Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[dc50]

Cheers Guardians!

Cheers to you Taylor!

 

[Prester John]

Have a great Thursday, Guardians!

Two English classics.

 

[Prester John]

It sure can and usually without warning. I can't help but think of the Tornados that hit the USA yearly.

It's usually hurricanes around here.

 

[mykel m]

Alrighty Guardians, my '19 R2IWAW&SLF arrived today and it is gorgeous!
The mark side has some beautiful, pert near straight, golden hued grain and the pile side has one of the two toned diagonal covers with the darkest part towards the butt.
I love it!

There is a slight gap towards the butt, but like my Rose, I have to shine a flashlight on it to see light in the well. No biggie.
Also not a biggie, but the action is considerably stiffer than the Rose. I can't pinch it open like I can the Rose, but not a worry, I have strong thumb nails, though I can see someone with arthritis not being able to get it open. Closing is a bit scary getting it over that first hump, but I'm a manly man and will overcome my fears.
I will clean, lube and work the action until it breaks in and hopefully loosens up a bit, but if it doesn't loosen up..no biggie, I'm a manly man after all.
The swedges are wonky though and as it sits the point is blunt and I like a pointy point.
Hopefully I can work it out without ruining it.
I will start by removing metal on the spine side of the tip and re-file/sand/polish the swedges as needed if needed.
Easy peasy right?
Riiiiight.

OK, pics.....

It's the one on the right.

I know I need a better camera.

Ad me to the list that is thankful for your efforts in bringing these about Sir Jack.

 

[Cambertree]

Chin, I sure love the coloring on your Lambsfoot, how I wish my Grandparents had settled down under, instead of up over.

Thanks Dave. Yeah, I like how that mark side on mine seems fairly dark and low key, but when it catches some sunlight it really flares with iridescent gold embers.

I can’t remember who first compared the figure in these Desert Ironwood covers to glowing campfire coals, or lava flows, but I can definitely see those things in the mark side of my 2019 knife.

Yep, I feel pretty fortunate to be able to enjoy the lifestyle here Dave, though I’m sure it’s not too different in much of Canada, except for the weather. Melbourne usually scores high in those world ‘liveability’ index ratings, but the places that sometimes come in higher are generally very cold in winter.

I’m always captivated by the pics you post of your own country, my friend.

LOVELY

Thanks Taylor!

Congratulations to all of us Taylor Incredible that this thread has come so far Well done folks, many thanks to all our contributors Go Guardians!

Well done mate. I was looking back through some of the early parts of this thread a while ago (Greg’s index is a great way to while away a bit of reading time), and it wasn’t unusual to go a week or two between posts!

Nowadays, sometimes I think I’d like to comment on one of the points I read while catching up on the thread, and I think ‘no, that’s an old discussion, from 20 or 30 pages ago’. Then I check the date and it’s only a few days old!

Great to see you here companero, beautiful pics Your 2019 is looking great

Thank you mi amigo.

My horror is caused by the thought of the coarseness of the stones GT. My grandfather still kept his main stone in the cardboard box it came in, it had two sides, one 'fine', one 'coarse', but in reality they were 'coarse' and 'very coarse' He did give me a couple of slightly finer pocket stones though

Yeah, the first benchstones I have any real memory of were my dad’s oilstone and later, the oilstones in each department in the large warehouse of an English paperback book publisher, where I had my first full time job. It was long enough ago, that you were issued a fixed blade knife on your first day.

The coarse oilstones were all so absurdly dished that I wonder how they worked at all. I think I just used to use a kind of ‘steeling’ action on the corners of the stones.

When I first started learning how to sharpen properly with Japanese waterstones, like most people, I concentrated on acquiring the finer finishing stones to produce a refined, crisp edge. Nowadays I get more appreciation if anything from using a good coarse stone to strip off material fast when thinning out the edge area of a new knife. The Atoma 140 and 400 diamond plates are excellent pieces of sharpening kit. And they’re always dead flat!

That's a great picture. I know it's at the beach, but when I first saw it I thought it was farm land. It had a serious Grapes of Wrath feel to it and the Lambsfoot fit right in.

Thanks John. Ha, that’s cool, I can completely see that now!

Oh yeah...maybe Chin could start an Ovalteenies Import/Export business...

