Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Angry Waiter]

 

[SteveC]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who couldn't tolerate it in its original state!!!

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[SteveC]

Happy Saturday Guardians !

 

[birdsbeaks]

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Nice work, Steve! What an improvement! As yours appeared to also, as evidenced by the upswept secondary bevel at the tip in the before picture, mine had profound issues there.

To really fix the tip on mine, I think, would require losing about a mm of blade length and probably reshaping the angle of the spine from the dip to the tip, lest it start to look like a sheepsfoot!!

I think I'll leave it as is for now and hope that a healthy patina develops to blend the contrasting areas on the blade.

I reckon that, eventually, everything sharpens out.

 

[echoscout]

Howdy Guardians! Thunderstorms last night. Power went out for a while. Beautiful spring day Venture today

 

[SteveC]

Nice work, Steve! What an improvement! As yours appeared to also, as evidenced by the upswept secondary bevel at the tip in the before picture, mine had profound issues there.

To really fix the tip on mine, I think, would require losing about a mm of blade length and probably reshaping the angle of the spine from the dip to the tip, lest it start to look like a sheepsfoot!!

I think I'll leave it as is for now and hope that a healthy patina develops to blend the contrasting areas on the blade.

I reckon that, eventually, everything sharpens out.

Thanks, the before picture was even after I tried to straighten it out as best I could just by sharpening.

 

[SteveC]

Howdy Guardians! Thunderstorms last night. Power went out for a while. Beautiful spring day Venture today

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Sweet FC Jigging

 

[Tyson A Wright]

My best friend will grow a bunch of starters from seeds and then share them around with everyone for their gardens. A few years ago I think we got three tomato plants from him. He contacted me a few weeks ago and asked how many we'd like this year, and I told him to give me all the tomatoes he can - put me last on the list and I'll take whatever's left over. I was kind of hoping we'd get ten or so plants - we have plans to build a bunch of good raised beds for next year, but we still have the kind of crappy raised bed from last year, and we could get about ten in there.

He showed up with sixty plants - tomatoes, peppers, squash, basil...

So Dawn and I spent all our spare time over the last couple of weeks (which wasn't much because we've been kind of buried beneath work and church commitments) clearing a spot and building the 2026 garden beds. I've moved four cubic yards (that's about three cubic meters for my metric friends, or two full-sized truckbeds-full) of redwood mulch. I have another two cubic yards sitting in my truck right now. This will finish up the bed nearest the camera in this pic and cover up the paper on the ground all around them. Then I need to put two to four yards of topsoil in the beds, then we can actually plant the plants which are currently living on my sun porch - hopefully all done next weekend. With them going in the ground so late I'm not if we'll actually get much produce, but hey, we're way ahead on our 2026 plan.

The GL-24 was around for the whole thing, and was helpful in digging a few redwood splinters out.

As a follow up to the above post, we finished building the beds, filled 'em up with redwood mulch and good raised bed soil, and got the plants plunked into the ground. I rednecked together the little table in the middle from scrap wood left over from making the planters.

 

[echoscout]

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Much better

Happy Saturday Guardians !


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Sweet FC Jigging

Thank you kindly

As a follow up to the above post, we finished building the beds, filled 'em up with redwood mulch and good raised bed soil, and got the plants plunked into the ground. I rednecked together the little table in the middle from scrap wood left over from making the planters.

Garden coming along nicely Great

 

[SteveC]

Bonus pic of the day

 

[echoscout]

 

[Fodderwing]

I used to love those old buses Fantastic pic Dwight, what a Lamb!

Gracias amigo. Kudos to Wolfie!

Nice scene and Barlow

Thanks mate.

Bonus pic of the day


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Gorgeous image and stag.

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[mitch13]

The Barrett.

Cold walk this morning due to the wind, even had to put my beard up in a man bun So I went down 1 of the bush tracks this morning.
The bush shots I show you to gauge the day, you used to be able to walk tracks to the hospital nothing in between. This is what you get when you goL about 200 metres in. Last year they started on a 4 lane freeway by pass running north to South, not finished till the end of next year maybe. even compulsory acquired homes for the start of the by pass.

 

[Tyson A Wright]

The Barrett.

Cold walk this morning due to the wind, even had to put my beard up in a man bun So I went down 1 of the bush tracks this morning.
The bush shots I show you to gauge the day, you used to be able to walk tracks to the hospital nothing in between. This is what you get when you goL about 200 metres in. Last year they started on a 4 lane freeway by pass running north to South, not finished till the end of next year maybe. even compulsory acquired homes for the start of the by pass.

I clicked love on your post for the knife, not for development encroaching on your walk.

 

[mitch13]

I clicked love on your post for the knife, not for development encroaching on your walk.

