Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[bonzodog]

This wee stag ,a gift from JackBlack,never leaves my pocket.Does all I ask of it .

 

[Jack Black]

This wee stag ,a gift from JackBlack,never leaves my pocket.Does all I ask of it .

Great to see you here my friend

 

[bonzodog]

Great to see you here my friend

I’m around a lot,don’t want to wear out my welcome with the same knife

 

[r8shell]

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

I'm liking Imgur, so far. It's fast, and I can shuffle my pictures into different folders without losing the link in earlier posts. Of course, since it's working so well, they will probably "upgrade" soon.

 

[Half/Stop]

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

And by the way, thanks for your compliments my friend!

 

[Jack Black]

I’m around a lot,don’t want to wear out my welcome with the same knife

LOL! No chance of that my friend!

I'm liking Imgur, so far. It's fast, and I can shuffle my pictures into different folders without losing the link in earlier posts. Of course, since it's working so well, they will probably "upgrade" soon.

Thanks for the tip I do have an Imgur account, but haven't used it much. I've also posted in the past using Google. I was lulled into complacency by the ease with which it WAS possible to upload directly using the BF software...

That's some lovely colour in your wee staggy Rachel

 

[WhittlinAway]

Yesterday I finally got around to sharpening my new rosewood lambsfoot. I like small edge angles and have both of my buffalo horn models profiled in the ballpark of 13 DPS. I decided to start with 15 DPS for this one to see whether I notice a difference.

I recently purchased a Tormek water cooled sharpening system and this was the first pocket knife I’ve tried sharpening. I’d been practicing with other tools and knives and felt I was ready to give it a go. I was just barely able to get the angle I wanted with the normal knife jig, without having to resort to the small knife holder. But, as a professor of mine once said, the Olympics are won by just barely.

I’m still building my Tormek skills and the bevel I ended up with is not perfectly uniform, but it is better than I likely would have done freehand. The important thing is that the edge is sharp, probably the sharpest I’ve gotten a lambsfoot. I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces and seeing how I like that angle and how the edge holds up. Stay tuned.

 

[Jack Black]

Yesterday I finally got around to sharpening my new rosewood lambsfoot. I like small edge angles and have both of my buffalo horn models profiled in the ballpark of 13 DPS. I decided to start with 15 DPS for this one to see whether I notice a difference.

I recently purchased a Tormek water cooled sharpening system and this was the first pocket knife I’ve tried sharpening. I’d been practicing with other tools and knives and felt I was ready to give it a go. I was just barely able to get the angle I wanted with the normal knife jig, without having to resort to the small knife holder. But, as a professor of mine once said, the Olympics are won by just barely.

I’m still building my Tormek skills and the bevel I ended up with is not perfectly uniform, but it is better than I likely would have done freehand. The important thing is that the edge is sharp, probably the sharpest I’ve gotten a lambsfoot. I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces and seeing how I like that angle and how the edge holds up. Stay tuned.

Great to hear that you're getting on with your new system Greg Nice work, and thanks for the report Those look great, can't wait to see how you go on with them

 

[WhittlinAway]

Great to hear that you're getting on with your new system Greg Nice work, and thanks for the report Those look great, can't wait to see how you go on with them

Thanks Jack. In case it wasn’t obvious in the original post, the top one is my everyday buffalo horn lambsfoot, which sports a ~13 DPS edge I set with a KME a long time ago and have maintained with frequent stropping and occasional light freehand touchups on an ultrafine DiaSharp stone.

I’m looking forward to doing some side-by-side comparisons. You use 15 DPS, correct? I know that @Cambertree puts a lot of care into sharpening. I wonder what bevel angle he prefers...

 

[Jack Black]

Thanks Jack. In case it wasn’t obvious in the original post, the top one is my everyday buffalo horn lambsfoot, which sports a ~13 DPS edge I set with a KME a long time ago and have maintained with frequent stropping and occasional light freehand touchups on an ultrafine DiaSharp stone.

I’m looking forward to doing some side-by-side comparisons. You use 15 DPS, correct? I know that @Cambertree puts a lot of care into sharpening. I wonder what bevel angle he prefers...

I did realise that Greg, I hope my post didn't confuse things

I only have one Lambsfoot that is 15 DPS, most of them are closer to 20, which works OK for me. I should perhaps give the 15 DPS another try though. I think @Cambertree generally uses 15 DPS too (though he has LF knives which are sharpened differently I believe). About time we saw him here, and he loves a good chat about sharpening I think

 

[Prester John]

I’m around a lot,don’t want to wear out my welcome with the same knife

Just so you know, bonzodog , we don't get tired of looking at it!

 

[WhittlinAway]

I did realise that Greg, I hope my post didn't confuse things

I only have one Lambsfoot that is 15 DPS, most of them are closer to 20, which works OK for me. I should perhaps give the 15 DPS another try though. I think @Cambertree generally uses 15 DPS too (though he has LF knives which are sharpened differently I believe). About time we saw him here, and he loves a good chat about sharpening I think

No, I don't think you confused things. I just thought I should clarify in case I did.

ETA: thanks for the info about your sharpening angles. I remembered you talking about 15, but forgot that that was not your norm.

And, yeah, it's about time we saw him here indeed. Although I'm not one to talk...

 

[Jack Black]

No, I don't think you confused things. I just thought I should clarify in case I did.

ETA: thanks for the info about your sharpening angles. I remembered you talking about 15, but forgot that that was not your norm.

And, yeah, it's about time we saw him here indeed. Although I'm not one to talk...

I thought I would give it a try after reading yours and Chin's post, but I did a bit of a clumsy job actually, managing to scratch the polished blade while changing the blade angle I felt a bit ashamed of myself, but I really should re-visit that particular knife, which I haven't carried for a while

 

[donn]

Celestial photo, David! Any news on the bent tip?

Carrying my Cracker Jack as my Lambsfoot of the Week:
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- GT

That LDS temple has distinctive architecture; thanks for the pics, David! Is that supposed to be modeled after Solomon's temple as described in the Bible?
- GT

Apologies for the late reply GT I've been off the forums for a bit due to work.
Yip I fixed the tip of my lambsfoot using gentle pressure applied by a G clamp. I'm convinced I've lost a miniscule piece of the tip but if I did it's not visible. What I did lose though was the nice blue patina. Everyone here likes the blue patina you get using your knife on food. Well if you want to keep it don't wipe the blade down vigourously with mineral oil because you'll lose it. Of course you can always get it back again.

Yes I believe the LDS Temple does reference the Temple of Solomon. It also references the 12 tribes of Israel, especially in the construction of their baptismal font which is supported by twelve oxon.
The statue on the point of the tower is a golden statue of Moroni, a Mormon prophet.
The temple was constructed in 1994 from Olympia White granite and is 154ft tall at the tower and covers 69,400 sq ft. It sits in 15 acres of it's own ground just north of the town of Chorley in Lancashire.
There is quite an LDS presence in the north-west of England, as the first LDS missionaries came to Liverpool in 1837. My brother lived in Utah for several years and every Mormon he spoke to knew of, or was familiar with the north-west. Non-Mormons aren't allowed to enter the temple but as I was waiting at the entrance all I could hear were US accents.

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

Great pics Jack! Are you aware that the original Rocket is at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester for 6 months? Of course it normally lives in London; this is it a couple of years ago. A fantastic machine!

I'm liking Imgur, so far. It's fast, and I can shuffle my pictures into different folders without losing the link in earlier posts. Of course, since it's working so well, they will probably "upgrade" soon.

I've used Imgur for the forum for the past couple of years and am very pleased with it; and I'm a true technophobe. They did 'update' it a few months ago but it remained as user friendly as it's always been

Yesterday I finally got around to sharpening my new rosewood lambsfoot. I like small edge angles and have both of my buffalo horn models profiled in the ballpark of 13 DPS. I decided to start with 15 DPS for this one to see whether I notice a difference.

I recently purchased a Tormek water cooled sharpening system and this was the first pocket knife I’ve tried sharpening. I’d been practicing with other tools and knives and felt I was ready to give it a go. I was just barely able to get the angle I wanted with the normal knife jig, without having to resort to the small knife holder. But, as a professor of mine once said, the Olympics are won by just barely.

I’m still building my Tormek skills and the bevel I ended up with is not perfectly uniform, but it is better than I likely would have done freehand. The important thing is that the edge is sharp, probably the sharpest I’ve gotten a lambsfoot. I’m looking forward to putting it through its paces and seeing how I like that angle and how the edge holds up. Stay tuned.

They look fantastic! I've always sharpened free-hand but since I had to start wearing (quite powerful) reading glasses a couple years ago I've had some right cack-handed results, and so was thinking about a sharpening system of some sort. Thanks for posting that.

Todays.

-David.

 

[WhittlinAway]

They look fantastic! I've always sharpened free-hand but since I had to start wearing (quite powerful) reading glasses a couple years ago I've had some right cack-handed results, and so was thinking about a sharpening system of some sort. Thanks for posting that.

You’re welcome David. I have the Lansky, KME, and Tormek. Happy to share more thoughts by PM if you’d like.

 

[lambertiana]

Yes I believe the LDS Temple does reference the Temple of Solomon. It also references the 12 tribes of Israel, especially in the construction of their baptismal font which is supported by twelve oxon.
The statue on the point of the tower is a golden statue of Moroni, a Mormon prophet.
The temple was constructed in 1994 from Olympia White granite and is 154ft tall at the tower and covers 69,400 sq ft. It sits in 15 acres of it's own ground just north of the town of Chorley in Lancashire.
There is quite an LDS presence in the north-west of England, as the first LDS missionaries came to Liverpool in 1837. My brother lived in Utah for several years and every Mormon he spoke to knew of, or was familiar with the north-west. Non-Mormons aren't allowed to enter the temple but as I was waiting at the entrance all I could hear were US accents.

