Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Time outdoors with a good old friend :)

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Onebigbill said:
Good morning Guardians. We've been blessed with several weeks of warmer-than-usual weather here in southern coastal North Carolina. Played golf yesterday near 80 deg F. Today the same weather and it will continue until New Years eve. At least that's what the weather man says-LOL. Normally our temperatures range in the high 50's but who's complaining! Hosting a holiday neighborhood get together this evening and masks are required. I'll be carrying my Bagpipe Ebony.
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That sounds lovely Bill, I hope your get together went well :) Great pic there :) :thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
I think when I retire, I'll track the days by the knife I wake up with.
Wake up and see MIcarta in my pocket, then I know it is Tuesday.
Wake up and see a Two Blade in my pocket, then I know it's Wednesday. 🤣
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Good idea John! 🤣 :thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
Good Morning Guardians
Headed back home today. It was a nice relaxing trip.
We had fun walking the beach, eating good food, and playing board games in the hotel.
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That sounds fantastic John :) Thanks for taking us along with you, I've really enjoyed your pics :) :thumbsup:
screened porch said:
And this was back when that certain cutler was capable of understanding and doing good work?
If the film is French, it must be too deep for us.
I may have used this pic already.
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Yes, things were much better then, but rarely straightforward. I'm sure there are people on the list who think I just had to ring up and place an order (as you might expect), but I always had to make so many trips over to Sheffield, which entailed taking a day off work, and was almost constantly on the phone. If I'd factored in all the extra costs, the knives would have been double the cost. Those samples were for the 2018 SFOs in horn, which I'd originally ordered in what I called 'Peaches & Cream' horn, like this...

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But while visiting the factory, the horn looked to lack character (the 'Jet Black' ebony I'd been promised, also wasn't black, but that's another story).

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I therefore asked them to hold production, and make me up a couple of samples, eventually receiving four. The first two sent were these:

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The second two these:

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Nice-looking knives for sure, but the horn was nothing like what I wanted, and the first samples are very different to the second two, which were actually far more representative. I thought the horn looked too much like that used on the 2017 knives, and was inclined to cancel the order. However, I consulted on the list, and there were enough folks who wanted to have a knife in horn, so I eventually ordered 20, in addition to the main order for ebony. Because of the similarity between the horn, and the horn on the 2017 knives, I asked for a threaded bolster, rather than a fluted one (originally the ebony knives were to have a threaded bolster). It was an awful lot of messing about for 20 knives :rolleyes:

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JohnDF said:
If the film isn't animated, it may be too deep for us. ;)
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🤣 :thumbsup:
screened porch said:
Here. This is a new pic. Not much light out there, but the snow is melting!
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screened porch said:
There was some sun for a bit- gone again.
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Nice to see your Rosewood Big 'Un Jer :) :thumbsup:
JohnDF said:
Just got home from my trip.
Here's a few final pictures of our last day at the beach...


The Tiki we found was pretty cool looking...


The black dots on the horizon were surfers braving the cold weather...
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Fantastic photos John, your trip must have been a real tonic :) :thumbsup:
sf fanatic said:
Did you consider doing a Jiki on the Tiki? 😜.
Great pics!
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I had to look that up! :D

Good morning Guardians, I hope everyone is doing OK :) I had a great old-fashioned boozing session, with my pal and his brother, yesterday. My pal has 3 kids, and 2 jobs, and it's not often I get to have a drink with him (that was the first time since before the pandemic). Unfortunately, I had to get up for DHL coming first thing this morning (and they still haven't turned up) :rolleyes: Have a good day Guardians, I'm sticking with my AC (as seen, with my first pint, yesterday) :thumbsup:

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Travman said:
Slow morning here in Northern Virginia. I need to get moving and on to work, but I’d rather sit here and drink coffee for a few more hours.
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I know the feeling my friend, I love your pic :) I also love the stag on your AC, it's very unusual isn't it? :cool: :thumbsup:
 
Kevin-B said:
Thanks! I'm a bit skeptical whether it is really from 1920 or not. I can't make out a lot from the stamp. I can kinda see 'Sheffield' but that's about it.
Here is a picture of it.
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J. Nowill & Sons? Here's a better stamp for you to compare :thumbsup:

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Dating Sheffield knives is always very difficult, even to the right decade. Even harder without a manufacturer's name :thumbsup:
 
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Jack Black said:
J. Nowill & Sons? Dating Sheffield knives is always very difficult, even to the right decade. Even harder without a manufacturer's name :thumbsup:
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It does kind of look like it. However the stamp on my knife is very small and doesn't take up the full tang
I guess we'll just consider this a 'lost cause' in terms of age and maker. I didn't purchase it for it's age anyway.
I have never heard of "J. Nowill & sons" i think that is the closest as we can get with this one.

Thanks for the help!
 
Kevin-B said:
It does kind of look like it. However the stamp on my knife is very small and doesn't take up the full tang
I guess we'll just consider this a 'lost cause' in terms of age and maker. I didn't purchase it for it's age anyway.
I have never heard of "J. Nowill & sons" i think that is the closest as we can get with this one.

Thanks for the help!
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Tang stamps don't last long, and get re-made all the time Kevin. Most firms had several sizes, and designs vary too. That particular stamp is on a tang smaller than a Lambsfoot tang though. You could try rubbing over the tang-stamp with a pencil and a sheet of thin paper, or adjusting the image settings? The J. Nowill name has been owned by Jack Adams for many years :thumbsup:

Edit - looking at the placement of the letters, I think those stamps might be the same. I would say it is a J. Nowill Lambsfoot :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Tang stamps don't last long, and get re-made all the time Kevin. Most firms had several sizes, and designs vary too. That particular stamp is on a tang smaller than a Lambsfoot tang though. You could try rubbing over the tang-stamp with a pencil and a sheet of thin paper, or adjusting the image settings? The J. Nowill name has been owned by Jack Adams for many years :thumbsup:
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I'm gonna try that! Ill post the results!
 
Kevin-B said:
I'm gonna try that! Ill post the results!
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J. Adams are still going, but while they sell folders, they don't manufacture them themselves, and so far as I know, never have, having them made for them by other firms.
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks for taking us along with you, I've really enjoyed your pics
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Jack Black said:
Fantastic photos John, your trip must have been a real tonic
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Thank you, Jack. :)
There was nothing exciting about the trip, just peaceful and relaxing... which is just what we needed.
Jack Black said:
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I see the AC is starting to hog the pocket a bit. 🤠 :thumbsup:
I'm glad you were able to get together with your friend and have a few drinks.
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I love the deep blade stamps, they last so long. 🤠 :thumbsup:
 
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