Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[dc50]

Ah, Canmore!! You are right - I concede!! Yours will probably come to Vancouver before it goes to Canmore!!!
I'd send you the donut hole now, but it keeps floating off before I get the envelope sealed!!
Come to Vancouver, and I will treat you to Tim Horton's!!

Charlie, we will wait until the Rogers Pass is clear like maybe July or August

 

[JoeGoblyn]

Dang.

Thanks for posting pictures everyone that’s got their 2019 knives. It’s simultaneously making me anxious and tiding me over til i receive mine. Fingers crossed it soon!

Carried this ebony number with streaks in it while I wait.

Joe

 

[Jack Black]

Morning Guardians, I think I'm going to have to go through the 'overnight' posts in stages!

I'm very late to this party but thanks to all my enabling friends here I hope to be a member in good standing when I get delivery. A special shout out goes to Taylor @tmd_87 for his photos of his stunning example and of course to our mentor and friend Jack Jack Black .

Looking forward to having you here Alan

Aren't you used to that by now?

Harsh!

Thank you all very much. It is quite an honor for me to carry a Guardian knife. I have admired y'all's knives and posts for some time. Great bunch of folks and Chief Ambassador Jack Black is tireless.

Thank you

Thanks Jack, that's really interesting , and great directions to. My climbing days are unfortunately over but I'm sure I could manage a scramble up but I don't think I'd bivi in it.
Despite all my walking, the only only outdoor guide I own of anywhere is the Peak District pubs walk guide so that's why I don't have any climbing guides
I know which one is my lambsfoot, but I don't know how to mark it. Obviously download the picture but then what do I do? (It's actually the one directly above and to the left of Tmd_87's).
Cheers!

I'm hoping I've marked the right Lambsfoot David, let me know if not That Imperial Stout looks gorgeous, nice pic

okey dokey! Canmore, Alberta, Canada
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Wow! Almost wish I'd brought your Lambsfoot personally Dave, what a beautiful place

That AC of yours certainly has exceptional stag

Thank you

Cheers Guardians! Hope to see more of the 2019 knives.
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An IPA that is outstanding.

Wonderful pic Taylor, the Eye of the Storm

I marked mine (which is residing in my pocket as I type this) with an X.

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Thank you very much, that's very helpful Pic below

Thank you, folks.

I'm afraid I must wait at least one more day. But yes, the fine AC makes for wonderful company. As does this local "bourbon".

Looks like the makings of a delightful evening Dylan, hope your Lambsfoot arrives today

I have a few (okay, I have a large number of) knives that—while they aren’t exactly “safe queens”—get carried very rarely. I’ll fondle them periodically to admire their beauty, and I’ll pocket them on special occasions, but they aren’t really “users.”

I fully expected the 2019 Guardians knife to join this group, but I was mistaken.

As I was handling this knife last night, cleaning out leftover polishing compound, doing a bit of tweaking to limber up its admittedly stiff action, and sharpening it up a bit it became clear to me that this was a knife designed to do real work in the hands of people who actually *worked* for a living. I experienced some childhood nostalgia as I thought about working alongside my father. His primary knife was a Peanut with a broken main blade and a pen blade that had been oversharpened into a tiny Wharncliffe, but when we were working on the farm he frequently had in his capacious pocket an ancient knife of unknown manufacture with a swayback frame and a hawksbill blade. That knife would slash open feed sacks, cut out grass that had wrapped around the drive shaft of a bush hog, etc. it was used and abused, but it never quit.

To my mind, folding pocket knives represent compromise—tools that are useful because they can always be close-at-hand and can be called upon to do a “good enough” job when a more appropriate tool isn’t readily available. The Swiss Army Knife is the ultimate expression of this ideology. I’ve had one in my pocket for about 35 years, and I plan to have one with me for the remainder of my days. These little marvels of Swiss engineering have saved my bacon on more than one occasion, but when the time comes to do *real* work on a big job the SAK stays in my pocket while I take a walk to the tool box.

