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Get well quickly Ron. Kermit here will keep a watch over the flock until you're 100%.
I hope you recover quickly, Ron! At least you have an exceptional knife or two to keep you company . That Humphreys is quite the knife, you most certainly should be proud.
Well, it is Wooden Wednesday, after all, so this guy is in the pocket today. I hope all of you Guardians are having a great Wednesday so far!
Thank you kindly! That is a beautiful old knife with Kermit!Get well quickly Ron. Kermit here will keep a watch over the flock until you're 100%.
personal stash?
Many thanks Mr. Jack. I've been researching and found the English site ...which has for sale very good prices several knives of A. Wright and Joseph Rodgers.
It is my first lambsfoot and I liked the bone, it is very comfortable in the hand.
Maybe the next one is in stag, my favorite material !!!
But what a wonderful collection.
Congratulations to all, for the 160 pages!!!
@Jack of course I do enter the competition!
BTW seeing again with pleasure that nice array of horn lambsfoots, did you discover who is Evans?
r8shell : well said!
Probably not my best picture ever, sun shone for only 10 seconds, I had to make it quick! St Nicolas ginger bread and lambsfoot:View attachment 805652
Beautiful photo of a stunning knife Jack! Love that coloring in the horn.
Get well quickly Ron. Kermit here will keep a watch over the flock until you're 100%.
Good afternoon my fellow Guardians.
Well, folks, count me in to the horn shrinkage club. Last week I realized that the pins on the pile side of my Buffalo A. Wright were feeling a bit proud of the horn and, upon closer inspection, that the heel end had shrunk just enough that the brass liners are barely visible around it. The mark side is still fine, though. To be honest, I'm not sure whether I would have given it much thought had it not been for reading about the more significant shrinkage issues that others have encountered.
This knife is going into its second autumn in my possession. I vaguely remember noticing some seasonal changes last winter, but don't recall noticing them during the summer. It could be that this minor shrinkage has been present all year—with me forgetting about or no longer noticing it—but I'm hopeful that my tactile memory is correct and this is an annual cycle for this knife in my climate.
I'm curious about that and am going to treat this as an experiment. I'm not going to do anything to condition the horn other than give it a bit of a rub with mineral oil when I lubricate the joint later today. I did that once last year, too, not because of shrinkage, but because the horn was looking a bit dull. It's looking a bit dull now, too.
I'll report back with the results in the spring. Meanwhile, I hope those facing more serious problems with their horn handles are having success with the mitigation methods that have been discussed here.
The mail arrived, today with my new knife A. Wright Lambsfoot Jigged Bone ...
Mine is blue, a bit (too) dark with a good strong spring. A nice knife, well made, found on the bay. This is an old picture because no light today. Next one could be a red jigged.
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Hey ya go jack here is the picture of the horn that chipped. I will look into epoxy and r8shell I’ll start with sand paper and skip the power tools thanks for the advice guys.
btb01 : Thanks for the update on your humidifier experiment, Barret. That’s encouraging news! I hope it continues to be a success.
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just buff down the sharp spots. I'd advise starting with very fine sandpaper, rather than any power tools.
That makes sense: horn and fingernails are pretty similar. Some of those nail buffers come on foam-core board, for an even softer touch.I have used a multi sided (the kind that has a different grade of coarseness on each side) manicure buffing board, as used to finish off fingernails, to polish repairs to horn or bone with great success. Someone posted this as a hint on one of the forums here a while back, works like a champ!
I did the chalk in clear epoxy ploy on my Kutmaster trapper. Plain paper masking tape worked fine as a dam to keep the epoxy from running off.
The ones to use have a foam core that is pretty thick (square in section) and a different grade of abrasive on each side. I will see if I can find the old link when I get a moment. Works on the bolsters as well, I find it is best to go with the grain of the horn (I buff the bolster to match).Some of those nail buffers come on foam-core board, for an even softer touch.
I agree, unless the old bit of horn is still around to put in. A small drop of India ink mixed in the epoxy would help the color to blend.Filling the gap with epoxy would be one solution
I agree, unless the old bit of horn is still around to put in.