These are my notes on my other Wright Lambsfoot.
The Black Lambsfoot
When I'd decided to try this pattern for myself, and was considering which type of handle material and Lambsfoot type to get, the classic Ebony, single-blade swayback was my first choice. The choice of timber seemed to fit what I was after: a good, solid version of a basic English workingman's pocket knife of the latter half of the 19th century. As stainless was out then as a blade steel, an A. Wright was the main option.
And this knife certainly delivered. As soon as I had the four A. Wrights out and had examined them, there were things that I liked about each one - but it was evident from the start, that the Ebony Lambsfoot was the most comfortable, and had the best snap and pull for everyday use. It was also able to consistently be pinched open.
After a bit of refinishing and sharpening as detailed in the
Tackler thread, this knife has served very well in an EDC capacity. If you live in an area where this kind of pocket knife is not what you want to use in all social situations, then it would also pair up well with a smaller knife, with a bellied blade.
The 'clipped off' tip profile seems to feel a bit handier, and safer in use than long, needle pointed Wharncliffe-style straight edges. Yet the Lambsfoot design still affords a very precise and fine point, with better 'visual indexing' than a sheepsfoot blade.
The way the swayback curve of the handle rests in the palm of your hand, is not only very comfortable, but adds to the sense of finely directed, but firm, blade and tip control.
One of the ways in which my two Wright Lambsfoots varied in handle shape, was the back end of the underside of the handle, where your pinky normally rests. The Ebony Lambsfoot was pretty much a straight line from the bolsters, but the Ox-horn Lambsfoot featured a subtle curve at the back, which paralleled the swayback curve on the top of the handle. I'll have to look out for which Lambsfoots have the latter handle shape now, but it seems to be a better, more comfortable design.
Not that the Ebony Lambsfoot isn't comfortable - quite the contrary. It's civilised pull and snap, and 'pinchability', and razor-keen straight edge, has meant that this has been the number one Wright of my recently acquired quartet, in terms of pocket time.
This is a fine example, a lineal descendent of that late nineteenth century English working knife that I was hoping for - and with a little reworking and refinishing, it now shows its worth as a great, and quite diversely suited EDC knife.