Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

birdsbeaks said:
Good afternoon, Guardians - I've just got to take a moment to call out @Jakeywax31 for attempting to spoil me rotten!

When he said he was sending me some pipe tobacco, I imagined a couple of rumpled Ziploc sandwich bags of some bulk stuff and maybe a half-smoked tin or two... I guess I should've known better. 😂

This afternoon, my front steps were adorned with a box of unusual proportions for merely "some tobacco," and, as I cut through the tape (with my lamb, of course), my eyes began to widen and my jaw to drop!

Paul hit me with a treasure trove, nay - the motherlode, of an incredible selection of perfectly premium pipe tobaccos from much-vaunted manufacturers far and wide! If you don't know, and you're certainly forgiven if so, these tobaccos represent some of the most sought after blends in all of tobaccodom! 😮

Primarily my preferred English blends (imagine taking the creamiest, most luxurious bridle leather and smoking it... next to a smoldering campfire) - Paul managed to include some of my all-time favorites (Black House and Plum Pudding) as well as some exciting new-to-me selections that I'm eager to try! 🇬🇧

Paul, thanks for making this pipe smoker's February afternoon feel just like a Christmas morning!

I plan to settle in this evening with a pipe full of one of these fine English blends (I actually have no idea to which I'll go first - I'm certainly spoiled for choice!), a fine English lamb, and thoughts of gratitude for one fine American! Thanks again, Paul!! 😍

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Endurance, steadfastly presiding over the precious horde.
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Great to hear another tale of Guardian generosity :) Great pic Will :cool: :thumbsup:
mrknife said:
i know its late over there Jack, but did they put something special in the lemonade? 😂
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Not even lemons Jack! 😖
 
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This knife has kind of ruined me. Please allow me to explain:

I'm not really a collector - I tend to only want to have things I'm going to use, and I tend to not have duplicates. I have one watch (with a couple of different bands to adapt it to different situations), only a few guitars (each of which has a different purpose for me), and so on. I have never owned more than 20 knives at any given time - any more than that and I'm not using some of them, so those are gifted or traded or (rarely) sold. Usually I've had a lot fewer than 20 on hand.

I've always had the idea of finding The One True Knife for me, but never quite got there. I don't know that I'm there yet, but I'm so close with this GL-24 that I haven't bought any new knives since this arrived. I had a list of knives I was interested in tracking down at some point, including several lambs. I've dropped all but one knife off that list - and that one's not a lamb, because why bother? I don't think I'm ever going to find another lamb that more closely aligns with my preferences than this one.

So I still read BF everyday (I love seeing everybody else's knives) but I don't post much because it's just the same knife everyday. (I do rotate my second knife, when I carry one at all.)

In case you're concerned about me, I am holding up under the burden of having acquired the nearly perfect knife for my needs.
 
birdsbeaks said:
Good afternoon, Guardians - I've just got to take a moment to call out @Jakeywax31 for attempting to spoil me rotten!

When he said he was sending me some pipe tobacco, I imagined a couple of rumpled Ziploc sandwich bags of some bulk stuff and maybe a half-smoked tin or two... I guess I should've known better. 😂

This afternoon, my front steps were adorned with a box of unusual proportions for merely "some tobacco," and, as I cut through the tape (with my lamb, of course), my eyes began to widen and my jaw to drop!

Paul hit me with a treasure trove, nay - the motherlode, of an incredible selection of perfectly premium pipe tobaccos from much-vaunted manufacturers far and wide! If you don't know, and you're certainly forgiven if so, these tobaccos represent some of the most sought after blends in all of tobaccodom! 😮

Primarily my preferred English blends (imagine taking the creamiest, most luxurious bridle leather and smoking it... next to a smoldering campfire) - Paul managed to include some of my all-time favorites (Black House and Plum Pudding) as well as some exciting new-to-me selections that I'm eager to try! 🇬🇧

Paul, thanks for making this pipe smoker's February afternoon feel just like a Christmas morning!

I plan to settle in this evening with a pipe full of one of these fine English blends (I actually have no idea to which I'll go first - I'm certainly spoiled for choice!), a fine English lamb, and thoughts of gratitude for one fine American! Thanks again, Paul!! 😍

ymK5Pib.jpeg

Endurance, steadfastly presiding over the precious horde.
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Great Post Will on Paul's generosity :)

Beautiful Ol' C. Johnstone western Works Lambsfoot Knife too by the way- very cool indeed, these oldies are just awesome- LOVE the Stag on that!!!

Paul, matey, great gesture! very nice to read!
 
I was looking through my older photo's to try and grab a few shots of my Ebony and Jigged Bone Charlie Lambsfoot Knives- unsuccessful in finding the shot I was after, but came across this, what a pang to the heart - where is this Knife? I have searched everywhere more than twice :(😩 No other would ever replace it, and perhaps now is the time to come to the realization it is gone choose carefully which lambsfoot will take it's place in the "more often than not " carry. I have too many Knives to carry, so I need to get a bit more real in my mind.

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Campbellclanman said:
I was looking through my older photo's to try and grab a few shots of my Ebony and Jigged Bone Charlie Lambsfoot Knives- unsuccessful in finding the shot I was after, but came across this, what a pang to the heart - where is this Knife? I have searched everywhere more than twice :(😩 No other would ever replace it, and perhaps now is the time to come to the realization it is gone choose carefully which lambsfoot will take it's place in the "more often than not " carry. I have too many Knives to carry, so I need to get a bit more real in my mind.

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I have hope that it will turn up some day my friend.
 
Campbellclanman said:
I was looking through my older photo's to try and grab a few shots of my Ebony and Jigged Bone Charlie Lambsfoot Knives- unsuccessful in finding the shot I was after, but came across this, what a pang to the heart - where is this Knife? I have searched everywhere more than twice :(😩 No other would ever replace it, and perhaps now is the time to come to the realization it is gone choose carefully which lambsfoot will take it's place in the "more often than not " carry. I have too many Knives to carry, so I need to get a bit more real in my mind.

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That's a beautiful 🐑 buddy. Hope it turns up someday 🤠
 
Hatchet_Jack said:
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That lad needs to get himself a tang stamp made :thumbsup:
mitch13 said:
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Looking good Mitch :) :thumbsup:
Tyson A Wright said:
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This knife has kind of ruined me. Please allow me to explain:

I'm not really a collector - I tend to only want to have things I'm going to use, and I tend to not have duplicates. I have one watch (with a couple of different bands to adapt it to different situations), only a few guitars (each of which has a different purpose for me), and so on. I have never owned more than 20 knives at any given time - any more than that and I'm not using some of them, so those are gifted or traded or (rarely) sold. Usually I've had a lot fewer than 20 on hand.

I've always had the idea of finding The One True Knife for me, but never quite got there. I don't know that I'm there yet, but I'm so close with this GL-24 that I haven't bought any new knives since this arrived. I had a list of knives I was interested in tracking down at some point, including several lambs. I've dropped all but one knife off that list - and that one's not a lamb, because why bother? I don't think I'm ever going to find another lamb that more closely aligns with my preferences than this one.

So I still read BF everyday (I love seeing everybody else's knives) but I don't post much because it's just the same knife everyday. (I do rotate my second knife, when I carry one at all.)

In case you're concerned about me, I am holding up under the burden of having acquired the nearly perfect knife for my needs.
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That's very high praise Tyson :) :thumbsup:
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That's an interesting patch there with your lovely Lamb David :thumbsup:
Campbellclanman said:
I was looking through my older photo's to try and grab a few shots of my Ebony and Jigged Bone Charlie Lambsfoot Knives- unsuccessful in finding the shot I was after, but came across this, what a pang to the heart - where is this Knife? I have searched everywhere more than twice :(😩 No other would ever replace it, and perhaps now is the time to come to the realization it is gone choose carefully which lambsfoot will take it's place in the "more often than not " carry. I have too many Knives to carry, so I need to get a bit more real in my mind.

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Very sorry to hear your sense of despair Duncan :( Like Steve and David, I do hope you find your knife again one day. That's a great shot of it :thumbsup:
 
Good morning Guardians, and I hope that everyone has made it through another week without too many scars. I've had a pretty easy one, and today it looks like I might not have any work on either. Plenty of jobs to do in the house though, and I should have time to do some sharpening :) Have a great day Guardians :thumbsup:

Please excuse the hasty phone pic 👍

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