Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Not too bad! ;) :D

(Sorry, Ron, I couldn’t help myself! :))
Congratulations Barrett! :thumbsup: We’ve not won a game since I posted that quote! :( Arkansas has two things Tennessee doesn’t. They have a quarterback and a coach! :rolleyes:

Good Morning Guardians, I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend :) I was in bed by 9.00pm, and still feel pretty shattered today :rolleyes: Raining today, but I have more than enough to do in the house, and plenty to catch up with here too. Have a peaceful and relaxing Sunday Guardians :) :thumbsup:

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A great photo Jack! :thumbsup: And thanks for all the others too my friend! :cool:
 
No mischief for me, fellows, but I had a nice time sittin' out on the porch. :cool:

Thanks for the photos, Jack. The deserted tourist beach sounds like the beginnings of a fabulous ghost story.

Good to hear Rachel :) A pleasure, that place was spooky enough during daylight yesterday! :eek ;) :thumbsup:

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It’s a different one for sure Jack! But it is still a Lambsfoot! :) :thumbsup:

It certainly is Ron, they come in many shapes and sizes :) :thumbsup:
 
Yes, this AC is a true Janus's head; dark and light.
I enjoy the "dual personality" that so many of the ACs have. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:
Do you ever think about your first AC in comparison to your current one, Joshua?

Now you're over thinking it.:D:D:D Good to see you around.:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::):);)
"Paralysis-by-Analysis" is my middle name! :rolleyes:

Yes Gary, such a smashing guy. I hope both he and his wife are OK. I felt very sorry for them having to move from their idyllic former home, but then they seemed to be settling into a nice new town. I always enjoyed Dave's posts, and I'm sure he's missed by many here :( :thumbsup:

I hadn't realised that it was so long since you had posted here yourself! :eek: I hope we're going to see a bit more of you in the near future my friend! ;) :) :thumbsup:

Thanks for the kind words :) I'm glad that, for the most part, this overcrowded isle has been able to maintain some 'green belt' between our towns and cities :) I think the ash slingshot may need a little fine-tuning, no problem hitting a tin-can, but I generally shoot at much smaller targets. I didn't know that about baseball bats, but it doesn't surprise me, ash is great wood, and the wood of choice for spears, most famously Odin's! I have an ash walking staff :D :thumbsup:

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Great to see Black Jack :) :thumbsup:
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Thanks for the kind words, Jack, and for the additional ash facts; ash as a favored wood for spear shafts was something I didn't know. :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
As for how often I'll post in this thread in the near future, I'd like to post more frequently, but I'm again teaching one class each semester, and doing that in the pandemic has turned out to be incredibly time-consuming for me. :eek:

Hey GT good to see you back here; you always have lots to say as far as I'm concerned. :thumbsup:
Yip, thanks, that was my ironwood. Just fancied a savoury calorie bomb. :D
Good to see your Black Jack again.:thumbsup:
Suggestive photo of your knife, Gary.:thumbsup::thumbsup::)
Thanks Gary! We had a great time! :) :thumbsup:

Looking good as usual Gary! :) :thumbsup:
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I know what you mean my friend. Old tractors bring back lots of memories for me as well.:) Black Jack is still looking might hale!

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I, and Black Jack, appreciate the compliments, David & José & Ron & Dwight. :):)



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I haven't heard that expression before. Obviously a bad thing.
David has used it here before, and I asked about its meaning and history:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/guardians-of-the-lambsfoot.1406735/page-1087#post-19021279
I'm impressed by the way you take the new expression and make it your own! :D

Good morning Guardians !
Pumpkin sourdough.
Long live the Lambsfoot and the carbohydrates :D
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Dan, you are so gifted! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: I love the art work on the crusts of your loaves and the finish on the handle of your lambsfoot!

