Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[cigarrodog]

Chatoyance is right! But difficult to capture. Two different sides, but each mesmerizing in their own right.
Thanks again, Jack!
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In a little less light:
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I had to look through the pile side photos to pick it out, but I think I found her:
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Simply Beautiful.

@Half/Stop - Simply Beautiful X 2

 

[Pàdruig]

Good morning, Guardians.

The rain has abated for now so I rushed out to snap a few pictures. The lighting is still not ideal but I think I got a decent number of pics to showcase some of the virtues of these knives.

Like Ron, I ordered two of these knives (Beautiful duo, by the way, Ron). My experience with Ironwood is that you never know what you might end up with so I opted to double my chances of receiving one that might greatly appeal to me. Well, as I suspected might be the case, there doesn't seem to be a single bad egg in the whole lot. Every example I have seen so far has been exceptional and the two I received are no exceptions.

As I mentioned earlier, the mark and pile sides of these knives are dramatically different. Reminds me somewhat of my AC. It will be impossible to become bored with these, there is just two much to enjoy about them.

There is nothing here not to like. Very well made, the bolsters are an incredibly refined touch and despite the obvious elegance of these knives, they still sport the rugged construction and healthy action that we have all come to appreciate in Wright's knives.

I suppose that is enough of my yammering, here are some pictures.


I started off with a side-by-side mark side shot:

Side-by-side pile shot:

Mark side / Pile side:

Pile side / Mark side (I really love the "burl" effect):

Alternating mark side/pile side pics:

And finally, some coffee cup glamour shots:

And to cap it all off, I have marked my knives on the group photo:

 

[cigarrodog]

Great images. Congratulations on a pair of Aces.

 

[pjsjr]

Good morning, Guardians.

Dylan, those are terrific photos and the Ironwood is spectacular. Congratulations!

 

[OLd_gUY]

Great images. Congratulations on a pair of Aces.

Dylan, those are terrific photos and the Ironwood is spectacular. Congratulations!

What they said . Amazing!

 

[btb01]

Good morning, Guardians.

The rain has abated for now so I rushed out to snap a few pictures. The lighting is still not ideal but I think I got a decent number of pics to showcase some of the virtues of these knives.

Like Ron, I ordered two of these knives (Beautiful duo, by the way, Ron). My experience with Ironwood is that you never know what you might end up with so I opted to double my chances of receiving one that might greatly appeal to me. Well, as I suspected might be the case, there doesn't seem to be a single bad egg in the whole lot. Every example I have seen so far has been exceptional and the two I received are no exceptions.

As I mentioned earlier, the mark and pile sides of these knives are dramatically different. Reminds me somewhat of my AC. It will be impossible to become bored with these, there is just two much to enjoy about them.

There is nothing here not to like. Very well made, the bolsters are an incredibly refined touch and despite the obvious elegance of these knives, they still sport the rugged construction and healthy action that we have all come to appreciate in Wright's knives.

I suppose that is enough of my yammering, here are some pictures.


I started off with a side-by-side mark side shot:

Side-by-side pile shot:

Mark side / Pile side:

Pile side / Mark side (I really love the "burl" effect):

Alternating mark side/pile side pics:

And finally, some coffee cup glamour shots:

And to cap it all off, I have marked my knives on the group photo:

You got two good looking knives, Dylan! I love the two gnarlier pieces of ironwood you got, with the sort of splotchy swirls and the small inclusions in the wood. It’s a shame they didn’t end up on the same knife, they’re so well matched!

I took a couple pics of Eleanor admiring my new Ironwood Lambsfoot this morning.

As you can tell by the look on her face, she's clearly impressed.

As a bonus, I think her sweatshirt is somewhat fitting for page 666 of this thread.

 

[Nature Boy]

Man, does this ironwood glow...