Ha, yeah we have our own malted drink called Milo, considerably sweeter. I think they did the Ovalteenie buttons because not many people drink Ovaltine here.

I remember seeing the Milo factory up North once, when I was hitchhiking around in my younger days, and thinking - No wonder the drink’s so sweet, it’s in the middle of seemingly endless sugar cane fields!

Nice to see you got the Lansky Turnbox kit - I’ll be interested to hear how you find it.

I used to use a Lansky Crockstick set and a couple of strips of fine 3M 2000 and 2500 grit sandpaper as my travelling kit. I ended up giving it to someone in Ireland. The rods can be used freehand, to good effect as well. It might be a little tricky to make sure you don’t run the tip off the rods at the end of each pass. Some people sharpen the tip area as a separate operation so as not to round it off.

Great pics mate.

Here’s a couple more pics from the other day:

 

[Cambertree]

For wood that I think would make a great handle material on lambsfoot knives (other than the ebony, ironwood, and rosewood that have already been done), I list five: African blackwood, osage orange, verawood, camelthorn, and ringed gidgee. All but osage orange make it on the list of ten hardest woods, while verawood and african blackwood are on the list of ten densest, with camelthorn and gidgee just missing that list. With the exception of osage orange, they are definitely denser and harder than ebony, and verawood is very similar to lignum vitae regarding oil content (they say it lasts almost indefinitely in direct ground contact, if that means anything to you). Here are some pictures in bright sunlight and in shade of some samples of verawood, gidgee, and camelthorn that I have. The gidgee example that I have is not finished past raw sawn so the grain shows poorly, especially in the bright sunlight. Fully finished ringed gidgee looks a lot like the best fiddleback maple.

Thanks for the photos and useful info, as always, Lambertiana. That camelthorn’s interesting, I hadn’t heard of that before. They all seem like highly durable and beautiful timbers for knife covers.

 

[Pt-Luso]

I noticed yours and you're right, they look like twins.

Many thanks Alan...

 

[dc50]

Yep, I feel pretty fortunate to be able to enjoy the lifestyle here Dave, though I’m sure it’s not too different in much of Canada, except for the weather. Melbourne usually scores high in those world ‘liveability’ index ratings, but the places that sometimes come in higher are generally very cold in winter.

I’m always captivated by the pics you post of your own country, my friend.

Good Day Chin! Your right about Australia and Canada being similar other than the weather. Of course around here a large portion of the service workers are from Australia They arrive in the fall and return in the spring its a working holiday so they can ski/snowboard all winter.
Most if not all of our girls that take reservations for the Bus rides to Calgary are pretty much always Aussies. Over the years there was only one we couldn't quite understand the other girls said she was from deep in the country? I had an elderly couple on my bus returning from a holiday in Banff, I asked them if they enjoyed there visit? They said it was wonderful except that they were hoping to meet more Canadians, as every restaurant or store they went to the server was an Aussie.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians, Happy Pi Day.

 

[JTB_5]

Alrighty Guardians, my '19 R2IWAW&SLF arrived today and it is gorgeous!
The mark side has some beautiful, pert near straight, golden hued grain and the pile side has one of the two toned diagonal covers with the darkest part towards the butt.
I love it!

There is a slight gap towards the butt, but like my Rose, I have to shine a flashlight on it to see light in the well. No biggie.
Also not a biggie, but the action is considerably stiffer than the Rose. I can't pinch it open like I can the Rose, but not a worry, I have strong thumb nails, though I can see someone with arthritis not being able to get it open. Closing is a bit scary getting it over that first hump, but I'm a manly man and will overcome my fears.
I will clean, lube and work the action until it breaks in and hopefully loosens up a bit, but if it doesn't loosen up..no biggie, I'm a manly man after all.
The swedges are wonky though and as it sits the point is blunt and I like a pointy point.
Hopefully I can work it out without ruining it.
I will start by removing metal on the spine side of the tip and re-file/sand/polish the swedges as needed if needed.
Easy peasy right?
Riiiiight.

OK, pics.....

It's the one on the right.

I know I need a better camera.

Ad me to the list that is thankful for your efforts in bringing these about Sir Jack.

Another beaut!

 

[dc50]

Good Morning Guardians, Happy Pi Day.

