My Guardians Lambsfoot has just helped me open an incredible (and extremely well-wrapped) package of vintage treasures from my good friend H herder
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Beautiful knife sitting on some old trinkets.
My Guardians Lambsfoot has just helped me open an incredible (and extremely well-wrapped) package of vintage treasures from my good friend H herder
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A week or so ago , I posted this picture of the Lambfoot knives that I have . Two have Water Buffalo Horn , One has Ramshorn , and One is Jugged Bone .
My Friend @mrknife told me that I needed one with Wooden covers . I told him that I did not need another knife . I had more than 10 or 12 knives , why do I need any more . After all : I CAN QUIT ANYTIME . The young Whippersnapper can not read too well or did not pay much attention to me .
This came in the mail today : A Very Nice A.Wright Lambfoot with some Wooden Covers .
The Mark Side cover has some very nice grain in it and a little browner color than the Pile Side which has a little redder browns .
The F&F of this knife is pretty darn nice and I am proud to add it to my collection .
This knife is pretty sharp . I don't yet know if Jack sharpened it or not . I f this is a true sample of a normal production knife , I just may have to order one some day .
Thank You VERY MUCH my Friend .
Harry
I am glad you enjoy it my friend! nope never sharpened/honed that edge. New as it came.
Here's a shot of the grain in the covers, Chin asked if I was sure it's wood and I'm not sure but opinions are welcome Cambertree
I bought it with intentions of having the scales replaced and using it. I really like the idea of having the 2 full blades in one frame and I've been wanting to try a lambsfoot but Jack and Charlie convinced me not to alter it. Thanks guys for steering me in the right direction guess I'll have to get me an A Wright with a pruner handle and settle for a one blade lambsfoot
Here's the pics from the old knives thread and I'll get some better pics Saturday outside in some good light.
Harry I'm not well educated in Sheffield cutlery, I just like the looks of Wright, I may just get a Taylor's and a Wright to add to the rotation
Getting one of each , now that would be very nice . I can only encourage you to go for it .
Harry
I couldn't decide so both of these ended up in my pockets today. Does that make me a bad person?
Beautiful knife sitting on some old trinkets.
So many fantastic examples shown and the picture compositions and quality are just wonderful.
Here is an older Taylors Eye Witness.
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Thanks Jack, lots of great knives in this thread, I'll take some time over the weekend and dig back through from the beginning
You're encouraging some long-winded posts.Maybe I'll do a giveaway when we get to page 150
You're encouraging some long-winded posts.
It was a dark and stormy night on which I first saw a lambsfoot in use...
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Hmm...since I have an Ettrick and a Lambfoot, I'm thinking I need to find a Tackler for the Sheffield Trifecta.
Those are a couple of beauties, Mike!!Reporting for duty as summoned in the other thread Jack Black
It's so great how this thread has kept going, and going, and going, and going...
Thanks for the commendation, Jack. I've not tried beeswax on footwear, but I'm pleased with Sno Seal beeswax on leather gloves, and am ecstatic with it as a remedy for Opinel swelling!...
We do have a lot of wet spots here my friend! I mainly used it on boots GT, but was seduced away by a gifted pot of a homemade mixture of beeswax and lanolin You could certainly be a detective my friend
That's pretty cool my friend Cool pic too, and a first from that angle I think
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"Mah Knife" is a name any knife should be proud to wear, Chin! Since I tend not to have multiple copies of a given knife model, I often refer to them in my mind rather generically, but preceded by an upper-case THE (THE Rough Rider Congress, THE buffalo lambsfoot, THE Buck stag canoe, etc.) connoting "unique, one-and-only, and mine". (I also tend to have a mental link for each knife to its "source", such as THE Taramundi (I bought in Sevilla with my daughter), THE Case Swayback Jack (from Paul), THE Vic Moneyclip (I found at the Cedar Shake in Cedarville)....
