Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Rufus1949 said:
Very interesting, it confirms rumors I have heard. I have been waiting patiently for one from M.May.
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Good luck Bob, I hope you get a good 'un :thumbsup: A few folks here have had some pretty mixed experiences with Mr May :rolleyes: I've seen a recent couple of his knives, which looked OK, but then they also looked like they'd been made by someone else (someone at Wright's)! :D ;) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Interesting pic Jer, are those walking-sticks or ski-poles? :cool:
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I think they're hiking staves/ canes. The Leki is a Wanderfreund and the LL Bean is a made-by-Komperdell Rambler. They're both from garage sales, so I don't have any marketing info on them.
Jack Black said:
I rarely use them these days, but I've had some Leki poles for 30 years Jer, and never had a problem with them :thumbsup:
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I'm reminded of Jonathan Miller telling Dick Cavett,
I don't mean that if DOCTORS ever got their hands on me it would be terrible. I mean if doctors ever got their hands on ME it would be terrible.

I have a few pairs of trekking poles, three of them from the estate sale of a guy who was crazier than me. He had plethoras of SAKs, compasses, and trekking poles.
 
screened porch said:
I think they're hiking staves/ canes. The Leki is a Wanderfreund and the LL Bean is a made-by-Komperdell Rambler. They're both from garage sales, so I don't have any marketing info on them.
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I've heard of the Wanderfreund Jer, I forget what model my ski-poles are, they were expensive, but I was sent them when I was a gear tester :)
screened porch said:
I'm reminded of Jonathan Miller telling Dick Cavett,
I don't mean that if DOCTORS ever got their hands on me it would be terrible. I mean if doctors ever got their hands on ME it would be terrible.
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Brilliant! 🤣 :thumbsup:
screened porch said:
I have a few pairs of trekking poles, three of them from the estate sale of a guy who was crazier than me. He had plethoras of SAKs, compasses, and trekking poles.
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Cool :cool: I imagine they're a good buy :) Mine have only gone out of further because of a combination of my preferring my own wooden poles/sticks, and the fact I don't really climb mountains anymore :thumbsup:
Rufus1949 said:
Thank you Jack...I will temper my expectations and hope to be surprised.
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Good luck my friend :) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Good luck Bob, I hope you get a good 'un :thumbsup: A few folks here have had some pretty mixed experiences with Mr May :rolleyes: I've seen a recent couple of his knives, which looked OK, but then they also looked like they'd been made by someone else (someone at Wright's)! :D ;) :thumbsup:
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Jack the one I received last April was pretty good IMHO
Rufus1949 said:
Thank you Jack...I will temper my expectations and hope to be surprised.
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Good luck Rufus!

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Angry Waiter said:
Jack the one I received last April was pretty good IMHO

Good luck Rufus!

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It looks excellent Pete :) I have to say, it also looks a lot like one of A. Wright's (as did a stag model I saw last week). Nothing wrong with sub-contracting work of course, particularly to the more talented :) Trevor Ablett also obtained all his parts from A. Wright, though he was a competent cutler himself, and certainly hafted and finished the knives. It can make sense for a small cutler to buy in parts, particularly if they don't own a heavy press for blanking out the blades and springs. Just a question of being honest about it I think, but I can understand why they don't advertise it, particularly when Wright's are involved :thumbsup:

For the record, in recent years Wright's have also made knives for Eggington and TEW, as well as Jack Adams, and a number of other 'manufacturers' :thumbsup:
 
herder said:
I've always liked the graceful curved handle shape of a classic Lamb Foot knife. It fits well in hand.
Enclosed is a Waynorth model which certainly does justice to the finest old examples.

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Really interesting curved adjustable wrench, and from a fitting location to be paired with your waynorth waynorth Lambsfoot. 🙂
 
Jack Black said:
It looks excellent Pete :) I have to say, it also looks a lot like one of A. Wright's (as did a stag model I saw last week). Nothing wrong with sub-contracting work of course, particularly to the more talented :) Trevor Ablett also obtained all his parts from A. Wright, though he was a competent cutler himself, and certainly hafted and finished the knives. It can make sense for a small cutler to buy in parts, particularly if they don't own a heavy press for blanking out the blades and springs. Just a question of being honest about it I think, but I can understand why they don't advertise it, particularly when Wright's are involved :thumbsup:

For the record, in recent years Wright's have also made knives for Eggington and TEW, as well as Jack Adams, and a number of other 'manufacturers' :thumbsup:
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Always nice to have alittle history behind a knife. Thank you Jack.
 
cigarrodog said:
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Very elegant, Harvey. 🤠:thumbsup:
Fodderwing said:
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Really cool photo, Dwight. 🤠:thumbsup:
 
herder said:
I've always liked the graceful curved handle shape of a classic Lamb Foot knife. It fits well in hand.
Enclosed is a Waynorth model which certainly does justice to the finest old examples.

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A wrench from Buffalo!! Pairs nicely with the Waynorth, (Buffalo) knife!!!
Complimenting curves!! 😉
 
Still babysitting Coco today but have slipped this in my pocket for around the house chores - trimming a faucet bib comes to mind. No gaps, chips, drips, runs, or errors on this knife and the Ebony covers are rich and deep in appearance.

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Oh, I forgot to say that this knife was a gift from Dan sf fanatic sf fanatic . After breaking it in, the action has good snap.
 
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