Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[seas165]

I gently eased the sharp corner on the edge of the tang and that has helped somewhat i am going to see how it goes over the next few weeks of use. Thanks for all the input!

 

[seas165]

That's a really nice one! How did you manage to score one with such good stag?

just luck of the draw!

 

[r8shell]

Ok guardians i need some advice. My new lambsfoot is beautiful but it is so hard to open (ive flushed with oil and blown with air hose) and with how thick the stag is i get a bad angle on the nail nick. Im thinking about adding an easy open notch and hopefully be able to pinch it by the tip. I guess my question is A. Should i do it. And B should i put it as far to the tip as it can go to get the most leverage and will look the most natural? Or have it in line with the nail nick? Im leaning towards the end of the handle. Any thoughts or anything im not thinking about? Im thinking centered at the pencil point and the notch not exposing the tip.View attachment 1591844

No! No! No! Have a look in the thread index for advice on making the blade easier to open. Adding an EO notch will mess up your Lambsfoot, and should only be done as a last resort

Not saying you should do this, but just wanted to share what I did on my English Jack.

That one was a nail breaker and per another member's suggestion, I took a very small file and just slightly rounded off the closing torque point behind the kick. This gave me enough to start the opening of the blade and then I could better adjust angle of nail to continue opening the blade fully. Don't round off too much or you might lose the blade snap when closing. Just a little at a time.

On mine, I needed to use a blade key/pick to open before and now I can open it without the key.

Good luck!

This can work. Just be darn sure you take the metal off the end of the tang NOT the kick and the blade has to be fully open. Rachel r8shell has experience with this - I think.

Yes, I've had luck taking a little bit off the corner of the tang that starts pushing the spring up. I've only done this on knives with half stops, though. I'm not entirely sure of how it would work on a cam tang.

This was after flushing the joint with oil and working the blade open and closed many times, and it just wasn't opening any easier.

seas165 , I wonder if, before you go to the extreme of putting in an EO notch, you could maybe file down the stag a bit to thin it in the area just in line with the nail nick. I have thin nails, and I do alright opening hard-pull knives if I can get the proper angle to push the blade open with the end of my nail. If I can only get my nail into the nick at 90 degrees and have to pull, I feel like it's going to bend the nail back. (just got a shudder at the thought) so I understand what you mean about thick stag giving a bad angle for using the nail nick.
Your knife has such beautiful stag, it would be a shame to grind any of it off, but it might be possible as a last resort to thin a small area. Better than a big ol' notch, anyway.

 

[mitch4ging]

Nice photo of that handsome horn Dennis

Thank you kindly, Jack!

Good morning Guardians, is it only Tuesday?! Going to have my nose to the grindstone again today Hartshead Barlow back in the pocket Have a great day everyone

If your nose is to the grindstone, I guess it's best you have a Lambsfoot in your pocket!

Great photo of your amazing buffalo horn, Dennis.

Thank you very much, José!

Guess not. Oh, well. Peace.

It was worth a try, Jer!

Great effort Jer I was listening to that old track just the other day, I'd forgotten how far into the future it went! Seems a good time to post my Space Lamb

Time for another episode of "Lambsfoot in Space... Space...Space..."
There is definitely a cool factor there!

That space lamb is a treasure.

Thanks mate

I have seen that movie, but it's a very long time ago! Do you remember this one?!

Great old movies...and great Lambsfoot!
Now for some truly scary CATS!
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Spoiler: Scary Cats

Really like this Big’un. And enough about the Eve of Destruction, you guys are messing with my head! View attachment 1591554

Just focus on the Handsome Lamb Big'un, Todd!

I was loading up my pockets with the knives I intend to carry today and ran across this "Lil-un" with Pere David covers. It's such a nice little knife I have to take it too. There's always room for one more!!

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Nice one, Ed!
I love the horn one I have, slides into the watch pocket nicely!

View attachment 1591722I’m sorry I haven’t been around much lately. Unforeseen circumstances left me out of a job at the end of the school year, but I’m happy to have found an alternative teaching job. Preparing for my first class; a summer intensive beginning in July! My trusty AC is helping me stay sharp.

It has certainly been a strange year for you teachers, and I certainly appreciate all that you guys go through! Glad to hear you have another one lined up!
Great looking AC!

Always enjoy seeing that honey horn Lamb, José!

Thanks Duncan, hope you're doing well buddy Here's my Rosewood AC (with a vintage comic [COLOR=#773c3c] H [/COLOR] Harder sent me recently )

Very cool composition, Jack! Your Rosewood HHB is a looker for sure!

One beautiful Lambfoot you have there Dennis. Your photo is so clean and clear = really nice work!

Thank you very much, Bill! Every now and then I get lucky!

My son is in town visiting and we are about to go out for Mexican food. I have my Ebony with me again today. Hope you had a good day today.

Beautiful ebony, Bill!
Nothing could be better, having your son or daughter visit, a great Lambsfoot in your pocket, and mexican food!!
Our son just visited us for a couple of weeks, and we took them down to a nice cabin for a week. First time we've seen him in about a year.

Ironwood Mike today.

 

[Jack Black]

Kevin I'd be really careful, those blades aren't all that wide on the end. Make the notch too deep and you'll have the edge poking out of the bottom. Do you have a pic of the blade open?

Eric

It's good to see you here Eric You NEED a Lambsfoot

Was hoping to have my sharpener project finished today, hit a couple of hurdles and needs some re-jigging. Had to go back to the drawing board, i'm pretty sure i have worked a way around the issue. Not a big deal, i have had to wait for the Tru-Oil finish to cure properly anyway.

Sorry to hear about the snags mate, looking forward to seeing more of your new project

Eric, Thats one thing i was worried about heres a pic of the blade open. View attachment 1591866

That's a nice-looking knife, I'd guess it is old stock

Having a good one so far Jack. My son is in town visiting and we are about to go out for Mexican food. I have my Ebony with me again today. Hope you had a good day today.
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Glad to hear it Bill, and it sounds like your day is about to get even better Nice choice

Ok ill take a look. Thanks!

There's lots of good advice there, including a full tutorial by Cambertree Take your time, that's too nice a knife to spoil by rushing. Sometimes the knife wears YOU in, not the other way round

Man oh man oh man oh man!!!!!! I think if you go that route, you'll be courting disaster. Just give it more time. Oil it again and work it some more. While you're sitting in your chair watching TV, open it over and over and over and then do it some more. Follow Jack's Jack Black advice and checkout the index.

Oh, if yer thumb nail looks anything like your finger nails, let your thumb nail grow out and toughen it up.

Another Oh - Invest in a metal blade opener.

That's a fine looking knife. I'd be a shame to ruin it with an easy open notch.

Good advice Ed, sometimes a knife with a stiff pull just takes a little getting used to

I was told this knife was "impossible" to open. Here it is, straight out of the envelope it was returned in, hadn't even been oiled

That's a really nice one! How did you manage to score one with such good stag?

just luck of the draw!

My guess is that is old stock. Good old Sambar is as rare as hen's teeth in Sheffield these days, you did well there Kevin

Yes, I've had luck taking a little bit off the corner of the tang that starts pushing the spring up. I've only done this on knives with half stops, though. I'm not entirely sure of how it would work on a cam tang.

This was after flushing the joint with oil and working the blade open and closed many times, and it just wasn't opening any easier.

seas165 , I wonder if, before you go to the extreme of putting in an EO notch, you could maybe file down the stag a bit to thin it in the area just in line with the nail nick. I have thin nails, and I do alright opening hard-pull knives if I can get the proper angle to push the blade open with the end of my nail. If I can only get my nail into the nick at 90 degrees and have to pull, I feel like it's going to bend the nail back. (just got a shudder at the thought) so I understand what you mean about thick stag giving a bad angle for using the nail nick.
Your knife has such beautiful stag, it would be a shame to grind any of it off, but it might be possible as a last resort to thin a small area. Better than a big ol' notch, anyway.

I've done it on a cam-tang Lambsfoot. On my last visit to the Sheffield factory that used to make the Guardians knives, I picked up a real mixed-bag, including a Hartshead Barlow sample which I could only open with pliers, never come across anything like it (when I did open it, it had the worst factory edge I've ever seen) Over the next few weeks, I did all the usual stuff (also used a bit of Flitz in the joint), but I still couldn't open the darn blade (and on a Hartshead Barlow there's plenty of space to pinch it open). I 'broke' the corners of the tang just a fraction (you really want to do this carefully), and it eased the problem to the point where I could open the blade. Still didn't make me want to carry the knife though

Good point about the stag Rachel, I usually pinch open my Lambsfoot knives, but when I use a nail I bring it up vertically from below, using the 'roof' of the nick. I think you probably do the same Yep, be a shame to do anything to the stag, I bet it's a lot older than the rest of the knife

Thank you kindly, Jack!

If your nose is to the grindstone, I guess it's best you have a Lambsfoot in your pocket!

Definitely mate!

Time for another episode of "Lambsfoot in Space... Space...Space..."
There is definitely a cool factor there!

LOL! Thanks mate, I thought so too, it was a great gift

Great old movies...and great Lambsfoot!
Now for some truly scary CATS!
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Spoiler: Scary Cats

REAL scary!

Very cool composition, Jack! Your Rosewood HHB is a looker for sure!

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Ironwood Mike today.

Thanks a lot my friend, it's good to see Ironwood Mike looking in fine form

Good morning Guardians, great to see some interesting Lambsfoot discussion My weeks usually fly, but this one isn't! Hopefully things will calm down a little for me from today, I got most of my work finished yesterday, but still have some stuff to do. I was worried I might not be able to get down to the market this Thursday, but it looks like I'll be fine now. Hope everyone else is having a good 'un Thought I'd wrestle my Hartshead Barlow out of my pocket today, and slip a Charlie Lamb in there Have a great day Guardians

 

[Pt-Luso]

Always enjoy seeing that honey horn Lamb, José!

Many thanks, Dennis.

 

[Pt-Luso]

 

[seas165]

Yes, I've had luck taking a little bit off the corner of the tang that starts pushing the spring up. I've only done this on knives with half stops, though. I'm not entirely sure of how it would work on a cam tang.

This was after flushing the joint with oil and working the blade open and closed many times, and it just wasn't opening any easier.

seas165 , I wonder if, before you go to the extreme of putting in an EO notch, you could maybe file down the stag a bit to thin it in the area just in line with the nail nick. I have thin nails, and I do alright opening hard-pull knives if I can get the proper angle to push the blade open with the end of my nail. If I can only get my nail into the nick at 90 degrees and have to pull, I feel like it's going to bend the nail back. (just got a shudder at the thought) so I understand what you mean about thick stag giving a bad angle for using the nail nick.
Your knife has such beautiful stag, it would be a shame to grind any of it off, but it might be possible as a last resort to thin a small area. Better than a big ol' notch, anyway.

You are 100% right about the angle of approach on the nail nick. I can only get at it at 90 deg to the blade. Its not that its much stiffer than some others i have. Anyway no worries about it anymore. It will be in very capable hands soon. Thanks for all the advice! Have a great day everyone!

 

[Jack Black]

You are 100% right about the angle of approach on the nail nick. I can only get at it at 90 deg to the blade. Its not that its much stiffer than some others i have. Anyway no worries about it anymore. It will be in very capable hands soon. Thanks for all the advice! Have a great day everyone!

Sounds good Kevin

 

[Onebigbill]

Have to attend a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners for our water utility. So, not much else going on except that I have my Ebony with me today. The edge on it is pretty uneven so I'll be working on that but right now it's really sharp and at least functional. In this photo it doesn't look too bad.

 

[Federico Terra]

Thanks Jack Black for inviting me to be part of this thread! I am just starting to use and appreciate the Lambsfoot knives and I am learning a lot by reading your stories.

 

[Jack Black]

Have to attend a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners for our water utility. So, not much else going on except that I have my Ebony with me today. The edge on it is pretty uneven so I'll be working on that but right now it's really sharp and at least functional. In this photo it doesn't look too bad.
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Good luck with the meeting Leon I remember when the edges on those knives came fairly dull, but were at least reasonably even The knife looks good in your photo though

Thanks Jack Black for inviting me to be part of this thread! I am just starting to use and appreciate the Lambsfoot knives and I am learning a lot by reading your stories.

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Thank you for joining us Federico, and welcome to the Guardians I like the grain on your Lambsfoot, glad to hear you're enjoying the pattern

 

[seas165]

Another beautiful day on the water. Days like this make all the cold rainy and snowy days worth it! Have a great day

 

[Jack Black]

Another beautiful day on the water. Days like this make all the cold rainy and snowy days worth it! Have a great dayView attachment 1592130View attachment 1592131

Great to see those Sheffield Lambs having such fine adventures Kevin

 

[JohnDF]

Outside working on the irrigation system before it gets too hot.

 

[Jack Black]

Outside working on the irrigation system before it gets too hot.

I was just admiring that pic in the EDC thread John It's always great to see a Lambsfoot helping out I hope you get everything fixed buddy

 

[Modoc ED]

Good advice Ed, sometimes a knife with a stiff pull just takes a little getting used to

This happens all too often to people who have never had a knife with a hard pull. Maybe they've only had knives with pulls rated at "5" and all of a sudden come across a knife rated at "7" or "8" and think it's unmanageable.

 

[JohnDF]

Maybe they've only had knives with pulls rated at "5" and all of a sudden come across a knife rated at "7" or "8" and think it's unmanageable.

I have the opposite problem... I'm used to a #7 or #8 pull and think a #5 feels weak and cheap now.

 

[Jack Black]

I have the opposite problem... I'm used to a #7 or #8 pull and think a #5 feels weak and cheap now.

Same here, I HATE weak pulls

 

[Modoc ED]

I have the opposite problem... I'm used to a #7 or #8 pull and think a #5 feels weak and cheap now.

Same here, I HATE weak pulls

I don't like weak pulls either but there are people that have only had SAK knives or others with pulls like them that get a traditional knife with a traditional pull and think something's wrong with the knife.