Thanks GT, I'll have to try the name out in my head a bit first to see if it works. I find I think of my ebony Lambsfoot in my mind just as 'Mah Knife'. As in, reciting when getting dressed in the morning: 'Keys, wallet, phone, torch and mah knife'! No disrespect intended to any of my other knives, of course, but that's just how it is.
... I carried the Ettrick for a bit, it's a very cool knife to whip out to use, when EDCing it, but I'm convinced one of the ways it may also be designed to use is in a kind of reverse grip, with the edge facing the user. It used to be reasonably common, I remember when I was a kid, to see adults peeling and slicing up their lunchtime apples using this hold.
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Quite a difference in the structure of those two samples of antler, Jack!...
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I am going to have to get round to buying another rosewood Lambsfoot sometime. I sent this one to Charlie C when I was a newish poster here
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Congrats, Jack; looks like you have some treasures indeed!My Guardians Lambsfoot has just helped me open an incredible (and extremely well-wrapped) package of vintage treasures from my good friend H herder
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Your Guardians Lambsfoot is a knock-out, Keith! Is your hardhat made of micarta??Just another day at the mill
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Double the pleasure, double the fun, Ron!!
Congrats, Harry; that's a beautiful wood addition to your flock! Both sides have quite mesmerizing grain IMHO! You mentioned not NEEDING another knife. I read that Michigan State basketball has a motto: It's not because you've got to, it's because you get to. That's how I think about knife acquisition....My Friend @mrknife told me that I needed one with Wooden covers . I told him that I did not need another knife . I had more than 10 or 12 knives , why do I need any more . After all : I CAN QUIT ANYTIME . The young Whippersnapper can not read too well or did not pay much attention to me .
This came in the mail today : A Very Nice A.Wright Lambfoot with some Wooden Covers .
The Mark Side cover has some very nice grain in it and a little browner color than the Pile Side which has a little redder browns .
The F&F of this knife is pretty darn nice and I am proud to add it to my collection .
This knife is pretty sharp . I don't yet know if Jack sharpened it or not . I f this is a true sample of a normal production knife , I just may have to order one some day .
Thank You VERY MUCH my Friend .
Harry
What an intriguing knife, rockman!! Certainly no doubt about the maker with all the bolster, tang, and blade stamps!! How many "eyes" does that knife have??...
Here's the pics from the old knives thread and I'll get some better pics Saturday outside in some good light.
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Not a BAD person, lambertiana, but a FORTUNATE one!I couldn't decide so both of these ended up in my pockets today. Does that make me a bad person?
Although I'm much more willing to have a single-blade knife than I once was, my preference is still 2 or more blades, even if one is a lambsfoot....
I used to like the idea of having a Pen alongside my Lambsfoot, but like others here, I've come to find the Lambsfoot blade so versatile that the Pen is almost superfluous. Of course I often 'cheat' by carrying a second knife, but that's just me being greedy!
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Fantastic pic sir Here's a similar TEW with Pen, it's a great workhorse
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It was a dark and stormy night on which I first saw a lambsfoot in use...
The grass is obviously for your lamb!I was in Leeds market early this morning, and after a couple of hours, stopped off for a hearty breakfast FAO our Food Correspondent 5K Qs
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Why they sprinkled grass on my breakfast, I have no idea (the avocado is weird enough)?!
Your Guardians Lambsfoot is a knock-out, Keith! Is your hardhat made of micarta??
Jack, that's pea haulm. You get that on stuff here, totally inedible and I like Greens
Thanks for the commendation, Jack. I've not tried beeswax on footwear, but I'm pleased with Sno Seal beeswax on leather gloves, and am ecstatic with it as a remedy for Opinel swelling!
Quite a difference in the structure of those two samples of antler, Jack!
The two wood-handled lambsfoot knives you posted are very appealing!
Congrats, Jack; looks like you have some treasures indeed!
Kudos for your generosity, herder!!
The grass is obviously for your lamb!