 

[Jack Black]

Just in case there aren't any new pics posted, - here's 2 more (in the sun) of the 1st 2019 to land in the US
I guess I should apologize for putting up more pics, but I'm still so pleased I just can't help myself
I dub thee...Fenrir
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Incredible OG, some sunshine (or good light) really makes all the difference to how these knives look No need to apologise, keep 'em coming!

I hope you have a good visit tomorrow, Jack. (As long as the Xenomorphs don't get you tonight!)

I did thanks Barrett, and I picked up a quite spectacular piece of treasure in the market It was a long tiring day though, after a poor night's sleep - no, it wasn't Xenomorphs keeping me awake I had a nice lunch with @ADEE, and by chance we were both carrying an ebony Lambsfoot (mine is furthest from the camera)

Well, fellow Guardians, today was my lucky day! I was sitting in the living room when I heard the sound of the mailman's Grumman LLV (speaking of high mileage vehicles ) pull up outside. I looked out the window and saw him depositing today's mail in our mailbox. I headed outside, opened the mailbox and felt a familiar sense of disappointment; it looked like all that was in there were a couple bills and a magazine for my wife. But then I noticed that there was something under the magazine at the back of the mailbox, and sure enough, it was the package from England that I'd been waiting for!

Now Jack, I have to tell you, I'm afraid you might have accidentally sent some bad Butter-Fingered-Oaf juju along with my package, because within the first five minutes of taking the knife out of it's well-padded multi-layered safety-cocoon... I dropped it!! Thankfully, it was on the wood floor rather than concrete, and there was no harm done.

The knife itself is a beauty. Fantastic, lighter-colored wood with wonderful grain on the mark side, and a nice, dark pile side with a couple small inclusions in the wood that add even more character. (I'll have to get a photo of the pile side to add later, as the darker wood wasn't showing up very well in the lighting I have at the moment.)

Now having this knife in hand, I'll say that the group photo in which Jack has been identifying everyone's knives really doesn't do some of them justice. I had a couple "favorites" that I was hoping for based on the way they looked in that photo, and I didn't get any of those, but the knife that I got has way more character in person than it does in the group photo, and I couldn't be happier with it. In fact, it's so different from the group photo that I had a hard time finding it! I finally did locate it, though, so Jack, you can go ahead and mark this one down as mine:

Thanks again, Jack, for all the work you put into bringing us these knives. I think this one might be the best so far!

I'm glad your knife arrived my friend, and sorry about the ju-ju! I'm glad you're pleased with it, and that's a lovely photograph. Well-spotted too my friend

Turns out it was my lucky day too...
Thanks for all the hard work Jack, I love it!
It has some crazy cool character and beautiful lines.



Mine is smack dab in the middle...

That's a nice one John Thanks for pointing it out

By the way, if anyone is looking at these pics on their phone, I recommend having a look on a larger screen if you can, it really makes a lot of difference

My wait is over also!

Mighty fine looking crop of Ironwood Lambsfoot knives that landed today. I'm so pleased with mine!

Thank you, Jack, for all that you are doing and have done to bring such handsome knives to us. I'm indebted to you, also, please thank Ashley for producing such a fine knife.

Mine is on the bottom row, left most knife that's canted horizontal, below member donn's.

Here are a couple of quick pictures. Preston

Glad it made it made it Preston, those are beautiful photos

Some nice Ironwood I am seeing!!

For me, it's still crickets!

Great to see more Ironwood models rolling in!!! Amazing how they each have such individual character and personalities.
I am a bit envious of the beautiful example which had shown up for btb01.
I can only assume that the dog sled driven postal service must have pulled over for the evening before proceeding onward to me.
Maybe tomorrow...

Hope you get your knives soon gents

Good afternoon, folks.

I usually peel myself away from screens over the weekends so I had quite a time getting caught up here amidst my work today. However, I did want to report in and state that I am amongst the lucky Monday recipients and have retrieved my knives from the mailbox a short while ago.

The weather right now is rather terrible but I am hoping for a break in the rain before the light fades so I can take some pictures. Otherwise, I will have to wait until the morrow.

