Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Not like us!
I'll be wearing my Irish blessing T shirt to work today, probably under my denim jacket. Projected high of 60 degrees. You know, "May the road rise up and bite you in the..."- something like that. Arrayed around a Celtic cross.
Last crocus picture:

Very good Jer, I have my 'Mountjoy Day Release Scheme' T-shirt on

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Looking well-used Bob

The Chieftain on a traditional Irish mourning handkerchief, made in pre-partition Belfast (those aren't pints of Guinness BTW!)

 

[Rufus1949]

Very good Jer, I have my 'Mountjoy Day Release Scheme' T-shirt on

Looking well-used Bob

The Chieftain on a traditional Irish mourning handkerchief, made in pre-partition Belfast (those aren't pints of Guinness BTW!)

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Thanks Jack. I do like the carbon blades best. A knife always seems to gain character having one.

 

[SteveC]

Nice-looking Lamb, and a cool gift from your boy, all part of being a dad!

Good morning Guardians, and Happy St Patrick's Day to you Here's me slagging me old mates, and I'm not even drinking at the moment! I suspect there'll be a lot of Irish folk in Dublin keeping out of the way today, due to the influx of green-bedecked tourists, drinking their weight in (currently very overpriced) Guinness) I shall be giving an old old Dublin pal a ring, but he's getting a bit old for boozing now anyway I hope your week gets off to a good start Guardians. I have quite a bit of work to do, so I don't think I'll be able to get out at all today, but I'm sure I'll still find a use for my Lamb

It's been a while since I last carried The Chieftain I took the pic below when Musical Andy was still down at the market

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Don't work too hard !

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I like that Bog Oak !

Very good Jer, I have my 'Mountjoy Day Release Scheme' T-shirt on

Looking well-used Bob

The Chieftain on a traditional Irish mourning handkerchief, made in pre-partition Belfast (those aren't pints of Guinness BTW!)

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Chieftain is looking good buddy !

 

[SteveC]

Good day Guardians !


Gidget to start of the week

 

[Rufus1949]

I like that Bog Oak !

Thanks kindly Steve.

Good day Guardians !


Gidget to start of the week


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Gidge is shining bright there.

 

[sbh06]

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good St Patrick’s Day. I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks but wanted to stop by and offer up a long overdue thank you to JonMcD for this phenomenal stag lamb that he generously sent me a few weeks ago. This stag is gnarly and well matched, done by Glennbad. Thanks for our friendship Jon, and for a great lambsfoot knife.

 

[Rufus1949]

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good St Patrick’s Day. I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks but wanted to stop by and offer up a long overdue thank you to JonMcD for this phenomenal stag lamb that he generously sent me a few weeks ago. This stag is gnarly and well matched, done by Glennbad. Thanks for our friendship Jon, and for a great lambsfoot knife.

Very nice Jeremy. Jon makes a nice slip.
A great nod to friendship.

 

[echoscout]

Not like us!
I'll be wearing my Irish blessing T shirt to work today, probably under my denim jacket. Projected high of 60 degrees. You know, "May the road rise up and bite you in the..."- something like that. Arrayed around a Celtic cross.
Last crocus picture:

OTW looking good

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Ruggedly handsome Lamb

Very good Jer, I have my 'Mountjoy Day Release Scheme' T-shirt on

Looking well-used Bob

The Chieftain on a traditional Irish mourning handkerchief, made in pre-partition Belfast (those aren't pints of Guinness BTW!)

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Good the see the Chieftain Jack

Good day Guardians !


Gidget to start of the week


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Gidge is looking good in the sunshine

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good St Patrick’s Day. I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks but wanted to stop by and offer up a long overdue thank you to JonMcD for this phenomenal stag lamb that he generously sent me a few weeks ago. This stag is gnarly and well matched, done by Glennbad. Thanks for our friendship Jon, and for a great lambsfoot knife.

Handsome Lamb

 

[DaveHS]

Good Monday morning, Guardians! Espresso with the OD green micarta Twisted Lamb for St. Patrick’s Day. Is it wrong that I’m thinking about the afternoon pints to come at my favorite Irish pub later today while I’m preparing my morning caffeine?

 

[Rufus1949]

Ruggedly handsome Lamb

Good morning David, thanks kindly.

 

[echoscout]

Morning Guardians! Flat Cap on some Irish Bog Oak

 

[Rufus1949]

Morning Guardians! Flat Cap on some Irish Bog Oak

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Always nice to see that jigging David.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. I do like the carbon blades best. A knife always seems to gain character having one.

Don't work too hard !




I like that Bog Oak !




Chieftain is looking good buddy !

Good day Guardians !


Gidget to start of the week


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Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good St Patrick’s Day. I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks but wanted to stop by and offer up a long overdue thank you to JonMcD for this phenomenal stag lamb that he generously sent me a few weeks ago. This stag is gnarly and well matched, done by Glennbad. Thanks for our friendship Jon, and for a great lambsfoot knife.

Great to see you here Jeremy, and your new Lamb and slip too, of course One letter out, and your slip could have had some special Irish significance! Well done JonMcD

Good the see the Chieftain Jack

Thanks pal

Good Monday morning, Guardians! Espresso with the OD green micarta Twisted Lamb for St. Patrick’s Day. Is it wrong that I’m thinking about the afternoon pints to come at my favorite Irish pub later today while I’m preparing my morning caffeine?
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Sounds quite legitimate to me Dave! Enjoy your pints

Morning Guardians! Flat Cap on some Irish Bog Oak

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Wonderful

 

[sf fanatic]

Here we go

 

[SteveC]

Thanks kindly Steve.

Gidge is shining bright there.

Thanks buddy !

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good St Patrick’s Day. I’ve been pretty busy for the past few weeks but wanted to stop by and offer up a long overdue thank you to JonMcD for this phenomenal stag lamb that he generously sent me a few weeks ago. This stag is gnarly and well matched, done by Glennbad. Thanks for our friendship Jon, and for a great lambsfoot knife.

Glenn did a great job on that one !

Gidge is looking good in the sunshine

Thanks pal !

Good Monday morning, Guardians! Espresso with the OD green micarta Twisted Lamb for St. Patrick’s Day. Is it wrong that I’m thinking about the afternoon pints to come at my favorite Irish pub later today while I’m preparing my morning caffeine?
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Nice shot of your Twisted

Morning Guardians! Flat Cap on some Irish Bog Oak

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Very nice !

 

[Jack Black]

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Cool pic Dan

 

[Onikudaki]

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Monday Morning!

 

[btb01]

Having been freed up from work today, I thought I better head off on my mission to York. I had decided to go on the train, but even while I was on my way to the station my day started to go sour. Checking my email, I found that I had one from the company (Booking.com) I had made reservations for one of the hotels on my birthday trip away, a swanky place in the English Lake District. According to the email, the booking had been cancelled due to an error with my credit card. I knew there was no problem with my card, so I rang the hotel. Fortunately, the hotel were very understanding, and didn't want to turn away £500+ out of season. They told me that my original booking had gone through a travel agent in Holland, for some reason. So sod Booking.com, and I'll pay the hotel in cash if they want!

I let Matt and Wolfie know, but Wolfie sent a reply to us both, which may be the start of him weaseling out of our trip

I managed to get a fast train to York, but by the time I arrived it was raining steadily. This attractive old bridge in York station is where I took a tumble the other month, something I've still not recovered from. Trying to take a pic, I discovered that not only was my camera battery flat, but also the spare! All photos are therefore taken on my phone

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I headed into the city centre, and crossed the River Ouse.

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Since it was chucking it down, and it was nearby, I decided to head straight to the gentleman's outfitters, and pick up Charlie's cap, where I got an old-fashioned fleecing

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The weather was miserable, and the antique centre I went to was closed. I headed to the market, but there was nothing of interest there. I next went to Barnitt's hardware store, which once sold Lambsfoot knives.

There are a lot of good restaurants in York, but many of them were still closed, and I wasn't really hungry. I walked around for a bit, but nowhere caught my eye. Eventually, I decided I'd get a chip butty at the place I last went to with Duncan.

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I called in another antique shop, but there wasn't anything of interest there, so I decided to make my way back to the station, calling for a coffee on the way.

I walked past the pub that Dutch idiot has ruined

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Unfortunately, I just missed a train to Leeds, and while that one took only 20 minutes, the next few took an hour and ten! I decided to get one anyway, rather than just hang around in the station for an hour. At least the slow route is attractive, but the weather was so bad, I barely saw a thing

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Sorry to hear about your camera battery, and the weather, and the antique shops, and the Dutch-idiot pub, but hey, you still got some nice pics, and that chip butty looks tasty (and the D&B, of course!).

I saw a video the other day in which a British fellow went to the famous Katz’s Deli in NYC and claimed that they wouldn’t make him a chip butty, so he “was forced” to buy a pastrami sandwich (for $29!!) and a side of fries/chips. He then discarded the mountain of pastrami (I believe this is what they call “rage bait” these days) and stuffed the chips between the remaining bread for his chip butty.

York is packed with pubs, mainly old, (many VERY old), and traditional. Today I noticed a small pub called The Golden Slipper, and was thinking that I hadn't actually been in it, unusually. An older chap noticed me pause, and asked me if I knew why it wasn't open yet, as he was meeting his friend there. I looked at my watch, it was only 5 past 12, but he insisted they always opened bang on 12. We chatted for 30 seconds, and then I excused myself, and said I hoped he got his pint. "I don't drink!" He scolded me, "I just want some food and conversation!"

It always amazed me how some people, in a situation like that, are incapable of simply saying, “Thanks!” or, “Cheers!” As if you should’ve known that he didn’t drink (30 seconds after he’d asked you when the pub opened).

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Those are definitely bright!

Wow - what a name!

That's the kind of name that could spark an expression, as in:

"Dangit Billy! I've seen some rickless behavior in my time but this is a bridge too far - even for you! Cease this ricklessness at once!"

When I read that in my head, it just sounded like a New Zealand accent.

Thanks, Bob. As an English major I learned the best way to do math is to guess large round numbers! And 575 is a lucky set for me to boot; my old boy scout troop number. This is truly great news, as my knife collection is cresting over the banks of my humble knife roll levee

Hey, I was also an English major, and I won Bob’s previous how-many-things GAW, so there must be something to your method. Congrats on the win!

Oh memories!!!! Good and bad- I hate that image of those darned stairs Jack! But the rest are great memories!, Hey a wet da but still a day out and I don't mind those ones!
I apologise greatly fort the lack of time spent here, its been one heck of a whirlwind - Builders have ripped the heart out of our House and the whole Bathroom was torn down and started again, Sue and I have been living in a Hotel while the price of the build keeps going up! Many discussions I can tell you.
also with that Sue and I have loaded two caged Trailer loads to the Hilt- its burning hot here and I have been having intense treatment on my hip - putting it to the test.
Darned hip- it makes me sound old- but I have had just on 4 decades of terrible pain on and at the odd times off.
It was from a fall and a massive tear in my Lumbar followed by many months of injections into the tear, I'd rather have my finger nails pulled than go through that again
the amount of work gone into my hip in the last 6 months, should have near paid for the new Bathroom

So...now that this grumpy old fart has vented, Jack how is YOUR body, hows the Head wound my friend? and is that leg any better since the Physiotherapy? Hoping your reply is a positive one!

now..... time to catch up on these pages......here we go!!!

I hope the builders are able to get your bathroom sorted out quickly. I don’t envy your situation there at all.

Right in the height of Covid, we discovered a leak in our shower’s plumbing. The bathroom was in need of an update, so we decided to renovate since we were going to have to get behind the shower anyways. I did a bit of work myself (mostly demo and painting), but we hired professionals to do the plumbing and tile work. It ended up taking several months, much longer than we had expected. Thankfully we have another bathroom in the house that were able to use in the meantime, but it was still a pain.

Good morning Guardians, the weekend awaits! I hope you all have something planned, even if it's just lollygagging I seem to be starting with a cold, so hoping I can shrug it off quickly. I rarely get them, but have come into contact with more people than usual this week, and here, people often leave the hospital with illnesses they didn't have when they went in Not sure of my own plans yet, apart from my choice of Lamb I know there'll be a lot of St Patrick's Day boozing going on in the city centre Have a great day Guardians

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Nice pic, Jack. On Saturday night, Julie and I were trying to decide on somewhere to have dinner. She suggested an Irish pub near her work that we hadn’t tried before, but I reminded her it was the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day and the place was sure to be packed. We went for Italian instead.

I got to get ready to be able to beat those darned Americans to the tables at Oregon

It’s gonna be a bloodbath!

Just kidding, of course. It’s very friendly, especially on Friday when it’s club members only. I’m looking forward to it even more this year!

The GL-24 has darkened up considerably with daily carry - it's more of a dark brown now. From past experience with micarta I know I can restore it to its original color with a little liquid dish soap, but I'm enjoying how the look is evolving for now.

It’s cool to see yours changing with daily carry, Tyson!

For St. Patrick’s Day, I obviously had to go with my only green-handled Lambsfoot, this Albers Lamb in Pickle Bone (my name for it, not Eric’s).

 

[sbh06]

Thanks buddy !



Glenn did a great job on that one !



Thanks pal !



Nice shot of your Twisted



Very nice !

He sure did. Thanks Steve.

 

[mitch13]

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Brian's brother is looking good. Good character