Ham, Jam, thank you MAM!
We just ate where the lambfoot point rests, and are headed toward that blue squiggly line about 1.5 hr west to visit an old friend.
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I haven't traveled extensively in the US or abroad, but I'm actually kind of familiar with the area in your map, Jeff. I have a college buddy who has lived in Sioux Falls for years, and I've visited him a couple of times. One summer, my wife, daughter, and I did an impromptu Laura Ingalls Wilder road trip and spent time in De Smet (northwest of your lambsfoot tip), stayed in a motel in Worthington, MN (just east of your knife), and stayed in Spring Valley, MN (on eastern edge of your map) where Almanzo Wilder and the founder of Sears both grew up. Do you plan to drive by the Corn Palace in Mitchell SD?
These two for me today, Happy Friday!
Distinguished duo, Tom.
I saw that Pujols got a very warm welcome last night when he returned to St. Louis for the first time since moving to the Angels.
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I'm joining some buddies for sporting clays tomorrow (a morning of frustration and shame), so I'm going to be totin' this Weidmannsheil bottle/shell puller knife, both for Stagurday sake and as a conversation piece: it has 12 and 16 gauge shot shell pullers for guards at the bolster. Our guns are either semi-autos or O/Us with extractors/ejectors, but it should be fun to see who knows what they are. It does have a cork puller, too, so . . And I'll have a Vic Electrician for nipping cigars.
- Stuart
Your stag Weidmannshell is very distinctive, Stuart!
Your Utica is utterly handsome, Steve!
That's a great description, GT. ...
Much obliged, John.
The little brass one was a birthday gift from my grandmother back in January.
The tortoise shell looking one is an old solingin made Swanworks from a lot of knives I recently bought off eBay.
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Thanks for the info; very cool little knives!
I appreciate the support, Steve.
Today with two beautiful stag knives, A. Wright & Son and Case mini trapper.
Couple of capital stag knives, José!
That Case is a sweetie, GT.
Grateful for the comment, Harvey.
Thank you, Gary. I was inspired by someone.
Gary, I might be the outlier of comments for the knives you posted, but that Carhartt wharncliffe really looks like a great user (and not bad looking either).
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Thanks for your remarks, Dean.
RALF has a stellar new partner, Jeff!
First, type the "meaningful phrase". Then highlight it, and click on the icon above your reply window that looks like a couple of chain links (just to the right of the
A) a window will pop up with a place to paste in a url.
Like this.
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Lambsfoot in horn in the sun:
I'm grateful for your clear instructions, Rachel; they even make logical sense to me!
Whenever I see that fireball hurtling toward the bolster of your horn lambsfoot, I feel the need, the need for speed!
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My favorite part was the peanuts, which settled in the bottom of the box. Best for last! ...
I'm with you on the peanuts, Vince.
Shortly after I received my AC lambsfoot, I bought a 3-pack of Cracker Jack for photo purposes. One of the boxes had TWO peanuts in it!!!
Thank you, fellas, for the compliments. I've eschewed a Barlow for today and went with a worthy replacement, I think.
I'd take an EO teardrop jack over a Barlow any day of the week, Dylan (especially if it were a 2-blade model)!
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Those great old memories; thanks GT! You have an excellent blade assortment in today's terrific trifecta!
I saw something that reminded me of strawberries, so I am going with these two Robeson Jacks (both English) today
Thanks for the nod to my knives, JJ
; I wish I were more intentional about going for blade diversity when I put together my rotation schedule.
Nice strawberry pair!
(I've had NO fresh strawberries this season so far!
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Wishing everyone a very happy weekend as I step out with a Hartshead Barlow and my Abbeydale Jack
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Superb pair, Jack!
The Abbeydale Jack and your "inner glow" oxhorn are still perhaps my favorites from your collection.
Was that movie called
1944, where Christopher Lee's Germans had sold Toshiro Mifune's Japanese a submarine with a defective compass, and somehow they caught Slim Pickens, who swallowed the compass out of the Cracker Jacks before the Japanese could use it?
John Belushi shoots down Tim Matheson, who was only pretending to be a pilot so that Nancy Allen would consort with him. Larraine Gary and Ned Beatty. Cameo by Robert Stack.
Scary. I saw that movie once in the early 80s.
You guys are getting off topic.
Going a little lighter today:
Sounds like the movie you've described has almost the same cast as
Animal House, although I always get Karen and Nancy Allen mixed up.
The magnifier on your SAK reminds me of one of my favorite Cracker Jack prizes, the plastic magnifying glass.
Y’all have a great day!
Wright's Hartshead Barlow for me too.
Your stag Hartshead Barlows both bark with the big dogs, Ron & John!
- GT