Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[JTB_5]

That's great! I always liked your 15s as well, but for me, I love the ole time ruggedness of the Sheffield knives. Somehow they remind me of coming home to my roots in the country.

Can’t beat import meanings. I forgot to mention that the sway back handle is very ergonomic as well.

 

[Prester John]

Sez the Aussie saltie: "THAT'S a knife."

 

[waynorth]

I was over in York today, and called in at the National Railway Museum there Hope everyone has a great weekend

Thanks for the link to the RR museum, Jack! What astounding machines!!

 

[dc50]

It is 5:25 PM and the Thanks Giving Turkey is ready nom nom

 

[Old Engineer]

I was over in York today, and called in at the National Railway Museum there Hope everyone has a great weekend

Back in 1986 , my wife and I rode the 125 from Doncaster to London and I do not remember the engine looking nearly as streamlined as either your Maroon engine pictured or the Mallard . Both of them are very interesting engines that I would really like to see . Thank you very much for showing them my friend .

Harry

 

[Fodderwing]

Dwight, you and I must be marked people, by US post and Can Post

No doubt true Dave. We seem to be snake bit. I suppose the prodigal package will arrive someday.... or not.

 

[Jack Black]

So cool. I love railroad museums. I'm going to have to go to the one in Old Sacramento again, it's always a fun and relaxing day. Keep the pictures of your adventures coming Jack, we all enjoy them.

Thanks pal

Great history Jack! My wife is even looking at the museum link, as her Father was a Railwayman.

Really Dave, well it's a fascinating place to visit? My granddad and a couple of uncles worked on the railways, though just on the lines

Interesting Jack! I worked for the railroad as a brakeman for a few years. That Mallard engine is sweet.
The package you sent me three weeks ago shows to have left Chicago and returned to the UK. Who knows why... Says it is being prepared for shipping out of Gatwin? Just letting you know. Should qualify for frequent flyer miles shortly.
Have a great weekend my friend.

That's interesting Dwight, I would have loved to see the Mallard on the rails when they ran it here a few years back (it has been out a few times)

Not sure I'd have wanted to travel with all those train-spotters though (or polish the train again afterwards)!

Oh no Dwight! Last year, Jer's Guardian's Lambsfoot went all the way to his local post office before it was sent back to my door! Sometimes, the tracking details are just incorrect though. Gatwick is the airport depot where outgoing mail leaves from. I hope it gets to you soon my friend

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Put this in pocket midday

Looking good Joshua

Dwight, you and I must be marked people, by US post and Can Post

Should have used these guys!

Today I'm carrying my hardest ebony worker of the bunch. I sanded the edges of the scales down a wee bit, to give it a more contoured feel in hand.
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Looks like you've been getting some good use out of that one Dave Nice pic

I love it! It is just a touch shorter than my 15 but the extra thickness makes it fit perfectly in hand. The lambsfoot angle is my favorite and the blade has been easy to sharpen. I’ve worked out the muck from the factory and the action is smooth now. It is a perfect EDC and looks much fancier than its price tag.

Glad you're liking it

That's great! I always liked your 15s as well, but for me, I love the ole time ruggedness of the Sheffield knives. Somehow they remind me of coming home to my roots in the country.

I doubt the way those knives are made has changed a great deal in the last 200 years! The old stone grindstones have gone of course, and the working conditions are safer and less dirty, but the cutler's at Wright's are essentially doing the same job as their forefathers - literally in most cases

Can’t beat import meanings. I forgot to mention that the sway back handle is very ergonomic as well.

I do think the Lambsfoot works best with a swayback frame

Sez the Aussie saltie: "THAT'S a knife."

Thanks for the link to the RR museum, Jack! What astounding machines!!

I'm glad you found them interesting Charlie

It is 5:25 PM and the Thanks Giving Turkey is ready nom nom
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Hope you have a great Thanksgiving Day Dave Nice to see a Lambsfoot doing the honours on your turkey

Back in 1986 , my wife and I rode the 125 from Doncaster to London and I do not remember the engine looking nearly as streamlined as either your Maroon engine pictured or the Mallard . Both of them are very interesting engines that I would really like to see . Thank you very much for showing them my friend .

Harry

They don't make engines that look like that anymore unfortunately Harry, ones that were works out art as well as being super efficient for their time I hope you enjoy the film I posted a link to my friend

Here's another pic of my AC from yesterday



But today I have plenty of chores to do in and around the house, so I thought I'd carry my Big 'Un Hope everyone has a great Sunday

 

[Jack Black]

Just having a break with my Sunday Sausage Sandwich!

 

[screened porch]

That looks good.
But speaking of trains, the approach of Halloween always reminds me of Dad's trick of getting on top of a trolley and pulling the contact off the wires. May have been dangerous.

If the weather ever dries out, Rose Beast will help me bundle up the pokeweed.

 

[Jack Black]

That looks good.
But speaking of trains, the approach of Halloween always reminds me of Dad's trick of getting on top of a trolley and pulling the contact off the wires. May have been dangerous.

If the weather ever dries out, Rose Beast will help me bundle up the pokeweed.

