Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Your kind remarks on my posts are encouraging and appreciated, Jack. :) Was the bad pub named "The Honest Lawyer" or "The Quiet Woman"? I should know in case I'm ever shipwrecked and washed up, thirsty, on the landlocked West Yorkshire coast! :D:D
Yeah, I was wondering that, myself!
 
If you sit like that dog while doing yoga, that might be the source of your knee pain, Dave! :eek::thumbsdown:;)
No worries GT, I sit in my lazy boy when it calls for yoga. :p
Here's mine again - Cracker Jack on the rocks.
"Cracker Jack on the Rocks" mmm sounds like a fancy Jack Daniels drink. :D
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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:

Wow! I just had to comment on that! I can't imagine having a 19" waist. I am north of twice that, and even at my skinniest as an adult I was never anywhere near 19". Heck, my bicep measurement is more than 19". Crazy.
 
Wow! I just had to comment on that! I can't imagine having a 19" waist. I am north of twice that, and even at my skinniest as an adult I was never anywhere near 19". Heck, my bicep measurement is more than 19". Crazy.
You're right, that is awfully thin. At 18 I had a 32" waist. Maybe I had 19" when I was five!
 
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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What a great video. It is a real treat to get to see someone who has been making knives for that long talk about his craft. I mean, wow! He's 91 and he's been doing it since he was 14. And he still loves it. That is enviable and admirable.
 
@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.
You must be talking about John Deeres made before they went to 4 Cylinder Engines . Also in those days there were many other manufacturers than Formal ( Or International Harvester ) and John Deere and as a teenager , I worked on farms that had most of them . The Formal Super MD was a fine one and I ended up working for J.I.Case for 36 years .

Harry
 
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.
Nice photos of the old tractors. Those Fergusons were pretty good and they and Ford were a little ahead of their time . Did you know that International Harvester made the tractors in Doncaster ?? I used to enjoy visiting there on business .

Harry
 
our absent friend Cambertree Cambertree

I miss Chin too...

I’m here, I’m here! No need to send out the search party just yet, my friends!:)

Sorry, I’ve been very remiss in my posting, I’ve been super busy with work, although I’m on holidays at the moment.

It was good to spend awhile catching up on the thread.:thumbsup::cool:

Here’s a pic from summer in the Southern Hemisphere - ”Ol’ Reliable”, layin’ in a Carolina Reaper pepper plant.:):eek:;):D

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I’m here, I’m here! No need to send out the search party just yet, my friends!:)

Sorry, I’ve been very remiss in my posting, I’ve been super busy with work, although I’m on holidays at the moment.

It was good to spend awhile catching up on the thread.:thumbsup::cool:

Here’s a pic from summer in the Southern Hemisphere - ”Ol’ Reliable”, layin’ in a Carolina Reaper pepper plant
It's good to hear from you Chin. I suppose you are in some far off corner of the globe adventuring. :)fullsizeoutput_e00.jpeg
 
I am looking for a lambsfoot knife with a stainless blade, But all decent brands seen to use carbon steel.

I prefer wooden or G10 scales.

I have ordered a couple of cheap Outdoor Edge that were on sale with a stainless blade and G10 scales, Made in China i suppose.

But i would like an decent brand, I live in England so if you know a brand/model with an stainless blade.

Thanks.
 
How does horn do in a hot, humid climate?

It only seems to be affected in hot, dry places judging by what folks here have said. Lots of horn has gone to all parts of the US, and only a few knives have been affected. It is a concern though. Check out the thread index for prior postings :thumbsup:

Bet you'll be up before I hit the hay, Jack! Hope you have a great weekend.

I'm going to a hockey game tomorrow night with my daughter. Would love to get a shot of my lambsfoot with the zamboni in the background, but they don't allow knives in the arena/building. We got sent back to our car last time because we were both carrying knives. I only had one, but my daughter had two or three. (Raising her right! :) ).

I hope you have a great time Vince, it sounds like your daughter is a chip off the old block :) A shame about the walk back to the car though :( :thumbsup:

Your kind remarks on my posts are encouraging and appreciated, Jack. :) Was the bad pub named "The Honest Lawyer" or "The Quiet Woman"? I should know in case I'm ever shipwrecked and washed up, thirsty, on the landlocked West Yorkshire coast! :D:D

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Mesmerizing covers on that rascal, Jack! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

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Here's mine again - Cracker Jack on the rocks.
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- GT

Yeah, I was wondering that, myself!

The pub is 'The Silent Woman' in Slaithwaite (pronounced 'Slawit', West Yorkshire. Avoid it like the plague! :eek:

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Thanks for the kind words GT, Cracker Jack is looking mighty fine :) :thumbsup:

Wow! I just had to comment on that! I can't imagine having a 19" waist. I am north of twice that, and even at my skinniest as an adult I was never anywhere near 19". Heck, my bicep measurement is more than 19". Crazy.

You're right, that is awfully thin. At 18 I had a 32" waist. Maybe I had 19" when I was five!

I was pretty skinny at 19 I had a 28" waist, now 50 years later 38" pushing 40" waist :rolleyes:

It's crazy isn't it? When I was 16, maybe earlier, I had a 30" waist, still the same at 40, but it's increased a bit in the 18 years since! I think he was about 5ft 6", that grandfather, a bit of a tough guy, fairly trim even as an older man, but not like that! :eek: My grandmother on the other side of my family was only about 5ft 1", and her brother was only an inch taller. I remember talking to someone of the same generation, and she said she had been the same size as my grandmother, and that was common then. I have seen old footage of adult Paperweight boxers from the 20's, and it looks like a couple of pipe-cleaner men going at it! :rolleyes: I guess people were smaller and lighter then due to not getting a lot to eat, and burning more calories walking about and working long hours, and women had a different shape because of corsets.

What a great video. It is a real treat to get to see someone who has been making knives for that long talk about his craft. I mean, wow! He's 91 and he's been doing it since he was 14. And he still loves it. That is enviable and admirable.

Stan tells me he goes to bed at nights excited about the knives he's working on, and what he's going to do the following day! :D I once heard genius described as 'sustained passion', and Stan certainly has that :)

I’m here, I’m here! No need to send out the search party just yet, my friends!:)

Sorry, I’ve been very remiss in my posting, I’ve been super busy with work, although I’m on holidays at the moment.

It was good to spend awhile catching up on the thread.:thumbsup::cool:

Here’s a pic from summer in the Southern Hemisphere - ”Ol’ Reliable”, layin’ in a Carolina Reaper pepper plant.:):eek:;):D

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Great to see you here Chin, and that lovely Lambsfoot of course :) Hope you're keeping well my friend :thumbsup:


Lovely pic Dwight :thumbsup:

Another day and another dog walk. I usally take knife pictures while the dogs are off the leash and enjoying the freedom of the park.
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Your AC is looking good Alan :) :thumbsup:

I am looking for a lambsfoot knife with a stainless blade, But all decent brands seen to use carbon steel.

I prefer wooden or G10 scales.

I have ordered a couple of cheap Outdoor Edge that were on sale with a stainless blade and G10 scales, Made in China i suppose.

But i would like an decent brand, I live in England so if you know a brand/model with an stainless blade.

Thanks.

Taylor's Eye Witness and Eggington, who own the old George Wostenholm and Joseph Rodgers marks make stainless Lambsfoot knives :thumbsup:
 
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