Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[Jack Black]

I carry a Lambsfoot...

Because the Devil invented plastic seals!

How 'bout you?

 

[screened porch]

I don't think I'll be cutting more plantains with Blackadder. I can't seem to prepare a plantain palatably, despite my prodigiously deep Caribbean roots.

 

[Jack Black]

I don't think I'll be cutting more plantains with Blackadder. I can't seem to prepare a plantain palatably, despite my prodigiously deep Caribbean roots.

Blackadder is looking good Jer

 

[Ramrodmb]

Sorry John, I think I missed your post before. Part of the problem is that Wright's have been led by the UK dealers they supply, most of whom know little about knives, and just want to buy them as cheaply as possible



Thanks for that, great pic Dwight



Well, usually they do in Sheffield! But Ken Hawley ended up as one of the big-wigs down at the museum where Stan works. He passed away a few years back, but his collection of tools and trade catalogues was purchased by the museum, and still held there

Nice to see Betty is helping out there



Fabulous photos Chin I think you are probably right about McClory, he certainly had more coin in his pocket than the average son of Erin forced to flee across the water



Dave, that's your 12th consecutive post without any knife content at all, you old gossip!

Come on fellers, it's great having a good crack here, but please include more Lambsfoot content in your posts, otherwise we risk losing this thread, or at least having posts moved to the Lounge



Nice



Very good I think, I'll try to remember to send you a stick

Hope your Lambsfoot can put a spring in your step

Start to a new week, and I better get my skates on, and actually do some work :rolleyes; Slipping my ebony '18 in my pocket Have a good week Guardians

Beautiful pic of your Ebony! So good with the background colors. I hope you had a good weekend and a productive week ahead. I am very excited for any news on the Guardian front.

 

[Travman]

 

[Jack Black]

Beautiful pic of your Ebony! So good with the background colors. I hope you had a good weekend and a productive week ahead. I am very excited for any news on the Guardian front.

Thank you very much Mark, I took advantage of this piece of street furniture Not too bad thanks, I hope your was good too. Having ordered a bulk order of packaging for the Guardians knives, I'm rather tied to my house for the next couple of days, which has clipped my wings a bit, but hopefully it'll be alright in the end. I'm also hoping to have some news from Sheffield soon Have a good week my friend

Oops! Posted the wrong pic!

 

[Jack Black]

Nice to see the pile side of your AC Alan I must remember to take more pile-side pics myself

 

[Jack Black]

Here's a pic of John McClory & Sons Milton Street works, close to the Taylor's Eye Witness Works (I used to walk along that street every day at one time).

Advert from 1922 British Industries Fair.

 

[dc50]

Dave, that's your 12th consecutive post without any knife content at all, you old gossip!

Sorry I got sidetracked

 

[Jack Black]

Sorry I got sidetracked

Feel free to edit a Lambsfoot pic into your post Dave

Edit -

 

[Fodderwing]

Sorry I got sidetracked

That really is a gorgeous lamb Dave. I love the rich tone of those scales.

 

[flatblackcapo]

That poor girl My wife and I went to LasVegas in May and we thought it was hot then, I can imagine what July and August must be like.

I did feel for her, it often gets over 100*F in those months.
Soooo, how do you think poutine would keep being packed in ice and shipped to California?

Mornin' Guardians.
A blast from the past, a pic of Rosie. Waaaaaay back in '17.

 

[Fodderwing]

 

[Half/Stop]

I’m afraid my post might not be as colorful as some here this morning! Nonetheless here’s my Rosewood Bigun!

 

[RayseM]

dc50 Great comeback

 

[Jolipapa]

I don't think I'll be cutting more plantains with Blackadder. I can't seem to prepare a plantain palatably, despite my prodigiously deep Caribbean roots.

Are you talking of bananas?

 

[Cambertree]

Cambertree I went an grabbed my calipers and the battery is dead I'll replace it next week and report back with a measurement. Thanks Chin for the comment on my knife

Great, thanks Rob. Yes, I’ve noticed for example, that the Unity Lambsfoot blade that Jack gave me is both fairly worn from use and sharpening, and still about 0.015” at its thickest point, behind the edge. At its tip, it’s more like 0.010”.

A lot of other Sheffield ‘Golden Age’ blades I’ve handled seem similar, although I haven’t measured them. Most pocket knife manufacturers today seem to stick to 0.025” and even thicker, behind the edge...

Always enjoy your posts, Chin.
Those peppers must be hot, it looks like the leaves are sweating.
It looks like your ebony Lambsfoot has plenty of work to do.

Ha ha thanks Kevin, likewise my friend. Yes, this is actually a situation where I could do with a stainless steel bladed Lambsfoot knife, what with the heat and humidity, and having to wash the blade constantly between pruning and trimming each plant. I liked the look of those small custom ones in Sandvik 12c27 by a South African maker, someone posted a while back.
And yes, it’s the first season I’ve grown those Caribbean and US chilli pepper types, but they’re supposed to be searing hot!

Fabulous photos Chin I think you are probably right about McClory, he certainly had more coin in his pocket than the average son of Erin forced to flee across the water

Yes. Thanks very much, Jack.

