Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Pàdruig said:
Congratulations, Jolipapa Jolipapa ! A worthy recipient of what I am sure will be a fine gift.

I owe you an apology Jack Black Jack Black , I think I see my name poking out from your cap there and it made me realize I should have stated that I was abstaining. As a rather recent contributor to this thread, I do not have many pictures here and I did not have to fix any of them as I have been an Imgur user from the beginning. I wasn't expecting to be entered into the drawing so I didn't bother saying anything at the time. A moot point now, but I do apologize all the same.
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No need for an apology Dylan, you've got considerably more photos here than Jolipapa! :D :thumbsup:
 
Congrats, JP!! Nice work, Jack!!:thumbsup:
I am too chicken to go leaf through my old/ongoing threads!!:oops:
 
waynorth said:
Congrats, JP!! Nice work, Jack!!:thumbsup:
I am too chicken to go leaf through my old/ongoing threads!!:oops:
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Thanks Charlie :) I know the feeling, and it's a terrible thing, I can't even edit my longer old posts because of the forum software changes. The good news is that my Photobucket images should display until at least December 2018. At one time you could at least quickly search a thread for your posts, not a chance of that now, nor of finding anything else in the longer threads, which are often a great potential source of information. I still feel that the software changes were about the dumbest thing I've ever seen on BF :(
 
Jolipapa Jolipapa , if it's not too much trouble, would it be possible for you to post a pic of your Lambsfoot knives? :thumbsup:
 
This is the least I can do! :)

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Thank you Jack. The Trevor Ablett single is one of my favorite for the restaurant. She's an eye-catcher! :)
 
Thanks for showing us that one Herder :) One of my great grandfathers was a cutler and foreman at Tommy Wards before WW1.
 
Thought I'd drop this here. I got a new phone not too long ago and like with most electronic devices, I tend to like to tweak them and make them mine. One of my favorite pics of Rosie got the honor of being my phone's wallpaper. Not only do I get to carry her every day I want but now I get to look at her all the time on my phone. I might be a sick man.... :oops:

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It's been a busy few days and I'm just catching up on this thread. My! Y'all have been busy.

Great stuff, everyone! A sincere thank you to everyone who contributes to this thread and to Jack for keeping us on track; as I've said before, it's one of my favorites. If I were to try to comment on everything that caught my eye, I'd be typing all night, and you ladies and gentlemen would have quite a long-winded piece of prose to wade through. :) Instead, please permit me a few quick observations and my apologies to anyone I've left out.

waynorth waynorth your Joseph Rodgers & Sons Lamb(s)foot is spectacular! I like its [strike]cheekiness[/strike] confidence is declaring with its blade stamp that it's not just _a_ lambfoot knife, it's THE LAMBFOOT KNIFE. :D

Pàdruig Pàdruig thank you for sharing your detailed observations on Rosie. My two A. Wright lambsfoot knives have some of the same minor cosmetic flaws you described. I feel a bit sheepish (pun intended) admitting this, but I initially was disappointed when I saw a few minor gaps when I opened the package when they arrived from the UK. At the time I didn't have realistic expectations for what a truly hand-made knife available at such a reasonable price point should be like. But, as you observed, they nailed it where it counts: a stout, reassuring pull and snap and not even a hint of wobble. You can use it with confidence.

I quickly came to appreciate them for the incredibly versatile workhorses that they are and now view them as an fantastic deal. I don't even notice those cosmetic issues now. I have several "nicer" knives but you'd be hard pressed to get me to hand over my Buffalo Horn A. Wright Lambsfoot. It was my 2016 knife of the year, after all. :)

I agree with those who have shared their opinion that the simpler, less flashy levels of finish are more to my liking for this unassuming working class of knives. I'd love to see GEC produce a variant and I'd hope that they'd honor the pattern's simplicity.

@Cambertree I always enjoy reading your thoughtful posts. I appreciate you modesty with respect to your Lambshank, but I think you deserve a tremendous amount of credit for the achievement, my friend. You did a fantastic job of, as you put it, condensing the old cutlers' design elements, not to mention lining up a skilled knife maker to aid you in your quest. I strongly suspect there are some unique insights from you mixed in to that design there as well. It was your vision, and it was wonderfully executed.

Finally, Jack Black Jack Black , thank you for all of your work pulling this thread back from the PhotoBucket abyss. The results of your effort will be appreciated for a long time to come, I am sure. And congratulations Jolipapa Jolipapa for winning Jack's generous incentive prize! I like a guy who can beat the odds. :) Great also to see that Arthur assisted in the drawing. :thumbsup: :D
 
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WhittlinAway said:
It's been a busy few days and I'm just catching up on this thread. My! Y'all have been busy.

Great stuff, everyone! A sincere thank you to everyone who contributes to this thread and to Jack for keeping us on track; as I've said before, it's one of my favorites. If I were to try to comment on everything that caught my eye, I'd be typing all night, and you ladies and gentlemen would have quite a long-winded piece of prose to wade through. :) Instead, please permit me a few quick observations and my apologies to anyone I've left out.

waynorth waynorth your Joseph Rodgers & Sons Lamb(s)foot is spectacular! I like its [strike]cheekiness[/strike] confidence is declaring with its blade stamp that it's not just _a_ lambfoot knife, it's THE LAMBFOOT KNIFE. :D

Pàdruig Pàdruig thank you for sharing your detailed observations on Rosie. My two A. Wright lambsfoot knives have some of the same minor cosmetic flaws you described. I feel a bit sheepish (pun intended) admitting this, but I initially was disappointed when I saw a few minor gaps when I opened the package when they arrived from the UK. At the time I didn't have realistic expectations for what a truly hand-made knife available at such a reasonable price point should be like. But, as you observed, they nailed it where it counts: a stout, reassuring pull and snap and not even a hint of wobble. You can use it with confidence.

I quickly came to appreciate them for the incredibly versatile workhorses that they are and now view them as an fantastic deal. I don't even notice those cosmetic issues now. I have several "nicer" knives but you'd be hard pressed to get me to hand over my Buffalo Horn A. Wright Lambsfoot. It was my 2016 knife of the year, after all. :)

I agree with those who have shared their opinion that the simpler, less flashy levels of finish are more to my liking for this unassuming working class of knives. I'd love to see GEC produce a variant and I'd hope that they'd honor the pattern's simplicity.

@Cambertree I always enjoy reading your thoughtful posts. I appreciate you modesty with respect to your Lambshank, but I think you deserve a tremendous amount of credit for the achievement, my friend. You did a fantastic job of, as you put it, condensing the old cutlers' design elements, not to mention lining up a skilled knife maker to aid you in your quest. I strongly suspect there are some unique insights from you mixed in to that design there as well. It was your vision, and it was wonderfully executed.

Finally, Jack Black Jack Black , thank you for all of your work pulling this thread back from the PhotoBucket abyss. The results of your effort will be appreciated for a long time to come, I am sure. And congratulations Jolipapa Jolipapa for winning Jack's generous incentive prize! I like a guy who can beat the odds. :) Great also to see that Arthur assisted in the drawing. :thumbsup: :D
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Thanks for the kind words Greg, excellent post my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
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