It was only when I started using it on fruit that the polish really started to wear, even then you get a slightly different patina, and I'm sure it'd polish up again pretty easily 
usually I watch my packages like a hawk, well wait for the updates, but usps did something to their website recently that made it very buggy. the updates only come sporadically or if the package is about to be delivered.
I hate it when you check the tracking, and the package doean't seem to have moved for 4-5 days!!
Cheers for that Jack my friend
Nice work Jack.I've just checked a couple of tracking numbers, and I see that the first knives have already crossed the pond
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Chin really like that Stag handled LF fine looking knife
Regards, Will
I'm very fond of this knife too, not only because it was a very thoughtful gift, but it's also the only true left handed Traditional knife I have. It's also been quite interesting to compare the 'straight', symmetrical swell end style handle in extended use, with the swayback handled Lambsfoot knives.
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, it struck me that the lefty blade A. Wright make for this model, might have been more apt a fit for your two bladed Lambsfoot, in terms of nail nick accessibility.
, although I did ask for the Bolster to be Rats Tailed.
I hate it when you check the tracking, and the package doean't seem to have moved for 4-5 days!!
mine is still in the UK i think
Thanks for the progress report, Archie. Yeah the diamond or cubic boron nitride rods would speed up this part of the process considerably. You could also try coarse wet'n'dry paper, glued or clipped to a dowel to do this, or alternatively, chamfer the edge of one of your coarse grit benchstones, and set it at a fixed angle like the Sharpmaker rods.
Here's an old pic of my wee flock of Lambs, each one sharpened in a different way.
The golden ox-horn knife was eventually laid flat on a stone and thinned out, then blended to a bit of a convex contour down to the edge with wet'n'dry paper on a mousepad.
The jigged bone handled Unity was sharpened very minimally on a ceramic hone to preserve the blade patina (it was already quite sharp and thin behind the edge, by design).
The Ebony Lambsfoot was ground to a 15 degree per side Sharpmaker edge, going through the full progression from diamond up through medium, fine and ultrafine rods.
The stag handled Lambsfoot was thinned out behind the edge on bench stones, then given a light edge apex with the utrafine Sharpmaker rods.
Good luck with that!
Good to see you here Duncan my friend, hopefully we'll be seeing a bit more of you in future, mate.
Another tasty looking feed there, my friend. Since the return of my erstwhile Ebony Lambsfoot, it's resumed its former position as 'my everything knife'. Well, nearly everything, but you know what I mean!
Your primo Guardians Lambsfoot is just as startlingly beautiful to me, as the first time you showed it, every time I see a fresh pic with different lighting!
Thanks for the excellent sharpening advice, and it's great to see your flock, and interesting to read how you sharpened each one quite differently Thanks Will.
Jer
I had my Ebony Lambfoot out to take a quick snap, and this curious fellow flew down to investigate.
Great to see you here anyway mate I hope its ok to stray from the Older Traditional Sheepsfoot, but to include a couple of kinda cool Sheeps foot Knives of mine, before I headed to the GEC Rendezvous I contacted Evan to see what he was bringing - or what he had for sale- he is getting up there no doubt with his workmanship of his Knives, ...he told me he was drawing out plans for a Sheepsfoot- ok...that had my ears pricked up- so I sent him in a request as to do this Knife for me- with the specs...my specs were...
1, Medium Pull- between 5 or 6 ( I am cursed with sort nails folks- a REAL curse when you are a knife nut like we are ).
2, I wanted a nice heavy Swedge.
3, I wanted Stag- Nice Stag!
4, Bolsters we flipped back e-mails a wee bit- I wanted to give Evan a bit of freedom - but Pinched?
5, Shield? NO Shield with Stag- I wanted the Stag to do all the Talking for me.
Here are some VERY poor quality rushed flicks with another Evan Hybrid TC, I really love both of these Knives.
I am STOKED with Evans Custom that he did for me- it's perfect to what I wanted!.
Evans Hafting of the Stag on the Custom is quite well executed, the Early English and German Knives at times had extremely thin Stag at the edges where the Stag meets Liner, Not everywhere- is it so so thin - but overall- VERY nice job, I am not sure if Evan set out to replicate such work- and to be honest I didnt ask for that, Texture of Stag at times you need to accept things- I dont feel that when I look at this Knife- I just smile- no having to accept anything about this Knife- at all.
You have sent a few excellent examples my way over the years, so I hope you still have a few nice ones yourself 