Here's a pic of John McClory & Sons Milton Street works, close to the Taylor's Eye Witness Works (I used to walk along that street every day at one time).

Advert from 1922 British Industries Fair.

Good stuff mate. Interesting that ‘regularity in finish’ was apparently a main customer concern then too.

@Prester John: I also meant to add my experience to your earlier question about horn as a cover material.

The weather here rarely drops below 0C/32f, with wet winters, and hot dry summers with usually a lot of days around 30C/85f, and a handful of days each year getting up to around 42C/108f. Although I have felt tiny dimensional changes over the time I’ve had the horn Guardians knife, and my golden Ox horn Lambsfoot knife, both of them are currently perfectly flush, as they were when they were new.

All I’ve done to treat them is apply a bit of mineral oil according to the old woodworkers’ rule of “once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, and once a year for life”.

Now, if I happen to have mineral oil left on my hands after oiling another knife, instead of wiping it off with a rag, I just wipe it on one of my horn handled knives.

I was quite surprised to hear of some of the drastic dimensional changes. I’ve taken a pic of my horn covered 2017 Guardian knife with an old horn handled Bunny knife with a known provenance, for comparison purposes. (Sorry, Jack, I don’t have a horn covered Lambsfoot that old.) I guess it’s 60s-70s era, so say it’s about 50 years old, and has probably not been carried and used regularly for at least 15 or 20 years. I doubt if the handles were ever oiled. There’s definitely been shrinkage of the material, but even so, on the mark side, you can see it’s fairly minimal. In fact, I’d venture to say, if it had been moisturised by being carried and used regularly in that time, the horn would be pretty close to the original dimensions.

And another pic from up the Shipwreck Coast of Western Vic:

 

[dc50]

That really is a gorgeous lamb Dave. I love the rich tone of those scales.

Thank you my friend.

 

[Jack Black]

Mornin' Guardians.
A blast from the past, a pic of Rosie. Waaaaaay back in '17.

She was just a young slip of a Lambsfoot back then Cool lighter Kevin

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Lovely pic Dwight

I’m afraid my post might not be as colorful as some here this morning! Nonetheless here’s my Rosewood Bigun!

Your Big 'Un is the business Ron

dc50 Great comeback

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Ray

Nice pile-side pic of your AC Ray

Great, thanks Rob. Yes, I’ve noticed for example, that the Unity Lambsfoot blade that Jack gave me is both fairly worn from use and sharpening, and still about 0.015” at its thickest point, behind the edge. At its tip, it’s more like 0.010”.

A lot of other Sheffield ‘Golden Age’ blades I’ve handled seem similar, although I haven’t measured them. Most pocket knife manufacturers today seem to stick to 0.025” and even thicker, behind the edge...

Great pic Chin (I picked up a Chestnut Knife at the weekend) I think cutlers back then were better trained, better skilled, and gaffers and customers more demanding. It's probably the case that nobody wants to risk spoiling a blade these days, the same goes for stag, it used to be cut much thinner.

I liked the look of those small custom ones in Sandvik 12c27 by a South African maker, someone posted a while back.

I'd forgotten about those. Stainless Lambsfoot blades are available with Rodgers, Wosteholm, and TEW colours

Good stuff mate. Interesting that ‘regularity in finish’ was apparently a main customer concern then too.

Yes, I think McClory only dealt with other traders and merchants, so probably a bigger concern than when selling to the general public

@Prester John: I also meant to add my experience to your earlier question about horn as a cover material.

The weather here rarely drops below 0C/32f, with wet winters, and hot dry summers with usually a lot of days around 30C/85f, and a handful of days each year getting up to around 42C/108f. Although I have felt tiny dimensional changes over the time I’ve had the horn Guardians knife, and my golden Ox horn Lambsfoot knife, both of them are currently perfectly flush, as they were when they were new.

All I’ve done to treat them is apply a bit of mineral oil according to the old woodworkers’ rule of “once a day for a week, once a week for a month, once a month for a year, and once a year for life”.

Now, if I happen to have mineral oil left on my hands after oiling another knife, instead of wiping it off with a rag, I just wipe it on one of my horn handled knives.

I was quite surprised to hear of some of the drastic dimensional changes. I’ve taken a pic of my horn covered 2017 Guardian knife with an old horn handled Bunny knife with a known provenance, for comparison purposes. (Sorry, Jack, I don’t have a horn covered Lambsfoot that old.) I guess it’s 60s-70s era, so say it’s about 50 years old, and has probably not been carried and used regularly for at least 15 or 20 years. I doubt if the handles were ever oiled. There’s definitely been shrinkage of the material, but even so, on the mark side, you can see it’s fairly minimal. In fact, I’d venture to say, if it had been moisturised by being carried and used regularly in that time, the horn would be pretty close to the original dimensions.

And another pic from up the Shipwreck Coast of Western Vic:

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Superb pics Chin, and I'm glad to hear you've had no problems with your horn-handled knives

 

[Half/Stop]

Your Big 'Un is the business Ron

Thanks Jack!