Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[JohnDF]

Morning John, hope your Saturday is off to a good start.

I hope yours is as well.

 

[Jack Black]

I think that's the best of the four styles. Beautiful!

Thanks Vince, I think it turned out pretty good I like the others too though, particularly the Ironwood Swayback. I'm still considering whether or not I can justify purchasing one in addition to a stag model Heck, I'd have all four if I thought I could live on beans on toast for a month!

I carry a Lambsfoot...

Because the Sonic doesn't work on wood.

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Yet another fantastic pic Dwight

Lamb and Beer!
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Cheers Taylor

Great photo, Preston!
I think I have a connecting piece to your background "wood"! Maybe we can send them to Jack for next years covers!

Sounds good to me, even with shipping it's got to be cheaper than that Desert Ironwood was!

Those two would travel well anywhere in the world, a great weekend to you Jack.

Thanks Preston, the same to you

TGIF! Have a great weekend Guardians!

Great pic Mark, have a good one yourself

Have a super weekend, Guardians!

(If you zoom in, Jack, you can see that the Flitz did not remove the "REAL LAMB FOOT" etch).

Cool pic Vince That etch has lasted really well hasn't it? Even though it's 'burned' into the surface of the steel, I had wondered about its longevity, but I think you've clarified that my friend Thanks

Out and about with the rosewood today. I hope everyone is having a good weekend.View attachment 1105240

Looking good there

Good stretch Old Toffee Wings!

Nice contrast with the dark damascus, long bolster and Sambar, Jack. What a lovely piece.

I’m guessing part of the reason for the bolster and choice of a candle-end frame, was the old pieces of Sambar weren’t big enough for a 3.5” swayback frame? Looks magnificent!

Thanks Chin, you got it, some of the earlier Sambar stock would just stretch to a candle-end frame, and this one was originally just supposed to have a standard bolster, but the stock of longer pieces are now exhausted.

Just a general point folks, this is a public forum, read by all sorts of people, some of whom will only have selfish business interests and the theft of ideas at heart. I tend to forget that myself, and probably discuss things more openly than I perhaps should here. I don't want to betray confidences, or risk future projects by being too indiscreet though, so please be aware of that, and remind me if I slip up myself, as I undoubtedly will. I'm happy to answer any questions by PM or email of course

Cool clip Jack, thanks for that. The Black Freighter subplot was one of my favourite parts of Watchmen, I actually like the idea of being able to see it in isolation from the rest of the piece. I think I have it around somewhere, I’ll have to sit down and watch it.

Mine too Chin, and I liked the nod to Brecht. I thought it worked very well with the comic, but I can understand why it wasn't included in the film, and while it's interesting to watch in animated form, I don't think it works as well in isolation. As per the book, The Black Freighter DVD also includes additional 'documentary' footage, which is interesting viewing for fans of the book

Thanks for the extra information, as always Jack, I didn’t know that about the Saw-grinders membership base being in and around the Loxley valley.

By the time of 'The Sheffield Outrages, the union were established throughout much of the city, (though the saw-mills still tended to be in the Loxley/Hilsborough area, on the Loxley and Don), but part of their 'wildness' was explained away as if they were slightly less than civilized - 'The last men to come down from the hills' (like that lot from Mayo! ) The fact that handling the bigger saw blades meant that they tended to be slightly bigger, stronger men. This has also been given as a factor in their militancy, though it may actually have had no bearing. One of the earlier Yorkshire revolts (a full-scale uprising) was by nimble-fingered tailors!

That’s a nice tea, Randy. The folks I stayed with in Belfast, would drink nothing but the extra strong Yorkshire tea.

Definitely one of the cornerstones of Irish life I'd forgotten about the Extra Strong! It's very popular though. I have a mate who managed to get hold of some huge tea-bags made for catering urns, and he just puts one of those in the pot. You should have heard the slagging a feller got in the market the other day for reusing one of said bags!

Thanks for the post Willisoften, I really enjoyed hearing about your memories of the Lambsfoot pattern. May I ask what part of the UK you’re from? It sounds like you might be up north?

