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Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
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Mostly the way they fit in my hand. The end of the small one tucks into the middle of my palm, and the large one pretty much goes past the heel of my hand. The middle size isn't uncomfortable, though. Out of that size, the Hartshead fits my hand better than the swaybacks.
Also, the longer frames look more elegant, and the little one is adorable.
Thank you, Jack. All but the big rosewood, (thanks, nal0n) they are all your SFOs.
Well, today I start my first day of solitary confinement. My wife is driving over to another state to babysit her oldest daughters son while school is canceled. I am a bit of an introvert so things won’t be too much different than usual except it will be a little quieter and I will have to do my own cooking.
Hope it goes OK, that's a great pic, looks like you're getting plenty of use from your Lambsfoot @donn
Oh David, one more thing !
A selfie , holding a lambsfoot in front of the cathedral would have been the " cherry on top" your fantastic post
Not like this pair, both spent nearly an hour at an English beauty spot 'trout-pouting' at their phones, don't think they even looked at each other, never mind the view 
Looking great JeffThis is me five months ago with hunting season beard . . . old and gray now.
Great info and pics, Gracias JackYes indeed Dan, the blade is a smidgen smaller, and it makes for a much more pocketable package
Three in horn
Thank you my friendFabulous photos Dan
Great pics. Thanks for the tour, David.Ha! Great film!
I've been carrying my ironwood for the past week as I rarely do for some reason, but also because everything else I put in storage as I went away to Winchester for a bit. The reason was to visit Winchester Cathedral and also the Winchester beer festival, which as it turned out, was the last beer festival of the year so far.
Winchester Cathedral (The church of the Holy Trinity, St' Peter and St' Paul) is a Norman Gothic cathedral located in Winchester in the county of Hampshire in south west England. There's been a church on this site since AD645 but the present church was begun by the Norman Bishop Walkelin in 1079 to replace the earlier Anglo-Saxon cathedral. It was completed within 20 years but was then altered and refined over the following 500 years. It's one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world and the longest in Britain.
The 13th century East End.
The Transepts, Tower and Crypt are all that remains of the Norman. Here you can see the classic Norman (Romanesque) arches and pillar in one of the Transepts.
And along the Triforium (the middle level) the reused Roman pillars.
In comparison to the later 14th (Perpendicular) Nave.
(oh that's a poor picture of a lambsfoot isn't it).
Within the Nave is the original Norman Font made from Tournai marble (from modern day Belgium) and gifted to the cathedral from Bishop Henry of Blois, William the Conqueror's grandson and brother of King Stephen in the 12th century. Many of our kings and their heirs were baptised in this font.
It originally sat by the Norman west end but when that was demolished in the 1300's and the Nave shortened by about 70 feet they moved it to it's current position in the arcades of north aisle. And in over 700 years they've never got round to moving it back.
Looking up to the roof of the crossing you'll see the vaulted ceiling is made from wood. This was because in 1107 the original tower collapsed. It was blamed on the burial of William II (William the Conquerors son) who was a bit of a nasty sod and who was probably assassinated by his brother in 1100. It was more likely because most of the cathedral is built on a flood plain and so when rebuilt it was built in wood to alleviate weight.
Looking along the Quire towards the Sanctuary and the Great West Screen, considered to be one of the finest of the age.
This is Norman but the figures you see are later replacements, the originals smashed in 1642 during our civil war.
Now Winchester is the traditional burial place of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Along each side of the Sanctuary are Mortuary Chests placed in their current position in 1520. They contain the bones of the Kings Cenwealh, Althelred, Cnut, Emma (the queen of both those kings) Hathacanute and the Norman king William II. In 1642 the Parliamentarians stormed the cathedral, pulled the chests down and scattered the bones. There is a project by a team from Bristol University to DNA test and carbon date the bones to sort them all out and they have already identified the remains of Queen Emma.
Behind the screen in the retrochoir is the site of St' Swithin's shrine. St' Swithin was a 9th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who was elevated to sainthood and which the last Anglo-Saxon cathedral was dedicated to. Contrary to popular belief William the Conqueror didn't completely suppress the Anglo-Saxon saints. The Normans were often happy to let the Anglo-Saxons continue with their saints.
The shrine, like virtually all shrines in England no longer exists. Destroyed during the Reformation on the orders of Henry VIII.
