Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[waynorth]

I've sent my large cocobola Lambsfoot to be professionally sharpened! I plan on using it for a long while to get a true "Lambsfoot" feeling in my hands. A polished edge will give me a head start I figure.

 

[Pàdruig]

Busy busy, as of late.... I figured I would drop a pic before getting back to the grind. I hope everyone is having a good Monday!

 

[Jack Black]

I’ve had the Large Rosewood with me today!

Very nice Ron, how you finding that one?

Thanks GT! I didn't notice it before, but now it's hard not to see an angry bird looking at me

I've sent my large cocobola Lambsfoot to be professionally sharpened! I plan on using it for a long while to get a true "Lambsfoot" feeling in my hands. A polished edge will give me a head start I figure.

Hope you'll keep us informed of how you get on Charlie

Busy busy, as of late.... I figured I would drop a pic before getting back to the grind. I hope everyone is having a good Monday!

Good to see you drop in Dylan Great pic, you've captured that one very nicely. Beautiful swedge

 

[Jack Black]

 

[Half/Stop]

Very nice Ron, how you finding that one?

Thanks Jack! I bought this one on the big auction site from a UK dealer. I will say that the fit and finish is not up to par with the examples that I have from you that came directly from A. Wright’s. That being said this one has solid lockup and excellent snap both opening and closing. The large size is still very pocketable with the Lambsfoot being quite thin and lightweight by design! I actually do carry knives in the 3-3/4” to 4” range quite frequently. Maybe if I had one of these in some nice Buffalo I could find myself favoring it more!

 

[donn]

Partly through complacency and a lack of imagination too I think Donn A quick Google image search didn't reveal any of those jigged camel bone folders. Trevor used some smooth camel bone the last few years, and I thought that looked OK, but the jigged stuff, which some vendors were erroneously calling 'stag', was ugly in my opinion. Domestic cattle bone (usually shin bone I believe) was certainly used in Sheffield in the past, and there were scores of specialist scale-cutters offering jigged bone (or 'bone stag'/'stag bone'), genuine stag, horn, ivory, and MOP covers. It probably wasn't the nicest job to be fair! I can remember when there was a pearl-cutters a couple of hundred yards from Sheffield railway station

Thanks for yet another interesting titbit of Sheffield history . It's a shame all that's gone; would be a lot more interesting and useful than whats within 200 yards of Shefiield station these days...

Busy busy, as of late.... I figured I would drop a pic before getting back to the grind. I hope everyone is having a good Monday!

Great colours in that patina you've got there

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack! I bought this one on the big auction site from a UK dealer. I will say that the fit and finish is not up to par with the examples that I have from you that came directly from A. Wright’s. That being said this one has solid lockup and excellent snap both opening and closing. The large size is still very pocketable with the Lambsfoot being quite thin and lightweight by design! I actually do carry knives in the 3-3/4” to 4” range quite frequently. Maybe if I had one of these in some nice Buffalo I could find myself favoring it more!

I suspect some of those online dealers of selling seconds, though I have certainly seen Rosewood models in the past lacking good fit and finish. I am overdue for a trip over to Wright's I was very pleased with this one I got from them

Thanks for yet another interesting titbit of Sheffield history . It's a shame all that's gone; would be a lot more interesting and useful than whats within 200 yards of Shefiield station these days...

A pleasure my friend True, over the years, I'd imagine a few visitors have got straight back on the train, Sheffield is a city which presents itself very badly - and that's being kind! The pearl-cutters was more or less opposite the rear entrance to the Millenium Galleries museum, close to the old H.M. Slater building

Nice pic there Donn, great to be out in the woods at this time of year - even better if you have sausages! Here's one of the Rosewood model I had, which is now with Charlie

 

[bonzodog]

Nice stag arrivedthis morning.

 

[Jack Black]

Nice stag arrivedthis morning.

Nice Look forward to seeing more of that one

 

[Jack Black]

I'm finding it very hard to kick this one out of my pocket!

 

[donn]

Nice pic there Donn, great to be out in the woods at this time of year - even better if you have sausages! Here's one of the Rosewood model I had, which is now with Charlie

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I was there for about 3 weeks. Up on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. I had sausages but no mobile phone signal and only occasional internet
My lambsfoot is rosewood but your covers have a much nicer grain.

 

[Jack Black]

I was there for about 3 weeks. Up on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds. I had sausages but no mobile phone signal and only occasional internet
My lambsfoot is rosewood but your covers have a much nicer grain.

Great stuff Sausages beat mobile phone signal! Thank you, it was the first Lambsfoot I had from Wright's, I bought it from Barnitt's in York, passed it onto the always generous Charlie waynorth

 

[Kevin-B]

Nice stag arrivedthis morning.

Thats a nice one, i love the handle scales on it.

 

[bonzodog]

Thanks,very pleased with it.

 

[Half/Stop]

I suspect some of those online dealers of selling seconds, though I have certainly seen Rosewood models in the past lacking good fit and finish. I am overdue for a trip over to Wright's I was very pleased with this one I got from them

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Yes Jack, I suspect my large AW Rosewood just may well be a 2nd! Now that special horn model is a different story. That’s definitely a top shelf knife!

 

[WhittlinAway]

I'm finding it very hard to kick this one out of my pocket!

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I’m finding it hard to understand why you’d even try.

 

[66sprint6]

Just dropped off at my door!



Picked it up off of Jack Black after inquiring about them. Thanks so very much for the help, she is a beaut and extremely unique in my "collection" for sure. That said, it appears that it will fit in quite wonderfully as it seems like it could be quite useful! Feels great in the hand and is SUPER secure when open. Im going to flush, clean, oil and sharpen it up tonight and carry it with me throughout the Thanksgiving weekend!!!

Matt

 

[Jack Black]

Yes Jack, I suspect my large AW Rosewood just may well be a 2nd! Now that special horn model is a different story. That’s definitely a top shelf knife!

Thanks my friend, I got that one while visiting the factory with @herder. John Maleham, the gaffer there, very kindly came in on a holiday to show us both around, before we all went to have breakfast together They had done a special order of those knives, with some stunning reddish horn, and I felt very privileged to be able to buy one straight off the bench

I’m finding it hard to understand why you’d even try.

Just dropped off at my door!

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Picked it up off of Jack Black after inquiring about them. Thanks so very much for the help, she is a beaut and extremely unique in my "collection" for sure. That said, it appears that it will fit in quite wonderfully as it seems like it could be quite useful! Feels great in the hand and is SUPER secure when open. Im going to flush, clean, oil and sharpen it up tonight and carry it with me throughout the Thanksgiving weekend!!!

Matt

I'm glad the Lambsfoot made it Matt, and that you like it Thanks for showing it here. I hope it's a great Thanksgiving carry I have to say, I love the way those blades SNAP open!

 

[screened porch]

I suspect some of those online dealers of selling seconds, though I have certainly seen Rosewood models in the past lacking good fit and finish. I am overdue for a trip over to Wright's

My rosewood two-bladed Wright should probably have been a twelfth or a twentieth.
When you visit Wright's please give my compliments to Chef Maleham and his indiennes.

 

[Jack Black]

My rosewood two-bladed Wright should probably have been a twelfth or a twentieth.
When you visit Wright's please give my compliments to Chef Maleham and his indiennes.

I bought a few 'Seconds' the last time I was there, and most of them are better than some of the 'firsts' I've seen in the past, from some stockists, so it does make me suspicious. It's either that, or some folks just don't check their stock Will do