The reason I ask is I’m curious as to whether the Lambsfoot was also a ubiquitous pocketknife pattern down in the south of England. Apparently billhooks in the south retained a lot of their parochial style based on village blacksmiths patterns, and users resisted the factory made Sheffield patterns. I’d be interested to know if this same mentality extended to pocketknives?

Interesting point Chin, though the Sheffield factories made many dozens of regional billhook patterns, each named for a village or region. I think I might have a PDF somewhere which includes a few pages of them

Those are really extraordinary looking knives Jack.

Wow, what a blast from the past Jack! I remember making the trek into Melbourne by train in my teens to get that graphic novel when it was first released. Simon Bisley did some amazing looking art, though in retrospect he wasn’t really the best of storytellers with his panels.

Thanks mate

You must have been young then Chin Simon Bisley was riding high and much in demand after his work on Slaine (among others). I guess it's no coincidence the first series he worked on coincided with 2000AD going colour

Very interesting, I’d never have guessed the ‘pulse rifle’ was a dressed up M1 Thompson. Looks like it probably had some stylistic influence from the Steyr AUG as well.

Me neither, and I agree about the Steyr AUG. The Armouries don't get everything right when it comes to firearms (or knives) in my experience, but in this case I guess they got the info from the studio. I noticed that there's some stuff on this weekend relating to the Battle of Towton Moor, so if I get a chance, I might even make another trip down there tomorrow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Towton

Yeah the Wickerman’s a classic. I always think of it and Straw Dogs together, must have seen them both around the same time.

I like Edward Woodward in Callan, and he's great as the pompous and pious Scottish copper way out of his depth! Christopher Lee excels of course!

Smashing photo mate, great colours, which really frame those two beauties well Hope you're having a great weekend

I was not aware of the upcoming HBO series, so thanks for that. I watched a trailer on the new series and it seems that it will not be a re-boot, but rather a new story within the Watchmen story line, with other new characters. I don't have HBO, so I'll probably have to wait for a Netflix release.

Good Morning Guardians

Me neither, I'll have to check it out Fine-looking Rosewood John

Hey Guardians! Willem O’Kelly (Kroo knives) recently sold a lambsfoot he made patterned from his dad’s old 70s Rogers version. Thought you guys would enjoy it—it’s a beautiful example:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv4NBlehO1N/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=nbkwqcw58cpm

Now there's a man who know what a Lambsfoot should look like! Great stuff, thanks for sharing Joshua, someone got a fabulous Lambsfoot there

 

[Jack Black]

Classic

 

[pjsjr]

Thanks, Chin, the Gunpowder Imperial is my favorite green tea. I'm having some Silver Needle white tea this morning.

That is my favorite of your tea pots, Jeff. Well photograghed, shows the intricate patterning in the clay

For me and also because today is Saturday, a Lambsfoot in stag and a craft beer!!!

Nice photo, Jose, have a good day.

That's an awesome blade at a great price.

Hey Jack Black if you have a picture of all the snake woods together can you post a picture?

Happy Saturday Guardians. I have a Lambfoot riding shotgun in my pocket.

Glad you ask about the snakewood Taylor, I'd like to see that also.

Still playing with backgrounds but seeing everyone's pictures I need to "play" with them some more.

Randy, I'd like to see a closeup of that lighthouse and how it's made...especially the top part.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday...

 

[dc50]

Yes, and that wonderful sunrise background sure brings out the colors in your Lambsfoot

Thank you, Preston.

 

[cigarrodog]

Good morning to all you prolific Guardian posters. If not always commenting, know that I’m always admiring (and giving likes to)everyones’ posts. Even the silly ones.

Jack Black I don’t travel much these days, but my satisfying substitute is Google Earth. Took a “journey” through your neck of the woods. Great pubs, etc.

Needs a little work

Part of where Ari and I take pleasant walks.

 

[WDJ]

 

[cigarrodog]

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Nice image. With my luck, the lamb would slide into the drink. Still...very nice.

 

[JohnDF]

Even the silly ones.

Sci Fi and Comics are serious business.

 

[dc50]

Good morning to all you prolific Guardian posters. If not always commenting, know that I’m always admiring (and giving likes to)everyones’ posts. Even the silly ones.

