Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

rockman0 said:
Just now starting to bring out the Christmas decorations. Hope everyone is having an enjoyable weekend !:thumbsup:
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Good to see you Rob :) Cool pic :cool: :thumbsup:
 
Great photo of your amazing alar lambsfoot, Jer!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::cool:
Is that morning frost on the wood?

- GT
 
Thanks Jack! I've been lurking, only have the one lambsfoot and I left the clip in the well on my Christmas picture to avoid a forbidden post :eek:
I do have a single blade lambsfoot on the way, I'll post it up once it's in hand. It's a user so I'll finally have a chance to see how I like the blade. :thumbsup:
 
rockman0 said:
Thanks Jack! I've been lurking, only have the one lambsfoot and I left the clip in the well on my Christmas picture to avoid a forbidden post :eek:
I do have a single blade lambsfoot on the way, I'll post it up once it's in hand. It's a user so I'll finally have a chance to see how I like the blade. :thumbsup:
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Thanks Rob! :D I'm looking forward to hearing how you find the pattern :) :thumbsup:
 
It's amazing to me the wealth of knowledge that has been shared in this thread over the past year and a half. I enjoy reading the thread as it unfolds and, increasingly, find myself searching through past posts for valuable tidbits of information.

Unfortunately, finding what one is looking for in 164 pages (and counting!) can be challenging. I imagine it's also quite daunting for newcomers to wade through when they are looking for specific information that they know must be tucked away somewhere.

The other day it occurred to me that the Guardians of The Lambsfoot thread would benefit from an index. I've put some thought into it and think it would work well if the thread had an index that was organized into several sections, each with their own post and link from post #1. That would give the index sections more room to grow before running into limits on post size and number of links. It would also allow the work of maintaining the index to be spread among multiple Guardians.

Index sections could be things like: Defining Characteristics, History, Manufacturers, Notable Lambsfoot Knives (e.g., Mallory's Lambsfoot, the Lambshank, Jack's Guardians edition teaser posts), Care and Feeding, etc. The sections themselves would be similar to the index of a book, listing topics and the posts where information on that topic can be found. I don't think we'd need to catalog every post; having the post where the discussion began, or resumed after a period of dormancy, would be sufficient.

As a concrete example, here's what the beginnings of the Care and Feeding section might look like:
  • Care and Feeding
What do you all think? Would such an index be useful to you? Are there other index sections that would be helpful?

If there's interest, I'd be happy coordinate the effort of building it.
 
I spent some time after church but before lunch taking some "holiday photos" of a couple of my lambsfoots. I'm going to try posting one here via the "attachment method" that seems to have become quite popular on The Porch since the unfortunate phonybucket fiasco. Wishing myself luck ...
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OK, not quite as easy as I'd hoped (couldn't just cut and paste a photo from my screen), but a couple of steps shorter than going through imgur as I usually do.

- GT
 
While I was experimenting, Greg posted what I consider to be an inspired proposal!!!:thumbsup::cool::thumbsup::cool::):p:D
I think an index would be a wondrously useful feature for the thread!
I'd be happy to work on a section, but I couldn't start until January.

Thanks for sharing a magnificent idea, Greg!
(Next summer, I may start making my own private indices for some of my favorite threads, or just a list of links to posts throughout The Porch that I find of interest, alphabetized by topic. People are always asking me what I'm going to do after I retire; can you imagine the looks on their faces as I share THIS idea with them?? :D)

- GT
 
WhittlinAway said:
It's amazing to me the wealth of knowledge that has been shared in this thread over the past year and a half. I enjoy reading the thread as it unfolds and, increasingly, find myself searching through past posts for valuable tidbits of information.

Unfortunately, finding what one is looking for in 164 pages (and counting!) can be challenging. I imagine it's also quite daunting for newcomers to wade through when they are looking for specific information that they know must be tucked away somewhere.

The other day it occurred to me that the Guardians of The Lambsfoot thread would benefit from an index. I've put some thought into it and think it would work well if the thread had an index that was organized into several sections, each with their own post and link from post #1. That would give the index sections more room to grow before running into limits on post size and number of links. It would also allow the work of maintaining the index to be spread among multiple Guardians.

