Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
Thanks Harvey :) When I bought them, I wanted some leather work gloves for gardening (including dealing with my brambles), and for bushcraft, and they were one of the very few leather Mechanix gloves I could find here at the time. I thought they would be handy for whittling, and for my stick-making too. I've always found Mechanix gloves very good, but most importantly, I have big hands, and I thought I knew their sizing. They're tight all round, and short in the fingers unfortunately :( I'll get some use out of them I expect, but they're not as comfortable as they might be. A shame, because otherwise they seem to be very well-made gloves :thumbsup:

Cool pic! :cool: I wish I'd known that earlier, I'd have stretched it to International Doughnut Day! 🤣 Great-looking Lambsfoot, and once again, we see how much Sheffield Lambsfoot knives can vary, even those made by the same company sometimes. Am I right in thinking that is a William Rodgers Lambsfoot Dwight? Here's a few I have :thumbsup:

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Thank you Jack. It is a Wm. Rogers, of which you have a nice selection of. Cheers.
 
Angry Waiter said:
Awesome. The Don’t Mess with Texas is a litter reduction campaign of our Department of Transportation. There are signs all over the highways here.
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Sometimes Nolan signs the pic on the right "Don't Mess with Texas!"

This happened when a dumb 26-year-old charged a 46-year-old legend of a pitcher (7 no-hitters! No one else is even close. Koufax is the only one with 4)!
 
Jack Black said:
f you look back at the tang, at the 'grinder's notch', you can get an idea of how much steel has been lost through sharpening, and the line of the original edge, which I think, coupled with the shape of the spine, and the placement of the point, indicates a Spearpoint blade. We'd generally see a thousand of those for every Lambsfoot blade on a Barlow, and it's very much the default blade on old Sheffield Barlows. That one may even pre-date Wostenholm using the Lambsfoot on a Barlow. It isn't always possible to tell, with a heavily worn, or modified blade, and knives can look older than they are, but I don't see anything to indicate a Lambsfoot. Take this Abram Brooksbank though, I would never have guessed this had once been a Lambsfoot, but this is a blade which has been damaged, worn, and then drastically modified to make it back into a useable blade.
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Interesting. I'm gonna sit down and give it a think.E1066588-D951-46A4-B2BF-4C028C40EEA2_1_201_a.jpeg
Jack Black said:
Thanks Harvey :) When I bought them, I wanted some leather work gloves for gardening (including dealing with my brambles), and for bushcraft, and they were one of the very few leather Mechanix gloves I could find here at the time. I thought they would be handy for whittling, and for my stick-making too. I've always found Mechanix gloves very good, but most importantly, I have big hands, and I thought I knew their sizing. They're tight all round, and short in the fingers unfortunately :( I'll get some use out of them I expect, but they're not as comfortable as they might be. A shame, because otherwise they seem to be very well-made gloves :thumbsup:

Cool pic! :cool: I wish I'd known that earlier, I'd have stretched it to International Doughnut Day! 🤣 Great-looking Lambsfoot, and once again, we see how much Sheffield Lambsfoot knives can vary, even those made by the same company sometimes. Am I right in thinking that is a William Rodgers Lambsfoot Dwight? Here's a few I have :thumbsup:

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YPWTcti.jpg


ZdEqrhD.jpg


jn5A7hT.jpg
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Uhhhhh....... YES!!!! That is what it is!!!!!! You took the words right out of my mouth Jack!!!! 😃 .....uhhhh..... so are you saying you are reversing your decision??? 🥺 hmmmmm....????
 
JohnDF said:
Hope it's a fun day for you. 🤠 :thumbsup:
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Thanks buddy, at least there's no rain forecast! 😁 😉👍
Fodderwing said:
Interesting. I'm gonna sit down and give it a think.View attachment 1835052
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LOL! Cool pic Dwight :) :thumbsup:
Fodderwing said:
Uhhhhh....... YES!!!! That is what it is!!!!!! You took the words right out of my mouth Jack!!!! 😃 .....uhhhh..... so are you saying you are reversing your decision??? 🥺 hmmmmm....????
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I like your optimistic wishful thinking my friend, but I really don't think that knife has ever been a Lambsfoot! 😁 Course, if you can come up with a catalogue cut, or another example that IS a Lambsfoot, I'll be very happy to buy you lunch! 😁👍
 
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