Thanks, FBC.
Man, ain't that the truth!
When we first started renting a cottage in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, we'd go up for a week. Not counting our trip up and back, that gave us 6 full days of vacation. The first few years, we probably averaged 4 day trips over those 6 days: go to Mackinac Island for a day, or a day for Tahquamenon Falls, or a day for Drummond Island, or a day for Sault Ste. Marie, or a day for Whitefish Point, or a day for Pictured Rocks, or a day for St. Ignace, etc. I'd be exhausted when we got home. Now we spend two weeks at the rented cottage and make maybe 2 day trips over the two weeks. Some years, I've only left the cottage/lakefront for morning walks and trips to library and grocery store. I come home feeling WAY more refreshed!
Sounds like the two of you had a fantastic time, John; welcome back!
Thanks, Dwight.
Superb photo of some sumptuous stag!
Both hat and knife are top-shelf, Barry!
Sounds like you're a speculative fiction author who plans ahead, Greg!
In my haste to catch up, I apparently missed that first photo of a trio (among a bunch of other topics and pics I've seen referred to in other posts, but never noticed the originals).
Paul, that's kind of the look I have on my face when I'm gazing at all the incredible pics of the Waynorth jigged bone lambsfoot, including yours!
Hi, Larry. Us!
And your knife is heavenly, Taylor!
Your stag lambsfoot HHB is looking prim, prime, and pristine, Dennis!
Superb pics, Jack,
but I think now you're just messing with our minds!
Previously, you've set us up by showing pics of 2 different stag HHBs in the same post, and now you switch to 2 pics of the SAME stag HHB in a single post! I'm too old for such shenanigans!
I enjoy your knife-in-the-grass photos, José; this one of your stag HHB is excellent!
Bill, you have smokin' hot stag on your Hartshead Barlow; great shot!
Greg, how is the horn on that knife doing? Is it quite stable now, or do you still experience seasonal changes? I admire your commitment to that one!
That's just poetry, John!
It's basically a lambsfoot version of "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways."
Astounding knife, Matt!
We all know the real answer to "What more do I
need?" is "Nothing." But looking at that knife, I wonder if the answer to "What more do I
want?" ought to be the same!!
Thanks for the ironwood compliment, Vince and for reminding us of how attractive yours is!
I think yours was the first on which I noticed the "hills and valleys" caused by little "kinks" in the grain.
I'm thinking of your PB & Spam experiment as the first step toward an official Guardians Sandwich!
Thanks for the info and the compliment, Greg.
I'd never have thought about rosewood handles possibly being unsanitary because of their porosity! I think of myself as being quite "risk averse" because I don't drive fast, or drink and drive, or text and drive, or bungee jump, or jaywalk, or brawl in bar rooms. But I actually exhibit a lot of risky behavior when it comes to food safety: eating things of indeterminate age and provenance from the fridge, drinking "expired" milk, picking up ingredients off the floor and tossing them onto my plate or into the bowl, rinsing off utensils without obsessing much about potential "germs".
That's a tremendous trio right there!!
Congrats, Glenn!
Those composite covers kind of appeal to me for an all-business lambsfoot.
Much appreciated, Jack.
Yeah, I don't know why that particular model has grabbed my attention in such a stranglehold!
Congrats, and welcome to the Guardians!
You sure don't need the blade etch to know you've got the "real deal" when it comes to lambsfoots.
Quintessential Quintet, Rachel!
Valley Jack with the tin it rode in on:
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