I think we sometimes forget that, in the past, folks were even more crazy than today!

Thanks Jer, cool pic I was just measuring the blade on mine, and the actual cutting edge is a good deal under 3 inches. Not that it's had to handle anything too demanding so far today



Some chocolate tiffin I picked up in York market yesterday

 

[screened porch]

Mmm, that looks good too.
Mine is 2 7/8" cutting edge, and around 3 1/8" tip to bolster. Probably not enough to worry about, but I'm a worrier.

 

[Prester John]

Sez the Aussie saltie: "THAT'S a knife."

Nice edit, Jack! I gotta learn how to do that.
(Jack added the caption in the top photo.)

 

[Prester John]

I've never cut a breakfast taquito in half before, but the lambsfoot was up to it. This is made with a soft flour tortilla, and filled with potato and egg á la mexicana (with onion, tomato, & serrano pepper). I added salsa piquante (hot sauce), of course. No bland food for me!
Here's the pile side:

 

[5K Qs]

As mentioned earlier, the curves of the stag have replaced my worry stone...
Then we were off on holiday for a week!!!...

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Thanks for the intriguing pics of you and your lambsfoot on the road!!

Well, now you've retired, I guess you're going to have some spare time for 'special projects' my friend
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Excellent pic GT I remember Cracker Jack being launched here when I was a kid, and really liking it I have not seen it on sale for years, but then there are certain aisles of the supermarket I have to try to avoid!
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So far, much of my spare time has been spent battling bureaucracies over getting various retirement programs running as they should. But I've had time to do a lot more walking on my way to and from the one class I still teach, so that's been a very enjoyable change.

I hadn't had Cracker Jack for years, and ate a box recently. There was a total of TWO peanuts in the entire box! And the "prize inside" was a piece of paper with an URL to find a smart phone app that would allow me to play some game. My phone is dumber than I am, so that was no prize!

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The AC lambsfoot is a smidge shorter (and thicker) than the Navy lambsfoots. Your initial thought is right about the Navy's being stainless, GT. The micarta had a forced patina put on it by Andrew (@traumkommode). I forget the name of the acid he used, though.

Thanks for the clarification, Joshua.

Oh how I wish I was born in the South This is only from the morning and still more coming.
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Yikes!! That doesn't seem right, Dave!! But, on the bright side, maybe the postal conspiracy has been delaying the delivery of your Ashley's Choice until "after the snow flies", and the AC will arrive any day now!

It is 5:25 PM and the Thanks Giving Turkey is ready nom nom
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I forgot all about Canadian Thanksgiving this year; I hope it was a blessed one for you and yours, Dave! And, where I live, some snow around Thanksgiving is not so unusual!

I swear I get so hungry when I visit the Guardians.
This has become the official "Lambsfoot and Food" thread

True dat, John! I gain weight each time I visit this thread! Gotta admit I love my lambsfoot blades for food prep!

Excalibur.

Compelling pic of your AC lambsfoot, PJohn, but after some effort, I've given up on trying to read the Arthurian whatever that is behind the knife.

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LOL!, yeah me too GT! Nice pic Out of habit, I rarely photograph the pile sides of my knives, but it seems to be just the opposite with you my friend
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I usually take pics of both sides, open and closed, of each knife, but tend to only post the pics I like best. It happens that I prefer the pile side of both my Cracker Jack and Man Jack.

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Your AC is a bodacious bobby dazzler, Dylan!

Snowplow? What do you plant in the snow?

Thanks for that info Jack! While stag is stag, I definitely prefer the Sambar, especially the vintage Sambar that is on the Ashley’s Choice!

I'm GT, and I approve Ron's message in its entirety!!

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The package you sent me three weeks ago shows to have left Chicago and returned to the UK. Who knows why... Says it is being prepared for shipping out of Gatwin? Just letting you know. Should qualify for frequent flyer miles shortly.
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That's less than ideal, Dwight.

Just having a break with my Sunday Sausage Sandwich!

Jack, from my perspective, many of your photos are MIA today. I imagine it's more Bucket shenanigans. At least I don't have to fight the temptation to get up and mimic your sausage sandwich if I can't see it!

Variety is the spice of life, and I'll post below some of the variety of lambsfoot knives posted in this thread over the week that's passed since my last "meaningful" post here.

... Ironwood bigun ...

... Rosewood ...

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... micarta ...

... [Sambar Stag]

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... AC ...

... [Pere David Stag]

... [Ebony]

My contribution to the lambsfoot cavalcade is my Man Jack, a Sambar Stag Senator:


- GT

 

[r8shell]

I hadn't had Cracker Jack for years, and ate a box recently. There was a total of TWO peanuts in the entire box! And the "prize inside" was a piece of paper with an URL to find a smart phone app that would allow me to play some game. My phone is dumber than I am, so that was no prize!

"Oh boy! Look what I got, a QR code. Yay!"
,said no child, ever.

I'll buy Cracker Jacks when they bring back the toy prizes.

