I'd rather have a Swayback than a bad back! - Winner Drawn!

[clutchcarter]

Thanks for the chance Jack. I'd love to be the proud owner of that great knife.
best of luck with that pesky back. I've been blessed to have a pretty healthy back (knock wood!)

like hamsco, I was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky, home if that little horse race. Louisville has always been a small big city if that makes sense, you meet someone you know whenever you're out and about.

Here's a picture some of you might remember from Earl's early travels here in Looavul.

 

[Henry Beige]

Please count me in. I live in Minnesota, east of Saint Paul in Washington County on the Saint Croix River. Right across the river lies Wisconsin, land of cheese curds, New Glarus beer, and Ed Gien. Wisconsin's coulee country, in the breaks of the Mississippi River, offers some of the best motorcycling to be found anywhere. As much as I like Wisconsin, however, I always get a little bit nervous crossing the river, on account of the Ed Gien thing.

Minnesota sees itself as a bit more civilized, although we have our fair share of jack pine savages, second- and third-generation Norwegians and Finlanders, gone feral in the Nort' Woods.

 

[LongBlade]

Hi again Jack - just realized I have a lambsfoot previously posted under Golden Age of Sheffield - pg 72 - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Sheffield-quot-1830-1930-A-golden-age/page72 My George Butler Trinity Works Sheffield swayback peach pruner... for sure a swayback is way better than a bad back!!

Guess I get 2 chances in the hat now according to your first post reference to this... I need as many chances as I can - I have no luck ever in drawings ;-)

Cheers
Lee

 

[SadSappySucker]

Great giveaway idea! I've lived in Loganville GA for almost 20 years now(pretty much my whole life). I've lived in three houses in this town. A buddy needed a room mate(and I needed to get out of my parents house), so I'll be moving into my fourth this weekend. In high school I used to despise this city for being so slow. I just wanted to live in the city and do cool punk rock stuff! However, now I couldn't imagine living anywhere else. Plus I spend a lot of my time working in Atlanta, and I've really grown to dislike the ultra fast paced city life.
Now on to the lambs foot, I've really admired this knife and have wanted to get my hands on one. But with the(from what I hear) hit or miss modern production knives and the trouble of tracking down a vintage one I have put it on the back burner.

Thanks for the chance Jack, and I hope you have a speedy recovery!

 

[traumkommode]

Glad to see all the Georgia folks piping up! I'm in Atlanta! Some photos below.

1) I'm in, thanks for having the giveaway
2) I teach yoga, and I only mention that to give credence to the following: Stand somewhere and look at your feet. If the outside edges of your feet don't point in a straight line forward, and instead turn outward making a "V" shape, try rotating your whole leg inward. Stretch that way and see if it helps at all with the sciatica. You can also like on your belly, let your thighs come straight back from your hips, and either reach back or have a partner gently press your feet outward. Doing this will also help relieve the lower back stiffness and aches.

Here's a picture I took on Ponce De Leon Avenue, on an adventure with my friend in the doorway, whose name is Tim.

And here's one of the sunset in Piedmont Park.

 

[Kitten Party]

Very generous of you and congrats on the 20k post :gasp:

My happy place is my hometown of Nashville Indiana, a rural tourist town, kinda of like a mini Gatlinburg TN. Puts a smile on my face every time I go back. Sadly, I dont have a single picture of the place, to be honest, I really only take pictures of knives and my life has not been documented on film.

 

[Tilley Knife]

Thanks Jack, a very generous GAW indeed. I'm glad to hear that you are recovering. I was born in the mountains of North Carolina but after laying my head in several different parts of the world, I now reside in the heart of the Old North State. Below is a picture of my wife and son as well as my son with one of our bucks from this winter. At the bottom is one of my favorite local spots and the lambsfoot swayback that often accompanies me. It's a Case Loom Fixer that was given to my grandfather in 1965. Regards

 

[SA Condor]

I'd very much appreciate a chance to win a Lambs Foot! I was pretty gung-ho about the idea in one of our Forum Knife threads: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...Crossroads!/page11?highlight=2016+forum+knife It's post 205. Then I spoke up in support of the idea several more times. I appreciate all the background and info you shared Jack.

As far as 'home', that's Bethlehem, New Hampshire for me. What a privilege it was to grow up in a small town in the White Mountain National Forrest. The woods and the mountains were my backyard and playground. Sadly my parents had to move away almost a year ago because of health. So now a visit there with my family will never be the same. My wife and kids have grown to love the area over the years, but now 'my home' is no longer my home! It feels weird.

Here's a picture from Bretzfelder. I had lots of Cub Scout and Boy Scout activities here and where I first learned important knife skills with my first knife a Buck 500. I bought it myself after saving up for it from tips from my paper route.

