Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

That is a bummer, Barrett! here is a link that might help.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/handle-rehydration-before-after.555343/
I also remember a product named Hooflex mentioned in a thread somewhere.

Thanks for the helpful link :thumbsup:

I used it on an oak stick from my brother's driveway.
After cutting the stick down again, a nubbin needed reducing to let the cap fit. Then I trimmed off a tiny nubbin that scratched my hand during moulinets, never mind espadrones (sp?)
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(Moulinet means Mill-wheel, which means twirling your stick between thumb and forefinger; espadrone means something like sword-stroke, where you tighten your fingers and accelerate into a cut with a draw-stroke.
For calisthenic and historical purposes only, obviously.
Don't try this at home. Always wear safety glasses.

Nice to see your Guardians Lambsfoot at work Jer, and I'm enjoying your learned ruminations :) :thumbsup:

I just want to say I recived my pocket slip yesterday and thanks so much,I think it's awesome. You did great work and the note that accompanied it shows you but heart and soul into these slips. You added another level to this already great experience. It will be a set I cherish and pass on to my boy agian thank you and jack for doing all this. Pictures of the pair soon

Keith.

Great stuff Keith, looking forward to seeing your pics :) :thumbsup:

I enjoyed Dylan's pics recently of his new buffalo and ox horn pair, and thought to take a similar snap of mine.;)

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Excellent pic Chin, it really shows the horn of both knives well, but particularly your Guardian :) :thumbsup:

Think I'm carrying this one again today ;) :thumbsup:

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Jer, your and Harry's knives were worth the wait (I hope). Fantastic examples, all three of them.
I enjoyed reading about your stick work too, and good to see you put 'Brain-Biter' to work straight away - or should that be 'Oak-Biter'?!
Nice to see your Guardians Lambsfoot at work Jer, and I'm enjoying your learned ruminations :) :thumbsup:
Definitely worth the wait, love it. I'll have to think about whether it really gets a name. Brain-Biter isn't awfully apt.

I guess it's too late to delete my off-topic ramblings. Thanks for your indulgence.
 
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I'm starting to fear that the arid climate of the desert southwest isn't ideal for horn-handled knives. Here are a couple photos of my first A. Wright Lambsfoot, purchased around a year ago. You can see here how the horn has shrunk away from the liners:

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And how the pin now protrudes here:

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(The other pins stick out as well, but that one is the worst.)

This happened within the first few months of owning this knife. The reason I bring it up now is that I'm afraid my beautiful Guardians Lambsfoot may be headed for the same fate. I was handling it this morning and noticed just the slightest burr as I ran my finger over one of the pins, which certainly wasn't there when it arrived a couple weeks ago. I'll be keeping an eye on it, although I don't know that there's much to be done. (I even tried storing that first horn Lambsfoot in my cigar humidor at 66% RH for a few weeks when I first noticed the problem with it, but it didn't seem to help.) :(

Hopefully you can stave off any further dehydration, otherwise that will be a great shame! My first horn handled lambsfoot came completely dried out, it ended up being a rather disappointing experience. Hopefully your knives aren't headed for the same fate. The silver lining though is that I am looking at having the knife re-covered in something nice, plus the two I recently received in horn are both exceptional but I am certainly interested in what can be done to maintain their integrity.

That is a bummer, Barrett! here is a link that might help.
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/handle-rehydration-before-after.555343/
I also remember a product named Hooflex mentioned in a thread somewhere.

Excellent! Thank you for sharing.

Ryun, sorry can't figure out how to tag your forum name on my iPhone.


I just want to say I recived my pocket slip yesterday and thanks so much,I think it's awesome. You did great work and the note that accompanied it shows you but heart and soul into these slips. You added another level to this already great experience. It will be a set I cherish and pass on to my boy agian thank you and jack for doing all this. Pictures of the pair soon

Keith.

I am very happy you are pleased with the slip, Keith. It was a great pleasure for me to contribute something a little extra to an already great effort made by Jack.


Wooden Wednesday saw the horn get put away for the day and I brought this guy out to play.

