Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Wild Willie]

Hope you're keeping warm Willie

Thanks Jack. I managed, we got a shot of snow and cold off of lake Erie, had single digit Fahrenheit temps. Now today we're looking at almost 50 and rain. Everything is a slop hole of mud. Not very conducive to getting any work done out of doors. Hopefully your hectic day wasn't a bad one, and your day today goes well.
We had so much fun yesterday that I've decided to extend my weekly rotation of lambsfoot.

 

[Ramrodmb]

Happy Friday folks and good morning Jack!
Hope all you Guardians had a good holiday season and your year is off to a great start!

Apologies for my absence the last few weeks. Family from out of town and year end festivities had me running ragged and although I enjoyed it, I'm glad to see it in the rear view, tbh.

A couple new Lambsfoots made their way to me just before Christmas and I'm excited to show them to my Guardian friends but haven't had any sunshine for a photo for what seems like weeks now, until yesterday.

Both knives needed a little work to get them where I like; both had off center blades but thanks to a post (click here) from our resident Cutler @ea42, they are now as they should be and I couldn't be happier. I was surprised how easy they were to fix, after some guidance, and since I enjoy tinkering with my knives anyway, these have been fun to play with.

The first is a standard clad in Ebony. The blade was touching the mark side liner and the tip was high enough above the liners to catch a finger on. While I was at it, I contoured the edges of the scales and ran through the grits up to about 600 then gave them a quick buffing. I'm very pleased how they turned out.

Hope you all have a great, relaxing weekend ahead.

 

[JTB_5]

Good morning, Jack! Good morning Guardians! My lambsfoot is stalled in the knife roll today, but I’m still toting something of course.

 

[JohnDF]

Cool pic John

Great-looking workhorse John

Thank you, Jack.

WW, John, you work at an intergalactic space port???

It's a stressful job, as you know. I try to surround myself with things that make me smile.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians

 

[Prester John]

Hope it was good Vince, I went out for Thai - Number 30!

It was delicious! Had the same thing the night before. My wife is a great cook.

 

[mitch4ging]

Morning friends!
Hope to comment on all the great posts later on, but headed out the door now. Have a great Friday!

 

[JohnDF]

headed out the door now.

I hope it's someplace fun.

 

[c-mac]

Cool pic John



Hope you have a good one Mike



Nice pics Dan





Welcome to the thread Stephen, looking forward to seeing your Lambsfoot knives Sadly, as Jer says, it's very unlikely that there'll be any more SFOs produced by Wright's







Your knives are LAMBSFOOT knives Stephen



Thanks Leon



Thanks buddy







That sounds like a LOT of hard work with a Lansky Puck c-mac , skillful job. I may be wrong, but looking at your pics, the knife doesn't quite look like a Lambsfoot. One of the defining features of the Lambsfoot is that the spine of the blade and the edge aren't parallel, as you'll see from your other examples. Currently, it just looks like a nice Sheepsfoot to me, but of course I'm only going on the photos. What do you think?



Congratulations



Great-looking workhorse John



Hope you're keeping warm Willie



Looking good Joshua



That one seems to have 'settled in' Rachel



Nice oldie Ed, hope you're doing OK



Beautiful Harvey



Many thanks for your kind words Gary, it's good to see Man Jack again

Stan Shaw's hands:

Fantastic Dan



LOL! :S Sorry Barrett, I should really have dragged my Stan Shaw Lambsfoot out for a photo op

Hope it was good Vince, I went out for Thai - Number 30!



A Lambsfoot loves to be used

Though subtle it does taper as it goes towards the tip. I'm hoping to pick up a Dremel this weekend and take a little more off the front end to get that more defined lambfoot look. The puck was too much work and pretty hard to get the blade exactly where I want it so tis is where I stopped.

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. I managed, we got a shot of snow and cold off of lake Erie, had single digit Fahrenheit temps. Now today we're looking at almost 50 and rain. Everything is a slop hole of mud. Not very conducive to getting any work done out of doors. Hopefully your hectic day wasn't a bad one, and your day today goes well. View attachment 1262479
We had so much fun yesterday that I've decided to extend my weekly rotation of lambsfoot.

That's quite a variation Willie. While hectic, I had a good day thanks Hope you and your Lambsfoot have a great Friday together

Happy Friday folks and good morning Jack!
Hope all you Guardians had a good holiday season and your year is off to a great start!

Apologies for my absence the last few weeks. Family from out of town and year end festivities had me running ragged and although I enjoyed it, I'm glad to see it in the rear view, tbh.

A couple new Lambsfoots made their way to me just before Christmas and I'm excited to show them to my Guardian friends but haven't had any sunshine for a photo for what seems like weeks now, until yesterday.

Both knives needed a little work to get them where I like; both had off center blades but thanks to a post (click here) from our resident Cutler @ea42, they are now as they should be and I couldn't be happier. I was surprised how easy they were to fix, after some guidance, and since I enjoy tinkering with my knives anyway, these have been fun to play with.