Index sections could be things like: Defining Characteristics, History, Manufacturers, Notable Lambsfoot Knives (e.g., Mallory's Lambsfoot, the Lambshank, Jack's Guardians edition teaser posts), Care and Feeding, etc. The sections themselves would be similar to the index of a book, listing topics and the posts where information on that topic can be found. I don't think we'd need to catalog every post; having the post where the discussion began, or resumed after a period of dormancy, would be sufficient.

As a concrete example, here's what the beginnings of the Care and Feeding section might look like:
  • Care and Feeding
What do you all think? Would such an index be useful to you? Are there other index sections that would be helpful?

If there's interest, I'd be happy coordinate the effort of building it.
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You're an ambitious galoot.
 
For my official giveaway post, I'll go with this. My wife and I have celebrated 33 Christmases together, and each of those years she has made ornaments for our Christmas tree. My favorites are some tatted ornaments that she made about 30 years ago. If you not familiar with tatting, it is a very old fashioned way to make lace by hand, using miniature shuttles. Each of these represents multiple hours of work. She made about a dozen, this picture is just a sampling. Tatting is truly a dying art, very few people learn it any more. Every single loop of thread, every single knot, is done individually by hand with that small shuttle.
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I don't know what it is but I keep coming back to this thread and looking at all these beautiful knives. I've decided that I need a Lambsfoot in my pocket but don't want to drop a lot of money since I've never carried one. What would you gentleman suggest for someone new to this pattern in the U.S.?
 
WhittlinAway said:
What do you all think? Would such an index be useful to you? Are there other index sections that would be helpful?

If there's interest, I'd be happy coordinate the effort of building it.
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I for one would be grateful for your efforts! Please do so. A section on Wrights knives and one on the historical bits would be right handy. It is a very nice thread, but has become a bit like wrestling an octopus to find particular facts.
 
Solphilos, I had the same feeling. I finally couldn’t resist anymore and ordered a rosewood Lambfoot from Wright’s website with a pruner handle. I asked them to select a nice one, but was prepared to be disappointed. At least it was not very expensive. However, I was pleasantly surprised with a very nice knife about a week later!

The rosewood is bright with a nice grain, the blade is evenly centered, and the more slender pruner handle gives it a classy look (sort of like a sway back jack). The blade is beautiful. It appears slightly longer in relation to the handle than a lot of the knives shown here which contributes to the classy look. I only have two complaints; lots of space between the spring and liners, and the blade is very toothy. I cannot get it to smoothly cut through paper like my other knives. Pretty minor issues really.

I like the knife a lot. The customer service was great! Although I ordered from Wright’s website, the knife was mailed to me by the Famous Sheffield Shop. My order was handled flawlessly by Sam. I did mention to them the interest being generated by this thread, and I let them know that one of their countrymen, Jack Black, was largely responsible. I hope you do not mind me mentioning your name Jack. I wish I could post a photo, but I do not know how. Otherwise, I would participate in the giveaway. I will figure it out some day! But I highly recommend you give it a shot. My knife is definitely a keeper. They are special and fun to carry.
 
WhittlinAway said:
It's amazing to me the wealth of knowledge that has been shared in this thread over the past year and a half. I enjoy reading the thread as it unfolds and, increasingly, find myself searching through past posts for valuable tidbits of information.

Unfortunately, finding what one is looking for in 164 pages (and counting!) can be challenging. I imagine it's also quite daunting for newcomers to wade through when they are looking for specific information that they know must be tucked away somewhere.

The other day it occurred to me that the Guardians of The Lambsfoot thread would benefit from an index. I've put some thought into it and think it would work well if the thread had an index that was organized into several sections, each with their own post and link from post #1. That would give the index sections more room to grow before running into limits on post size and number of links. It would also allow the work of maintaining the index to be spread among multiple Guardians.

Index sections could be things like: Defining Characteristics, History, Manufacturers, Notable Lambsfoot Knives (e.g., Mallory's Lambsfoot, the Lambshank, Jack's Guardians edition teaser posts), Care and Feeding, etc. The sections themselves would be similar to the index of a book, listing topics and the posts where information on that topic can be found. I don't think we'd need to catalog every post; having the post where the discussion began, or resumed after a period of dormancy, would be sufficient.

As a concrete example, here's what the beginnings of the Care and Feeding section might look like:
  • Care and Feeding
What do you all think? Would such an index be useful to you? Are there other index sections that would be helpful?