-David.

Our temples do not specifically follow the pattern of Solomon's temple, there are many many different architectural designs found around the world. However, your reference to the baptismal fonts is correct, they rest on 12 oxen that represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

Some of my ancestors are from northwest England (Dalton in Furness) and joined the church there before emigrating to the US in the mid-1800s.

And for the appropriate content, from the land of the majority of my ancestors:

 

[Jack Black]

Great pics Jack! Are you aware that the original Rocket is at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester for 6 months? Of course it normally lives in London; this is it a couple of years ago. A fantastic machine!

Thanks David, good to have you back I didn't know that, but my visit to the NRM was prompted by you telling me about the substantial work which will begin there soon Didn't you also say that there are plans to move to Rocket to York eventually? Cool pics, I am long overdue a visit to the Manchester museums

And for the appropriate content, from the land of the majority of my ancestors:

Lovely as always

I thought I'd carry this old Alfred Blackwell today - thanks again @rockman Rob

 

[donn]

You’re welcome David. I have the Lansky, KME, and Tormek. Happy to share more thoughts by PM if you’d like.

Thanks Greg I'll take a look at those and see what's available over here in the UK.

Our temples do not specifically follow the pattern of Solomon's temple, there are many many different architectural designs found around the world. However, your reference to the baptismal fonts is correct, they rest on 12 oxen that represent the twelve tribes of Israel.

Some of my ancestors are from northwest England (Dalton in Furness) and joined the church there before emigrating to the US in the mid-1800s.

And for the appropriate content, from the land of the majority of my ancestors:

My apologies Lambertiana. When I arrived at the Temple, I was actually greeted by the President himself, and even though I said I wasn't interested in joining the Church and had just come for a look around he took me aside and we had a fascinating chat. I thought he mentioned Solomon at some point but it was one of those chats that was so informative I can't remember everything he said. He then gave me a Book of Mormon and wished me a safe journey.
Honestly, if The Church of England welcomed people like that in their cathedrals and pews would be full.
That's really interesting about your heritage I was told once the LDS maintain the world's most comprehensive geneology records which are open to all.
Nice looking ebony on that lambsfoot there

Thanks David, good to have you back I didn't know that, but my visit to the NRM was prompted by you telling me about the substantial work which will begin there soon Didn't you also say that there are plans to move to Rocket to York eventually? Cool pics, I am long overdue a visit to the Manchester museums



Lovely as always

I thought I'd carry this old Alfred Blackwell today - thanks again @rockman Rob

Thank's Jack it's good to be back Yip that's right, it's all in the 'Grand Plan' but I assume the Rocket won't come to York until it's all complete, which I'm sure was something like 2023??
Have you ever made it out to 'Locomotion' in Shilden up near Darlington? That has a great selection of loco's. Up at Hackworth's original site they have the original 'Sans Pareil' which I'm sure you know was one of the competitors against 'Rocket' during the Rainhill trials.

https://www.locomotion.org.uk/

There's also the 'Head of Steam' museum a short walk out of Darlington itself.
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/mus...entry/head_of_steam_darlington_railway_museum

And that Blackwell is a very handsome knife How old would that be?
And I suppose I better put a knife in here to.
Gearing myself up for some gardening for my mum with this one I think.

All the best everyone

-David

 

[Jack Black]

Thank's Jack it's good to be back Yip that's right, it's all in the 'Grand Plan' but I assume the Rocket won't come to York until it's all complete, which I'm sure was something like 2023??
Have you ever made it out to 'Locomotion' in Shilden up near Darlington? That has a great selection of loco's. Up at Hackworth's original site they have the original 'Sans Pareil' which I'm sure you know was one of the competitors against 'Rocket' during the Rainhill trials.

https://www.locomotion.org.uk/

There's also the 'Head of Steam' museum a short walk out of Darlington itself.
https://www.steamheritage.co.uk/mus...entry/head_of_steam_darlington_railway_museum

And that Blackwell is a very handsome knife How old would that be?
And I suppose I better put a knife in here to.
Gearing myself up for some gardening for my mum with this one I think.

All the best everyone

-David

2023 is a fair old wait! Thanks for the great pics and link David, I've never actually visited Darlington. I'll have to make up for that sometime Thanks for the compliment too, I'm not sure about the age of the AB, it has been cleaned quite a bit, 1950's maybe, possibly a little earlier? Nice composition my friend, good of you for helping your mum. Hope you have a nice day David

Another pic of my Lambsfoot today

 

[Prester John]

2023 is a fair old wait! Thanks for the great pics and link David, I've never actually visited Darlington. I'll have to make up for that sometime Thanks for the compliment too, I'm not sure about the age of the AB, it has been cleaned quite a bit, 1950's maybe, possibly a little earlier? Nice composition my friend, good of you for helping your mum. Hope you have a nice day David

Another pic of my Lambsfoot today

Lovely knife, Jack.
Where can I get one of those "Barba-Trims"?