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Welcome back, GT!
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I hope everyone has a reasonably pleasant Monday. I'm going to try to get my errands done, so I can hunker down the rest of the week. Whatever happens, I expect to be hungover on Wednesday.
We don't celebrate Guy Fawkes Day or Mischief Night around here, but there seem to be a lot of parties in the streets this evening. ;):D
Thanks for the welcome back, Rachel. :)
I hope you enjoy the street parties. ;)

Hi there GT - thanks for your kind words. I have my right eye stitched shut for 2 weeks and I don't mind saying that it is a real pain in the... :eek:. Can't wait for the stitches to come out and for me to get back to a normal life agin.
Good morning Guardians and all. Just when I was feeling a little low:( I received in the mail a package that really cheered me up:D. @Modoic ED gifted me these two beauties. :D
What a nice act of kindness and generosity.:thumbsup: Thank you Ed. There is a 2019 Guardians Knife (Rattail bolster and Ironwood covers) and another SFO by Jack Black Jack Black with Bagpipe Ebony.:thumbsup:
These two will be keeping my HHB company.
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Sunny morning today but I'll be pretty much cooped up :mad:. Hot compresses on my eye for the next week and then hopefully the stitches will come out.:thumbsup: In the mean time I'm struggling not to go nuts.:confused::eek::rolleyes:
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Good morning Guardians and all. Beautiful morning today. Cooler and low humidity here in Coastal NC.
Got this in my pocket today.
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Sounds like quite an ordeal, Bill. :eek: But with one eye stitched shut, most people will think you're quite the rogue, winking at them all the time! ;);)
Accolades to Modoc ED Modoc ED for sending you a couple of sweet lambsfoot knives to cheer you up! :thumbsup::cool::cool::thumbsup: I seldom see you post a lambsfoot other than your stag HHB; you caught me off guard! :rolleyes::thumbsup::thumbsup:



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Thanks Gary it's good to see ya. I am a south paw.....Wait, what does that explain??? ;):D

Jake's always ready for work, haha.

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Have a good week y'all.
I didn't have anything specific in mind, FBC! ;) I just remember from high school Latin class that the Latin word for "left-handed" is "sinister"; just sayin'... :rolleyes:
Jake is a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

I got a new cup myself today :)
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It's not quite as nice as my other kuksa, but it holds more ;) :thumbsup:
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Congrats on the new cup, Jack; cupple of beauties you have! :thumbsup::thumbsup:;)

I'd like to think that Mark Twain was as sensible as he was satirical - so if he was indeed sensible, then a Lambsfoot would have made a good choice of pocket knife for him.

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It was rather delightful, Jack! I think I'll have another later this evening. Until then, I'll enjoy a dram of Lagavulin. Hope you all are having a good weekend so far.

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Some fine photos of a pair of ravishing lambsfoot examples, Dylan! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

Talking of 'trying times', a supermarket delivery error left me me with a pack of half a dozen jam doughnuts :eek: I thought I better make a start :rolleyes: Those doughnuts won't eat themselves :D ;) :thumbsup:
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Truer words were never written, Jack! :p:thumbsup::thumbsup: We all owe you a debt of gratitude for taking on the thankless task of disposing of inadvertent doughnuts! :D

I felt the urge to carry stag today so my Hartshead got the nod! I hope y’all have a safe day out there! :) :thumbsup:
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Your stag HHB is a handsome hombre, Ron! :thumbsup::cool::cool:

- GT
 
Admirable ancient lambsfoot, José! :cool::thumbsup::cool:

Good morning Guardians! This thread is moving a lot faster than I am this morning! :rolleyes: Pam and I were just texting about the Covid situation here. It’s getting bad again, maybe worse than before! :( She was telling me about an employee at a nearby plant that worked 3 days knowing they had a positive test. Absolutely no concern for their fellow employees! :thumbsdown: One thing that is steadfast and dependable is a Big Ebony Lambsfoot in the pocket! Y’all please be careful and try to stay safe out there! :):thumbsup:


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Good morning Guardians! Big Rosie says hey! :eek: :D


