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Picking up where I left off in my previous post, remarking on the intriguing markings of the horn covers of these marvelous SFO Lambsfoot knives some of us have been privileged to obtain!!
(Kudos to lambertiana for the informative post he recently made comparing various types of woods, primarily ebony and rosewood varieties; the photos in that post were not only excellent illustrations of the points he was making, they were also artistic/beautiful in their own right! )
Exactly how many knives were in this magnificent SFO? I think, taking into account some folks who obtained two knives, there are 16 (?) accounted for in my two posts today, so perhaps we have almost as many still to anticipate??
- GT
These are not the first photos that Ron posted of his knife, and his "midnight special" is not included here, but the pics do show Ron's knife very well along with one of the incredibly handsome pocket slips that Dylan crafted to accompany the Guardians Lambsfoot! The mark side of Ron's knife brings to mind a fireball traveling down the knife handle from pivot to butt, while the pile side has the distinctive "candy cane" diagonal striping characteristic of one of the sides of Charlie's knife, but with some black licorice and butterscotch spread along the spine! The kids are sure gonna show up at your house for Halloween, Ron, when they hear about the sweet horn you have there!!
Gotta try r8shell's patina recipe, because the results sure look good in conjunction with her Chantilly Lace handle!!... Tabasco sauce, horseradish, and tartar sauce mixed into a "Remoulade"
leftovers dabbed onto knife blade while finishing one's beer gives a good start to a patina.
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Here’s mine on its inaugural carry:
The mark side of Greg's wondrous knife is reminiscent of sunbeams breaking through the clouds and smoke over a fiery landscape, while the long stripes along the length of the pile side gives a very cool ribbed effect (or maybe cougar-clawed, or lamb-clawed )!...
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lambertiana's knife, to me, has a striking starburst emanating from the lower end of the mark side handle. But the complexity of the feathering/figuring of the pile side is apparently too much for my brain to comprehend; I haven't yet made any visual connections between the appearance of that side of lambertiana's knife and other visual phenomena!
(Kudos to lambertiana for the informative post he recently made comparing various types of woods, primarily ebony and rosewood varieties; the photos in that post were not only excellent illustrations of the points he was making, they were also artistic/beautiful in their own right! )
The swooping pinstripes on the mark side of FBC's knife are a mesmerizing interplay of light and darkness, and the pile side is another example of what I see as sunset and sunrise bracketing the dark of night!
The mark side of Keith's knife that Jack posted reminds me of some kind of galaxy-spanning vista, and I look forward to seeing the pile side of Keith's knife in natural light to see what surprises it holds!!
Exactly how many knives were in this magnificent SFO? I think, taking into account some folks who obtained two knives, there are 16 (?) accounted for in my two posts today, so perhaps we have almost as many still to anticipate??
- GT