Have a Happy Pi Day John!

 

[dc50]

 

[Jack Black]

I think its high time you boyz took a little vacation North lets say around July the 1st bring the kids there's at least 6or7 more fudge, chocolate, sweets, and ice cream shops plus lots of pubs for the adults

You certainly live in a beautiful part of the world Dave I've barely travelled these past few years, but even I've found myself looking at hotel prices and flight times!

I still love the cornerstone of the lambsfoot the Rosewood

Yes indeed, it is a good, honest workhorse

An open 'car' seems to me to be terribly impractical for English weather.

I suspect that was one of the many reasons the Sinclair C5 was a complete disaster!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

They did do an enhanced version though

I've commented to the wife for several years now that I need to take her to your neck of the woods. Afraid the kids are out of luck! I'll bring 'em some candy...

Nice! I like Payday bars too. I pulled this from its hiding spot as my seven-year old walked in... "hey Dad, what's that?"

Nice Lambsfoot content Peanuts The Ironwood on the pile side of your '19 looks pretty dark

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Spectacular Dwight

Do not get me wrong, but I will continue to post photos of this beauty...

Definitely keep them coming!

My apologies, I have been meaning to take some more photos to share with everyone. We have had an awful run of rainy weather here. That coupled with travel for business has made it a challenge. I hope to get some to share this weekend.

Thanks to all for sharing their stories and pictures.

Sorry to hear about the rotten weather Been much the same here I'm afraid

Yeah I do to as well. I'd really like to carry a .357 but apparently it's frowned upon nowadays


Do you know that chap's son (or nephew?) is planning to build a more modern rendition of that thing?

Today.

I'll being doing a proper post explaining the above pictures tomorrow morning in Carl's Lounge as our U.S cousins may find it of interest.

LOL!

Really?!

Superb pics David, looking forward to seeing your Lounge post (please post a link)

Here's that Shiner I said I was going to have:
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Prosit!

Cheers my friend

Sorry to hear that.
What's the weather like? It was 91 degrees in Kingsville today, and it is 75 right now in Corpus Christi at sundown.

Those would be considered decent summer temperatures here Vince

This is a clip of what happened June 2013

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Cheers Guardians!

Great pic Taylor, and very topical, considering the lettuce debate a few pages back I see you're a fan

Have a great Thursday, Guardians!

Two English classics.

Splendid Vince

 

[JohnDF]

Have a Happy Pi Day John!

In class, we celebrate Pi Day by having students bring in pies for a "little" extra credit. We eat pie and explore circles. I'm going to have such a tummy ache. I'll be sure to snap a few pictures of my Lambsfoot cutting some pie.

 

[Jack Black]

Alrighty Guardians, my '19 R2IWAW&SLF arrived today and it is gorgeous!
The mark side has some beautiful, pert near straight, golden hued grain and the pile side has one of the two toned diagonal covers with the darkest part towards the butt.
I love it!

There is a slight gap towards the butt, but like my Rose, I have to shine a flashlight on it to see light in the well. No biggie.
Also not a biggie, but the action is considerably stiffer than the Rose. I can't pinch it open like I can the Rose, but not a worry, I have strong thumb nails, though I can see someone with arthritis not being able to get it open. Closing is a bit scary getting it over that first hump, but I'm a manly man and will overcome my fears.
I will clean, lube and work the action until it breaks in and hopefully loosens up a bit, but if it doesn't loosen up..no biggie, I'm a manly man after all.
The swedges are wonky though and as it sits the point is blunt and I like a pointy point.
Hopefully I can work it out without ruining it.
I will start by removing metal on the spine side of the tip and re-file/sand/polish the swedges as needed if needed.
Easy peasy right?
Riiiiight.

OK, pics.....

It's the one on the right.

I know I need a better camera.

Ad me to the list that is thankful for your efforts in bringing these about Sir Jack.

It looks nice Myke, but it sounds like it has some flaws Would you consider sending me some pics, and maybe returning it?

I have arthritis, and this is a knife that hasn't been cleaned or oiled, and spent 3 weeks crossing the Atlantic

Thanks Dave. Yeah, I like how that mark side on mine seems fairly dark and low key, but when it catches some sunlight it really flares with iridescent gold embers.