Jack Black I don’t travel much these days, but my satisfying substitute is Google Earth. Took a “journey” through your neck of the woods. Great pubs, etc.

Needs a little work

Part of where Ari and I take pleasant walks.

Always fine photos Harvey. I have to echo your statement "If not always commenting, know that I’m always admiring"

 

[cigarrodog]

Sci Fi and Comics are serious business.

dc50 Thank you Dave. And for your forbearance.

 

[screened porch]

Didn't know there are so many different martial arts. Like to watch movies with it in them...but don't care to watch the MMA type fights on TV, it's real and to brutal...for me.

I don't watch the MMA either.
I prefer the Bruce Lee type stuff to the later stuff where the fighters are flown around on wires. Sammo Hung's acrobatic fights in Martial Law were fun.
This is another spelling of Hsing I.

 

[JTB_5]

Thanks Taylor and Jack! I think Willem’s lambsfoot looks pretty amazing.

 

[WDJ]

Nice image. With my luck, the lamb would slide into the drink. Still...very nice.

My first attempt at a photo involved putting the knife on the slip case, but it started to slide and I had a fright that my rosewood was going to take a bath!

 

[pjsjr]

Good morning to all you prolific Guardian posters. If not always commenting, know that I’m always admiring (and giving likes to)everyones’ posts. Even the silly ones.

Jack Black I don’t travel much these days, but my satisfying substitute is Google Earth. Took a “journey” through your neck of the woods. Great pubs, etc.

Needs a little work

Part of where Ari and I take pleasant walks.

Wonderful photos Harvey, that old knife has so much character, think of all the stories it could tell! That area for a walk is more like a painting by an old master..maybe Winslow Homer or Sargent.

I don't watch the MMA either.
I prefer the Bruce Lee type stuff to the later stuff where the fighters are flown around on wires. Sammo Hung's acrobatic fights in Martial Law were fun.
This is another spelling of Hsing I.

Jer, my dyslexia doesn't allow my to see any comparative spelling. Sleeping Dragon, Couching Tiger is one of my favs!

 

[Jack Black]

Glad you ask about the snakewood Taylor, I'd like to see that also.

Randy, I'd like to see a closeup of that lighthouse and how it's made...especially the top part.
Hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday...

Sorry, I completely missed Taylor's request (trying to edit my Pearl photos and post at the same time)! Here we are guys, I'm afraid it's not a very good one though (it's cropped from a larger pic)

Nice pic of your '19 Preston

Good morning to all you prolific Guardian posters. If not always commenting, know that I’m always admiring (and giving likes to)everyones’ posts. Even the silly ones.

Jack Black I don’t travel much these days, but my satisfying substitute is Google Earth. Took a “journey” through your neck of the woods. Great pubs, etc.

Needs a little work

Part of where Ari and I take pleasant walks.

I haven't done that in ages Harvey, but when Google Earth first appeared, I remember doing stuff like 'flying' over the Grand Canyon!

Those are great photos my friend Here's one of the places I've been to today (hope I get the time to do a write-up at some point! )

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Wow, fantastic pic Wayne Photography favours the bold!

Nice image. With my luck, the lamb would slide into the drink. Still...very nice.

I have already purchased one of those super-strong 'fishing' magnets! Could have done with it today, I accidentally dropped some change out of my pocket, and as a £1 coin rolled under one of the seats, I saw an old lady slyly push it forward with her toe and then put her foot on it!

 

[dc50]

I have already purchased one of those super-strong 'fishing' magnets! Could have done with it today, I accidentally dropped some change out of my pocket, and as a £1 coin rolled under one of the seats, I saw an old lady slyly push it forward with her toe and then put her foot on it!

The nerve!

 

[Pt-Luso]

Nice photo, Jose, have a good day.

Many thanks Preston, a good day to you, too.

 

[dc50]

Those are great photos my friend Here's one of the places I've been to today (hope I get the time to do a write-up at some point! )

That looks like a really cool place to visit.

 

[Pt-Luso]

TGIF! Have a great weekend Guardians!

Good photo Mark, for you also a good weekend.