A 2016 Forum Knife. An apology, and The Crossroads!

Woodrow F Call said:
The Swayback Jack reminds me of the Lambsfoot...... What about a Lambsfoot Jack, Jigged Bone, Secondary pen, rat-tail bolster? Maybe Ivory Micarta and a shield?
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This Schatt & Morgan from the 30s comes close and it has a Lambfoot look about it. 3.5"

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jprime84 said:
Updated my spreadsheet - Ive got 94 names down so far. The top idea is still the single spring equal end in some variant, followed by the lambsfoot!
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Hopefully there will be a more formal poll, so we at least know if we've been counted ;)

Pipeman said:
Well then,here is what the forum knife could be. :D

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Put me down for two, as long as our version is done in natural material (no micarta, celluloid, etc, for me). Jigged bone is good - smooth bone would be great.
 
This also has a blade of over 3". Personally I find it a little large though, with this type of blade there's no real advantage to having a blade longer than @ 2 1/2" in my experience, and while a second blade can always be useful, a Lambsfoot is more usually a single-blade knife. The blade is so useful and versatile in my opinion, that it doesn't really need a secondary blade :thumbup:

 
I would be way happy with a shorter knife.... Something in the 3.125" area would be great. I'd like to see a nice gentleman's lambsfoot jack that'll fit in a watch pocket. That would be pretty sweet.
 
I'm in agreement with you Jack about a Lambfoot being superior and more credible as just a single blade. Can it carry a swedge do you think?

Regards, Will
 
Woodrow F Call said:
I would be way happy with a shorter knife.... Something in the 3.125" area would be great. I'd like to see a nice gentleman's lambsfoot jack that'll fit in a watch pocket. That would be pretty sweet.
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I generally carry my Lambsfoot knives in my watch pocket :thumbup: Bear in mind that on Sheffield examples the given blade measurement will be of the cutting edge only :thumbup:

Will Power said:
I'm in agreement with you Jack about a Lambfoot being superior and more credible as just a single blade. Can it carry a swedge do you think?
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I do Will, though if we do agree on a Lambsfoot knife, I'd leave it Charlie to draw up the actual blade. In my opinion, he has a great understanding of, and experience of, the pattern, and is sure to come up with something which combines grace, beauty, practicality, and sheer class :)
 
Does the ancient's blade narrow toward the tip like a lambsfoot, or are back and edge parallel like a coping?
Could we get that lambsfoot in a swayback frame?
Let's be clear whether we're talking about closed length or blade-length.
 
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I just thought I'd leave this here for Charlie, since the quasi-chaos of this thread might be giving him second thoughts about stewarding our voyage to a '16 forum knife...

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Thanks for all you do, sir! :thumbup:
 
scrteened porch said:
Does the ancient's blade narrow toward the tip like a lambsfoot, or are back and edge parallel like a coping?
Could we get that lambsfoot in a swayback frame?
Let's be clear whether we're taking about closed length or blade-length.
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GEC and Case..... I think most others use closed length unless they specifically say otherwise..... so, that's what I use.
 
scrteened porch said:
Does the ancient's blade narrow toward the tip like a lambsfoot, or are back and edge parallel like a coping?
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The blade on Charlie's Ancient narrows towards the tip just like a Lambsfoot. In my opinion it isn't a Lambsfoot, it's something else, but it has a close similarity in respect of the angle of the blade in relation to the spine. However, the blade is narrower and the angle of the tip different (more like a coping bblade) :thumbup:
 
Woodrow F Call said:
GEC and Case..... I think most others use closed length unless they specifically say otherwise..... so, that's what I use.
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Yes I think that is accepted here :thumbup:

My apologies if I've added to the confusion :thumbup:
 
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