That's okay brother is was a good picture too in the light.

 

[btb01]

That is heartwarming news Barrett Not long until Yorkshire Day!

I decided to get a chip butty before crossing town for my medical appointment, and took a photo for Scout

I realized after mentioning it that Julie and I might be traveling on Yorkshire Day this year, but I’ll figure something out. Have to make sure Scout gets her chip butty.

I can happily report that he achieved his ambition While the rest of us wanted to be astronauts, football players, or brewery owners (OK, that was just me), Steven Burgin wanted to be a school caretaker (janitor). By secondary school, while the rest of us were chasing girls or smoking behind the cricket pavilion, he was hanging out with a small group of middle-aged caretakers, and he eventually joined them professionally

That’s great!

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Just got back from my lake. It is Nemeiben Lake in northern Saskatchewan. in the space of less than a week a forest fire has burned 100% of the shoreline
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I saved my cabin by removing all of the combustible lumber and kayaks, canoe etc out from underneath and spraying down the bush surrounding the area with a fire hose for 2 days. The cabin survived but I almost wish it hadn't because of the decimation of the surroundings. I don't know how the cabin survived, the heat cracked most of the windows and scorched the siding in places. Amazing all of the stuff in the shipping containers was all ok as well, including 8 5 gal cans of gas.

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Wow, Dan. Glad you were able to save your cabin, but I can only imagine how disheartening the whole situation still must be.

Golden Gordon wondered by with a huge, heavy satchel, which turned out to be full of coins he had brought down for a collector who hadn't turned up. When I felt the weight of it, I was amazed he could lift it!

It’s amazing how heavy a bunch of coins can be! Several years back, I took a box full of change (quarters, nickels and dimes, no pennies) that I’d been collecting for years to the bank. The box was only the size of a shoe box, but it weighed 70-something lbs and came out to (if I remember correctly) around $1100.

(I’ve continued collecting my change since then — I usually toss any I have in my pocket into a mason jar at the end of the day — but I use cash so much less now than I did back then that it hasn’t amounted to nearly as much.)

I’ve been thinking about my collection, I know it’s far fewer than many but I got up to 17 lambs at one point. I’ve gifted away a few recently and am back down to 11 or 12.

If you really had to cut back what would be your top 3 or 5?

For me this would be the five, except I’d swap out the Harrison for my GL-24.
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A top 3 would be
3 - Volkofsky
2 - Cosimo
1 - Huntsman.

I’m very fortunate to have some beautiful lambfoot knives.

The winner
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I’d make a joke about this being like forcing us to choose our favorite child, but as a father of young kids yourself, you might agree that, depending on the day, choosing a favorite (or least favorite) child really isn’t all that tough.

Thanks heavens In the UK, there's a chance they'd have woken up with a leg missing and gender reassignment!!

I mean, compared to that, your botched head operation sounds like a great success!

As a follow up to the above post, we finished building the beds, filled 'em up with redwood mulch and good raised bed soil, and got the plants plunked into the ground. I rednecked together the little table in the middle from scrap wood left over from making the planters.

Looks like you’ve been working hard, Tyson!

Today was our local fire department’s annual fish fry. We usually meet up with some friends there and always have a good time. The only downside this year was that about 5 minutes after we arrived, it started raining, and that very quickly turned into a torrential downpour. The kids had to abandon their spot in line for face painting while we all ran for cover under one of the large tents they put up for the event.

Thankfully the rain didn’t last too long, and the girls were able to go back for face painting after we ate.

Scout in particular had been looking forward to the fish fry, and while her enthusiasm isn’t apparent in this photo, I can assure you she was excited to be there, and ate at least twice as much as her big sister.

By the time we were done eating, you could hardly tell that it had rained at all.

 

[Jack Black]

Glad to hear you're getting some treatment for your elbow. I've had that a few times over the years and it's no fun.

Best of luck to Wofie !

Thanks Steve, I hope you don't suffer with it again in the near future

Good morning Guardians. It is bright and sunny outside this morning and already quite warm. Worked up a good sweat during my morning stroll around Lake Osprey. Looks like I'll be carrying my Blue Rope today - such a nice knife. Re-cycle photo from 2024.
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That photo is definitely worth re-cycling Bill

Like Bear & Son and Case over here, putting in all the work shaping, pinning, polishing, etc just to wind up with sub-standard results makes me a little bit crazy. If you're going to do it and you have all the tools, why not just do it right?

It reminds me of a conversation Gordon Ramsay had with a restauranteur on the show Kitchen Nightmare. It went something like:

Gordon: Why do you hate being a chef?

Restauranteur: I don't. It's my passion.

