Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

The cherry blossom is out here. There used to be 4 mature cherry trees in the garden of the adjacent Council house, and they looked spectacular in bloom. Then a new tenant moved in, and cut them down, because they didn't like the 'mess' the leaves made 🤨

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unclekurty said:
I sure don’t like certain insects…mostly related to their size I guess. Some of those giant spiders in Australia would disturb me. Texas I hear has some big insects. Florida too. The iguana thing in Florida would get to me. Can you imagine an iguana falling out of a tree and bonking you on the noggin when it’s a bit frigid. I enjoy those Carl Hiassen books. Good luck with those fire ants Bob.
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Thanks Kurt. They pack a wallop for such a small insect.
 
Jack Black said:
😱😂 Happy whittlin' Jer 👍

Happy Hunting Bob! 👍 Love your Grim Reaper 😎👍

That's a nice one Kurt 😎🙂👍

When I was in the Middle East, I wasn't fond of giant flying cockroaches! 🙄
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SteveC said:
Good luck exterminating 👍
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Thanks Steve and Jack.
Better living through modern chemistry. We have a powder that works in about 15 min.

Beautiful cherry tree, a great sign that spring is close by.
 
Jack Black said:
Very interesting, I haven't seen a burger with pineapple before :) :thumbsup:


I'm glad that one of us still has his marbles Bob! :D :thumbsup:

Hand vices were very popular with cutlers Bob, that one has the British military 'Crow's Foot' acceptance mark :thumbsup:

She is named for the two 'fang marks', which were once more obvious :) I originally took her because I thought that others might see the marks as a defect. I was probably overconcerned, but you never know ;)

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Took me a while to get her to start behaving! ;)

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😁 we’ll have you converted,
Eating work’s burger with pineapple, bacon and egg 😉
Have a great day.
 
Willem, that is a beautiful little working lamb. I have always thought of AEB-L or 13C26 as a stainless 1084. Fine grained, takes an excellent edge pretty easily,
and has good toughness and edge holding. Like you, I'm surprised it isn't used more often.

I'm still packin' Roper this morning.

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mitch13 said:
😁 we’ll have you converted,
Eating work’s burger with pineapple, bacon and egg 😉
Have a great day.
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No judgement here! :D :thumbsup:

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Thanks Mitch, you too mate :) :thumbsup:
black mamba said:
Willem, that is a beautiful little working lamb. I have always thought of AEB-L or 13C26 as a stainless 1084. Fine grained, takes an excellent edge pretty easily,
and has good toughness and edge holding. Like you, I'm surprised it isn't used more often.

I'm still packin' Roper this morning.

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Fine choice Jeff :) :thumbsup:
 
Jack Black said:
Great to see your Hartshead Barlow David :) :thumbsup:

Congratulations, I'm glad you were able to get one :) Great-looking Lamb :thumbsup:

:) :thumbsup:

That is a very sweet Lamb :cool: Be great to hear how you find the steel :) I'm sure others will have opinions. Personally, I struggle to remember what knives I have, let alone what steel they're made from 🫣 I do like THIS though! :D KIndly gifted to me by Rufus1949 Rufus1949 - Generous Bob :) :thumbsup:

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So far I have to say I like the AEB-L a lot! And that is a special one you have there - "Waboom" scales - quite scarce and not commercially available, also it has since been put onto the endangered list with CITES, so not likely to become more easily available!
 
Rufus1949 said:
Congrats on your lamb.
Tending to it will truly make it yours.
Well done by Scubaroo for thinking of you.👍🏻

Willem, I like the concept of the plain working man's knife. I have had AEB-L steel on a few knives. Depending on the edge applied they hold up well and like a stropping occasionally.
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Hi Bob, thank you, glad you like it. I am actually toying with the idea of bringing back a line of plain working man's knives as part of my line up :-) So far I have found exactly what you say - it likes a fine, thin edge, and it responds very well to stropping - behaves almost like a high carbon steel, rather than stainless. It is early days, but I am really liking this steel so far!
 
Kroo Blades said:
I have been curious about AEB-L. After looking at the specs, and some feedback on knife groups, I was wondering why it is not more popular than it seems. Not that it is unpopular by any means, but from the specs and characteristics I'd have thought it would be more popular (unless I am mistaken about how popular it actually is, which is entirely possible).....So I made a little Lambsfoot to test the steel for myself. It is based on an old, circa 1970's Joseph Rodgers 3.5" knife that I inherited from my late grandpa. Just a simple, no frills little working knife I wanted to share with you guys. Blade stock is just a tad over 1/10th " so I put a hollow grind on it to get a nice thin cutting edge.
Feel free to tell me what you think, and also about AEB-L if you have any experience with it.

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I have a number of knives with AEB-L. I like the steel a lot on the knives I have. They're ground thin and take a scary sharp edge which is easy to maintain. 👍🤠
 
SteveC said:
That looks sweet and spicy ! 👍
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It is Steve, quite a bit of red wine in there too 😉 I even ran a piece of bread round the pan! 😂 I ate early as Wolfie is supposed to be coming round, but typically, he's late 🤔
SteveC said:
Good morning and happy Friday Guardians !


Charlie lamb today 👍



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Classic Steve, and a great shot 😎👍
Kroo Blades said:
So far I have to say I like the AEB-L a lot! And that is a special one you have there - "Waboom" scales - quite scarce and not commercially available, also it has since been put onto the endangered list with CITES, so not likely to become more easily available!
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That's good to hear 🙂 It's VERY special to me :) I think the wood is wonderful, I've never seen anything like it before. Fantastic work! 😎😊👍
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You know there's only one response Bob! :D :thumbsup:

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Kroo Blades said:
Hi Bob, thank you, glad you like it. I am actually toying with the idea of bringing back a line of plain working man's knives as part of my line up :-) So far I have found exactly what you say - it likes a fine, thin edge, and it responds very well to stropping - behaves almost like a high carbon steel, rather than stainless. It is early days, but I am really liking this steel so far!
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What a great idea :cool: :thumbsup:
 
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