I hope you get a nice one I remember John posting here Mike, but I'm not sure that knife has ever been shown. Are those covers leather? How do you find it? Thanks a lot for letting us seeing it
It's always good to see a new face here
If you read post #1 (please do) in this thread, there's a link to the Technical Forum, and a thread about posting pics
I really like John’s knives. Most of them are built to really be used, and I’m a fan of the 51200 steel. This knife is no exception, though I think I prefer a stouter blade on a Lambsfoot, if for no other reason than aesthetics.I remember John posting here Mike, but I'm not sure that knife has ever been shown. Are those covers leather? How do you find it? Thanks a lot for letting us seeing it
It's always good to see a new face here
If you read post #1 (please do) in this thread, there's a link to the Technical Forum, and a thread about posting pics
I'm glad you still have them. Do you know how many years he had them, they are both very well used?
Welcome to the Guardians
Thinking on, I think he is indexed here, but I'm on my phone right now, and it's a bit awkward to look I think he's an excellent cutler Mike
That's a coincidence, my granddad was in the RA in WW2 too. His last posting was to Palestine though. My dad was in the RA too, but just doing his National Service in the 50's. Fantastic that he had those knives so long
I think he's an excellent cutler Mike
That's a coincidence, my granddad was in the RA in WW2 too. His last posting was to Palestine though. My dad was in the RA too, but just doing his National Service in the 50's. Fantastic that he had those knives so long
You never know, my granddad was also at Dunkirk. I don't know too much about his war service, as he only told me a few funny stories as a boy, but apparently he was in some sort of commando unit at some point too, and among the first British troops in Berlin. Then he went to Egypt and Palestine before going back to Sheffield. He worked at Tinsley Wire both before and after the war, being their 6th employee. He died in 1981 I hope he's OK, and that we'll see him here again
Thanks buddy, since we all rely on your stunning historic catalogue collection so much, it's nice (and rare) to be able to show you some paperwork you don't already have!
Sorry to be an errant Guardian, but I thought I’d drop by to say hello. I hope you’re all well.
Herder, my friend, that catalogue image you found is fascinating, as always.
I actually recollect posting about one of those late period swell centre Rodgers Lambsfoots from a friend’s collection a few years ago here (with his prior blessing, of course).
(I think clicking the arrow at the top of the quote will lead back to the original post and discussion.)
Anyway, among all the fine Lambsfoot knives in that collection, I remember it was poorly fitted and had a rough action and weak snap to it. If you saw it in person, Jack’s guess at the time, that it might have been assembled at a late stage of JR’s existence from disparate parts, would seem to be a likely possibility.
So it’s very interesting that it was actually a full catalogue line model.
Thanks very much Brewbear, I appreciate the time you took to read those old posts.
Congratulations on your first Lambsfoot knife!
To answer your questions -
I believe I used 3μm and then 1μm DMT diamond paste. Stan Shaw mentioned that he uses emery powder for lapping in actions.
I just use a non toxic, food safe oil and an old toothbrush and some cotton buds/Q-tips to flush and clean the knife. Mineral oil or camellia oil are what I would normally use. I also often use Ballistol for non food contact knives and areas.
I generally give all new traditional knives a quick wash in warm soapy water when I first get them, working the action a few times underwater. It’s amazing the debris that’s left at the bottom of the basin sometimes!
I dry the knife thoroughly afterwards for a while with low heat, and apply oil.
I generally grind back my edges to about 9 or 10 degrees per side.
I recently acquired the tragic edge nerd tool
Then I resharpen with the Sharpmaker at 15 dps.
Eventually the edge area thickens up with repeated sharpenings, and it’s back to the benchstones for some thinning out.
I prefer all my Lambsfoot knives to have a razorlike edge on them.
The steel is tough enough that it rarely gets problems with the edge in fairly thin cross sections, and in the event it does, it’s a cinch to repair and resharpen.
I’m talking about rolling and impaction - I’ve never had chipping occur on a Wright lambsfoot.
Even if you don’t have any dedicated sharpening gear, these knives respond well to all sorts of field expedients, like random kitchen steels, the bottom of coffee mugs, the top of car windows etc.
I like to use a little section of broken Spyderco Ultrafine Sharpmaker rod I carry in a pocket slip, to ‘steel’ my Lambsfoot knives with.
As far as carry, I either carry my ebony ‘Mah Knife’ Lambsfoot loose in my FLP, or if I’m carrying a Guardians knife with nice bolsters, I’ll always carry it in one of Dylan’s excellent slips.
Well, I guess everyone’s probably sick of hearing the C-word, so I’ll just mention we fairly recently came out of a long lockdown in Melbourne. My thoughts are with those who are doing it really tough at the the moment.
In the spirit of this thread about Lambsfoot knives and food
First up was catching up for a Pho with my brother and my HHB.
But this next place is what I daydreamed about during the months of lockdown:
My Desert Ironwood Guardians knife is my usual choice of Lambsfoot ‘for best.’