 

[Jack Black]

Many thanks for the posts folks, I am really enjoying reading about where you all live, all very interesting stuff to me, and the pics are beautiful. Sincere thanks also for the well wishes for my sciatica, those of you with back problems certainly have my sympathy too :thumbup:

I was born, and live in Louisville, Kentucky. But really enjoy heading to the eastern pat of the state, and the Appalachian mountains. Louisville is well known for a horse race that coming up in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for the chance Jack. I'd love to be the proud owner of that great knife.
best of luck with that pesky back. I've been blessed to have a pretty healthy back (knock wood!)

like hamsco, I was born and raised in Louisville Kentucky, home if that little horse race. Louisville has always been a small big city if that makes sense, you meet someone you know whenever you're out and about.

Here's a picture some of you might remember from Earl's early travels here in Looavul.

Greetings Kentuckians! Your state seems to have a fascinating history, and I enjoyed learning more about Cassius M Clay while pondering his knife - http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...-Kentucky-(1810-1903)?p=15620428#post15620428. I know what you mean about a 'small big city', Sheffield is just like that, everytime I visit I bump into an old school friend or someone I worked with 20 years ago!

Fantastic pic I don't think life gets any better than that :thumbup:

I feel lucky to live in Connecticut (CT) and New England… lots of old knife history here and greatly influenced by Sheffield from which many of the workers originated in the 1800s.

Thank you for a fascinating post, and for those incredible photographs. I really enjoyed reading the story of the old Sheffield cutlers in the GEC book, it seems that apart from their cutlery skills, they were long-remembered for their drinking habits and impenetrable accents! That's a lovely old knife you linked to too :thumbup:

 

[meako]

Well I nearly ruptured my entire spinal column today hauling ridiculously heavy concrete plant boxes around for ....yep.....one of my wifeys friends.Why Meako why?I hear you call.
Well browny points for one. But more importantly she is a former nurse from the Australian Army and was on active service in teatowel land.So I helped her out. I would respectfully ask everyone to pay a moments respect for Aussies and Kiwis who have served in the military this coming Monday.
ANZAC Day.
Apologies for the derail.
Here in full colour glory is the MKB Mount Keira Bar.
In the reserve behind my house it has been the scene of many fun times mostly involving beer.

Here also are yours truly and the lovely Janette with Mt Keira in the background taken from the girl guide camp.

Mt Keira has a long standing history with the scouting organisation.
The Mt Keira Scout Camp up the hill a bit from here was opened by Lady Baden Powell in the 1930s- it was the ends of the Earth back then and very remote.
Still going strong.
Cheers Jack and thanks for the chance.

 

[MTURBO]

I feel your pain man! I have had back problems since my military years. Great giveaway!!:thumbup:

 

[supratentorial]

Best wishes with the back! It's a beautiful knife and a generous giveaway. I've moved around. One of the more interesting places where I lived recently is Mount Desert Island in Maine. I live there year round for several years... though not long enough to be considered an "islander". Locals who are originally from out of town are called "flat landers" ...tourists are sometimes called worse. Some folks just live there during the summer and move to Florida for the winter. A lot of tourists visit during the summer to hike Acadia National Park... and some "leaf peepers" visit during the fall after much of the tourist traffic has died down. During the winter, only a few hearty folks remain on the island. In most of the USA, the Friday after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) is a big shopping day but the island has its own tradition. During the "PJ sale", folks wear their pajamas around town, students race beds on the streets, and the downtown stores are all open for one big sale (you have to wear pajamas for the discount) before they close until the following tourist season. The grocery store, the pub, and a couple of the restaurants remain open year round. Most are only open during the tourist season. You won't find a McDonalds or a Walmart on the island. Only local shops and restaurants. There's one road on or off the island. That created some problems when the Obamas vacationed here and the motorcade blocked off traffic! Off the island... about a 20 minute drive for me... there's a Wallmart. 60 minutes away is the nearest mall and that is close enough for me. I had a lot of friends who lived off the island so I did a LOT of driving when I lived there. During the summer they all came here, of course.

 

[Wurrwulf]

What a wonderful knife! Thank you for the opportunity.

I grew up in a small town called Bayou Gauche in Southeast Louisiana. It sits right on Lake Salvador and fishing and hunting was a way of life for all of my friends. I never much got into the wildlife scene, as I grew up in a family with a propensity for fast cars. The beauty of the area is undeniable, though, and the pace of life is wonderfully slow. My mother still lives there, and I love to drive down the bayou every time I go home.

