Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[solphilos]

 

[Modoc ED]

Modoc ED - I am a huge fan then of the NON STANDARD. Isn't that just a swayback lambfoot?
No matter what it's called - I call it a BEAUTY!

Ray

A. Wright put the name on it. For the particular knife in my first photo, A.Wright describes it as "Buffalo Lambfoot Blade pocket knife with Pruner Handle". You may call it an exaggerated swayback.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Took this one for the toys and traditionals thread.

 

[dc50]

Took this one for the toys and traditionals thread.

Fantastic! totally cool.

 

[flatblackcapo]

Fantastic! totally cool.

Thanks, Dave.

 

[cudgee]

Took this one for the toys and traditionals thread.

That model is a "Bobby Dazzler"

 

[dc50]

Thanks, Dave.

No, thank you, my friend, this is all I have this afternoon fresh from the oven cheese buns.

 

[JohnDF]

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Excellent!

 

[CelloDan]

 

[cudgee]

mitch4ging How you feeling today mate, hope you are a lot better, and you have a good week my friend.

 

[mitch4ging]

I'd like to thank all the Guardians for their well wishes and prayers, but the stress test did not go well. They say the results were abnormal, and I need to see a cardiologist. Unless he signs off on it next Tuesday, I can't have the neck surgery. I'm frustrated beyond words.

That exact thing happened to me when I got my knee replacement. The Physicians Assistant giving me my last exam before the operation suddenly said; "Has anyone ever told you you have a heart murmur?" Well, I got POed because that would have meant a delay in the surgery. They scheduled an echo-cardiogram and no heart murmur was detected and the operation proceeded. Just try to relax and not get too excited. Relax, think happy thoughts.

Jeff,
The same thing has happened to me. Started with pinched nerves in c5/c6, c6/c7. After physical therapy and 3 epidurals, went to the Neurosurgeon, but before he would start anything, he sent me to the cardiologist, did the stress test and echocardiogram....he called me at home, got a fairly large hole in my heart... Now it's a circle to see who will do SOMETHING!

It will work out, just PFA! Hang in there, Jeff! Prayers for you and your family!

So many great photos all! Sorry I can't respond to all of them, all deserve a big !!

hope that things are getting better for you. Real nice looking HH Barlow

Good Morning Guardians.

I'll get some pics up tomorrow, when I'm hoping to hang out here a bit more

These two are both fantastic photos, and made me smile!!

 

[mitch4ging]

mitch4ging How you feeling today mate, hope you are a lot better, and you have a good week my friend.

Doing better! Just takes a while to get some energy back!

Thank you very much for asking my friend!!

 

[Jack Black]

Good stuff Jack this is one of the areas where it was filmed, Bragg Creek

You certainly live in a beautiful country Dave

"Minor Point of Interest:

Last week I presented this knife as a Lambfoot knife and it definitely is - Lambfoot blade and all.

'However, it is not a "Standard" Lambfoot knife. Instead it is a Lambfoot knife with a Pruner Handle. You can see the difference in a "Standard" Lambfoot knife handle and a Pruner Lambfoot knife handle in the following picture. Further, the Lambfoot blade of the Pruner Lambfoot knife has a more gradual falloff at the point and the knife with the Pruner Handle is 1/8" shorter closed than the "Standard" knife .

The "Standard" Lambfoot knife is the Bonus knife Jack Black sent with my Hartshead Barlow.

Almost looks like the same blade they use on the 2 bolster versions. How are you liking the pruner handle? I have one making its way to me and am looking forward to trying it out.

@black mamba - Thanks Jeff. I like it very much.

@Crazy Canuck - I haven't used it much but the angle of the blade when in hand makes for a more delicate hold for in close and eyes close use. I hope that makes sense.

Modoc ED - I am a huge fan then of the NON STANDARD. Isn't that just a swayback lambfoot?
No matter what it's called - I call it a BEAUTY!

Ray

A. Wright put the name on it. For the particular knife in my first photo, A.Wright describes it as "Buffalo Lambfoot Blade pocket knife with Pruner Handle". You may call it an exaggerated swayback.

