Thanks very much, Natchezz.
I do like a sharp knife, and I must admit I’m a bit OCD about not carrying a new one until it’s sharp enough to whittle the proverbial gnat’s whiskers.
In fact I’ve been doing some informal collecting of micrometer measurements of old Sheffield knives’ behind the edge thicknesses, and most of them were ground extremely thin, so I figure it can’t hurt to mimic that kind of edge geometry.
(And that’s with old knives which have already been well sharpened over their lifetime!)
That’s a handsome Hartshead too BTW, and I always appreciate the graceful lines of those smaller Lambsfoots.
Cheers Dave, yes I love my ol’ ebony Lambsfoot as you know, but Ironsides is just a bit more of a good thing in every way!
Thanks John, great to see Sköll again - what an amazing piece of timber that is.
And just the pocket knife to carry into our brave new world:
But seriously, I’ll be looking forward to seeing some patina developing on Sköll.
That Ebony WCLF of yours makes me sigh with admiration every time I see it! Nicely done Ed and great to see you enjoying it, John!
I sanded the edges off my Ironwood as well. I appreciate that clean, sharp edges are generally seen as a sign of skill and precision workmanship, but I also prefer a more contoured handle.
Thanks Harvey, and it’s a real treat to see your sumptuous photographic art again! Lovely knife too, my friend.
Thanks mate, I appreciate all the efforts you went through to get these wonderful knives into our hands, every day!
Hey mate, good to see you here. That’s a good guess - it’s actually out the back of Ferntree Gully, on the way to Lysterfield Lake.
Yep, you’ve got a good eye. There’s a deep, wide valley between the foreground and background, and I’ve spent many a dawn and afternoon hunting underground mutton and Reynards on those far ridges, over the years.
Yes, I certainly do need to get some patina on that Waynorth. The primo Lambsfoots seemed to come thick and fast this year. I still feel like I’m just getting to know Ol’ Ironsides! My beautiful Hartshead and Waynorth examples sit in pride of place, in front of me on an old carved hardwood chest as I write. I’m still no farther than taking them out of their slips frequently to ooo and ahhh over them like a monkey in 2001: A Space Odyssey!
Wow, Mark! Every time I look at this thread it seems the standard of photography has reached new heights. That image though is incredible. At first I thought I was looking off the edge of a pier into the reflections of a mirror still, skyblue lake. Very well played, my friend.
Also: Cello Dan, I love your Walk in Nature series. I have many favourites, and they never fail to make me pause and appreciate the moment. Thank you, my friend.
Josè: My word, that Michael May custom piece is just amazing! What a wonderful piece of timber, and that long bolster with the Portuguese coat of arms is one of the nicest ‘Barlow style’ bolster motifs I’ve ever seen! That’s truly is an heirloom quality piece, my friend.
Well, the upside of having been a delinquent from the Guardians thread for a while
, is that I’ve had time to build up a good catalogue of new Lambsfoot knife pics!
(Also, thank you to those who made kind comments from my post a few weeks ago. GT in particular: I owe you a fuller answer to a question you asked about the flora of Australia, my friend.)
Dave
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- your tasty soup pic, reminded me of these pics I’d taken while out and about. One thing I love about Melbourne is the high standard of international food, due to successive contributions by new Australians over the years since WW2.
Some Vietnamese Beef Pho:
Some curried Kingfish, Eggplant and Snake Gourd from a Tamil Sri Lankan joint (this one was less than $10 Aussie dollars in the working class suburb of Dandenong):
And one of my own humble Sambar venison curries:
