Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[tmd_87]

Happy Friday Guardians!

 

[pjsjr]

Saw the early morning sparkly light reflecting on the car’s frosted rooftop...

That is a major WOW! Great photo Harvey!

 

[cigarrodog]

pjsjr Much appreciation for those nice words.

 

[JohnDF]

Saw the early morning sparkly light reflecting on the car’s frosted rooftop...

That is SPECTACULAR!

 

[pjsjr]

Have a great Friday, Guardians! Rosie is going to help me fix a snack.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack Black belated happy birthday.

It's not until tomorrow Jer

I find the squirrels to be very entertaining. I like to watch them jump from tree to tree and they are also good exercise for my dog when he chases them around. I don't even mind the raccoons and possums, they all remind me that I live in the country. I'm just glad I don't have to deal with bears and wolves like Dave.

Yes, me too

Good Morning Guardians!
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Superb pic of your AC Dave

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Beautiful Dwight

Enjoy your day, hope your Dr.'s visit goes well...then you can indulge yourself for lunch!

Thankfully, I don't have squirrels where I live now. When living in the city, I did, they would get into everything and anything. Plus, there was no way to keep them out of the bird feeders...they would eat their way through anything!


Morning, Dave, AC is looking good in that nicely composed photo.

This is looking like it must be Ashley's Choice, Friday. Not that I mind, just jealous, they are such great lookers!

Thank you Preston, I only went in to get some test results for my cholesterol and vitamin D levels. Unfortunately, I got a trainee GP, who was a complete idiot, and I had to go back and get the receptionist to print me out a copy. They put me on statins a while back, but I don't think they know what they're doing - supposedly my total cholesterol has gone down from 7.1 to 4.8. Certainly nothing to do with the statins because I haven't been taking them!

My pal could only meet me briefly in the end, so we had to settle for a hotdog. A rather tasty one though It is beautiful weather here, and I have been enjoying this sunshine

Thanks, Harvey.
Wow, what a score! I love the character and style on that one!

That dirty ol' garage window is good for somethin'. I tried to tell my boss that I can't come in until after 2pm or I will miss the good sun in that window for Lambsfoot pics..... I don't think she cares.

I know a guy who knows a guy.


HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY JACK!!!! I hope you didn't drink as much as I did on my 21st!
Thanks for the pics of the cool ol' bike. That saddle looks like it has a few miles on it.
Have a great B Day weekend, my friend!


Good to hear that you are home and on the mend.
Sorry ya got a lemon with the Rodgers. It looks like it could have been a nice slim carry.


Thank you, sir.


Nice, very nice!

LOL! Thanks a lot pal That is a great shot of that golden lovely

Jack is turning 21 this weekend, Happy Birthday, Jack. You look GREAT for your age.

Thanks a lot John!

I believe Jack's birthday is tomorrow, unless England uses a different calendar.

It is Vince

It's almost tomorrow there.
Jack Black , almost punctual Happy Birthday!
Keep oiling your joints.

Yikes! They've stopped selling that stuff here

Those are two very nice examples of horn covers. What type of horn is used by Wright's?

Mainly water buffalo horn from India Preston

Jack Black A nice shot of the Wilson and the Lamb.

Thanks a lot buddy, the Wilson was a gift from Barrett @btb01

Is cricket not the 'national' game of Yorkshire?

Not round my house, and I only live a mile from Headingley!

I think they call it ox horn.

I'll be careful. I was just watching a Miss Marple where the killer switched her victim's cough syrup for a bottle of dye.

This bottle is probably at least twelve years old: I shopped at Kroger when I was in Lansing.

That's right for the golden stuff Jer

Saw the early morning sparkly light reflecting on the car’s frosted rooftop...

Wow! What an astonishing picture! Absolutely brilliant!

I just have a few things to do, and I'll see what I can find about the maker of that lovely old Lambsfoot

 

[Jack Black]

Have a great Friday, Guardians! Rosie is going to help me fix a snack.

Very healthy Preston Great-looking Lambsfoot

 

[cigarrodog]

That is SPECTACULAR!

Thank you so much.

Jack Black Thank you kindly. Positively no rush. Next week or whenever. It’s Birthday Weekend, Buddy. Just celebrate. Happy, Happy Birthday!

pjsjr A nice, healthy, and wholesome tableau.

