Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Jack Black said:
LOL! :D My younger brother was such a wimp, we couldn't even watch Dr Who, or a load of other 1960's children's TV programmes! o_O He's been like that all his life :rolleyes:
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When the wife and I were around 22 or 23 the movie THE EXORCIST was released we had never seen anything like it!! The truth be told it scared the #$% out of us:eek::eek::eek: It's funny how we get desensitized over time as we could watch it now, without having nightmares.
 
Jack Black said:
Sorry guys, the OED defines it as "an insulting and critical attack". It was both "brutal" and "sustained"! :p I was sure to let him know that he is now known, throughout the world, as the Butter-fingered Oaf! :mad: :D :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jack!
How did the BFO take it? Showed remorse, I hope. He should certainly reimburse you for any expenses you had fixing the knife. And buy you lots of beer!
 
Jack Black said:
Thanks Mark, yes that Sambar will be many decades old :) The blade is just entrancing Mark, I've been so busy the past few days, I haven't had a chance to get any outdoor pics, but here's an indoor one of one of the others. I think these are the only Damascus Lambsfoot blades ever produced :) :thumbsup:

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I think we'll be seeing some great pics in a week or two :) :thumbsup:
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Such beautiful knives!
 
Finally got one! Bought it new-preowned from a chap on one of the UK slipjoint pages. My first thoughts were that the work was pretty shoddy...
-handful or gaps (I can excuse those, I expected them)
-chisel ground (?!)
-gaps where the covers meet the bolsters
-spring stands proud when closed
-the tang looks like it came into contact with the liner when open so they ground the corner of the tang off...

But then I thought, you know what, they cost less than £20; and thats retail. What's he making on a knife? £8? £10? The poor bloke has to make a living and realistically, this isn't a knife for a collector... Its for beating on every day and getting the job done and I'm confident it'll do that just fine.

Sharpened it up and now I find it sort of charming! It's been in my pocket for most of the week. Half tempted to file the kick a bit to lower the spring but concerned about the clearance...

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There sure are a lot of super-heroes I never heard of. I kind of figured that compared to Superman, any other superhero was pretty feeble. And some of them aren't superheros at at all, for my money, like Batman and Green Hornet.
I did like the way Green Hornet drove the Black Beauty through his house (or rather Kato did), and I greatly admired Miss Case's efficiency on the TV show.

But speaking of nightmares, I dreamed that the downtown churches had all combined their buildings into one dome-like complex. There were restrooms only in the chancels and they were open only on Sunday. It wasn't Sunday. I probably got up just in time.
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Rats, I left out poor Old Stumpy.
 
black mamba said:
For Chin Thanks for the nice comments about my RALF & tea photos.

Here is a sampling of my Yixing collection with the tea each one infuses (the ONLY one, to be more precise!).
RALF is presiding over the whole event. ;)

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Jack sent me a box of this tea and I loved it I found it for sale on the South American River site and very reasonable. I love a cup of hot tea with cream and honey but sorry Jack I also make southern boy iced tea NO SUGAR I just like the flavor of tea.

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The picture of the S Shaw lambfoot, particularly the overall shape brought back memories.

The first Lambfoot knife I remember belonged to my maternal grandfather it was the best part of 6" long The blade at least 5.5" and exactly that long tapered blade shape the handle with swayed back. Apart from that it was entirely different :) having a crude black handle an enormous shackle and a hoof-pick curved along the back. He and the knife are long gone, I wondered if it was a part of his kit as a corporal in the Scots Greys during the 1st War

The most common blades when I was growing up where cheap Sheffield spearpoints, or the double ended penknife. Working men and farmers had cheap plastic handled sheepfoot blades. Many farmers in the 70s owned the the ubiquitous British Army Clasp knife as the fid on back allowed them to tease open knots in rope, (rope was more common before everything came on shrink wrapped on pallets). The blade reasonably safe while working with livestock. Lambfoot blades were however common in all the joinery workshops I worked in as was anything in any shape by James Barber.
 
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