 

[Prester John]

I hadn't had Cracker Jack for years, and ate a box recently. There was a total of TWO peanuts in the entire box! And the "prize inside" was a piece of paper with an URL to find a smart phone app that would allow me to play some game. My phone is dumber than I am, so that was no prize!

Yeah, I remember when there were lots of peanuts at the bottom of the box. My favorite part. And the prizes used to be toys, e.g., a plastic pinball machine. Now it's just paper c**p!

 

[Prester John]

Compelling pic of your AC lambsfoot, PJohn, but after some effort, I've given up on trying to read the Arthurian whatever that is behind the knife.

It's hard to make out, but they are the names of the knights of the round table.
I think it's a trivet. My sister bought it for me in London.

 

[dc50]

Yikes!! That doesn't seem right, Dave!! But, on the bright side, maybe the postal conspiracy has been delaying the delivery of your Ashley's Choice until "after the snow flies", and the AC will arrive any day now!


I forgot all about Canadian Thanksgiving this year; I hope it was a blessed one for you and yours, Dave! And, where I live, some snow around Thanksgiving is not so unusual!



Thanks, GT I always wondered why the Canadian Thanksgiving was so much earlier than the USA. Wikipedia said, because are harvest is earlier than our neighbors to the South amongst other tidbits, I'll go with that. Besides it spreads out the Turkey feast a little farther apart.























My contribution to the lambsfoot cavalcade is my Man Jack, a Sambar Stag Senator:
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- GT

Thanks, GT I always wondered why the Canadian Thanksgiving was so much earlier than the USA. Wikipedia said, because are harvest is earlier than our neighbors to the South amongst other tidbits, I'll go with that. Besides it spreads out the Turkey feast a little farther apart.

 

[AShearer]

I think we sometimes forget that, in the past, folks were even more crazy than today!

Thanks Jer, cool pic I was just measuring the blade on mine, and the actual cutting edge is a good deal under 3 inches. Not that it's had to handle anything too demanding so far today



Some chocolate tiffin I picked up in York market yesterday

Oh yes Jack. People were much crazier! I used to walk the train tops near my house. Even when they were moving! I would kill one of my kids if they ever did that. Which, I guess would defeat the purpose Wonderful to see this thread continue to thrive!

 

[Jack Black]

Mmm, that looks good too.
Mine is 2 7/8" cutting edge, and around 3 1/8" tip to bolster. Probably not enough to worry about, but I'm a worrier.

Thanks Jer, nothing wrong with being careful

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Sez the Aussie saltie: "THAT'S a knife."

Nice edit, Jack! I gotta learn how to do that.
(Jack added the caption in the top photo.)

Thank you my friend, the software I used (Microsoft Publisher) was pretty old and very basic by today's standards - easy to use though

I've never cut a breakfast taquito in half before, but the lambsfoot was up to it. This is made with a soft flour tortilla, and filled with potato and egg á la mexicana (with onion, tomato, & serrano pepper). I added salsa piquante (hot sauce), of course. No bland food for me!
Here's the pile side:

That looks like a delicious way to start the day That mark-side is very attractive PJ, nice to see the patina coming along

So far, much of my spare time has been spent battling bureaucracies over getting various retirement programs running as they should. But I've had time to do a lot more walking on my way to and from the one class I still teach, so that's been a very enjoyable change.

Sorry to hear that GT, battling bureaucracy can feel like trying to run through porridge Nice to hear about the other exercise though

I hadn't had Cracker Jack for years, and ate a box recently. There was a total of TWO peanuts in the entire box! And the "prize inside" was a piece of paper with an URL to find a smart phone app that would allow me to play some game. My phone is dumber than I am, so that was no prize!

SWIZZ!

Jack, from my perspective, many of your photos are MIA today. I imagine it's more Bucket shenanigans. At least I don't have to fight the temptation to get up and mimic your sausage sandwich if I can't see it!

Thanks for the heads-up GT, I wonder if others are seeing them I have been using PB again due to the recent BF upload fiasco

Variety is the spice of life, and I'll post below some of the variety of lambsfoot knives posted in this thread over the week that's passed since my last "meaningful" post here.


My contribution to the lambsfoot cavalcade is my Man Jack, a Sambar Stag Senator:
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- GT

Nice review my friend

Oh yes Jack. People were much crazier! I used to walk the train tops near my house. Even when they were moving! I would kill one of my kids if they ever did that. Which, I guess would defeat the purpose Wonderful to see this thread continue to thrive!

Yes indeed Alan, I used to climb the quarry behind my parent's house regularly pre-school (and later), and my earliest playgrounds were WW2 bomb-sites! I just wish I'd looked for souvenirs in those bombed-out old cutlery factories I used to explore despite the rather vague and feeble admonitions of my parents! Often they'd have a hole going through several floors, with half the roof and walls missing, but there was all sorts of stuff lying around in them.

I hope everyone had a great weekend I was rather busy, so wasn't able to spend as much time on The Porch as I would have liked. I'm actually off to see a tailor today, with a pal of mine who is getting married soon, as we both want a waistcoat making up. Just hope the feller has enough cloth in stock! Have a good week folks

My waistcoat pocket choice today