So I'll end on a modern story. Late in the 19th century it was discovered that the east end of the Retrochoir was in danger of collapse. When they investigated they found that when it was constructed in the 13th century it was built on a peat bog (the flood plain of the River Itchen). What they had done was constructed a raft of beech trees which they then used as foundations. It was found that after 600 odd years these beech logs had rotted away.
The solution they came up with was to excavate down, remove the peat, and replace with concrete.
This bust is of William Walker, a diver who for 5 years between 1906 and 1911 worked (usually single handed) in absolute darkness under the wall of the cathedral cutting away the peat and replacing it with bags of cement.
Here's his Wiki page which tells it better than I can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(diver)
If you look closely on this photo you can see the sag in the external south wall of the Retrochoir. Well 'Diver Bill' is the one who stopped that turning into a catastrophic collapse.
Just a few more. Looking towards the west end. The great west window was smashed in 1642.
The roof space above the vault of the Nave. Hundreds of oak trees were used. They story was Bishop Walkelin approached William II and asked him for some oak trees from the royal forest. William II sneered at him and replied you can have as many trees as can be cut down in a single day. So the bishop got every monk, nun, layman and townsman in Winchester into the forest and between sunrise and sunset they felled the entire forest of oak trees. When William II found out he went nuts but Walkelin placated him by planting 'The New Forest', which even today is I think the largest forest in Britain.
Any the bell chamber.
Well I hope you've enjoyed my little tour; I did it mainly cos I think like me many of us are stuck at home, or at least can't do anything more exciting than walk round the block.I can do a little more of Winchester if you want.
Oh I better put some more lambsfoot content in this hadn't I.
Yes, but you expected to go home from the Lebanese Civil War.
Welcome to solitary Les!
Looking great Jeff
With all the bearded Guardians posting pics I am seriously considering growing me one
Great info and pics, Gracias Jack
Thank you my friend
Good morning, Guardians!
It's interesting that the blade length is so close between the medium and the small.
That's a fine set in horn, Jack.
Their double-bolstered pattern uses a small-size Lambsfoot blade, even though it's a tad short for the frame. 
Hope everyone is having a great Sunday!!
Yes, but you expected to go home from the Lebanese Civil War.
The only way you're going home from where you are now is metaphorically.
Nice-looking IXL Lambsfoot pal, and a great photo with that vintage programme
Here is the Sheffield Gaumont in the 1960's, I saw so many films here over the years
You perhaps remember this building my friend, though it looks somewhat different today?
It was built on the site of Joseph Rodgers Norfolk Works, and we visited the site to see this plaque, which I'm sure you will remember
With the winters where you are Dan, I'm surprised you don't have one already, I would!
A pleasure my friend
Splendid Sunday choice Vince
There'll be some reason for it Rachel, most of the pattern stamps for the blades are over a hundred years old, and the rest getting on for that. Sometimes they've come from other firms, which you can see easily if you compare blades (both old and modern). A different blade pattern can come about for all sorts of reasons, sometimes it was made for a special order, other times it came from another firm. For example, I discovered that the large 'Pen' blade, which Wright's marry to the medium Lambsfoot, and which I don't really care for, is taken from knives which were produced for the British NAAFI after WW2 (the actual blade stamp may even pre-date that). They use what they have, as otherwise they'd have to spend money on a new stamp
Thanks Rachel
Great to see you here Ed, how you doing buddy?
LOL!
That’s a show I’m sometimes hesitant to recommend; I think it‘s great, but I’m also aware that it‘s pretty silly. If you ever get to season 6, I think you’ll enjoy Ron’s trip to London. 
Ha! Great film!
I've been carrying my ironwood for the past week as I rarely do for some reason, but also because everything else I put in storage as I went away to Winchester for a bit. The reason was to visit Winchester Cathedral and also the Winchester beer festival, which as it turned out, was the last beer festival of the year so far.
Winchester Cathedral (The church of the Holy Trinity, St' Peter and St' Paul) is a Norman Gothic cathedral located in Winchester in the county of Hampshire in south west England. There's been a church on this site since AD645 but the present church was begun by the Norman Bishop Walkelin in 1079 to replace the earlier Anglo-Saxon cathedral. It was completed within 20 years but was then altered and refined over the following 500 years. It's one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world and the longest in Britain.
The 13th century East End.
The Transepts, Tower and Crypt are all that remains of the Norman. Here you can see the classic Norman (Romanesque) arches and pillar in one of the Transepts.
And along the Triforium (the middle level) the reused Roman pillars.