If there's interest, I'd be happy coordinate the effort of building it.
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I think that's an absolutely fantastic idea Greg, and am very grateful for your offer to coordinate things :) I'd be happy to help in any way I can of course. My first couple of posts right at the start of this thread are pretty brief, so there would be room to include the index there, if that's where you'd want it to go :thumbsup:

5K Qs said:
I spent some time after church but before lunch taking some "holiday photos" of a couple of my lambsfoots. I'm going to try posting one here via the "attachment method" that seems to have become quite popular on The Porch since the unfortunate phonybucket fiasco. Wishing myself luck ...
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OK, not quite as easy as I'd hoped (couldn't just cut and paste a photo from my screen), but a couple of steps shorter than going through imgur as I usually do.

- GT
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Cool pic GT :thumbsup:

lambertiana said:
For my official giveaway post, I'll go with this. My wife and I have celebrated 33 Christmases together, and each of those years she has made ornaments for our Christmas tree. My favorites are some tatted ornaments that she made about 30 years ago. If you not familiar with tatting, it is a very old fashioned way to make lace by hand, using miniature shuttles. Each of these represents multiple hours of work. She made about a dozen, this picture is just a sampling. Tatting is truly a dying art, very few people learn it any more. Every single loop of thread, every single knot, is done individually by hand with that small shuttle.
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Lovely post, that's fascinating :) Congratulations on 33 happy Christmases with your wife :) :thumbsup:

solphilos said:
I don't know what it is but I keep coming back to this thread and looking at all these beautiful knives. I've decided that I need a Lambsfoot in my pocket but don't want to drop a lot of money since I've never carried one. What would you gentleman suggest for someone new to this pattern in the U.S.?
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Great to see your interest in the pattern :) Personally, I'd suggest starting out with one of the least expensive models - they get VERY inexpensive! :D :thumbsup: Unless you're after stainless, my own choice would be one of the Rosewood models produced by Arthur Wright & Son of Sheffield. Feel free to PM me if I can help further :thumbsup:

Leslie Tomville said:
Solphilos, I had the same feeling. I finally couldn’t resist anymore and ordered a rosewood Lambfoot from Wright’s website with a pruner handle. I asked them to select a nice one, but was prepared to be disappointed. At least it was not very expensive. However, I was pleasantly surprised with a very nice knife about a week later!

The rosewood is bright with a nice grain, the blade is evenly centered, and the more slender pruner handle gives it a classy look (sort of like a sway back jack). The blade is beautiful. It appears slightly longer in relation to the handle than a lot of the knives shown here which contributes to the classy look. I only have two complaints; lots of space between the spring and liners, and the blade is very toothy. I cannot get it to smoothly cut through paper like my other knives. Pretty minor issues really.

I like the knife a lot. The customer service was great! Although I ordered from Wright’s website, the knife was mailed to me by the Famous Sheffield Shop. My order was handled flawlessly by Sam. I did mention to them the interest being generated by this thread, and I let them know that one of their countrymen, Jack Black, was largely responsible. I hope you do not mind me mentioning your name Jack. I wish I could post a photo, but I do not know how. Otherwise, I would participate in the giveaway. I will figure it out some day! But I highly recommend you give it a shot. My knife is definitely a keeper. They are special and fun to carry.
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Welcome to the Guardians Leslie :) Thanks for being so helpful, though we try to limit buying discussion in this thread in respect of the subforum guidelines. I'm glad you were pleased with the knife you received, and I certainly don't mind you mentioning me, I know them well enough there :) It'd be great to see a pic of your knife sometime, you can upload your photo to an image-hosting service, such as Imgur (paid members can upload directly) :) It sounds like the edge might need thinning out a bit :thumbsup:

bonzodog said:
Christmas shopping today,this one will be keeping me sane.
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Good luck with that brother! :D :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for the encouragement on the Guardians Index and the offers to help. I'm glad people are excited about the idea! I'll begin the work in earnest over the next few days and report back once there is significant structure in place and I'm ready to ask for help fleshing it out.
 
WhittlinAway said:
Thanks for the encouragement on the Guardians Index and the offers to help. I'm glad people are excited about the idea! I'll begin the work in earnest over the next few days and report back once there is significant structure in place and I'm ready to ask for help fleshing it out.
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Thanks again Greg, I'm sure an index will prove to be a great resource :thumbsup:
 
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