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I agree about COVID, Ron. :eek::(:mad: The graphs from around the world for new cases per 100K people and hospitalizations per 100K just keep getting worse recently, and are worse then was the case back in the spring when COVID was the top story every day. (I fear I may have played my last game of basketball back in early March; how sad.)
How many big lambsfoot knives do you have, Ron? The ebony and the rosewood are both impressive specimens!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

The lambsfoot has been doing yeoman service in my pocket for a couple of months. No pics because my photos have not been uploading lately unless they are shot against a plain, untextured background, and what fun is that? It is a nice size, and plays well with the Opi and the Electrician that ride in my front pocket. Developing a patina, too.
Sounds like a versatile trio you're toting! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

My current flock. I've thinned it quite a bit over the last few months - from 20-knives down to 9-knives.

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That's a superb "baseball team" of lambsfoot blades you have. ED! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:

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I'm going to have to abandon my latest slingshot project, as one of the forks has developed a substantial crack :(
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Sorry to read about your slingshot setback, Jack. :(:mad:

Memorable jigged bone WCLF!! :cool::cool::thumbsup:

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My walk yesterday.
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Murky day! :eek: Do you eat your pies cold when you're out and about, David, or do you have a way to heat them?

Not too bad! ;) :D

(Sorry, Ron, I couldn’t help myself! :))
Congratulations Barrett! :thumbsup: We’ve not won a game since I posted that quote! :( Arkansas has two things Tennessee doesn’t. They have a quarterback and a coach! :rolleyes:
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I love sports rivalries, since they really don't mean anything, but they're still fun/frustrating depending on the outcome! ;):thumbsup::cool:

Here's some pics from my walk yesterday :thumbsup:
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We stopped for a sandwich on a rickety wooden bridge over a small stream, and continued on through the muddy river-side fields, with the cold mist clinging to our clothes.

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Strangely, this deserted place once attracted hundreds of visitors on warmer days. Between the wars, before the days of cheap overseas travel, many artificial beaches were created by importing sand from the coast. This happened most famously in London, next to Tower Bridge, but here at Netherby Deep, as this section of the Wharfe is known, hundreds of tons of sand was brought all the way from Bridlington on the Yorkshire coast, and used to form a recreational spot for people from Leeds, Harrogate, and the smaller villages nearby. It was known as Kearby Sands.

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The sand is gone now, and the crowds don't come here anymore. All that is left, buried beneath weeds, is the remains of a brick and stone building, which once catered to the needs of local tourists, perhaps serving teas and ice-cream. There is a basic wooden bench, possibly an old railway sleeper from the railway line which once ran across the Wharfe nearby, and a large chilling sign, on which the following can be barely read:

DANGER

This notice was erected by the grandfather of 8 year old twin boys who lost their lives here. They were last seen by the water edge. Five hundred people were here but nobody saw anything. If you care for your children please take them away. Avoid this place as you would a plague.

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On a sunny day in 1963, Andrew and Stuart Nicholson from Leeds, were playing along with hundreds of others, while their parents sunbathed, when they suddenly disappeared. Their bodies were later found by police divers. The tragedy led to a decline in the popularity of Kearby Sands, and it is now a largely forgotten spot, with the local pub, and other ameneties long closed. All that remains is a small caravan park, which seems strangely out of place, unless you know the history of the area. I doubt that the chilling notice did much to encourage further tourism.

We sat at the spot for a while, and then continued on our way, walking along a country lane, and then back into the fields.
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The moon was out, but there wasn't much sign of the sun, and I was surprised when I looked at my watch and saw that it was only 2.00pm and not later.
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Struggling back through the mud, we returned to Harewood Bridge, and a timely bus back to Leeds.
Thanks for the fine pics and prose about your hike, Jack! :thumbsup::cool::cool: I really enjoyed the story of the "artificial beach"! :cool::thumbsup::cool:
At the school where I still teach part-time, one of the geology profs is a specialist in sand dunes. She used to always take some of her students in vans about 30 miles west of campus to the Lake Michigan shoreline where the students would help out with various aspects of dune research. But with the pandemic, packing students into vans for a lengthy drive is not advised. So the prof somehow managed to get a BUNCH of sand trucked to campus and created an "artificial dune" near the ecosystem preserve on campus. She now can lead her students over there on foot (only about 0.5 miles one-way) to do at least some of the observations they used to do in natural dunes.