Just to make it clear, (as I've done many times), somewhat bizarrely, A. Wright & Son do not run their own website, they don't even have anything to do with it. This is mainly because the former owner had an intense dislike of computers, the internet, mobile phones, etc. The site was set up by a Sheffield dealer, and leaves a great deal to be desired, both in terms of the descriptions and photographs of the knives there. He's a nice bloke, but his knowledge of pocket knife patterns and nomenclature is not extensive. This gentleman is in fact now semi-retired, and has sold his Sheffield business, but before he retired, he began using the phrase 'Pruner Handle' on his own site. Wright's themselves only use the term 'Pruner' in relation to the pruning knives they produce. The only name they assign to the Lambsfoot knives they produce with a curved frame is 'Swayback' (even though the smaller size has more sway than the larger two). I did once ask them about the 'Pruner' handles being described on a Sheffield website, and they wondered what I was talking about The full range of Lambsfoot frames used by Wright's is shown here. I hope we're not going to have to become wedded to a term coined by someone who is ill-informed on this subject (just as I now see, elsewhere, new posters banging on about the 'Ramsfoot' as if it was an age-old pattern, rather than a humorous term for a large Sheepsfoot). It's interesting that Wright's smallest Lambsfoot has more sway than the other Swayback models, and I think this certainly changes the ergonomics, presenting the blade slightly differently. Arguably, it is an improvement, but I think that the different handle is more likely to be an accidental adoption, which is more often the way things have worked in Sheffield for many years I'm afraid, with patterns sometimes being created more or less by accident, or coming about because of a request from an individual dealer. It could be that frame was originally wedded to a different blade (it is their Peach Pruner frame), most of Wright's dyes and tools are over a hundred years old, and inherited from other companies or previous owners (the medium Lambsfoot frame is identical to the frame used on their so-called 'Barlow', simply reversed). I mentioned that I had had a long discussion with Michael Elliott about the two-blade Lambsfoot model, and the pen blade, which we both consider somewhat ugly. Wright's produced Penknives in the past, but the dies for those blades must have been lost, damaged, or worn at some point. The pen blade found on the two-blade Lambsfoot (Maybe we could call that a Lambsfoot Jack?) is actually inherited from a different knife, which perhaps explains why it has little in common with a traditional Pen blade. After WW2, the city was awash with blades, springs, and other parts for British Army Clasp Knives. They remained a popular pattern, but there was already a huge quantity of them, so the Sheffield cutlers began adopting the parts to make other patterns. One pattern (well actually three) was sold in British NAAFI shops to serving members of the Armed Forces (including the huge number of post-war National Servicemen - conscripts). It came with the stout blades and springs common to the Army Clasp Knives issued in WW2, and with a shackle and checkered Bexoid scales, but was of a more pocket-friendly design, without a tin-opener/bottle-opener or screwdriver. There were three styles, a single Sheepsfoot, a Spear and Pen, and a Sheepsfoot and Pen. A.Wright & Son produced huge numbers of the Sheepsfoot and Pen pattern, with one cutler assigned to make nothing else. The heavy pen was later married to a Lambsfoot, perhaps simply because the alternative would have been to have a new die made to press out a different (and more regular) Pen blade. I hope that it won't be too long before Wright's can improve on this pattern

The Pen blades on a A.Wright NAAFI knife compared to the one on their two-blade Lambsfoot.

@Crazy Canuck - Mike, the standard double-bolstered Lambsfoot produced by Wright's does indeed use the small Lambsfoot blade

Does anyone know why A Wright does not use any type of mfg year markings/ tang stamp?

Why would they? They'd then have to replace the stamps for all their patterns every year. Sheffield has never produced blades in this way

You had to ask...

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As you can see I had to sacrifice some of the character in the stag, but it is so much better now. That smooth area was previously a large hump, and looked and felt ridiculous.
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It matches the pile side a bit more also, not the most attractive but it didn't looks so great to begin with either.

It's improved!

 

[Jack Black]

View attachment 1176763 My lambsfoot and a egg plant looks like they belong together

They look good together

I feel for you in that sort of stifling heat. We are having one of the coldest cold snaps in August on record. BRRR. Hopefully you will not have to much really hot weather left. But i know nothing about your weather patterns. Have a good week and try and stay cool my friend.

Wrap up, and warm your hands on a Lambsfoot my friend

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What do you do when you get to the grill and forget your fork? You reach into your pocket and break out your lambsfoot to flip the steaks

Bon appetit!

Took this one for the toys and traditionals thread.

That's a fantastic pic Kevin

 

[Jack Black]

No, thank you, my friend, this is all I have this afternoon fresh from the oven cheese buns.
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You lucky sausage!

Loving your pics Dan

These two are both fantastic photos, and made me smile!!

Thank you very much Dennis

Morning Guardians, hope everyone is having a great weekend, and that you all have a pleasant and relaxing Sunday I've spent so long catching up that I think I better go and make another pot of coffee before I post anymore!

 

[E40]

Good morning to everyone. Alas, I have no cool knife pictures to post. Trying to be better about my presence here as I am finding myself more enthralled with these knives.