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Hopefully you can stave off any further dehydration, otherwise that will be a great shame! My first horn handled lambsfoot came completely dried out, it ended up being a rather disappointing experience. Hopefully your knives aren't headed for the same fate. The silver lining though is that I am looking at having the knife re-covered in something nice, plus the two I recently received in horn are both exceptional but I am certainly interested in what can be done to maintain their integrity.



Excellent! Thank you for sharing.



I am very happy you are pleased with the slip, Keith. It was a great pleasure for me to contribute something a little extra to an already great effort made by Jack.


Wooden Wednesday saw the horn get put away for the day and I brought this guy out to play.

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I suspect that there is at least one part-time UK dealer with a lot of old Wright's stock, and he certainly wouldn't know how to look after it o_O I was thinking of having one of mine recovered with some good stag, but then was lucky enough to get two excellent examples in Sambar from the Wright's factory. I do have a pair of old stag scales which ADEE gave me, and I might get those put on a Lambsfoot at some point :) Much as I love the Lambsfoot knives I have with horn, I still really enjoy carrying and using my ebony model :thumbsup:

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Here's a pic for you Dylan ;) :) :thumbsup:

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By coincidence they celebrated their 160th anniversary on the 24th October :thumbsup:
 
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Handsome knives gents. It's enough to make a man jealous.

Are those fluted bolsters steel or nickel silver?

As I had done on my visit with Earl, I decided to go for a chip buttie and a pint at The World's End, which takes it's name from a prophesy by Knareborough's second most famous hag, Mother Shipton, that when the adjacent bridge falls, the world will end! :rolleyes:

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Excellent!!!

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I'm starting to fear that the arid climate of the desert southwest isn't ideal for horn-handled knives. Here are a couple photos of my first A. Wright Lambsfoot, purchased around a year ago. You can see here how the horn has shrunk away from the liners:

hPa8VsQ.jpg


And how the pin now protrudes here:

4gEkHzX.jpg


(The other pins stick out as well, but that one is the worst.)

This happened within the first few months of owning this knife. The reason I bring it up now is that I'm afraid my beautiful Guardians Lambsfoot may be headed for the same fate. I was handling it this morning and noticed just the slightest burr as I ran my finger over one of the pins, which certainly wasn't there when it arrived a couple weeks ago. I'll be keeping an eye on it, although I don't know that there's much to be done. (I even tried storing that first horn Lambsfoot in my cigar humidor at 66% RH for a few weeks when I first noticed the problem with it, but it didn't seem to help.) :(

That is an unfortunate, but all too common occurrence with buffalo horn. It's alive. OK, that's not exactly true, but more than any other natural handle material it expands and shrinks according to the surrounding environment. I've had many frustrating experiences with the stuff. Himalayan Imports handles many of the khukuris they import from Nepal with buffalo horn as it is a very traditional material. That's all well and good, but apparently it works better in humid Nepal because many of the handles crack once they arrive in arid Nevada.

I've had some luck rehydrating horn by applying lanolin, but it'll never return to its original dimensions. Nothing to do except perhaps avoid the stuff in the future.
 
I'm afraid the only way to keep the horn handles in good condition is to use the knife every day, plus obsessively rubbing it like a worry-stone. :p Lanolin sounds like a good idea, too.
 
Handsome knives gents. It's enough to make a man jealous.

Are those fluted bolsters steel or nickel silver?



Excellent!!!

26174656019_70b7de636a_c.jpg




That is an unfortunate, but all too common occurrence with buffalo horn. It's alive. OK, that's not exactly true, but more than any other natural handle material it expands and shrinks according to the surrounding environment. I've had many frustrating experiences with the stuff. Himalayan Imports handles many of the khukuris they import from Nepal with buffalo horn as it is a very traditional material. That's all well and good, but apparently it works better in humid Nepal because many of the handles crack once they arrive in arid Nevada.

I've had some luck rehydrating horn by applying lanolin, but it'll never return to its original dimensions. Nothing to do except perhaps avoid the stuff in the future.

Thanks Christian, they're nickel silver :) I was wondering when someone was going to make that connection! :D :thumbsup:

I'm afraid the only way to keep the horn handles in good condition is to use the knife every day, plus obsessively rubbing it like a worry-stone. :p Lanolin sounds like a good idea, too.

It's either that, or you can all move to Yorkshire! :D ;) :thumbsup:
 
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