Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Right. I was also a double major in college, History and Psychology. I remember discussing this exact phenomenon you're describing in one of my classes. A child born in the Twenties and coming of age in the late 30s/early 40s would have been smack dab in the demographics you are looking at. For many of these men, their meals with Uncle Sam were the first time they were able to eat meat regularly. No wonder they got big so quickly.
 
Two of my most favorite things together.
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Intoxicating. My fave in tacos is grilled fish and duck fixed just like those with lime and mango habanero sauce.

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
Very interesting Jerry. Great post.

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

Jack Black Jack Black - Jack thanks for all of the vid links. I can't wait to go back and peruse them.fullsizeoutput_df4.jpeg
 
Sorry David! I forgot to answer your question. It's a 30 HP Diesel Kubota with a front end loader and drag blade. :)

Cheers Dwight, just curious. I grew up on a farm and have a mild interest in tractors.
We had a McCormick International on our farm. Here's an immaculate one at the Pickering Steam Fair.
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Thanks David :) Yes, I thought it was quite hypnotic in its banality! :D I'm glad you liked the 1902 film. There are lots of historic videos of Sheffield available, here's another, from a later period (you may recognise some of the route from going to Abbeydale Hamlet). That's very much what Sheffield looked like when I was growing up. I don't remember the trams, as I was just a nipper when they were withdrawn, but I do remember the introduction of the 'modern' buses, like the one shown at the end. When I was a kid, most were of the older type, with an open entrance at the back, like the old London Routemaster buses :thumbsup:


Cheers for posting that Jack, I'd come across it already after watching the 1902 vid. I actually recognize most of the route (especially the city centre) though like you say a lot has changed. I like the way the B.S we have today hasn't changed. "Alteration of Service" was a euphemism for "where destroying your tram service". :rolleyes: And Pond Street bus station being 'modern'. I always thought it's one of the most depressing places in England :D Same for the Moor.

Plenty of bomb site damage still on view, but actually not much different in Continental Europe either at that time, but a feeling of energy, confidence & purpose.

Exactly! Energy and purpose! Well put. That's why I like the 1902 video, at the end of which are comparison pictures with the modern day, which when I looked at them, the first word that entered my head was "decline". :rolleyes:

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:


Hilarious Jack! Another story for your book surely....??

Drinking in Wigan today.
A pint of "God's Twisted Sister" a 4.5% Oatmeal Stout from Twisted Barrel Brewery.
With the obligatory pork pie of course :thumbsup:.
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Cheers for posting that Jack, I'd come across it already after watching the 1902 vid. I actually recognize most of the route (especially the city centre) though like you say a lot has changed. I like the way the B.S we have today hasn't changed. "Alteration of Service" was a euphemism for "where destroying your tram service". :rolleyes: And Pond Street bus station being 'modern'. I always thought it's one of the most depressing places in England :D Same for the Moor.

I thought you might recognise it David :) Yes, then they brought the trams back 30 years later, with a massive amount of disruption :rolleyes: I thought the same about Pond Street bus station, what an awful place, and I think the Moor actually looked better after the Luftwaffe had bombed it, compared to how it was rebuilt. Sheffield has had one bad planning decision after another, and they have been pulling it down since I was a kid. When I was a youth-worker, I worked out of a community centre on Broomspring Lane (close to where Fred James worked), and the local councillor was supposed to do a weekly surgery there. He took the expenses money, but never did the surgeries. He was known TO HIS FRIENDS as 'Idiot Dave'! He was also Head of the Planning Committee! The bloke couldn't even organise getting a haircut! :rolleyes:

Hilarious Jack! Another story for your book surely....??

Drinking in Wigan today.
A pint of "God's Twisted Sister" a 4.5% Oatmeal Stout from Twisted Barrel Brewery.
With the obligatory pork pie of course :thumbsup:.
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I'll never get time to write it mate ;) Nice to see you're getting out and about my friend :) Have a great weekend :thumbsup:
 
Cheers Dwight, just curious. I grew up on a farm and have a mild interest in tractors.
We had a McCormick International on our farm. Here's an immaculate one at the Pickering Steam Fair
Outstanding McCormick David. What's not to love about tractors and locomotives! :D


"Which bloody idiot has signed in as 'Tony Capstick'?!" :p Love it.
 
donn donn that McCormick is a dandy. You could always tell whether a McCormick or Farmall was in the field by the difference in the engine sound from a John Deere. The Farmall orchard tractors were pretty poplar with apple farmers.

Hi Jerry, I've never come across a Farmall in the UK, except this one at Pickering.
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But we did have a Massey Ferguson like this one.
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Nothing like the monsters you see nowadays of course.
 