This evening my wife gave me a look that made it clear that it would be in my best interest to finally get around to doing a fixit task that I had neglected for some weeks. Part of the job involved trimming some rather substantial wooden shims. Ordinarily I’d grab a Mora or other fixed blade from my “outdoor knife” drawer for this task, but as I had this knife in my pocket I simply went to work.

With it’s superbly ergonomic handle and stout construction it didn’t feel like I was compromising at all. Because I wasn’t.

I am going to use the heck out of this knife.

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Excellent post, I hope your 2019 Guardians Lambsfoot becomes an old friend

My lambsfoot this week is Black Jack, the 2018 ebony Guardians lambsfoot. Here's it is on Yorkshire Day, I think:
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Nice pic GT

I love the way you put that. I will be waiting for mine for quite a bit longer than most so these pictures and stories allow me to live vicariously through you all.

Is that a Gränsfors Bruks axe next to your 2019 Guardian? If so, I believe they are some of the finest axes one can get. I absolutely love mine and won't settle for anything else when it comes to needing that tool.

Yes folks, spare a thought for our friends that didn't quite get in on the first 50 knives, and will be waiting a little longer (hopefully not MUCH longer)

Mine is in the center, third from the bottom, the one above and to the right of tmd 87's knife, the "eye" as someone here called it.

I think I've got you Here's an updated pic

PM sent.

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PMs are always good

Smashing pic Dwight

I find people's ego and lack of respect appalling. Why graffiti a rock formation millions of years old?

Methinks Adam and Ken should be defenestrated out of that cave.

Appalling isn't it? Most of the carved graffiti on the crag is from the 19th century or early 20th, when it was private land, and being caught there would likely incur a beating from a gamekeeper. Today, Stanage is hallowed ground to most. A few year's back, a climber posted an April Fool's Day joke of a mocked-up climbing bolt placed on the edge, and received death threats! Even after he explained it was a prank, and that the bolt had been held in place with Blue-tac, he received further abuse for despoiling the rock!

I was gonna suggest that next year we should have elk handled lambsfoot.

I would try it, but he's still a pretty good shot!

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Another superb pic Dwight

The weather is vile here today, and I'm not going for a hike, but I will have to leave it here for now, otherwise I will never get a shave! See you in a bit Guardians

 

[Jack Black]

Laying some lambs in here Jack to make you smile when you wake up. View attachment 1069725

Dwight, I like the way you think my friend! And visions of Ironwood danced through his head!!

Thanks a lot guys, put a big smile on my face!

Boy, this thread moves fast! May have to catch up tomorrow--it's getting late. But I wanted to post a couple of pics of a new knife I received today:

Mark side.

Pile side.

Wish I had better light, but it's late at night here. I'll be taking more pictures this weekend. Fit and finish are fantastic, blade centered, pull nice and stout. Perfect size, just a wee bit larger than the stag Ashley's Choice. I must say I am very pleased. Thanks, Jack! Guess what I'll be toting for a while?

(Did all the Texas knives get delivered on the same day?)

Glad your knife made it Vince, pretty cool those Texan knives all arrived at the same time

Indeed!

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In the group picture, mine is in the upper left near Rachel's. There is one knife in between hers and mine, and there is a darker knife in between my knife and the one next to Rachel's near the bolster sides, if that makes sense. If not, I might have to learn how to draw a circle or an x on the picture like I see others doing. I'm sure I can learn. "I'm smart! I'm not dumb, like people say!" I am pretty tired right now, though.

You might have to go down the second route Vince It's pretty easy, just download the pic and open it in a photo-editing programme, or even something old-skool like Publisher

Charlie, we will wait until the Rogers Pass is clear like maybe July or August

No wonder your mail takes ages!

Dang.

Thanks for posting pictures everyone that’s got their 2019 knives. It’s simultaneously making me anxious and tiding me over til i receive mine. Fingers crossed it soon!

Carried this ebony number with streaks in it while I wait.

Joe

Hope your Ironwood reaches you soon Joe, but that one looks like it'll tide you over nicely

I am still waiting to get my 2019 knife back, and to see what it looks like post-BFO

Morning Guardians, you've all been very busy while I've been napping (hope I haven't missed any posts)! Hope everyone has a great weekend, and that a few more of this year's knives turn up I'm toting my AC today

 

[JTB_5]

Whew! One day away and I was over 100 posts behind!

