Great idea Jack. Nice knives everyone.
THanks S-K, well it's a bit of fun
Nice Ablett my friend
Nice idea for a topic. I've been looking for a good example of the lambsfoot.
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Thanks a lot Jake, I'll edit that into my previous post
Haha! Great thread idea - I'm on mi phurn Jack but I'll add that to my sig later.
Here are my two, one from my father and one from yersel'
LOL! Very good Paul!
Thanks my friend, it's always a treat to see your father's TEW
Some lovely lambsfoots (lambsfeet? lambfoots?
) in this thread! :thumbup:
Having had none until recently, I can now proudly say that (largely thanks to Jack's prodding) I now own two. An Arthur Wright in navy blue jigged bone (this one will accompany me to my alma mater in Atlanta, where our school colors are navy blue and old gold):
And because everything's better with a Barlow, I figured the same had to be true for a lambsfoot!
Two of Sheffield's Finest!
(Jack, I'll take a crack at dolling up that graphic when I get back and have a moment to sit down with a photo editor.)
Great stuff TB, and thanks :thumbup: Lambsfoot I reckon
You got a nice Arthur Wright there, and the IXL is a peach
Whenever I've seen these posted, I've paused to look at and admire them. Really interesting blade and handle profile. I don't usually go for single blade straight edges, but something about this pattern kept calling me
- or maybe it was Jacks' subliminal influence
I ended up ordering one in ebony, and have enjoyed carrying it since it arrived. Strong pull, wonderfully thick ebony covers, very comfortable in the hand. Overall, a great knife!
I know what you mean Mike, I generally like the addition of a pen, but I find the Lambsfoot blade so wonderfully versatile that the absence of one isn't missed two much. Of course some Lambsfoot knives do have a secondary pen
That's a lovely knife
Please accept the following as membership application to the "Guardians of The Lambsfoot". A pattern I hold in high esteem.
Jack, in your opinion does an Ancient TC Barlow qualify as proper lambsfoot?
You're in my friend, that is an absolute beauty
May I ask the maker, unusual to see a bail?
I guessed that question would come up at some point. When Charlie first told me about his idea for an Ancient Barlow, I spent a long time - months - and a lot of reading, trying to find a name for the blade. The best name I could find (I think) was a Short Beak, if I remember rightly. Charlie made a point of not running the edge parallel to the spine, like a true Lambsfoot, and so far as I know that blade shape pre-dates the Lambsfoot like the knives here. So MAYBE it was an early Lambsfoot. Personally, I think it probably had another name, and the Lambsfoot name was coined later, but it's definitely something to debate, and this would be a good place for that debate
There's some good discussion about the Lambsfoot, and why it seems not to have travelled across the pond in this thread of Carl's here (hope I've got the right thread!
):
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...oot-and-the-spear-American-and-English-taste?
Great thread by the OP.
I know realize the difference between a Sheeps foot & a Lambs foot if I'm correct. If not please educate me.
Thank you.
Thanks
Hopefully the pics will make it clear, but I think an important point is that on a Real Lambsfoot the spine and edge are not parallel, like on a Sheepsfoot, rather there is a subtle slope to the spine as it drops down towards the point