The first is a standard clad in Ebony. The blade was touching the mark side liner and the tip was high enough above the liners to catch a finger on. While I was at it, I contoured the edges of the scales and ran through the grits up to about 600 then gave them a quick buffing. I'm very pleased how they turned out.

Hope you all have a great, relaxing weekend ahead.

Good morning to you too Mark, it's great to see you here, and what a fantastic job you've done of that Lambsfoot Nice work, and those are superb pics Is the ebony darker than it was? That was a very helpful post by Eric, and I'm glad it worked for you

Some months back, I picked up some knives I had ordered from Wright's some time before. There were 10 Big 'Uns and 10 standard, all with ebony, and with polished blades and etches. Half the Big 'Uns had off-centre blades, and all of the standard ones. A number also had tips that sat outside the frame, and the ebony on many of them was disappointing. I picked up two other knives, which looked like they'd been sharpened by a bloke they'd dragged in off the street, along with a Barlow which only had one bolster stamp. Wright's were a cutler down at the time, but all those knives had supposedly been checked

Good morning, Jack! Good morning Guardians! My lambsfoot is stalled in the knife roll today, but I’m still toting something of course.

Have a good day Joshua

Thank you, Jack.


It's a stressful job, as you know. I try to surround myself with things that make me smile.

Good Morning Guardians

Good strategy John, Skoll always makes me smile, is he getting some grey in his coat?

It was delicious! Had the same thing the night before. My wife is a great cook.

You're a lucky man Vince I had chilli and a coke for lunch in a local pub, but I think you would have taken the chilli back!

Morning friends!
Hope to comment on all the great posts later on, but headed out the door now. Have a great Friday!

Great to see you here Dennis, that's a cool pic

I hope it's someplace fun.

Me too

Though subtle it does taper as it goes towards the tip. I'm hoping to pick up a Dremel this weekend and take a little more off the front end to get that more defined lambfoot look. The puck was too much work and pretty hard to get the blade exactly where I want it so tis is where I stopped.

Thanks for the reply Did you try a file? I wish we lived closer, as I could give you a Dremel. My mate with the tool-stall had one in its box with a load of 'bits'. He only had it priced at £10, but a bloke was trying to offer him £5. It really wasn't anything to do with me, but I was so irritated by the ridiculous offer, which was repeated a dozen times, I bought it myself, just so I could see the look on the man's face, and silence his annoying barter! I put it away, and I still haven't got round to learning to use it - it's been at least 6 months now

 

[Stephen byrne]

Cool pic John



Hope you have a good one Mike



Nice pics Dan





Welcome to the thread Stephen, looking forward to seeing your Lambsfoot knives Sadly, as Jer says, it's very unlikely that there'll be any more SFOs produced by Wright's







Your knives are LAMBSFOOT knives Stephen



Thanks Leon



Thanks buddy







That sounds like a LOT of hard work with a Lansky Puck c-mac , skillful job. I may be wrong, but looking at your pics, the knife doesn't quite look like a Lambsfoot. One of the defining features of the Lambsfoot is that the spine of the blade and the edge aren't parallel, as you'll see from your other examples. Currently, it just looks like a nice Sheepsfoot to me, but of course I'm only going on the photos. What do you think?



Congratulations



Great-looking workhorse John



Hope you're keeping warm Willie



Looking good Joshua



That one seems to have 'settled in' Rachel



Nice oldie Ed, hope you're doing OK



Beautiful Harvey



Many thanks for your kind words Gary, it's good to see Man Jack again

Stan Shaw's hands:

Fantastic Dan



LOL! :S Sorry Barrett, I should really have dragged my Stan Shaw Lambsfoot out for a photo op

Hope it was good Vince, I went out for Thai - Number 30!



A Lambsfoot loves to be used

Sorry Jack I edited my post and still got it wrong dam dyslexia I'll get the hang of this shortly ...that's a terrible shame they look like a great strong knife but that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes

 

[Jack Black]

Sorry Jack I edited my post and still got it wrong dam dyslexia I'll get the hang of this shortly ...that's a terrible shame they look like a great strong knife but that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes

No worries Stephen, thank you, the features here can take a bit of getting used to Nothing wrong with the other foot, but they have their own great thread here (that's a link BTW)

 

[c-mac]

Sorry Jack I edited my post and still got it wrong dam dyslexia I'll get the hang of this shortly ...that's a terrible shame they look like a great strong knife but that's just how the cookie crumbles sometimes

£10 is still a great deal. I had actually planned on getting one today after work. I've got a few more blades I'd like to mod and the puck just takes far too long. I do have a small file but it is too small to do much as far as steel removal. I used it more for minor touch ups.

 

[Stephen byrne]

No worries Stephen, thank you, the features here can take a bit of getting used to Nothing wrong with the other foot, but they have their own great thread here (that's a link BTW)

Sorry I was Talking about the barlows that can't be made anymore sorry I should have specified ..I'm not a big fan of them other feet for some reason I think the lambfoot is the one for me I need that sharper tip . Do you guys find you have to be careful of not damaging the tip with certain cuts more so than with other shapes ? I'm really excited to try out my new knives the A Wright seems to have the better tip but the gec waynorth tip looks more robust and the jigging looks like an amazing grip

 

[JohnDF]

is he getting some grey in his coat?