 

[Jack Black]

I generally like to rotate my knives, but this stag Hartshead Barlow has really taken over my pocket Shown here with a few things I picked up yesterday

Now I better get on with some chores!

 

[dc50]

You certainly live in a beautiful country Dave

Thank you, Jack, someday we would love to visit your area.

You lucky sausage!

haha

 

[screened porch]

I generally to rotate my knives, but this stag Hartshead Barlow has really taken over my pocket Shown here with a few things I picked up yesterday

Now I better get on with some chores!

NIce. What's the little Armistice book?

 

[donn]

Carrying the two bolster lambsfoot today. It was very useful freeing this beauty from the confines of it's international packaging last night when it arrived safely, all the way from Estonia. A unique custom slingshot that I couldn't resist when I saw it

That catapult wood would make great covers for a lambsfoot.

Cracker Jack and I are still hanging out on the lakefront:
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- GT

A couple more pics from the other day at the Ranch.
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It's great seeing your sunny shots. Our British summer has turned into, well, a British summer.

This is the bonus knife Jack Black sent with my Hartshead Barlow.

What a great lighter. I've tried to memorise Morse a number of times with no luck.

I love all the Pie content. Definitely on my my bucket list to try. But until then, my absolute favorite kind is pizza. Here’s a homemade one.
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Getting your pizza to match that cracking lambsfoot is a fine achievement.

I just got in after my trip to Sheffield I had a lengthy visit to Wright's, and a good long chat with Michael, the new owner. He's halfway through his first year at the helm, and is really settling into the role. One of the things we talked about was the hard pull on the pen blade of the two-blade Lambsfoot knives. Michael showed me a long-standing Wright's pattern I haven't seen before, a Shadow pattern, with a bird's eye pivot, bexoid scales, and a Sheepsfoot main blade and secondary pen. It has the same springs as the two-blade Lambsfoot, but both blades open much more easily, so it seems that it might be the way the Lambsfoot knives are put together which may be the issue, with the bolster holding the blades together too tightly. I said that I didn't like the design of the pen blade itself, but Michael pointed out he has inherited these patterns, and I think we will see some changes in the next couple of years, as well as further improvements in quality I also bumped into John Maleham, the old gaffer, and it was good to see him, along with Ashley too, who is building up some patina on his Hartshead Barlow

Jack, can I ask what a bird's eye pivot is?

I still have some catching up to do but I thought I would drop in and and say hi.

What a great harvest!

I'd like to thank all the Guardians for their well wishes and prayers, but the stress test did not go well. They say the results were abnormal, and I need to see a cardiologist. Unless he signs off on it next Tuesday, I can't have the neck surgery. I'm frustrated beyond words.

Sorry to hear this Jeff, as others have said there are, believe it or not, positives.
Your doctor is erring on the side of caution. With complex surgery being so routine in the developed world, we've forgotten how risky all surgery actually still is. Especially surgery requiring general anaesthetic.
Also you've found out that you may have a cardiac condition before it ended up being a problem for you. It can hopefully be monitored and treated and your surgery can go ahead with much reduced risk.
I hope it turns out not as serious as it sounds anyway.

Today, just as I was starting to worry about where my lambsfoot was on it's journey, my wife came in with package in hand after checking our mailbox Yeah ... finally

Buffed the ebony and oiled the joints

Well that's a tidy catch if ever there was one.

Almost looks like the same blade they use on the 2 bolster versions. How are you liking the pruner handle? I have one making its way to me and am looking forward to trying it out.

My pruner lambsfoot is my favourite pocket knife, the one I carry the most and the reason I ended up following this locomotive of a thread so closely. I do though have quite small hands so that could be the reason it fits so well as it's quite a small and narrow knife.

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As you can see I had to sacrifice some of the character in the stag, but it is so much better now. That smooth area was previously a large hump, and looked and felt ridiculous.
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It matches the pile side a bit more also, not the most attractive but it didn't looks so great to begin with either.

That's great looking work. I have a stag Wright's with massively mismatched stag which I may now alter according to how you've done that.

It's officially "only" 103, but the temps standing on the asphalt of a parking lot are a bit higher.

Crikey Rachel! You'd of been rolling round in laughter at the media hysterics we had to suffer in the UK a few weeks ago when we had about 5 days of ~90F weather (that's peak afternoon temp as well, not a daily constant).

Took this one for the toys and traditionals thread.

That's my favourite so far! I hope you've got more in your garage.

Well morning all. I maybe doing some chores today so the Big'un is getting an airing.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday.