Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Don't believe that I have posted pictures of the Guardians that were taken in some good sun light yet . The Midnight Special really changes .


Neither have I posted a picture of all my Lambfoot together since I received the Wooden covered one from @mrknife . Nice Grain in the Mark Side cover .


Harry
 
Beautiful knives Harry :) You're getting quite the Lambsfoot collection my friend, thanks for showing them :) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Cool pic GT, and I hope you enjoy your breakfast :) I had a tea and toast when I got up, but am preparing to fix myself my Sunday morning sausage sandwich. Historically, here at least, I think 'lunch' is a relatively recent middle-class affectation, and ordinary folk, particularly in the north, say 'dinner' (which the posh folks have at supper time). Here, most folks I know refer, as in the past, to their evening meal as their 'tea' (they might get a light snack as supper later). That usage goes back a long ways, but I don't think it's as old as 'supper'. In the 1980's, while visiting a primary school I believe, Margaret Thatcher famously said, "There's no such thing as 'dinner', it's 'lunch'!", which has probably helped to keep the word 'dinner' alive in the north of England! :D :thumbsup:
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Jack Black said:
Anticipating that my sausage sandwich will look a lot like this! ;) :D :thumbsup:

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Interesting ruminations on usage of words for meals, Jack. :cool::thumbsup: Back on the farm, the meals were called breakfast, dinner, and supper, but we also had a mid-morning "coffee time" (my beverage was usually water, milk, or KoolAid, rather than coffee) that was usually spent in the kitchen. There was also a mid-afternoon break, unnamed IIRC, that often took place in the field.
I admire your relatively "light" breakfast. I tend to eat a massive breakfast, but then nothing except some fruit until the evening meal. My breakfast today consisted of 6 kinds of "ready-to-eat" breakfast cereals in a bowl with flax seed, peanuts, dark chocolate M&Ms, half an apple, 20 sliced grapes (green and red), and milk; second course was two pieces of toast with honey and peanut butter and a cup of hot OJ with instant coffee crystals mixed in.

Old Engineer said:
Don't believe that I have posted pictures of the Guardians that were taken in some good sun light yet . The Midnight Special really changes .


Neither have I posted a picture of all my Lambfoot together since I received the Wooden covered one from @mrknife . Nice Grain in the Mark Side cover .


Harry
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Thanks for sharing pics of your handsome knives, Harry!! :cool::cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

bonzodog said:
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That's some ebullient ebony!! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:

WhittlinAway said:
Everyone thinks they have the best Guardians Lambsfoot; and none of them are wrong. :D

(With apologies to W .R. Purche)
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I don't think I have the best, Greg, but I wouldn't trade mine for anyone else's! ;)

Yet another poorly-lit shot of my rosewood lambsfoot near a Christmas decoration:
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- GT
 
Hey guys have a lot of catching up to do. December work is always crazy the mills have to spend all their maintenance money before the new year or they won’t get as much next year. So That means crazy hours but good checks lol. I hope everyone is well and wish you all a great and safe holiday.
 
5K Qs said:
Interesting ruminations on usage of words for meals, Jack. :cool::thumbsup: Back on the farm, the meals were called breakfast, dinner, and supper, but we also had a mid-morning "coffee time" (my beverage was usually water, milk, or KoolAid, rather than coffee) that was usually spent in the kitchen. There was also a mid-afternoon break, unnamed IIRC, that often took place in the field.
I admire your relatively "light" breakfast. I tend to eat a massive breakfast, but then nothing except some fruit until the evening meal. My breakfast today consisted of 6 kinds of "ready-to-eat" breakfast cereals in a bowl with flax seed, peanuts, dark chocolate M&Ms, half an apple, 20 sliced grapes (green and red), and milk; second course was two pieces of toast with honey and peanut butter and a cup of hot OJ with instant coffee crystals mixed in.


Thanks for sharing pics of your handsome knives, Harry!! :cool::cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:


That's some ebullient ebony!! :cool::thumbsup::thumbsup:


I don't think I have the best, Greg, but I wouldn't trade mine for anyone else's! ;)

Yet another poorly-lit shot of my rosewood lambsfoot near a Christmas decoration:
oSGIrWu.jpg


- GT
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I believe Breakfast-Dinner-Supper are the most traditional forms GT :thumbsup: When I have worked in factories, we had mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks, usually called 'tea-breaks', though sometimes the earlier one would also be called 'breakfast' if we had a particularly early start. In the old cutlery workshops, this break would actually be the worker's breakfast, and was quite a big part of the day, and a task of the apprentices, who among other things, would have to make the tea. In accounts I have read from the early-mid 20th century, the cutlers would all bring their 'mashin's, which was loose tea and a smear of condensed milk wrapped in a twist of newspaper, and the apprentice would throw that straight into the pot. I can dig out a few accounts if there is interest :thumbsup:

Of course, in earlier times, Sheffield cutlers mainly drank ale, rather than tea, and drank a great deal of it. Monday was a so-called 'Saint's Day' - Saint Monday - which was given over to recovering from the heavy drinking of Sunday, so no work was done, and they either spent the day in the pub, or drinking in their workshops. A few cutlers celebrated Saint Tuesday, and even Saint Wednesday too! Saint Monday wasn't confined to the cutlery trade, or even to Sheffield though, but in Sheffield there were still cutlers celebrating as late as the 1960's, when the practice had long disappeared elsewhere.

I struggle to eat much early in the day GT, but I have a weakness for good bread, so really enjoy my toast, and have that for breakfast about 360 days a year! :D It sounds as if you have hollow legs my friend :D ;) :thumbsup:

Thanks for another festive pic :) :thumbsup:

gonebad395 said:
Hey guys have a lot of catching up to do. December work is always crazy the mills have to spend all their maintenance money before the new year or they won’t get as much next year. So That means crazy hours but good checks lol. I hope everyone is well and wish you all a great and safe holiday.
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Thanks for stopping by Keith :) It is the same here, but usually just before April as the financial year runs April to April. I guess December is a better time to be earning my friend :) Hope to see more of you soon :thumbsup:

I thought I'd carry some stag today, though since this Lambsfoot is one of the smaller ones, I figured I could still pocket my Guardians Lambsfoot too ;) Hope everyone has a good week :thumbsup:

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Old Engineer said:
Don't believe that I have posted pictures of the Guardians that were taken in some good sun light yet . The Midnight Special really changes .


Neither have I posted a picture of all my Lambfoot together since I received the Wooden covered one from @mrknife . Nice Grain in the Mark Side cover .


Harry
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:eek::D:cool::thumbsup::thumbsup: Amazing collection !!
 
smiling-knife said:
Nice lambsfoot knives everyone. An enjoyable thread. Thank for posting.
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Good to see you here my friend :) Greg is currently working on an index for the thread, which will hopefully make it easier for posters to access information. I don't know if you're aware, but because of Photobucket's changes to their terms and conditions, some of your photos no longer show up. If you have time, it'd be great if you could re-edit your posts and include new image code, or upload pics directly :thumbsup:
 
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