Except for the position of the various foods on the plate, that looks nearly identical to the last breakfast you posted, Jack! (I had to Google "FAO", and was almost convinced you were referencing the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, even though that seemed quite a promotion for me! )
Thanks man I carry it everyday along with a rosewood lambsfoot. And no the hard hat is made out of resin and like burlap material it's called a bridge hat.
Today no work took off to get in one of my deer stands. So on the walk in passed this rock had to take a picture.
They used to do the same here with lettuce leaves. I for long thought they got them in rolls, kinda like toilet paper!Why they sprinkled grass on my breakfast, I have no idea (the avocado is weird enough)?!
They used to do the same here with lettuce leaves. I for long thought they got them in rolls, kinda like toilet paper!
Once again, I am done fooling with the black TEW. I don't want to make it look like the red TEW (not Jack's fault), which Jack doesn't like because it's too close to the Case wharnefoot.
It's garnish! And there's nothing weird about avocado for breakfast, at least not around these parts. (my healthy, low-cholesterol brekkie is egg whites, black beans and avocado)
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It's garnish! And there's nothing weird about avocado for breakfast, at least not around these parts. (my healthy, low-cholesterol brekkie is egg whites, black beans and avocado)
Lambfoot content:
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Looking good Ron
Double the pleasure, double the fun, Ron!!
Thank you, Chin. I know oil that contains any sort of mineral spirits is no good for leather or anything really that is vulnerable to solvents. Mineral oil, on the other hand, shouldn't have any adverse effects on leather as it is rather gentle all around.
I hope to visit Australia someday, it is on my short list of places to experience. It sounds like there are some stellar areas to explore.
I have this one with me again today.
A week or so ago , I posted this picture of the Lambfoot knives that I have . Two have Water Buffalo Horn , One has Ramshorn , and One is Jugged Bone .
My Friend @mrknife told me that I needed one with Wooden covers . I told him that I did not need another knife . I had more than 10 or 12 knives , why do I need any more . After all : I CAN QUIT ANYTIME . The young Whippersnapper can not read too well or did not pay much attention to me .
This came in the mail today : A Very Nice A.Wright Lambfoot with some Wooden Covers .
The Mark Side cover has some very nice grain in it and a little browner color than the Pile Side which has a little redder browns .
The F&F of this knife is pretty darn nice and I am proud to add it to my collection .
This knife is pretty sharp . I don't yet know if Jack sharpened it or not . I f this is a true sample of a normal production knife , I just may have to order one some day .
Thank You VERY MUCH my Friend .
Harry
Here's a shot of the grain in the covers, Chin asked if I was sure it's wood and I'm not sure but opinions are welcome Cambertree
I bought it with intentions of having the scales replaced and using it. I really like the idea of having the 2 full blades in one frame and I've been wanting to try a lambsfoot but Jack and Charlie convinced me not to alter it. Thanks guys for steering me in the right direction guess I'll have to get me an A Wright with a pruner handle and settle for a one blade lambsfoot
Here's the pics from the old knives thread and I'll get some better pics Saturday outside in some good light.
I couldn't decide so both of these ended up in my pockets today. Does that make me a bad person?
I carry it everyday along with a rosewood lambsfoot.
So many fantastic examples shown and the picture compositions and quality are just wonderful.
Here is an older Taylors Eye Witness.
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"Mah Knife" is a name any knife should be proud to wear, Chin! Since I tend not to have multiple copies of a given knife model, I often refer to them in my mind rather generically, but preceded by an upper-case THE (THE Rough Rider Congress, THE buffalo lambsfoot, THE Buck stag canoe, etc.) connoting "unique, one-and-only, and mine". (I also tend to have a mental link for each knife to its "source", such as THE Taramundi (I bought in Sevilla with my daughter), THE Case Swayback Jack (from Paul), THE Vic Moneyclip (I found at the Cedar Shake in Cedarville).
The reverse grip you mention in connection with an Ettrick is used often for certain whittling cuts, I think.
I enjoy seeing your ebony lambsfoot with its distinctive "long pull nail nick".