 

[dc50]

Superb pic of your AC Dave

Thank you, thank you very much. "Spoken like Elvis"

 

[ty_higg]

Really liking this blade shape it's extremely useful! Yesterday my lambsfoot helped me cut up things for a custom women's wallet I'm making. Then it made my Mexican food quiver in fear as I used it to cut up my meal. It's patina is now fully showing after dinner and it looks better now than before.

 

[dc50]

Really liking this blade shape it's extremely useful! Yesterday my lambsfoot helped me cut up things for a custom women's wallet I'm making. Then it made my Mexican food quiver in fear as I used it to cut up my meal. It's patina is now fully showing after dinner and it looks better now than before.

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Thats Great! I sure am glad you are liking the lambsfoot, it's a real workman's knife.

 

[ty_higg]

That is a perfectly beautiful example of what a Lambsfoot looks like, well done!

Thank you! It has quickly become a favorite.

Protocol droid C3po.
You guys knew I'd see that one, eh?

C3PO trying to find a way to steal the knife for himself.

 

[Jack Black]

Jack Black Thank you kindly. Positively no rush. Next week or whenever. It’s Birthday Weekend, Buddy. Just celebrate. Happy, Happy Birthday!

Thank you my friend The good Sir Geoff of Tweedale has a fairly short entry for Hale Brothers Ltd.

They are included in the 1883 Sheffield trade directory as a merchant and table knife manufacturer in Allen Street, Sheffield. The brothers were John Thomas Hale (1853-1919) and Samuel Stafford Hale (c. 1856-?), the sons of John Hale, an iron and steel merchant in Shalesmoor (Sheffield). By the end of the 1880's, Hale Brothers had moved to Moorfield Works on Snow Lane (photos below).

By the end of the century, the firm sold table knives, and pen and pocket knives, files, horse-clipping shears, scrapers, and horse-singeing lamps (for removing hair). According to Prof. Tweedale, their earliest trade mark, dating from 1791, appears to be '650', which was associated with William Hale, but they made use of a horse's head mark, which had previously been owned by another Sheffield cutler, George Deakin, and granted to him in 1842. In addition to Deakin's mark, Hale Bros also used the Deakin name, following his death in 1885 (they used the horse's head mark until the 1950's) . Deakin had also sold singeing lamps and horse-clipping shears, as well as various cutlery items. Hale Brothers later acquired the 'TIP-TOP' mark of Henry Crookes, the fish-hook mark of Robert Bateman, and the name of Samuel Hancock & Son, together with the firm's S & G Stringer mark.

J.T. Hale died in the Upperthorpe district of Sheffield (close to the works) in 1919, leaving £12,528. Samuel continued to run the business until at least 1925. He also travelled to South America, where the firm sold stainless steel table knives marked 'NO SE MANCHA' (they were otherwise marked 'INOXIDABLE' (I think I have an example somewhere).

Geoff was not able to trace the date of Samuel's death, but goes on to say that in the twentieth century, still in Snow Lane, the company produced (or marketed) a wide range of mass-produced cutlery, including pocket and utility knives. In 1969, Hale Bros was acquired by the Kutrite Group, who continued to list Hale Bros Tools as a maker of painters' tools until 1972. As can be seen from my photos, the 'Kutrite Works' still stands on Snow Lane, though the original crucible furnaces were dismantled after Kutrite took over.

 

[Jack Black]

Really liking this blade shape it's extremely useful! Yesterday my lambsfoot helped me cut up things for a custom women's wallet I'm making. Then it made my Mexican food quiver in fear as I used it to cut up my meal. It's patina is now fully showing after dinner and it looks better now than before.

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Fantastic stuff

 

[OLd_gUY]

HAPPY FRIDAY everyone! Here's the song by the Four Deuces that first awakened me to Rock 'n Roll, many moons ago.

 

[cigarrodog]

Really liking this blade shape it's extremely useful! Yesterday my lambsfoot helped me cut up things for a custom women's wallet I'm making. Then it made my Mexican food quiver in fear as I used it to cut up my meal. It's patina is now fully showing after dinner and it looks better now than before.

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The Patina is marvelous, Ty.

OLd_gUY That’s some classic R&B. Love it. Aside from Elvis, after getting my first record player, I repeatedly would play (pre-Beatles) “Mr Postman.” I’ves always been inspired by music.

 

[cigarrodog]

Thank you my friend The good Sir Geoff of Tweedale has a fairly short entry for Hale Brothers Ltd.

