Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

That's a nice IXL, do you know what the covers are?

Thanks Bill, nice pic, I need to spend a couple of hours pulling bindweed off of my brambles

Hope you had a great time Preston

The same to you Dwight, smashing pic

Thanks a lot Mark That photo is definitely worth posting again

I'm not surprised John

Hey! Nice patina Rachel

 

Not generally Christian, but a lot of folks read this thread, and admire the pictures, often thinking that the SFOs are Wright's standard production knives. One of the consequences of this is that one or two dealers are asking Wright's for 'Double A-side' horn because they have had folks contacting them about knives they've seen here, or because they've seen them themselves. However, for most of Wright's customers, I think price remains a major factor, and I think they (Wright's) will try to keep costs down

Well said Christian. In the old days, the big cutlers had rooms full of quality stag, and employees whose sole job it was to purchase it, select it, store it, and cut it. There were also scores of firms in Sheffield who were 'scale cutters', and from whom small cutlers could obtain the scales or covers ready cut. Not just stag, but bone, ivory, MOP, etc. Sadly, many skills have now been lost

Smashing Sheldon Knife Harvey

From what I've seen, many of the old boys weren't great at sharpening, or at least they only had coarse stones or the edge of a curbstone. I don't think that the rounding of the tip is inevitable though Christian, and there are plenty of old Lambsfoot knives to demonstrate that. If I remember correctly, the two @r8shell has that have been sharpened almost punch-like still have their tips

Great pic Barry I just realised that is a different cap!

Excellent Christian, I'm really looking forward to hearing how you get on with it long-term my friend

LOL! Thanks pal Cool pics

Yes John, I sometimes think it would be easier just to have Delrin covers, then everyone gets the same, and there's no moaning!

Yes, just a tad my friend Yikes, stay safe brother!

 

Fantastic pic Dave

Thanks John, I even got coffee and cake, and a couple of pints No pics though I'm afraid

 

Thank you Gary, I'm very sorry you had to step in Hope everyone will take it on board

 

I couldn't agree more Christian I'm glad you're getting along so well, I thought you would. Simple working men's knives, peasant knives, are always a great thing to get to know Those patterns didn't stay around because they are pretty, but because they work, and it's always interesting to experience that I think

Fantastic pic Kevin! You have the agility of a cat my friend!

 

That's fantastic, great stuff Nice pic too

Thanks for the info my friend, that's interesting Thanks a lot, you too pal