In comparison to the later 14th (Perpendicular) Nave.
(oh that's a poor picture of a lambsfoot isn't it
Within the Nave is the original Norman Font made from Tournai marble (from modern day Belgium) and gifted to the cathedral from Bishop Henry of Blois, William the Conqueror's grandson and brother of King Stephen in the 12th century. Many of our kings and their heirs were baptised in this font.
It originally sat by the Norman west end but when that was demolished in the 1300's and the Nave shortened by about 70 feet they moved it to it's current position in the arcades of north aisle. And in over 700 years they've never got round to moving it back.
Looking up to the roof of the crossing you'll see the vaulted ceiling is made from wood. This was because in 1107 the original tower collapsed. It was blamed on the burial of William II (William the Conquerors son) who was a bit of a nasty sod and who was probably assassinated by his brother in 1100. It was more likely because most of the cathedral is built on a flood plain and so when rebuilt it was built in wood to alleviate weight.
Looking along the Quire towards the Sanctuary and the Great West Screen, considered to be one of the finest of the age.
This is Norman but the figures you see are later replacements, the originals smashed in 1642 during our civil war.
Now Winchester is the traditional burial place of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England. Along each side of the Sanctuary are Mortuary Chests placed in their current position in 1520. They contain the bones of the Kings Cenwealh, Althelred, Cnut, Emma (the queen of both those kings) Hathacanute and the Norman king William II. In 1642 the Parliamentarians stormed the cathedral, pulled the chests down and scattered the bones. There is a project by a team from Bristol University to DNA test and carbon date the bones to sort them all out and they have already identified the remains of Queen Emma.
Behind the screen in the retrochoir is the site of St' Swithin's shrine. St' Swithin was a 9th century Anglo-Saxon Bishop of Winchester who was elevated to sainthood and which the last Anglo-Saxon cathedral was dedicated to. Contrary to popular belief William the Conqueror didn't completely suppress the Anglo-Saxon saints. The Normans were often happy to let the Anglo-Saxons continue with their saints.
The shrine, like virtually all shrines in England no longer exists. Destroyed during the Reformation on the orders of Henry VIII.
So I'll end on a modern story. Late in the 19th century it was discovered that the east end of the Retrochoir was in danger of collapse. When they investigated they found that when it was constructed in the 13th century it was built on a peat bog (the flood plain of the River Itchen). What they had done was constructed a raft of beech trees which they then used as foundations. It was found that after 600 odd years these beech logs had rotted away.
The solution they came up with was to excavate down, remove the peat, and replace with concrete.
This bust is of William Walker, a diver who for 5 years between 1906 and 1911 worked (usually single handed) in absolute darkness under the wall of the cathedral cutting away the peat and replacing it with bags of cement.
Here's his Wiki page which tells it better than I can.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(diver)
If you look closely on this photo you can see the sag in the external south wall of the Retrochoir. Well 'Diver Bill' is the one who stopped that turning into a catastrophic collapse.
Just a few more. Looking towards the west end. The great west window was smashed in 1642.
The roof space above the vault of the Nave. Hundreds of oak trees were used. They story was Bishop Walkelin approached William II and asked him for some oak trees from the royal forest. William II sneered at him and replied you can have as many trees as can be cut down in a single day. So the bishop got every monk, nun, layman and townsman in Winchester into the forest and between sunrise and sunset they felled the entire forest of oak trees. When William II found out he went nuts but Walkelin placated him by planting 'The New Forest', which even today is I think the largest forest in Britain.
Any the bell chamber.
Well I hope you've enjoyed my little tour; I did it mainly cos I think like me many of us are stuck at home, or at least can't do anything more exciting than walk round the block.
Oh I better put some more lambsfoot content in this hadn't I.
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Did you know that Nick Offerman has his own special edition Lagavulin? I bought a bottle a while back, but haven’t tried it yet.
Excellent post, David! Thanks for all the photos!
I was looking for the other 3 series on the Big River site earlier, but the prices were ridiculous. I'm sure I'll pick them up at some point That is VERY cool Great pic too my friend 
That looks to be an excellent Dram. I have the 16 year and keep it in stock in my stash of Scotch from Islay. I've not tried the 11 year Nick Offerman before. Hope you are enjoying yours along with you most excellent lambfoot knives.I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Did you know that Nick Offerman has his own special edition Lagavulin? I bought a bottle a while back, but haven’t tried it yet.
Excellent post, David! Thanks for all the photos!