I can’t remember who first compared the figure in these Desert Ironwood covers to glowing campfire coals, or lava flows, but I can definitely see those things in the mark side of my 2019 knife.

Yep, I feel pretty fortunate to be able to enjoy the lifestyle here Dave, though I’m sure it’s not too different in much of Canada, except for the weather. Melbourne usually scores high in those world ‘liveability’ index ratings, but the places that sometimes come in higher are generally very cold in winter.

I’m always captivated by the pics you post of your own country, my friend.



Thanks Taylor!



Well done mate. I was looking back through some of the early parts of this thread a while ago (Greg’s index is a great way to while away a bit of reading time), and it wasn’t unusual to go a week or two between posts!

Nowadays, sometimes I think I’d like to comment on one of the points I read while catching up on the thread, and I think ‘no, that’s an old discussion, from 20 or 30 pages ago’. Then I check the date and it’s only a few days old!



Thank you mi amigo.



Yeah, the first benchstones I have any real memory of were my dad’s oilstone and later, the oilstones in each department in the large warehouse of an English paperback book publisher, where I had my first full time job. It was long enough ago, that you were issued a fixed blade knife on your first day.

The coarse oilstones were all so absurdly dished that I wonder how they worked at all. I think I just used to use a kind of ‘steeling’ action on the corners of the stones.

When I first started learning how to sharpen properly with Japanese waterstones, like most people, I concentrated on acquiring the finer finishing stones to produce a refined, crisp edge. Nowadays I get more appreciation if anything from using a good coarse stone to strip off material fast when thinning out the edge area of a new knife. The Atoma 140 and 400 diamond plates are excellent pieces of sharpening kit. And they’re always dead flat!



Thanks John. Ha, that’s cool, I can completely see that now!



Ha, yeah we have our own malted drink called Milo, considerably sweeter. I think they did the Ovalteenie buttons because not many people drink Ovaltine here.

I remember seeing the Milo factory up North once, when I was hitchhiking around in my younger days, and thinking - No wonder the drink’s so sweet, it’s in the middle of seemingly endless sugar cane fields!

Nice to see you got the Lansky Turnbox kit - I’ll be interested to hear how you find it.

I used to use a Lansky Crockstick set and a couple of strips of fine 3M 2000 and 2500 grit sandpaper as my travelling kit. I ended up giving it to someone in Ireland. The rods can be used freehand, to good effect as well. It might be a little tricky to make sure you don’t run the tip off the rods at the end of each pass. Some people sharpen the tip area as a separate operation so as not to round it off.

Great pics mate.

Here’s a couple more pics from the other day:

I always wished my folks had emigrated! Fantastic pics my friend

I can just see you sat round the campfire singing this one mate!

Good Morning Guardians, Happy Pi Day.

Oh, please don't mention pie! Cool pic John

 

[dc50]

You certainly live in a beautiful part of the world Dave I've barely travelled these past few years, but even I've found myself looking at hotel prices and flight times!

Thank you, Jack, We have not traveled for some time either, we keep waiting for our dollar to go up, chances of that happening are most unlikely.

 

[Jack Black]

In class, we celebrate Pi Day by having students bring in pies for a "little" extra credit. We eat pie and explore circles. I'm going to have such a tummy ache. I'll be sure to snap a few pictures of my Lambsfoot cutting some pie.

LOL! I shall live vicariously through your pics John I actually had a sausage sandwich for lunch, but there were no pics - it got eaten too fast!

 

[screened porch]

Somebody in Japan has just added more digits to pi. Quite a few.

The talk earlier of what heaven looks like reminded me of the estate sale where I got these saws. (And a hatchet of exceptionally hard steel.) I almost had to doubt that the deceased had gone to a better place than the shop he had had to quit.

 

[Jack Black]

Thank you, Jack, We have not traveled for some time either, we keep waiting for our dollar to go up, chances of that happening are most unlikely.

I know just what you mean Dave, Sterling has dive-bombed these past 10 years, I remember when there were more than 3 US Dollars to the British Pound, and there used to be a couple of Euros to the Pound (now they are close to 1:1) Still, makes for cheaper Lambsfoot knives for most of our members!

 

[Jack Black]

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Smashing Big 'Un Dave