pastry gastronomical delights having some party pies, with Charles keeping them company.
Sorry to hear about the bad weather there Leon, I hope everyone is OKWe are getting absolutely getting hammered by wind, and from the South-East which is very rare. Where my brother in law lives, they have really copped it over night, with many road closures and a lot of work for emergency services. Winds were recorded at over 70MPH with lashing rain, our first real winter event and only the first week of winter. Now, Jack you have shown some of your sharpening kit in this post, i was wondering if it would be appropriate to show a new sharpening project i started yesterday in the Guardians thread, you answered my question. I found this system perusing the internet while in lockdown, it was very reasonably priced, looked well made, but looked awkward, and the stone set up looked cheap. I found 2 reviews that said it was not user friendly and loose, i knew that would not be an issue, i just wanted the actual base unit which looked a solid unit, and it is. I have a box of parts from cheap sharpening systems that i have purchased over the years to try that particular style, they were either no good, or broke over time, but i stripped parts off them and have kept them thinking they may come in handy one day, and they have. I like to think i am fairly creative and can utilize parts and bits and bobs to improve or make things, i learnt this as a kid scrounging stuff and making things. I will post some photos from the website of the actual unit, and a photo of what i have now as the starting base unit.
This is how it came out of the box.
This is the base i made yesterday, this is the bottom side with ridges, place this side on a mat and clamped will be very stable. Have put 3 coats of raw linseed on this side, absolutely soaked in immediately. This is what i mean about cost, had this lying around, and could not have got a better fit if you took it to a wood worker and he made it to size.
This is what i wanted, the base, is solid all metal and well made and put together.
The unit cost me $27US, that is all i have put into it so far.
Sorry if i have bored you, but sitting here on last day of full lockdown, and the weather is filthy, have a crock pot of LAMB and vegetable soup cooking[ there is my lambsfoot content ] looking for something to do. But i would value your opinions and thoughts, or any ideas.
Nice project there Hope the worst is over now, and that everyone recovers alrightHaving some lunch listening to the radio about all the storm damage, and just found out some parts of the state got flooding with the rain overnight, you have to feel sorry for the people affected. Just to get my quota in
Good to see you're eating well mate 
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's advice, and slip this Straight Sambar in my pocket today Have a good one Guardians 
I'll be doing a Lambsfoot giveaway then
That is a big effort considering the amount of time the Guardians has been going, just really shows how popular the knife is, but has introduced many to the Lamsfoot for the first time, many i would imagine had never heard of it before Jack started this thread. I did a break down last year of how many posts a day this thread receives, but i cannot remember the number.
That's very generous Leon, it's certainly been great to see the Lambsfoot pattern become so popular among folks who had almost certainly had never used one in the past. I never thought this thread would take off in the way it did, and I'm glad it's still puttering along, thanks to our great regular posters, such as yourselfI'll add one more.
I've heard it said that the man who never got lost never went very far, but I have never gone too far astray - not on my hikes anyway!Well you will have " No Excuses " if you ever get lost on one of your hikes.
There's probably a way around it, involving a magnifying glass and tweezers, but my life is too short.Unfortunately, I get that quite regularly Jer
Life is too short for a world this big.
Life is too short for a world this big.
I bought a new SD card. So far so good.With mine, it's sometimes to do with how the PC reads the card, and formatting the card will allow it to work again
Do you count Lambsfoot knives to get to the sleep part? Nice photo, Dave! Our sister unit in Germany to the 3rd Armored Division was the 5th Panzer Division....they were a thirsty lot!
More Ironwood!
Who ate all the pies...Having some lunch listening to the radio about all the storm damage, and just found out some parts of the state got flooding with the rain overnight, you have to feel sorry for the people affected. Just to get my quota in
50,000....Only 113 posts to go until we reach 50,000 posts Guardians