What I can says is, these knives are rather remarkable, the chatoyance in the Ironwood is amazing and due to what appears to be my penchant for drawing knives with wildly different pile and mark sides, I will have quite a bit to show off very soon.

Congratulations to those of you who have received your knives, they all look incredible. A very fine job by Jack and the lad at Wrights.

Glad you got yours Dylan, I'm sure we'll be seeing plenty of great photos of them

Just a word in terms of the matching of the scales, you can see how much variation there is between each knife, and Ironwood is clearly made up of numerous layers, which vary from almost blond to jet-black. It's impossible to guess what the final layer of Ironwood will look like when it's ground to shape, and polished. You could use pre-cut scales, but that's a horrible way to make a knife in my opinion, or you could keep discarding knives, which would obviously increase costs many, many times. So I hope that folks can live with having covers that may be quite different to each other

Just arrived today. Beautiful knife, thanks Jack! A few cell phone pics, dark and drizzly here today.

I'm glad you're please with it my friend, and thanks for identifying it When we get 'The Class of 2019 completed, I'll mess about with the colours and fonts to try and make identification a bit clearer

Thanks for the congratulations and the well wishes gentlemen! I’m still fighting this darn cold! Hopefully the next couple of days will bring better picture taking weather and better feelings!

Sorry to hear that Ron, hope you're rid of it soon pal

Oh, no! Where were you when I was doing something hasty?

You were TOO hasty!

Since I'm a 'newbie' here I'll just keep hitting the like button until mine arrives.

I'm hoping to have word on the second batch this week Alan

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[Jack Black]

I think(?) mine is below Prester John
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Wow! You've really captured the awesome character of that one nicely

After much squinty-eyed comparison, I'm fairly certain that the knife circled in orange is the one I received.

I love getting to see all of the 2019 Guardians. Each example seems unique and full of character.

Well spotted!

Thank you so much for your kind words. Ironwood is among my favorite wooden covers. One of the qualities that I love is the variation. I consider each one in the group picture, beautiful, and because of the variation, it is yours, like no other.

Nicely said

Stunning Vince

That's a good one, John. Almost thought there was a painting of a wolf on the wood!

Oh wow!

That's cool. I've seen some ebony knives like this, two-tone

Yeah, I like that look, but the Ironwood has that extra shimmer and character

Well, I couldn't pull off an entire shoot due to inclement weather but I think I got a nice teaser pic. It doesn't demonstrate the spectacular grain in this one but it is a nice shot nonetheless, I think.

Well done Dylan, that is gorgeous

Chatoyance is right! But difficult to capture. Two different sides, but each mesmerizing in their own right.
Thanks again, Jack!
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In a little less light:
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I had to look through the pile side photos to pick it out, but I think I found her:
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Very true my friend Great pics, and very informative ones too

Well found! The pile side almost looks plain in the group pic, what a difference it makes to see it photographed properly

Good Morning Guardians

Wow John, that looks even better there And more Lupine!

Well I waited as long as I could! It’s cool and rainy here today. I managed to get some quick photos between showers so the lighting is not the best but here we go!

Spectacular Ron Are the knives as dark as they look there?

I think I'm going to be ready to hit the hay after making this post, but I have a bunch of PMs and emails to catch up with Hope everyone is having a good day, and I'm loving seeing those Guardians knives

 

[Prester John]

Good morning, Guardians.

The rain has abated for now so I rushed out to snap a few pictures. The lighting is still not ideal but I think I got a decent number of pics to showcase some of the virtues of these knives.

Like Ron, I ordered two of these knives (Beautiful duo, by the way, Ron). My experience with Ironwood is that you never know what you might end up with so I opted to double my chances of receiving one that might greatly appeal to me. Well, as I suspected might be the case, there doesn't seem to be a single bad egg in the whole lot. Every example I have seen so far has been exceptional and the two I received are no exceptions.

As I mentioned earlier, the mark and pile sides of these knives are dramatically different. Reminds me somewhat of my AC. It will be impossible to become bored with these, there is just two much to enjoy about them.

There is nothing here not to like. Very well made, the bolsters are an incredibly refined touch and despite the obvious elegance of these knives, they still sport the rugged construction and healthy action that we have all come to appreciate in Wright's knives.

I suppose that is enough of my yammering, here are some pictures.


I started off with a side-by-side mark side shot:

Side-by-side pile shot:

Mark side / Pile side:

Pile side / Mark side (I really love the "burl" effect):

Alternating mark side/pile side pics:

And finally, some coffee cup glamour shots:

And to cap it all off, I have marked my knives on the group photo:

Mighty comely pair, Dylan. Great pics.

 

[Jack Black]

You got two good looking knives, Dylan! I love the two gnarlier pieces of ironwood you got, with the sort of splotchy swirls and the small inclusions in the wood. It’s a shame they didn’t end up on the same knife, they’re so well matched!

I took a couple pics of Eleanor admiring my new Ironwood Lambsfoot this morning.

As you can tell by the look on her face, she's clearly impressed.

As a bonus, I think her sweatshirt is somewhat fitting for page 666 of this thread.

Awww, what a sweetie That is such a discerning inspection too

Love the T-shirt Barrett! Yes, very apt!

Man, does this ironwood glow...

My internet connection is so bad tonight! I'm going to have to go back and look at these when it picks up

 

[Prester John]

Hi Wayne,

I've not had an email from you. Here's your knife:

I'd advise oiling the joint and flushing it with compressed air to make it easier to open, but if you're struggling with it, and haven't used it yet, please return it to me (my address is on the back of the envelope)

I've gotten out of bed to stop you doing anything hasty. Have to catch up with everyone else tomorrow I'm afraid

Jack

I would just say that replacing the knife probably won't make a noticeable difference. I have a stag lambsfoot with a smaller nail nick, and the pull is stout. I suspect they all are. Oiling the joint and flushing with compressed air helps a little. Keeping the thumbnail fairly short also helps. I am used to the pull now and like it. Much better than the weak pulls on my Buck 301, e.g.
Wayne could also check out the index on the first page for 'breaking in' the knife.
Just my two cents.

 

[Campbellclanman]

Padruig - two outstanding looking knives! Gorgeous Colours!

Barrett - your lovely wee princess looks as though she Regards knives in the exact manner as the lovely girls in my life lol.

Natureboy - That’s a stunning Knife my friend.

 

[joeradza]

Jack Black Not only are you excelling at getting stunning knives produced Jack, but you're doing it FAST.

 

[Jack Black]

I would just say that replacing the knife probably won't make a noticeable difference. I have a stag lambsfoot with a smaller nail nick, and the pull is stout. I suspect they all are. Oiling the joint and flushing with compressed air helps a little. Keeping the thumbnail fairly short also helps. I am used to the pull now and like it. Much better than the weak pulls on my Buck 301, e.g.
Wayne could also check out the index on the first page for 'breaking in' the knife.
Just my two cents.

I am of the same opinion Vince, Wright's put their nail-nicks in by hand, so they vary, but I have knives of theirs with smaller nicks than the one pictured (which looks to be a pretty regular pocket knife nail-nick size), and don't have a problem opening them (I also have arthritis in my hands). I think the pull will be fairly even across the whole bunch, but oiling and flushing, and some smoothing just by repeated opening and closing makes a big difference. If that doesn't work, even though there are other things that might be done, I think it might be right to think that perhaps these knives aren't for you. In my opinion, cutting an EO notch into one of these knives would be an awful thing to do, particularly before other options have been explored

 

[OLd_gUY]

