Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Amazing how late primitive knife production has run in Sheffield Charlie! I made a post about this in your Barlow thread some years back, it's in there somewhere! I would like to have explored the Stannington Barlow makers in the article I did with our mutual friend, but there wasn't space unfortunately I heard recently that a pub that had been owned by one of those fellers had been demolished. The row of houses where the pedal wheel Barlows were made is still there, but history is disappearing fast

Great to see you here though Charlie Fantastic photo my friend, and it's nice to see some patina on the blade of that historic blade The Joseph Rodgers is a beautiful example of the Lambsfoot pattern, and now has added history in relation to the first US production Lambsfoot knives! Have you heard from Barry, I haven't seen him around recently? He did a great job with those caps. That's a nice colour there

I missed Hobbit Day No missing the great-looking horn on your Lambsfoot though

Looking like a well-loved Barlow should Taylor

Good Morning Guardians! Hope everyone is doing OK, and that your week got off to a reasonable start. They've brought in some new lockdown measures here, expect there'll be more on the way. What a year! Have a good day Guardians, stay safe, and hold those Lambsfoot knives dear

 

Sheffield cutlers were never well paid, but they took a pride in their work, which is rarely seen today unfortunately

Even worse things are happening in the centre of Sheffield, and inner-city, where most of the old cutlery works were once based, I'm afraid Numerous old factories which I photographed for my Sheffield factories thread, (which I can sadly no longer edit or update), just a few years back have always been torn down, in spite of their history, and the fact they are supposedly covered by preservation orders

Glad you're enjoying Big Eb Ron

Souper stag!

 

I had to go into town this morning, so got myself a tasty treat to go with my coffee

 

Crazy isn't it (even later than that, in a few cases, I think)?! Those Sheffield gaffers didn't like investing in machinery when labour was so cheap Of course there is an upside to that for knife collectors in being able to buy handmade knives, (even ones with hand-forged blades from just a few decades back), relatively inexpensively. It does make me laugh when I see the claims by some factories to produce handmade knives, often alongside videos of their highly automated process

Very cool Barrett You're right about the horn

Very true Jer That looks like an interesting read

What a fantastic photo Dwight! Thanks for all your efforts my friend

Here's some horn











I'll have to get the safe open at some point

 

Congratulations on managing to acquire that fine-looking Waynorth Lambsfoot, and welcome to the Guardians, it's great to have you here However, you do need to replace that photo please, I'm sure you can show the pair in the EDC thread. The first duty of a Guardian is to read this

 

Good to see you here Darren There've been a lot of posts, (and a good few giveaways), since then my friend Sadly, there was no possibility of getting a Guardians knife made this year, though as things have turned out, with the current pandemic, logistics would have almost certainly prevented it anyway. However, as things stand, I'm afraid I don't anticipate being able to get knives of an acceptable quality made in Sheffield in the near future