then. People were much more active too. I remember my grandmother telling me that when she got married, she had an 18" waist, and that was not uncommon. My grandfather, a keen runner and athlete had a 19" waist! :eek: :thumbsup:
 
I thought folks might like to watch this fairly recent interview with Stan Shaw (the blue-handled file next to his vice is one of the ones I've given him) :)


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Sorry to hear you had such rotten weather for your visit, we had a bad winter last year :( If you visit again, I'd be happy to show you around York (I live in Leeds) :thumbsup:

Thanks ! It would be great:)
It wasn't so bad, in fact I enjoyed the day despite the terrible weather! There was the Jorvik festival taking place and some things were free outside the center, and trying to escape the rain I ended up in the El Piano restaurant - it was perfect to get some strength back and hit the streets again! I read they had closed though, that's too bad.


I thought folks might like to watch this fairly recent interview with Stan Shaw (the blue-handled file next to his vice is one of the ones I've given him) :)


I didn't get everything he said, but I love how he got into knifemaking! Just knock at the door and say you want to learn! If only it could be that easy today :D
91 and still doing his job with passion... :eek:
 
Thanks ! It would be great:)
It wasn't so bad, in fact I enjoyed the day despite the terrible weather! There was the Jorvik festival taking place and some things were free outside the center, and trying to escape the rain I ended up in the El Piano restaurant - it was perfect to get some strength back and hit the streets again! I read they had closed though, that's too bad.




I didn't get everything he said, but I love how he got into knifemaking! Just knock at the door and say you want to learn! If only it could be that easy today :D
91 and still doing his job with passion... :eek:

I might well have been there the same day! I also attended the festival, and remember the weather was rotten, as it was the year before actually :rolleyes: I was surprised when El Piano closed, as it was well-established, and seemed to have a regular clientele. I last ate there in the summer, and it was packed, though the menu had not changed since my previous visit 5 years before. It looks like a new restaurant will open there, but I don't know what it will be.

That is Stan talking in his 'posh' Sheffield accent! :D :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for sharing the videos Jack. I’m going to forward them on to my brothers. Both of my brothers really enjoyed borrowing my AC Lambsfoot for about a month each. I think I got them hooked.
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Glad you enjoyed them Alan :) That's a nice idea, perhaps we will have to look at doing another run later in the year if Wright's can get some more vintage Sambar :thumbsup: Here's a series of short Sheffield films. The narrator is Tony Capstick, who was a local radio presenter and folk singer. I knew him slightly, and he once turned up as someone's guest at my gun club in the 80's. I remember the Range Officer saying, "Which bloody idiot has signed in as 'Tony Capstick'?!" :D While most of us were target shooters, he turned up with a Walther PPK! :rolleyes: Sometime later, he came unstuck, carrying it around when drunk. He showed it to a taxi driver, who didn't believe it was real, so Capstick fired it at a lamp-post, and was promptly arrested! :rolleyes:

 
Thanks Jack. Apparently, out of town until 1939 you could drive on either side of the road here..:eek::D Just who was there first:D But then, cars were very few.

The other thing I notice about older films from wherever, is the fact that people really were a lot slimmer then despite the supposed 'bad' diet. But, people of that era walked, carried shopping, did manual work and carried knives:D There has to be a correlation:cool: try putting that forward as an elixir of health..modern Britain seems besotted with knife crime and how to suppress knives:( rather than addressing gang culture and its inanity.

Another point, lot of men smoked pipes and would certainly have a small pocket knife handy or knife tool:cool:

When the US entered WW I, many recruits were underweight and could not pass the physical. They weren't meeting minimum nutritional standards. My late father told me when his two younger brothers joined the Marine Corps in 1935, they barely met the minimums. The depression took a huge toll on the South in particular.
 
I thought folks might like to watch this fairly recent interview with Stan Shaw (the blue-handled file next to his vice is one of the ones I've given him) :)


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Thanks so much for these videos, photos and stories Jack! :thumbsup: They are one of reasons that make this thread a true standout in this forum! :thumbsup: And of course a Jet Black Ebony clad beauty like this also helps! :D

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When the US entered WW I, many recruits were underweight and could not pass the physical. They weren't meeting minimum nutritional standards. My late father told me when his two younger brothers joined the Marine Corps in 1935, they barely met the minimums. The depression took a huge toll on the South in particular.

Yes, very hard times there my friend :( The grandfather I mentioned earlier was unemployed for a while in the 1920's, and he had ate just about every fish, rodent, and small mammal, you can get here, even cat :eek:

Breakfast with RALF, a little green tea in my Yixing dragon pot.

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Very nice Jeff, I have just made up a flask of green tea here :) :thumbsup:

Thanks so much for these videos, photos and stories Jack! :thumbsup: They are one of reasons that make this thread a true standout in this forum! :thumbsup: And of course a Jet Black Ebony clad beauty like this also helps! :D

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Thanks Ron, you have a beauty there my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
Yes, very hard times there my friend :( The grandfather I mentioned earlier was unemployed for a while in the 1920's, and he had ate just about every fish, rodent, and small mammal, you can get here, even cat :eek:



Very nice Jeff, I have just made up a flask of green tea here :) :thumbsup:



Thanks Ron, you have a beauty there my friend :) :thumbsup:
Thank you my friend! :)

I just received a Christmas present from my good friend @mrknife. This beautiful A. Wright Lambsfoot in teak.

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Randy I believe that is the first one I’ve seen with Teak covers! :thumbsup: @mrknife is a great guy! I always look forward to seeing and talking with him at the Rendezvous! :D
 
When the US entered WW I, many recruits were underweight and could not pass the physical. They weren't meeting minimum nutritional standards. My late father told me when his two younger brothers joined the Marine Corps in 1935, they barely met the minimums. The depression took a huge toll on the South in particular.

I assume you meant WWII? The incredible thing is that many of these youngsters, once in the military and eating regular meals for the first time in their young lives, quickly bulked up. It was not uncommon for a man to gain fifty pounds within a year of joining up.
 
I assume you meant WWII? The incredible thing is that many of these youngsters, once in the military and eating regular meals for the first time in their young lives, quickly bulked up. It was not uncommon for a man to gain fifty pounds within a year of joining up.

No it I was referring to WW I. The American population was not getting enough calories in the 20's. My reference is the book, "Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940". It is filled with little known information about the US from the 20's to the 40's and has a lot of statistics related to those years that I had never seen (I have a double major: Economics and Political Science with a minor in US History). The years even after the depression here in the South were very tough until the beginning of WW II. My dad was born in 1911, so he lived it.
 
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