Gordon: Are you taking the piss? You must hate it, you bloody donkey. You've BURNED the chicken! Look at it, it looks a mess, it looks like the dog's BLOODY dinner! Why would anyone burn the chicken unless they hated having to cook it?! Tell me the truth. What happened?

Restauranteur: I'm not sure what you...

Gordon: Get out. Get OUT! GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT, GET OUT!!! WE'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN!!!

LOL! It must be extremely difficult to recruit skilled cutlers, but you'd think they could at least find someone who they could train to put a reasonable edge on. The problem started when the company was sold, because it was bought by one of only 2 decent cutlers working there, who then removed himself from the factory floor, with one of the other cutlers (from an original workforce of only 5) choosing to retire. Those terrible edges have been a feature for over 5 years now though, and things aren't getting better

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Nice pic Pete Hope you're OK buddy

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Well done Steve, you did a good job of that

Happy Saturday Guardians !


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Good-looking stag

Howdy Guardians! Thunderstorms last night. Power went out for a while. Beautiful spring day Venture today

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Hope that's the last storm for a while David

As a follow up to the above post, we finished building the beds, filled 'em up with redwood mulch and good raised bed soil, and got the plants plunked into the ground. I rednecked together the little table in the middle from scrap wood left over from making the planters.

Nice work Tyson

Bonus pic of the day


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Cool pic

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Sweet jigging

The X6 is the bus I get from Leeds to Bradford Dwight, and the one that took me to Armley the other day Cool composition buddy

The Barrett.

Cold walk this morning due to the wind, even had to put my beard up in a man bun So I went down 1 of the bush tracks this morning.
The bush shots I show you to gauge the day, you used to be able to walk tracks to the hospital nothing in between. This is what you get when you goL about 200 metres in. Last year they started on a 4 lane freeway by pass running north to South, not finished till the end of next year maybe. even compulsory acquired homes for the start of the by pass.

Really sorry to hear about the unwelcome intrusion Mitch

 

[mitch13]

Thanks Steve, I hope you don't suffer with it again in the near future

That photo is definitely worth re-cycling Bill

LOL! It must be extremely difficult to recruit skilled cutlers, but you'd think they could at least find someone who they could train to put a reasonable edge on. The problem started when the company was sold, because it was bought by one of only 2 decent cutlers working there, who then removed himself from the factory floor, with one of the other cutlers (from an original workforce of only 5) choosing to retire. Those terrible edges have been a feature for over 5 years now though, and things aren't getting better

Nice pic Pete Hope you're OK buddy

Well done Steve, you did a good job of that

Good-looking stag

Hope that's the last storm for a while David

Nice work Tyson

Cool pic

Sweet jigging

The X6 is the bus I get from Leeds to Bradford Dwight, and the one that took me to Armley the other day Cool composition buddy

Really sorry to hear about the unwelcome intrusion Mitch

Thanks Jack.
You can't stop progress I thought you'd find it interesting.
I'll always find good places to walk

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning Guardians, yesterday turned into a bit of a marathon for an old feller like me! I called in at the cafe for beans on toast, and a muffin, and I'm glad I ate, because it was a lot later before anything else but beer went into my stomach I called in at Matt's, as I had some birthday gifts for his lad, Cillian, and had half an hour with them, before catching a taxi to the boxing venue. The contest was being held in a large old Working Men's Club in a run-down part of Leeds, and it was a bit like going back in time inside.

The opposing boxers had come from a boxing club in Burton-on-Trent, once world famous for its beer, and they had brought a couple of titles with them, both of which were taken. There were about 8 fights I think, all just 3 round contests, with several not going the distance. Without the usual diabolical DJ, the raffles, buffoonery by the MC, and various other time-fillers, it was a relatively short event, and all the better for that. The promoter's ecconomising was not reflected in the ticket price typically.

Unfortunately, Wolfie's fight was a total mismatch, and he dropped his opponent 3 times with body-shots in Round 1. His opponent was game enough to get up, but completely outclassed. Unfortunately, the fighters are paired by a boxing board, who just go on statistics, and at 47, Wolfie would normally be well over the hill. I hope to be able to post a video at some point, but only took a few pics on my phone, as we were seated quite a long way back.



Looks like they didn't bother to take the balloons down from the 50th birthday party the night before!

There were quite a few of us out, so we headed into town to continue drinking, and ended up in a series of venues, one of which used to have a nice roof-terrace, but which is now completely surrounded and overshadowed by towering yuppie apartment buildings. I managed to grab a slice of pizza at some point. Nice to see some old friends, and I'm hoping Wolfie's next fight is a long way off

I hope everyone is having a great weekend. Unfortunately, I have a 3 hour online meeting this afternoon, which is rather inconvenient, and while they are often cancelled, I don't think this one will be I'll be trying to get in as much sofa time before then Enjoy your Sunday Guardians