 

[Blake the Blade]

Hey Jack, sorry to hear about the back mate. I thought there was something missing on the old Trad's forum recently. As you know I now reside in sunny Bognor regis on the South Coast, though I originally come from London's East-End and, though I do love Bognor and Sussex generally, it's definitely true what they say about 'taking the boy out of the city....'. Anyway here's a couple of pics; one of which I took of the pier recently and one of an old ironmongers that used to be in town. One can only imagine the range of folders they would once have stocked, ones like yours perhaps and certainly ones from Sheffield. I'll try and put up a link of a recent lambs foot post (I need to learn how to do that) in order to maximise my chances of winning this most generous giveaway. I'll be honest, it would mean a lot to win it. Good luck to everyone else and get well soon. :thumbup:
Untitled by Blake Blade, on Flickr
Untitled by Blake Blade, on Flickr

 

[silenthunterstudios]

Thanks for the chance Jack.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchville,_Maryland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norrisville,_Maryland

I have lived my entire life in a county in Maryland affectionately referred to as Hazard county, it's real name is Harford county. I have lived in two small towns in the county, first in Churchville, which is close to Aberdeen Proving Grounds and the bustling town of Bel Air/Belair. My parents moved to Norrisville in the farthest northwestern corner of the county, take a pen and draw a dot on the map, there they are, when I was 5. We moved up in the world last year when we got our first Royal Farms, a local MD/PA/DE chain famous for it's fried chicken. One elementary school, not too far from my house; one year a tree fell and the bus couldn't make it back to my house, they let me off and I walked the three miles home. Our library branch is next to the rec center, all built in the past ten years. The old, massive farms have given way to developments, no town homes yet, but big McMansions squeezed in together, looks like giant shoehorns got them situated. Or, developments surrounding farmhouses and old barns. Seems to be that way across the county, very few big farms left. People moving in to appreciate the woods/small forests, the timber gets clear cut and the people move in and complain there are no more trees to look at...

I'm going to miss it when I get a house right over the Mason Dixon line in PA, my father has about ten acres. Some of it woods. The views are absolutely gorgeous. I stopped for a moment on a night hike and looked out across the valley, absolutely beautiful in the moon light. I used to think the area was dead and boring, until I started working in the city of Baltimore and traveling. Small cities like York, Baltimore, Harrisburg, Wilmington. Too noisy, too much hustle bustle. A little late, but I'm starting to find out how much I'm going to miss the little town.

 

[idahoguy]

Thanks for the generous opportunity on a beautiful knife.
I live in Potlatch, Idaho, a town of 500 or so. Wish I'd lived here all my life. Deer, elk turkeys aplenty. Here's a picture of a nightly visitor to the spring.

Here's a picture of Debi giving Stinkbug a bath in the kitchen sink. (Hey, we live in Idaho!)

This stinkin little skunk sleeps in bed with us every night and is such a joy to live with.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks again for all the kind words, and for sharing something about where you live, I'm sure that I'm not alone in finding the stories fascinating, and the photos beautiful. I live in a pretty compact little island, and the sheer scale of US geography is something I find awesome in itself :thumbup:

...I've moved around. One of the more interesting places where I lived recently is Mount Desert Island in Maine. I live there year round for several years... though not long enough to be considered an "islander". Locals who are originally from out of town are called "flat landers" ...tourists are sometimes called worse.

Thanks for an interesting tale and some wonderful pics Jake. One of my next door neighbours is from a small island off the southern coast of England - the Isle of Wight. I'm told unless you've had family there for 2 or 3 generations, they refer to you as a 'grockle' (a tourist)! :thumbup:

Here's a picture of Debi giving Stinkbug bath in the kitchen sink. (Hey, we live in Idaho!)

This stinkin little skunk sleeps in bed with us every night and is such a joy to live with.

You're clearly great animal lovers my friend! :thumbup:

 

[kamagong]

Hope you feel better soon Jack.

 

[RDaneel]

Jack, I don't normally participate in giveaways, but your kind offer for a chance at a Sheffield Real Lambsfoot is too good to pass up.

Although I grew up mainly in Upstate New York and Michigan, since my teen years I have spent several years in Oklahoma and Korea and a couple in Arizona. We eventually settled in Central Ohio 29 years ago and now live just a couple miles south of Columbus. We have access here to great shopping (including books another of my passions). My main joy in recent years is to hike the local parks. Central Ohio has a great Metro Park system with 19 parks currently (a new one launches next month just two miles from my condo here in Grove City). Every Thursday I hike with my friends in the these diverse parks.

Here's a photo of one of the more peaceful and regenerating paths we have walked (about 10 miles from me).



Some local fauna.



And me in front of a Giant Sycamore.

 

[Blake the Blade]

Here's my recent lambs foot post link Jack, managed to work out how to do it (pleased). Great GAW, many thanks.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...ence-of-The-Lambsfoot?p=15941007#post15941007