Another beautiful day ruined by yard work.
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I picked up some leaves yesterday and I'll do more today, but I REFUSE to spend ALL of such glorious days just doing yard work!! :eek::mad: (I'm becoming quite a grumpy old man! :rolleyes:)

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So the prof somehow managed to get a BUNCH of sand trucked to campus and created an "artificial dune" near the ecosystem preserve on campus. She now can lead her students over there on foot (only about 0.5 miles one-way) to do at least some of the observations they used to do in natural dunes.
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I'll join ya Ron

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Looking good Ed! :)

Your stag HHB is a handsome hombre, Ron! :thumbsup::cool::cool:
Thanks Gary! :)

I agree about COVID, Ron. :eek::(:mad: The graphs from around the world for new cases per 100K people and hospitalizations per 100K just keep getting worse recently, and are worse then was the case back in the spring when COVID was the top story every day. (I fear I may have played my last game of basketball back in early March; how sad.)
How many big lambsfoot knives do you have, Ron? The ebony and the rosewood are both impressive specimens!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:

I love sports rivalries, since they really don't mean anything, but they're still fun/frustrating depending on the outcome! ;):thumbsup::cool:
The COVID is scary stuff Gary! Sorry about your basketball games. I know you enjoyed them. I’ve got 4 big ‘uns Gary. A Rosewood, an Ebony, an Ironwood and a Pere David stag. I really like the big ‘uns! :) :thumbsup: The sports rivalries can be frustrating, especially for a Tennessee Vols fan! :rolleyes:
 
I enjoy the "dual personality" that so many of the ACs have. :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup:
Do you ever think about your first AC in comparison to your current one, Joshua?

Interesting question :thumbsup:

Thanks for the kind words, Jack, and for the additional ash facts; ash as a favored wood for spear shafts was something I didn't know. :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:
As for how often I'll post in this thread in the near future, I'd like to post more frequently, but I'm again teaching one class each semester, and doing that in the pandemic has turned out to be incredibly time-consuming for me. :eek:

The story of how Odin hanged himself on his own (ash) spear to attain knowledge (the Runes) is a fascinating one Gary :thumbsup:

Congrats on the new cup, Jack; cupple of beauties you have! :thumbsup::thumbsup:;)

Thanks pal :) :thumbsup:

Truer words were never written, Jack! :p:thumbsup::thumbsup: We all owe you a debt of gratitude for taking on the thankless task of disposing of inadvertent doughnuts! :D

Thank you my friend, someone had to jump on that grenade :rolleyes: ;) :thumbsup:

Sorry to read about your slingshot setback, Jack. :(:mad:

Thanks Gary, probably won't be the last :rolleyes: :thumbsup:

Thanks for the fine pics and prose about your hike, Jack! :thumbsup::cool::cool: I really enjoyed the story of the "artificial beach"! :cool::thumbsup::cool:
At the school where I still teach part-time, one of the geology profs is a specialist in sand dunes. She used to always take some of her students in vans about 30 miles west of campus to the Lake Michigan shoreline where the students would help out with various aspects of dune research. But with the pandemic, packing students into vans for a lengthy drive is not advised. So the prof somehow managed to get a BUNCH of sand trucked to campus and created an "artificial dune" near the ecosystem preserve on campus. She now can lead her students over there on foot (only about 0.5 miles one-way) to do at least some of the observations they used to do in natural dunes.

Thanks mate, that is fascinating :D :cool: :thumbsup:
 
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