Great colours in that pic my friend :) You're certainly well stocked up! :D :thumbsup:

Certainly no apologies needed my friend! Thanks again! :thumbsup: That Red Jigged Bone is looking better and better! :D

That mustard sure looks good, but that knife is out of this world!

Thank you for the compliments, fellas, always appreciated. Glenn sure did turn this knife into a real gem.

Two of my most favorite things together.
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Good thing it is lunch time, because I am ravenous. I could sure go for some tacos!

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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You are a brave man... I don't think I'd trust any of my brothers with any of my knives and I have close to 20 of them (brothers, that is).

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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Beautiful knife, Ron! And yes, Jack, I would have to concur with everything Ron stated above.


I have the this wee one in ox horn close at hand today.

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I thought the same about Pond Street bus station, what an awful place, and I think the Moor actually looked better after the Luftwaffe had bombed it,

LOL! That is extreme Jack, but yes the Brits don't seem to have the knack for urban planning. Even York suffered; the old buildings you see today are but half of what existed less than 100 years ago :(

Outstanding McCormick David. What's not to love about tractors and locomotives! :D

Absolutely Jerry.
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Cool :cool: I remember my uncle letting me drive a Massey Ferguson pulling a stone bolt as my older brother and his friend walked behind picking rocks from the field.

Dave I remember either driving the McCormick or sitting in the trailer following the pototo picker. :thumbsup: Good times... :)
And how my dad would of done the threshing...
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Jack, I would have to concur with everything Ron stated above.


I have the this wee one in ox horn close at hand today.

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Thank you Dylan, it's nice to see that one again :) :thumbsup:

I am hoping to get out for a wee hike tomorrow, probably just a few miles, but I will have these two with me for company :) Hope everyone has a great weekend :thumbsup:

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Pàdruig ^ That wee one is a grand beauty!!!

Very nice - I love the shimmering color variations - blade is nice too :thumbsup:

Ray

Thank you!

The pile side, though equally interesting, is not quite as vibrant. I face my biggest challenges when photographing knives clad in horn. I am usually unhappy with the outcome. Very difficult to capture the depth and complexities of such a material.

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Was looking through some of the old material and forgot to post. Ah, here is the first picture of my Lambsfoot after some light field work. Finally gave up fidgeting with my phone and decided to let sleeping dogs lie and took pictures with my tablet instead.
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Thank you!

The pile side, though equally interesting, is not quite as vibrant. I face my biggest challenges when photographing knives clad in horn. I am usually unhappy with the outcome. Very difficult to capture the depth and complexities of such a material.

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I think this is the nicest I've seen Dylan :) The pile side of my own is completely lacklustre.

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Traditionally, Wright's didn't take much notice of the pile sides, putting aside the best horn for the mark sides only. In fact, the 2017 Guardians Lambsfoot was the first they ever made up with a 'Double-A Side' ;) :thumbsup:

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Was looking through some of the old material and forgot to post. Ah, here is the first picture of my Lambsfoot after some light field work. Finally gave up fidgeting with my phone and decided to let sleeping dogs lie and took pictures with my tablet instead.
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Good to see that one Sig, that's some pretty nice horn there, what's the Mark side like? :thumbsup:
 
Traditionally, Wright's didn't take much notice of the pile sides, putting aside the best horn for the mark sides only. In fact, the 2017 Guardians Lambsfoot was the first they ever made up with a 'Double-A Side' ;) :thumbsup:

That is interesting, Jack, I don't think I ever took note of that. It makes a lot more sense now why the pile sides on so many of these knives is markedly different, perhaps even duller. I suppose it allows them to stretch out the nicer materials over a greater number of knives.
 
Dave I remember either driving the McCormick or sitting in the trailer following the pototo picker. :thumbsup: Good times... :)
And how my dad would of done the threshing...
Yes, David, they were good times....when the work was over and it was supper time ooh my, :p the food upon the table.:thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
That is interesting, Jack, I don't think I ever took note of that. It makes a lot more sense now why the pile sides on so many of these knives is markedly different, perhaps even duller. I suppose it allows them to stretch out the nicer materials over a greater number of knives.

Yes, I don't think they even put too much thought about it, and were initially very surprised when I said I wanted the 'Super Duper' horn on both sides of the knife - the horn having been previously rejected by other customers as too expensive anyway :thumbsup:
 
I think this is the nicest I've seen Dylan :) The pile side of my own is completely lacklustre.

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Traditionally, Wright's didn't take much notice of the pile sides, putting aside the best horn for the mark sides only. In fact, the 2017 Guardians Lambsfoot was the first they ever made up with a 'Double-A Side' ;) :thumbsup:

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Good to see that one Sig, that's some pretty nice horn there, what's the Mark side like? :thumbsup:
You caught me, Jack. I was trying to get her good side. Here is the humble handle side.
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