Guardians of The Lambsfoot!
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Wow. Great post Dylan. Glad to hear that your first outdoor adventure with Rosie was such a success.
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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While talking about mushrooms, this is a Sheepsfoot
What are the little ones called?!
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Yeah I'm a union contractor in the Mills in northwest Indiana. I repair the mills as they fall apart.
Great photos @gonebad395.
Is this one of a 'melt' of steel being prepared? Very cool to see.Those of you who might frequent the Lounge might have gotten a taste of what I am getting ready to post. Regardless, this is all about the Lambsfoot. I went on a hunting trip this last weekend and I took Rosie with me, it is technically the first time that I have taken her out into the wilderness with me as I usually leave my folders at home, the Victorinox Huntsman being the exception of course.
I wanted to see how capable the Lambsfoot could be in a more rugged setting and I have to say, Rosie was exceptional. Though my hunt for animals was a bust, despite my buddies downing a few grouse, my hunt for wild mushrooms was hugely successful and I brought home quite a haul of Chanterelles, Lobsters, and Chicken of the Woods.
The Lambsfoot knife proved to be especially adept at cleaning and trimming mushrooms, processing the grouse, preparing other foods, and just simply being a terrific cutting companion. Aside from occasionally using a small fixed blade, I actually didn't use many of the other knives I had brought with me other than giving them a good sharpening during some down time.
I apologize that I did not get more "working" pictures but it can be awfully difficult to do camera work whilst having so much fun doing other activities.
This is almost a picture perfect specimen, just a gorgeous Chanterelle.
Perched atop of a mound of freshly picked Chanterelles.
Somewhat cleaned and trimmed. Rosie made the work easy.
A large Lobster, one of my very favorites.
Some very picturesque Chicken of the Woods, Rosie helped out yet again.
Our final meal before packing up and heading home consisted of fresh wild Grouse, paired with potatoes, zucchini and onions, diced chanterelles fried in butter, some homemade black pudding and followed up with some homemade bangers (which I did not get a picture of). I cannot tell you how amazing that meal was and my picture certainly does not do it any justice...
All in all, a fine trip, I will certainly be including a Lambsfoot in my outdoor kit from now on, I would be a fool not to.
Loved your post, Dylan, excellent photos too.
I think any hunt is a success in a way, as long as you've learned from the hunt and refined your knowledge and techniques, regardless of whether your quarry was taken or not. I've had hunts where meat for the freezer was taken without any real application of hunting skill, and likewise, many 'unproductive' Sambar hunts, where I felt I learned a lot more in terms of refining fieldcraft, and tracking and interpreting 'sign'.
That last meal when camping when everything is used up, is always delicious - yours looks amazing!
i agree, the Lambsfoot definitely punches above its weight as a camp folder.
I'll have to get out and take some more 'Lambsfoot on fungus' pics of local species here! This is the only one I have - common field mushrooms.
(Unfortunately, the day I took this pic a few months ago, I also lost my ebony Lambsfoot.
I'd been hoping it would turn up, but ah well - I just hope if someone found it, that they're also enjoying the virtues of the Lambsfoot!)
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(Unfortunately, the day I took this pic a few months ago, I also lost my ebony Lambsfoot.
Great pic Chin, but...
Awww...gutted mate
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Great pic Chin, but...
Awww...gutted mate
Thanks mate. Yes, it was my own carelessness, unfortunately.
I'd been taking a few photos in a nearby forest, when I spotted a few clusters of field mushrooms. Confirming the ID, I gathered a couple from each stand, cutting the stalks free with my ebony Lambsfoot, so as to leave the mycelium underground intact, and encourage more growth, next season.
My pockets and hands were full, and I brushed the blade of the Lambsfoot closed against my leg, and put it in my coin pocket, which I never normally do. I think it may have fallen out from there somewhere. I retraced my steps the next day, with no luck, and have been half hoping it'll turn up, somewhere. Anyway, hopefully someone else picked it up and is enjoying their lucky find, now. At least that'd be preferable to it rusting away somewhere.
At least I got some ok photos of it, that day:
And more time to use this one...
And this one.
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Wow the handle scales on the last a.wright? Look really nice, what are they made out of?Thanks mate. Yes, it was my own carelessness, unfortunately.
I'd been taking a few photos in a nearby forest, when I spotted a few clusters of field mushrooms. Confirming the ID, I gathered a couple from each stand, cutting the stalks free with my ebony Lambsfoot, so as to leave the mycelium underground intact, and encourage more growth, next season.
My pockets and hands were full, and I brushed the blade of the Lambsfoot closed against my leg, and put it in my coin pocket, which I never normally do. I think it may have fallen out from there somewhere. I retraced my steps the next day, with no luck, and have been half hoping it'll turn up, somewhere. Anyway, hopefully someone else picked it up and is enjoying their lucky find, now. At least that'd be preferable to it rusting away somewhere.
