Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
Even foul weather, a lack of sleep last night, handing over a very large amount of cash, and a 110 minute train journey back, couldn't take the shine off my trip to Sheffield today :) I'm going to make a cup of tea, and catch up with my PMs and emails, and this thread of course. Among others, I was carrying my AC today ;) :thumbsup:

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Jack, these look mighty fine! Echoing the others but thank you for your enthusiasm and excellence! :thumbsup::thumbsup: I cannot wait to get one in hand. :cool::D
 
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HEMI 49 said:
I want to apply for entrance to The Guardians..... I bought a single Lambsfoot about 3 weeks ago and fell in love with it, warts and all...…. So I bought 3 more & received them yesterday...……. So now it is a herd of 4..... I live just south of Rochester, NY..… I have no connection with NYC and have never been there, even though I have lived in NY 58 of my 69 years.... I am a retired manufacturing manager of heavy machining; a USAF Viet Nam Vet; and have somewhere around 200 knives...…… So all that and $.50 will buy you a small coffee.... Attached is a picture of the herd...…….. I enjoy reading this thread & it sounds like you are a nice group...…….. Brent ( HEMI 49 )View attachment 1063124 View attachment 1063125 View attachment 1063126
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Welcome, Brent! Let me know if you'd like to be added to the Guardian's Map. (I'm assuming that's why you shared your location in your post, but I've made a rule of only adding folks who specifically ask to be added, so I just wanted to make sure.) :thumbsup:
 
HEMI 49 said:
Thanks to everyone for your warm welcomes...… I have learned a lot from following your conversations and viewing the photographs..… Here is another shot of the 3 Lambsfoot knives I received yesterday...….. On each in Buffalo, Rosewood & Stag... Would I be correct in assuming all the minute scratches on the Stag occur from contact with barbed wire?..... I recall some hides (leather) show similar conditions from contact with fencing...View attachment 1063262
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Welcome to the club!

Stag bears the scratches from a season of brushing and rubbing against all kinds of things - tree branches/trunks, weeds, shrubs, fences, and the inevitable marks from jousting with other deer.
 
Rusty1 said:
One of my AC’s also wears battle scars, or fencing scratches. Part of the life history of the Stag, which I think adds to it’s appeal. Many a knife company shy away from using this natural type of stag.

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Russell,
I agree 100%.……. The marks in the horn are a wonderful natural element on the knife...……. Sort of like a special grain in wood... It is thought provoking to consider what was the cause of all those scratches or battle scars....
Brent
 
btb01 said:
Welcome, Brent! Let me know if you'd like to be added to the Guardian's Map. (I'm assuming that's why you shared your location in your post, but I've made a rule of only adding folks who specifically ask to be added, so I just wanted to make sure.) :thumbsup:
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Hi Barrett,
Yes, please add me to the map...…. Also, the Guardians plaque that appears at the end of a post; how do I get that?
Thank you Sir,
Brent
 
HEMI 49 said:
Hi Barrett,
Yes, please add me to the map...…. Also, the Guardians plaque that appears at the end of a post; how do I get that?
Thank you Sir,
Brent
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I went to page 1 and down to post 20. I copied the second one and then went to my name on top of the page to drop down to signature. Pasted and then saved. The only thing I haven’t figured out yet, is how to reduce the size a bit.
 
The first Lambsfoot models seemed to appear around the tail end of the 1800s in England. Joseph Rodgers was among the first to produce them, but George Wostenholm didn't offer a Lambsfoot model until the early 1900s. No Lambsfoot models are shown in a 1905 factory Wostenholm catalog, and the first one seen in print dates to 1915. Wostenholm carried that pattern at least up until the 1960s, and probably right to the end in 1983. Wostenholm was still using genuine stag in the 1950s, but had changed over mostly to "Simulated Stag" (Synthetic) by the 1960s. Here is a Wostenholm Lambsfoot model from around the 1960s era along with a catalog illustration from 1962.

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Lots happening on the Guardians thread! :)

New members, Welcome! :thumbsup: I look forward to getting acquainted with youse-all.
I also need to go back some, and read a couple of hundred pages to get to know some of you other folks that have been around here for a while already. ;)

It looks like Jack has done it again! I know I'll enjoy seeing pictures, and hearing the stories about the new knives people will soon have in hand.

Just finished digging out more than half a dozen Douglas fir splinters (fir splinters sting) out of my left hand. The knife dug out several larger ones earlier at work, these ones were hard to see, tiny little buggers! :mad: The Lambsfoot and a loupe helped me get the job done. My hand feels better now.

I once worked at a great old fashioned lumberyard, wood shop, and mill, in the mill. Sadly it's long gone. Old timers there joked that splinters were the only wood you could take home with without paying for it.


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herder said:
The first Lambsfoot models seemed to appear around the tail end of the 1800s in England. Joseph Rodgers was among the first to produce them, but George Wostenholm didn't offer a Lambsfoot model until the early 1900s. No Lambsfoot models are shown in a 1905 factory Wostenholm catalog, and the first one seen in print dates to 1915. Wostenholm carried that pattern at least up until the 1960s, and probably right to the end in 1983. Wostenholm was still using genuine stag in the 1950s, but had changed over mostly to "Simulated Stag" (Synthetic) by the 1960s. Here is a Wostenholm Lambsfoot model from around the 1960s era along with a catalog illustration from 1962.

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Is that one in the top picture one of yours, H herder ?
It's in good shape, the blade is nice and full.

The catalog prints are excellent as well.

I've spent a fair amount of time today looking up old lambsfoot and Sheffield knives. Aside from mostly striking out, the one thing that struck me is that despite many of these available knives being rather old and the blades worn down considerably, they largely are still in possession of rather stout pulls, excellent snaps, and no wobble.

A testament to their build quality, they were made to work and made to last a good long time. Traits that have carried over to this day and are found in my Wrights collection. Makes me rather honored to be a part of Wrights' continuing legacy.
 
HEMI 49 said:
Hi Barrett,
Yes, please add me to the map...…. Also, the Guardians plaque that appears at the end of a post; how do I get that?
Thank you Sir,
Brent
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You're on the map! :thumbsup:

Jack Black said:
Excellent post, and a great photo, my good friend :) That's world's nicer than the later IXL 'Simulated Stag' Lambsfoot Barlow I got in a 'job lot' some time back, one of the ugliest knives I've ever seen :eek:

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Jack, I think "melted pre-shredded cheese on burnt toast" might have been a better name for that material than "simulated stag." :D
 
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