They are included in the 1883 Sheffield trade directory as a merchant and table knife manufacturer in Allen Street, Sheffield. The brothers were John Thomas Hale (1853-1919) and Samuel Stafford Hale (c. 1856-?), the sons of John Hale, an iron and steel merchant in Shalesmoor (Sheffield). By the end of the 1880's, Hale Brothers had moved to Moorfield Works on Snow Lane (photos below).

By the end of the century, the firm sold table knives, and pen and pocket knives, files, horse-clipping shears, scrapers, and horse-singeing lamps (for removing hair). According to Prof. Tweedale, their earliest trade mark, dating from 1791, appears to be '650', which was associated with William Hale, but they made use of a horse's head mark, which had previously been owned by another Sheffield cutler, George Deakin, and granted to him in 1842. In addition to Deakin's mark, Hale Bros also used the Deakin name, following his death in 1885 (they used the horse's head mark until the 1950's) . Deakin had also sold singeing lamps and horse-clipping shears, as well as various cutlery items. Hale Brothers later acquired the 'TIP-TOP' mark of Henry Crookes, the fish-hook mark of Robert Bateman, and the name of Samuel Hancock & Son, together with the firm's S & G Stringer mark.

J.T. Hale died in the Upperthorpe district of Sheffield (close to the works) in 1919, leaving £12,528. Samuel continued to run the business until at least 1925. He also travelled to South America, where the firm sold stainless steel table knives marked 'NO SE MANCHA' (they were otherwise marked 'INOXIDABLE' (I think I have an example somewhere).

Geoff was not able to trace the date of Samuel's death, but goes on to say that in the twentieth century, still in Snow Lane, the company produced (or marketed) a wide range of mass-produced cutlery, including pocket and utility knives. In 1969, Hale Bros was acquired by the Kutrite Group, who continued to list Hale Bros Tools as a maker of painters' tools until 1972. As can be seen from my photos, the 'Kutrite Works' still stands on Snow Lane, though the original crucible furnaces were dismantled after Kutrite took over.

Thank you so much, Jack, for going to the trouble. Always fascinated by the history of everything. Gus(My new, old Lamb) is a treasure. Now let the the Birthday Festivities continue.

 

[OLd_gUY]

That’s some classic R&B. Love it. Aside from Elvis, after getting my first record player, I repeatedly would play (pre-Beatles) “Mr Postman.” I’ves always been inspired by music.

That was a GREAT one, for sure Thanks. It got a lot of play at a lot of parties (I was a Senior in High School when it came out).

 

[pjsjr]

Thank you Preston, I only went in to get some test results for my cholesterol and vitamin D levels. Unfortunately, I got a trainee GP, who was a complete idiot, and I had to go back and get the receptionist to print me out a copy. They put me on statins a while back, but I don't think they know what they're doing - supposedly my total cholesterol has gone down from 7.1 to 4.8. Certainly nothing to do with the statins because I haven't been taking them!

My pal could only meet me briefly in the end, so we had to settle for a hotdog. A rather tasty one though It is beautiful weather here, and I have been enjoying this sunshine

Thanks Jack, I had to look up how cholesterol is measured, your's, UK, is different than in the USA.
Total cholesterol(U.S. and some other countries) Total cholesterol*(Canada and most of Europe)
Below 200 mg/dL Below 5.2 mmol/L Desirable
200-239 mg/dL 5.2-6.2 mmol/L Borderline high
240 mg/dL and above Above 6.2 mmol/L High

Glad you and your friend where able to at least enjoy some time together.

Mainly water buffalo horn from India Preston

Interesting that it varies so from light to dark, appreciate the info.

Very healthy Preston Great-looking Lambsfoot

I try...I have a sweet tooth, lots of sugar in bananas and apples...but it makes me think I'm doing something good.

HAPPY FRIDAY everyone! Here's the song by the Four Deuces that first awakened me to Rock 'n Roll, many moons ago.
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The Patina is marvelous, Ty.

OLd_gUY That’s some classic R&B. Love it. Aside from Elvis, after getting my first record player, I repeatedly would play (pre-Beatles) “Mr Postman.” I’ves always been inspired by music.

For me it was Chubby Checker and The Twist...

ETA Lamb Foot content...

 

[dc50]

For me it was Chubby Checker and The Twist...

That was my first 45!