Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[SteveC]

Looks like we're in for a few more days of smoke from Canada

 

[cudgee]

Good afternoon Guardians! The fog is thick and dreary today but I have a new Rodgers lamb with buffalo horn handles that shine! Hope everyone’s having a great week.
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That is really nice Dan. Love those covers.

 

[cudgee]

Bought some frozen fries and buns today. Getting ready for Yorkshire Day

 

[cudgee]

Good Looking Butty.

 

[Tyson A Wright]

Looking forward to Yorkshire Day! In the meantime, I'm carrying my usual.

 

[mitch13]

Violet
On a cold rainy day.

 

[SteveC]

Violet
On a cold rainy day.

Nice shot of Violet !

 

[mitch13]

Nice shot of Violet !

Thanks Steve
The rain does make the colours vibrant

 

[Jack Black]

Looks like we're in for a few more days of smoke from Canada



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Sorry to hear that Steve

Violet
On a cold rainy day.

Nice pic Mitch, I hope you get better weather soon

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning, not long until Yorkshire Day, and I will be dusting off my clogs and brushing my flat-cap ready for the big celebration. Irritatingly, as tends to happen with anything money can be made from, they're pushing it to the weekend, with many of the events actually occurring on Saturday and Sunday, rather than on Yorkshire Day itself This year, the Yorkshire town that the civic celebrations are focused on is Ilkley, situated below the moor where Yorkshire gets its anthem, so I think I'm going to get a train out there, and see what's occurring. Today, however, I need to go into town, and track down a haircut, as well as take care of another few errands. Have a good day Guardians

 

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[Onebigbill]

Good morning Guardians - storms popping up yesterday and today. Got chased off the golf course with lightning - not a good time or place to be waving around a carbon shafted golf club. Laying low today so I'm warming up the Blue Rope.

 

[SteveC]

Good morning Guardians !


Have a great day everyone

 

[btb01]

A welcome race for the most grandkids!! More are always welcome!! (even more than another Lambfoot!!! )View attachment 2933946

That’s a beauty, Charlie! Cosimo does fantastic work.

Hmmmm.

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Man, they don’t want you to have any fun, do they?

Dawn and I celebrated our 15th anniversary today.

Congrats, Tyson!

It's nice and moderate out here on the West Coast!! Hope you all stay cool today!!View attachment 2935471Flat Cap's turn in the pocket today!!

I love that you’ve been putting your Flat Cap Lamb to work. The patina looks great on it.

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. I had a great day yesterday The weather was perfect, and I met up with a bunch of friends in the city centre, some of whom I haven't seen in a while. We ended up sitting outside an Italian coffee shop in a quiet square, eating sandwiches, and drinking coffee. We there a few hours, and then someone suggested a pub, which they'd heard of, but wasn't sure about the location. The pub in question is called 'The Highland Laddie', and I was the only one there, who knew where it was. It's an old pub, surrounded by tall modern buildings, and difficult to get to, let alone find. It was an old feller's pub, and closed a couple of years ago, but was saved from permanent closure by a local brewery, and now seems to be thriving. After an interesting walk there, we got a table outside in the sun, and I got a round of beers. It turned out the brewery have re-brewed an iconic beer from my youth, Double Diamond, so I was interested to try that. I didn't take any pics, but here's one of the pub, filched from the net

After a couple of pints at the pub, we walked back into town, and I headed home, but on the way I got a message from Matt saying they were were having some beers outside if I wanted to join them. Beer stocks were low however, so I first had to go to the shop. I picked up some cold cans of Guinness, and some Dragon Stout, and went round, and we sat outside drinking beer, and chatting until late

Today, I was planning a lazy day, but I have to go into town to pick up my new glasses, so I reckon I'll have a coffee while I'm there Hope you all have a great day Guardians

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Sounds like an excellent day, Jack. I love the look of that pub!

2025 Yorkshire Day Giveaway

As most of you Guardians know, August 1st is Yorkshire Day. It's cheaper than Christmas, more fun than a funeral, not politically controversial, and has less calories than Thanksgiving. Yorkshire has given the world cinema, steam trains, stainless steel, football, Yorkshire pudding, Henderson's Relish, and, of course, the Lambsfoot knife. While Yorkshire may not be able to lay sole claim to the legendary chip butty, something eaten throughout the north of England, and beyond, it is immortalised in the rousing anthem of one of Sheffield's football clubs.

While not everyone is lucky enough to live in Yorkshire, Yorkshire Day is an international holiday, and can be celebrated anywhere, by for example, wearing a flat cap, singing Yorkshire's traditional anthem (or 'The Greasy Chip Butty Song'), having a pint of ale or two (or a cup of Yorkshire tea), or eating a chip butty. And of course, carrying a Lambsfoot As you can see (below), no expense is spared in celebrating Yorkshire Day!

I'm not sure how many years I've been doing an annual Yorkshire Day giveaway, but it's been running the same way for a good few now, focussing on the Lambsfoot and the chip butty. I know many of you are already familiar with the chip butty, Heck, some of you even like them! They're not too complicated to make, so I hope that you'll enjoy one with me this Yorkshire Day

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The Chip Butty Challenge involves making your chip butty, and posting a photo of it here with your Lambsfoot (both in the same photo). If it's your first chip butty, I hope you enjoy it Dandelion & Burdock is optional (If you want to add ketchup, or use white sliced bread, rather than a breadcake or roll, that's fine, but I do expect it to look something like a chip butty, not a taco, or a burger with a few french fries on top ).

Please indicate that you want to enter the giveaway, and posts showing extra Yorkshireness, effort, or imagination, will get a second entry. The prize this year is a Lambsfoot knife from my collection, which I've never carried.

When I used to visit A. Wright & Son, in Sheffield, regularly, I often used to pick up any good-looking Lambsfoot examples I'd see lying around. This isn't one of their standard patterns, but comes with some nice toffee-coloured horn, a new, crisp, A. Wright tang-stamp, and a file-worked back spring.


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The giveaway is open to all Guardians, and as always I am very much looking forward to reading your posts, and seeing your photos. Giveaway starts 12.01am Yorkshire Day, and runs until midnight.

Thanks for another great year of Lambsfootery, and good luck everyone

Jack

Looking forward to it, Jack!

…not a taco…

Why do I feel like “not a taco” got added to the rules because I once called the spicy potato taco from Taco Bell the “Mexican chip butty”? (In my defense, I did not do this on Yorkshire Day.)

So last year's What-A-Butty isn't acceptable?

Dang it! How did I not think to make a What-A-Butty when I took my What-A-Lamb to Whataburger earlier this summer?

Here's some history of Spofforth Castle, (actually a fortified manor house), which is one of many castles within a half hour's drive of where I live. Spofforth is less well-known, perhaps because it can't be seen from the road, but it's a great place to visit with kids, and it's free, and open all year round. We had an hour here, before heading for lunch at one of our favourite country pubs. A few pics:

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Nice pics, Jack. Looks like the bad weather held off for you.

Howdy Guardians

The Gerstner cabinet from Bob's GAW arrived today
What a nice gift. Thank you very much Bob




Its a beauty







The happy new owner



The sock drawer knives are already squabbling over who gets to move uptown

Looks great! Congrats, Mike.

GL-24 for me today. I don’t photograph the pile side often enough, but it doesn’t disappoint.

 

[unclekurty]

Good Thursday. Jack that was a great picture of you and the Tool Man. . It’s another nice morning here in Santa Cruz. Bob it sounds like you are getting acclimated to NC. I will always think of the picture of Baron Harkonnen immersing himself into the soothing black sludge. Here’s this great Rosecraft Lambsfoot. I hope they do one in bone soon. Even though I have a smiling skull now I hear an Aztec Death Whistle eerily echoing in my mind when I coon finger it.

The Chilling Sound of the Aztec Death Whistle

A study conducted at the University of Zurich shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain.

www.archaeology.wiki

 

[Rufus1949]

Grains gone wild!
Lamb ...redwood burl
Cane ...thuya, bariensis, granadillo

 

[mbkr]

Grains gone wild!View attachment 2939253

Pic just oozes class
Love the cane

 

[Jack Black]

Looking good Jer

Good morning Guardians - storms popping up yesterday and today. Got chased off the golf course with lightning - not a good time or place to be waving around a carbon shafted golf club. Laying low today so I'm warming up the Blue Rope.
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Glad you're OK Bill! Blue Rope is looking good

Good morning Guardians !


Have a great day everyone



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Great pic Steve

Sounds like an excellent day, Jack. I love the look of that pub!

Me too Barrett, it looks like it was taken from another century, and just dumped there! Hoping to return soon

Looking forward to it, Jack!

I hope Scout is too! Glad to see you here buddy

Why do I feel like “not a taco” got added to the rules because I once called the spicy potato taco from Taco Bell the “Mexican chip butty”? (In my defense, I did not do this on Yorkshire Day.)

LOL! I'd actually forgotten about that!

Dang it! How did I not think to make a What-A-Butty when I took my What-A-Lamb to Whataburger earlier this summer?

Next time!

Nice pics, Jack. Looks like the bad weather held off for you.

Thanks mate, yeah, it's been a good summer here, by English standards

GL-24 for me today. I don’t photograph the pile side often enough, but it doesn’t disappoint.

Wonderful

 

[Rufus1949]

Pic just oozes class
Love the cane

Thanks Mike, comes in handy after golf.

 

[SteveC]

Good morning, not long until Yorkshire Day, and I will be dusting off my clogs and brushing my flat-cap ready for the big celebration. Irritatingly, as tends to happen with anything money can be made from, they're pushing it to the weekend, with many of the events actually occurring on Saturday and Sunday, rather than on Yorkshire Day itself This year, the Yorkshire town that the civic celebrations are focused on is Ilkley, situated below the moor where Yorkshire gets its anthem, so I think I'm going to get a train out there, and see what's occurring. Today, however, I need to go into town, and track down a haircut, as well as take care of another few errands. Have a good day Guardians

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Great pic buddy !

Good morning Guardians - storms popping up yesterday and today. Got chased off the golf course with lightning - not a good time or place to be waving around a carbon shafted golf club. Laying low today so I'm warming up the Blue Rope.
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Looking good !

Good Thursday. Jack that was a great picture of you and the Tool Man. . It’s another nice morning here in Santa Cruz. Bob it sounds like you are getting acclimated to NC. I will always think of the picture of Baron Harkonnen immersing himself into the soothing black sludge. Here’s this great Rosecraft Lambsfoot. I hope they do one in bone soon. Even though I have a smiling skull now I hear an Aztec Death Whistle eerily echoing in my mind when I coon finger it.

The Chilling Sound of the Aztec Death Whistle

A study conducted at the University of Zurich shows that these whistles have a disturbing effect on the human brain.

www.archaeology.wiki

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Beauties both !

Great pic Steve

Thanks Jack