At least I got some ok photos of it, that day:
And more time to use this one...
And this one.
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Thanks mate. Yes, it was my own carelessness, unfortunately.
I'd been taking a few photos in a nearby forest, when I spotted a few clusters of field mushrooms. Confirming the ID, I gathered a couple from each stand, cutting the stalks free with my ebony Lambsfoot, so as to leave the mycelium underground intact, and encourage more growth, next season.
My pockets and hands were full, and I brushed the blade of the Lambsfoot closed against my leg, and put it in my coin pocket, which I never normally do. I think it may have fallen out from there somewhere. I retraced my steps the next day, with no luck, and have been half hoping it'll turn up, somewhere. Anyway, hopefully someone else picked it up and is enjoying their lucky find, now. At least that'd be preferable to it rusting away somewhere.
At least I got some ok photos of it, that day:
And more time to use this one...
And this one.
I hate to lose anything, and I'm sure you're the same mate. What a shame
Hopefully someone is putting it to good use, but could be it's been trodden into the dirt - maybe a metal detector would help? I lost a knife in about 1971, and I'm still gutted Nice pics pal Ox horn
Like this one 
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thanks for telling me Jack, but just look at all those colors, what a beauty it is.I hate to lose anything, and I'm sure you're the same mate. What a shame
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(Unfortunately, the day I took this pic a few months ago, I also lost my ebony Lambsfoot.
I hate to lose anything, and I'm sure you're the same mate. What a shame
Sorry to hear about your lost Lambsfoot, Chin! As you said, though, hopefully someone else will find it, perhaps it'll make their day, and maybe it'll even introduce them to the world of traditional knives!
Went camping for my birthday a few weeks ago and lost my trusty GEC 77 barlow, so it's a lot easier to choose between it and my lambsfoot these days...
Although it's got me to thinking that maybe instead of finding a suitable barlow to replace it I should just order another lambsfoot!
Although it's got me to thinking that maybe instead of finding a suitable barlow to replace it I should just order another lambsfoot!
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The blond horn look superb
Thanks JP and Kevin-B.
I hate to lose anything, and I'm sure you're the same mate. What a shame
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Cheers, Jack.
The ground in that area is reasonably hard, or was then, but at one point my path crossed a less used walking track, which is also a mountain biking downhill run, so someone may have picked it up soon after I was there, pulling stuff out of my pockets to take some pics. Ha ha, I feel your pain on that 1971 loss - commiserations my friend! It's funny the big stuff we can just shrug off in life, and how there's other seemingly trivial things we get quite attached to. I've been intrigued by metal detectorist vids on Youtube for a couple of years, but don't think I know anyone with one.Kevin, the horn cover scale on that side is actually almost translucent, so the gold colour is actually reflected light off the inside of the brass inner scales/liners. It's a beautiful effect - changes all the time depending on angle, and light. There's a little bit of white feathering in it too, like wisps of cloud, seen looking down from a 'plane. The gold colour has darkened over time as well, with oxidisation of the brass.
Another interesting thing is, you can see a few strike marks on the brass from a small flat head punch. Sheffield cutler, Stan Shaw mentioned that he taps a similar line about a quarter inch in from the edge, on the side of the liners without a pin, so it induces a very slight curvature to the brass scales, and they fit snug, and flush to the cover material, at the edges.
Sorry to hear about your lost Lambsfoot, Chin! As you said, though, hopefully someone else will find it, perhaps it'll make their day, and maybe it'll even introduce them to the world of traditional knives!
Thanks Barrett, and I certainly hope it does, too, my friend.
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Sorry to hear that, my friend.
Yeah it sucks to lose an ol' trusty, like that. I like to temper the thought, by imagining some kid might have found an awesome knife, that introduces them to good quality traditional pocketknives, as Barrett said.Another old pic:
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Sorry to hear that
Nice to hear you think so highly of your Lambsfoot though Cheers, Jack.
Thanks pal, I was talking to a metal-detectorist in the market the other week. The detectors are very sophisticated these days, though not inexpensive. Interesting hobby
That was an interesting conversation wasn't it? I think Stan referred to it as 'dishing'
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Neat trick. Nice to hear these things that aren't likely to get written down.
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What a beauty.
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With my memory, I was glad to have Chin there to take notes!
The technique can be seen on this heavily-worn old Joseph Rodgers Lambsfoot.
Thank you very much, it's larger than my usual choice of Lambsfoot, but I couldn't resist snapping it up when I saw it on the bench at the Wright's factory
Here it is compared to the Buffalo Horn Lambsfoot I was carrying yesterday 