He is certainly looking more "grizzled".

Some months back, I picked up some knives I had ordered from Wright's some time before. There were 10 Big 'Uns and 10 standard, all with ebony, and with polished blades and etches. Half the Big 'Uns had off-centre blades, and all of the standard ones. A number also had tips that sat outside the frame, and the ebony on many of them was disappointing. I picked up two other knives, which looked like they'd been sharpened by a bloke they'd dragged in off the street, along with a Barlow which only had one bolster stamp. Wright's were a cutler down at the time, but all those knives had supposedly been checked

It's a sad day, Jack.

A Wright seems to have the better tip but the gec waynorth tip looks more robust

I find them to be the exact opposite. The WCLF has a finer point and the Wrights are more robust.

 

[Stephen byrne]

He is certainly looking more "grizzled".

It's a sad day, Jack.

I find them to be the exact opposite. The WCLF has a finer point and the Wrights are more robust.

Perfect thanks I'm just judging from from photos witch I guess is never a good idea

 

[Modoc ED]

£10 is still a great deal. I had actually planned on getting one today after work. I've got a few more blades I'd like to mod and the puck just takes far too long. I do have a small file but it is too small to do much as far as steel removal. I used it more for minor touch ups.

As shown in the picture, get your blade to begin it's taper from the heel of the tang so as to have one continuous taper the length of the blade until it falls off at the tip.

Pretty good job though on the 93RF

 

[Jack Black]

£10 is still a great deal. I had actually planned on getting one today after work. I've got a few more blades I'd like to mod and the puck just takes far too long. I do have a small file but it is too small to do much as far as steel removal. I used it more for minor touch ups.

Absolutely, it makes a great cupboard ornament! I'm sure I'll use it one day

Files are what cutlers use, and they do the job well (just go slow) Stan Shaw cuts his blades out with a hacksaw, and most of the rest of the work is done with a file. I've given him quite a few over the years, he gets quite excited about a good big sharp file "Eee, that'll tek plenty o'steel off!" He'll say

Sorry I was Talking about the barlows that can't be made anymore sorry I should have specified ..I'm not a big fan of them other feet for some reason I think the lambfoot is the one for me I need that sharper tip . Do you guys find you have to be careful of not damaging the tip with certain cuts more so than with other shapes ? I'm really excited to try out my new knives the A Wright seems to have the better tip but the gec waynorth tip looks more robust and the jigging looks like an amazing grip

My apologies Yes, it's a crying shame The tip is fairly robust, much more so than a Wharncliffe blade for example. I've come across old ones with broken tips, but they have probably been dropped or abused to end up like that I think. Nobody here has ever reported breaking a tip

He is certainly looking more "grizzled".

It's a sad day, Jack.

I find them to be the exact opposite. The WCLF has a finer point and the Wrights are more robust.

Aren't we all? It is indeed John, a lot of work down the drain, I had ideas for several new knives, and had hoped we'd have our annual Guardians knives for many years to come

 

[Onebigbill]

Happy Friday folks and good morning Jack!
Hope all you Guardians had a good holiday season and your year is off to a great start!

Apologies for my absence the last few weeks. Family from out of town and year end festivities had me running ragged and although I enjoyed it, I'm glad to see it in the rear view, tbh.

A couple new Lambsfoots made their way to me just before Christmas and I'm excited to show them to my Guardian friends but haven't had any sunshine for a photo for what seems like weeks now, until yesterday.

Both knives needed a little work to get them where I like; both had off center blades but thanks to a post (click here) from our resident Cutler @ea42, they are now as they should be and I couldn't be happier. I was surprised how easy they were to fix, after some guidance, and since I enjoy tinkering with my knives anyway, these have been fun to play with.

The first is a standard clad in Ebony. The blade was touching the mark side liner and the tip was high enough above the liners to catch a finger on. While I was at it, I contoured the edges of the scales and ran through the grits up to about 600 then gave them a quick buffing. I'm very pleased how they turned out.

Hope you all have a great, relaxing weekend ahead.

Nice work! Looks great.

 

[c-mac]

Absolutely, it makes a great cupboard ornament! I'm sure I'll use it one day

Files are what cutlers use, and they do the job well (just go slow) Stan Shaw cuts his blades out with a hacksaw, and most of the rest of the work is done with a file. I've given him quite a few over the years, he gets quite excited about a good big sharp file "Eee, that'll tek plenty o'steel off!" He'll say

My apologies Yes, it's a crying shame The tip is fairly robust, much more so than a Wharncliffe blade for example. I've come across old ones with broken tips, but they have probably been dropped or abused to end up like that I think. Nobody here has ever reported breaking a tip



Aren't we all? It is indeed John, a lot of work down the drain, I had ideas for several new knives, and had hoped we'd have our annual Guardians knives for many years to come

Maybe I'll pick up a file and a Dremel and see which I prefer. I'm sure the Dremel will be much quicker but the file will have the ability to be more precise.