Lovely 2019 blades Texans!

 

[Prester John]

You might have to go down the second route Vince It's pretty easy, just download the pic and open it in a photo-editing programme, or even something old-skool like Publisher

Yes, Sir! I'll figure it out.

 

[Fodderwing]

Charlie, we will wait until the Rogers Pass is clear like maybe July or August

My goodness! Somebody needs to get a shovel and help that guy out.

Smashing pic Dwight

Another superb pic Dwight

Thanks Jack. Hope you have a good weekend.

 

[353]

doing a bit of tweaking to limber up its admittedly stiff actionView attachment 1069626

Can you please explain how to do this?

 

[mitch4ging]

Thanks a lot guys, put a big smile on my face!



Glad your knife made it Vince, pretty cool those Texan knives all arrived at the same time







You might have to go down the second route Vince It's pretty easy, just download the pic and open it in a photo-editing programme, or even something old-skool like Publisher



No wonder your mail takes ages!



Hope your Ironwood reaches you soon Joe, but that one looks like it'll tide you over nicely

I am still waiting to get my 2019 knife back, and to see what it looks like post-BFO

Morning Guardians, you've all been very busy while I've been napping (hope I haven't missed any posts)! Hope everyone has a great weekend, and that a few more of this year's knives turn up I'm toting my AC today

Lovely stag on your AC, Jack!

 

[JohnDF]

This place was way too busy to comment on everything, so I just chose a few that stood out...

it became clear to me that this was a knife designed to do real work

This was my exact thinking when I picked up my first Lambsfoot. This is not a safe queen, it's a hard user knife.

I wanted to post a couple of pics of a new knife I received today:

Mark side.

Pile side.

Wish I had better light, but it's late at night here. I'll be taking more pictures this weekend. Fit and finish are fantastic, blade centered, pull nice and stout. Perfect size, just a wee bit larger than the stag Ashley's Choice. I must say I am very pleased. Thanks, Jack! Guess what I'll be toting for a while?

(Did all the Texas knives get delivered on the same day?)

Congrats Vince, you got a nice one for sure.

Joe

That has some fabulous character to it, just a wonderful knife.

No wonder your mail takes ages!

Thanks, that was my first morning laugh. Too funny.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians, and Happy Weekend to you all.
I'll be Totin' my Lambsfoot all weekend, so it better be sharp!

 

[Prester John]

The circled knife in the upper left is mine.
--Vince

 

[RayseM]

Prester John

EDIT - Never mind - you beat me to it

Ray

 

[JohnDF]

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The circled knife in the upper left is mine.
--Vince

Well done. You can teach an old dog new tricks

 

[dc50]

No wonder your mail takes ages!

haha for sure, that's the TransCanada Hiway where all the mail runs back and forth.

 

[pjsjr]

I have a few (okay, I have a large number of) knives that—while they aren’t exactly “safe queens”—get carried very rarely. I’ll fondle them periodically to admire their beauty, and I’ll pocket them on special occasions, but they aren’t really “users.”

I fully expected the 2019 Guardians knife to join this group, but I was mistaken.

As I was handling this knife last night, cleaning out leftover polishing compound, doing a bit of tweaking to limber up its admittedly stiff action, and sharpening it up a bit it became clear to me that this was a knife designed to do real work in the hands of people who actually *worked* for a living. I experienced some childhood nostalgia as I thought about working alongside my father. His primary knife was a Peanut with a broken main blade and a pen blade that had been oversharpened into a tiny Wharncliffe, but when we were working on the farm he frequently had in his capacious pocket an ancient knife of unknown manufacture with a swayback frame and a hawksbill blade. That knife would slash open feed sacks, cut out grass that had wrapped around the drive shaft of a bush hog, etc. it was used and abused, but it never quit.

To my mind, folding pocket knives represent compromise—tools that are useful because they can always be close-at-hand and can be called upon to do a “good enough” job when a more appropriate tool isn’t readily available. The Swiss Army Knife is the ultimate expression of this ideology. I’ve had one in my pocket for about 35 years, and I plan to have one with me for the remainder of my days. These little marvels of Swiss engineering have saved my bacon on more than one occasion, but when the time comes to do *real* work on a big job the SAK stays in my pocket while I take a walk to the tool box.

This evening my wife gave me a look that made it clear that it would be in my best interest to finally get around to doing a fixit task that I had neglected for some weeks. Part of the job involved trimming some rather substantial wooden shims. Ordinarily I’d grab a Mora or other fixed blade from my “outdoor knife” drawer for this task, but as I had this knife in my pocket I simply went to work.

With it’s superbly ergonomic handle and stout construction it didn’t feel like I was compromising at all. Because I wasn’t.

I am going to use the heck out of this knife.

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Beautiful knife, use it in good health.

Ah cool, been to Silver City a few times. I was born in Portales, and the family still has farm land around there. Lived from Espanola to Carlsbad but not to the west. The Gila is something I've wanted to explore.

Been to Espanola...had a 1978 Porsche 911, you can imagine the looks I got from all the 'lowriders'

My brother lives just out side of Santa Fe, works at Los Alamos, been meaning to go visit him, then go up through Raton then up to Colorado for a trip.

I thought Española sounded familiar, my folks lived there for a short time in the early '90s.
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And lovely stag on this one!!

Visited Taos and Santa Fe many times in past years. Many may not know that Santa Fe is an art haven. Many artists live and work there as well as many galleries.

Dwight, I like the way you think my friend! And visions of Ironwood danced through his head!!

Magnificent! A wonderful picture of a wonderful knife.

Boy, this thread moves fast! May have to catch up tomorrow--it's getting late. But I wanted to post a couple of pics of a new knife I received today:

Mark side.

Pile side.

Wish I had better light, but it's late at night here. I'll be taking more pictures this weekend. Fit and finish are fantastic, blade centered, pull nice and stout. Perfect size, just a wee bit larger than the stag Ashley's Choice. I must say I am very pleased. Thanks, Jack! Guess what I'll be toting for a while?
(Did all the Texas knives get delivered on the same day?)

Congratulations, Vince, as with all these Ironwood knives, wonderful, beautiful...

Dang.

Thanks for posting pictures everyone that’s got their 2019 knives. It’s simultaneously making me anxious and tiding me over til i receive mine. Fingers crossed it soon!

Carried this ebony number with streaks in it while I wait.

Joe

Joe, yes, I love seeing and hearing about everyone's knives, like seeing the photos...but I want mine!

Thanks a lot guys, put a big smile on my face!



Glad your knife made it Vince, pretty cool those Texan knives all arrived at the same time







You might have to go down the second route Vince It's pretty easy, just download the pic and open it in a photo-editing programme, or even something old-skool like Publisher



No wonder your mail takes ages!



Hope your Ironwood reaches you soon Joe, but that one looks like it'll tide you over nicely

I am still waiting to get my 2019 knife back, and to see what it looks like post-BFO

Morning Guardians, you've all been very busy while I've been napping (hope I haven't missed any posts)! Hope everyone has a great weekend, and that a few more of this year's knives turn up I'm toting my AC today

Jack, I admire you and thank you for all the time and effort you put into this thread! Hope you get your 2019 Lambsfoot back soon and therre is no evidence of the mishap by the BFO.

Congratulations to all who have their 2019 and hope those of us still waiting a short wait.
Not quite like the cars('lowriders') in Espanola, but, best I could lay my hands on at the moment. Preston

 

[pjsjr]

Can you please explain how to do this?

Here you go, post #3425. HTH, Preston
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/page-172#post-17681626

 

[Prester John]

Prester John

EDIT - Never mind - you beat me to it

Ray

Thanks anyway, Ray! Would have done it sooner but was cooking breakfast.

 

[Dschal]

Well I got tired of passively waiting, so I put out an ironwood decoy this morning to see if I could lure something in.

And that worked!

I highly recommend the proactive approach!

Tremendous job Jack! Thank you so much!

 

[353]

Here you go, post #3425. HTH, Preston
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/page-172#post-17681626

There is like 200 links in that post, wich one explains how to ease the pull?