Not to get too esoteric, but what I find truly amazing with all of these beautiful examples of craftsmanship - is the "zen" of these knives.
What I'm trying to say is that although each knife has characteristics that are the same as the others, each is unique in it's own right.
It has been my experience that usually, a "yearly run" consists of knives that are meant to be as close as possible to being an exact copycat of each other.
And in the sense of material selection, that is also true here.
But with our 2019 knives, material selection is where the "sameness" ends. Even the variance between the mark and pile sides gives a unique Yin and Yang to each individual stunning example. There simply are no bad apples in this barrel.
Thanks to the diligence of Jack and the remarkable skill of the craftsman, each of us has received an absolutely beautiful and stunning knife.
The bar has definitely been raised and probably will never be equaled again.
I definitely feel that I now possess a true heirloom to be passed on that will connect this "OG" with generations yet to come.

 

[dc50]

Not to get too esoteric, but what I find truly amazing with all of these beautiful examples of craftsmanship - is the "zen" of these knives.
What I'm trying to say is that although each knife has characteristics that are the same as the others, each is unique in it's own right.
It has been my experience that usually, a "yearly run" consists of knives that are meant to be as close as possible to being an exact copycat of each other.
And in the sense of material selection, that is also true here.
But with our 2019 knives, material selection is where the "sameness" ends. Even the variance between the mark and pile sides gives a unique Yin and Yang to each individual stunning example. There simply are no bad apples in this barrel.
Thanks to the diligence of Jack and the remarkable skill of the craftsman, each of us has received an absolutely beautiful and stunning knife.
The bar has definitely been raised and probably will never be equaled again.
I definitely feel that I now possess a true heirloom to be passed on that will give connect this "OG" with generations yet to come.

Well said, brother!

 

[OLd_gUY]

You got two good looking knives, Dylan! I love the two gnarlier pieces of ironwood you got, with the sort of splotchy swirls and the small inclusions in the wood. It’s a shame they didn’t end up on the same knife, they’re so well matched!

I took a couple pics of Eleanor admiring my new Ironwood Lambsfoot this morning.

As you can tell by the look on her face, she's clearly impressed.

As a bonus, I think her sweatshirt is somewhat fitting for page 666 of this thread.

OG

 

[Jack Black]

Good morning, Guardians.

The rain has abated for now so I rushed out to snap a few pictures. The lighting is still not ideal but I think I got a decent number of pics to showcase some of the virtues of these knives.

Like Ron, I ordered two of these knives (Beautiful duo, by the way, Ron). My experience with Ironwood is that you never know what you might end up with so I opted to double my chances of receiving one that might greatly appeal to me. Well, as I suspected might be the case, there doesn't seem to be a single bad egg in the whole lot. Every example I have seen so far has been exceptional and the two I received are no exceptions.

As I mentioned earlier, the mark and pile sides of these knives are dramatically different. Reminds me somewhat of my AC. It will be impossible to become bored with these, there is just two much to enjoy about them.

There is nothing here not to like. Very well made, the bolsters are an incredibly refined touch and despite the obvious elegance of these knives, they still sport the rugged construction and healthy action that we have all come to appreciate in Wright's knives.

I suppose that is enough of my yammering, here are some pictures.


I started off with a side-by-side mark side shot:

Side-by-side pile shot:

Mark side / Pile side:

Pile side / Mark side (I really love the "burl" effect):

Alternating mark side/pile side pics:

And finally, some coffee cup glamour shots:

And to cap it all off, I have marked my knives on the group photo:

My awful internet connection nearly made me miss your incredible pics Dylan! They took an age to load, but boy, it sure was worth the wait! You have excelled yourself my friend, those pics are amazing That is some burl too! A shame it couldn't be on the same knife! (Though see my earlier comments)

Jack Black Not only are you excelling at getting stunning knives produced Jack, but you're doing it FAST.

Thanks Alan Thankfully I only have to do the donkey-work

 

[Jack Black]

Sorry if I've missed anyone's posts I'm really struggling to stay online tonight, can't even load my email

I eventually managed to upload this updated pic though (but only because it is fairly low res)