Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

Thanks GT. Learning is the operative word there. There's quite a bit to learn about using the Tormek and I have a long way to go before I'd consider myself proficient. It's fun, though.



I'm impressed with it and am looking forward to what I'll be able to do with it once I'm more comfortable with it. I don't have the Japanese waterstone. The stone that comes with it is plenty for my needs. My main use for it will be my carving hatchet, larger carving knives, and kitchen knives, but I do plan to experiment more with it for pocket knives. Once I decide between the 13 and 15 DPS angle, I plan to use it to sharpen my 2018 Ebony Guardians Edition lambsfoot, which has been sitting mostly idle waiting for me to put a really sharp edge on it.

Speaking of edge angles, initial impressions are that I prefer the 13 DPS edge I have on my buffalo lambsfoot over the 15 DPS edge I have on the rosewood. Both are very sharp, but I'm finding that the 13 DPS edge moves through cardboard with less effort than the 15 DPS edge does. I guess that's consistent with what @jacknife often says about thin blades. Breaking down cardboard boxes is one of my main uses for a pocket knife and I haven't had any problems with the edge rolling, so I'll probably settle on that. But, I'll keep the 15 DPS edge on the rosewood for a while longer and use it for a week or two more before deciding for sure.

Really interesting to read your thoughts on this Greg

Taylor, I really like this picture. That patina and super-crisp tang stamp really compliment the beautiful ebony. A wooden Wednesday must-carry indeed!

I couldn't agree more

 

[JoeGoblyn]

I like this one so much. From the blade shape to this rosewood.

Joe

 

[Prester John]

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I like this one so much. From the blade shape to this rosewood.

Joe

Going to have to get me one of those myself. Love my stag lambsfoot.

 

[Jody744]

Is there a Lambsfoot with a long pull?

 

[waynorth]

I had all these out on the desk, so thought I'd do a comparison. Left to right, a Wright Big'un, a Joseph Rodgers one-blade w. double-rattail Bolsters, a Joseph Rodgers with Flat, Beveled Bolsters and a pen blade, and last but not least, My fave AC Lil'un!!
For comparison, the Big'un is 4" and the Lil'un is just under 3 3/8".

 

[Jack Black]

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I like this one so much. From the blade shape to this rosewood.

Glad you're liking it Joe

Is there a Lambsfoot with a long pull?

I was about to say that I couldn't recall having seen one, but I had the faintest recollection...I eventually found what I was thinking of in my scrap drawer, must have been there five years!



A short long pull! This is somebody's cobbled-together project, which has then seen too much of a Dremel Not much of a knife, but the snap is actually pretty good!



No Jody, I don't recall having seen a Lambsfoot with a long-pull

I had all these out on the desk, so thought I'd do a comparison. Left to right, a Wright Big'un, a Joseph Rodgers one-blade w. double-rattail Bolsters, a Joseph Rodgers with Flat, Beveled Bolsters and a pen blade, and last but not least, My fave AC Lil'un!!
For comparison, the Big'un is 4" and the Lil'un is just under 3 3/8".
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Beautiful Charlie, that Rodgers with the double-rattail bolsters is Da Bomb my friend! Sorry to have posted to the eyesore above to the same page!

 

[Jack Black]

Almost as unusual as a Lambsfoot with a long-pull is this English Trappist ale

 

[JTB_5]

The storm has moved more easterly than initially predicted. We’ve had steady rain and some gusts of wind but nothing like those folks East of here.

 

[Jack Black]

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The storm has moved more easterly than initially predicted. We’ve had steady rain and some gusts of wind but nothing like those folks East of here.

Nice pic Joshua Stay safe my friend

 

[Prester John]

Almost as unusual as a Lambsfoot with a long-pull is this English Trappist ale

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Did you take a long pull of that ale before pouring it in the glass?

 

[waynorth]

Was that Ale actually made by the Trappists, Jack, or is it just the style??

Almost as unusual as a Lambsfoot with a long-pull is this English Trappist ale

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[Jack Black]

Did you take a long pull of that ale before pouring it in the glass?

LOL! That Duvel glass is deceptive, it'll hold a pint

Was that Ale actually made by the Trappists, Jack, or is it just the style??

Yes it was made by Trappists Charlie, I only came across it a couple of months ago. It's pretty decent, and here, it's less than half the price of a Trappist beer from Continental Europe

Here's some of the brewers

http://www.mountsaintbernard.org/tynt-meadow-ale

 

[Jack Black]

I'll be off out early tomorrow, and I'm thinking of taking this one with me, this year's Guardian's Lambsfoot in horn

 

[Half/Stop]

Are you travelling Ron? Thanks for calling in with those two fantastic pics my friend

Yes I am Jack! Always checking on my fellow Guardians!

 

[screened porch]

Finally you get to see my 1976 soap case from the Baker Street underground station! With Blackadder, in case the focus is so bad you can't tell.

 

[waynorth]

LOL! That Duvel glass is deceptive, it'll hold a pint



Yes it was made by Trappists Charlie, I only came across it a couple of months ago. It's pretty decent, and here, it's less than half the price of a Trappist beer from Continental Europe

Here's some of the brewers

http://www.mountsaintbernard.org/tynt-meadow-ale

A Jolly Bunch!! Proud of their Ale I am sure!! Thanks for the link, Jack!!
They are new (re-new) at this brewing stuff!!

 

[flatblackcapo]

Very nice my friend, good to see another of the 2018 pocket slips too

Thanks, Jack.
It's like that knife and slip were made for each other.

 

[donn]

LOL! That Duvel glass is deceptive, it'll hold a pint



Yes it was made by Trappists Charlie, I only came across it a couple of months ago. It's pretty decent, and here, it's less than half the price of a Trappist beer from Continental Europe

Here's some of the brewers

http://www.mountsaintbernard.org/tynt-meadow-ale

Now they look like the sort of chaps who know their business Thanks for posting that Jack, I'm going to have to track down some of their handiwork.

Strictly yesterdays.

-David.

 

[PoorUserName]

I have been looking to buy one of these knives but i have been put off by the handle shape, Why does it curve up, Should it not be straight or even curved down so that your small finger can press against the end of the curve, to improve the grip.

 

[Jack Black]

Yes I am Jack! Always checking on my fellow Guardians!

Hope you and Pam are having a lovely time Ron

Finally you get to see my 1976 soap case from the Baker Street underground station! With Blackadder, in case the focus is so bad you can't tell.

Perhaps we need a Lambsfoot and soap case thread Jer! Very nice my friend

A Jolly Bunch!! Proud of their Ale I am sure!! Thanks for the link, Jack!!
They are new (re-new) at this brewing stuff!!

They do look it don't they Charlie?! Yes, an English Trappist Ale is VERY new I know somebody who works for their distributor, have to see if I can blag a visit

Thanks, Jack.
It's like that knife and slip were made for each other.

Great stuff

Now they look like the sort of chaps who know their business Thanks for posting that Jack, I'm going to have to track down some of their handiwork.

Strictly yesterdays.

-David.

Distributed by James Clay apparently David

What a fantastic pic

I have been looking to buy one of these knives but i have been put off by the handle shape, Why does it curve up, Should it not be straight or even curved down so that your small finger can press against the end of the curve, to improve the grip.

Some Lambsfoot knives come with a straight handle, but while it is certainly not unique to the Lambsfoot, the Swayback or Pruner frame really enhances the ergonomics of the straight Lambsfoot blade. It's like that because it works

As planned, I'm carrying my 2018 Guardians Lambsfoot with buffalo horn covers