When I went over to Wright's to pick up the ACL's the other week, John Maleham gave me a few treasures he had come across in the back of the cupboard that morning
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Congrats on acquiring those archival artifacts, Jack!!
Treasures for sure!
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I had the 2018 Guardian's Lambsfoot with me yesterday.
Your ebony and slip are handsome as ever, FBC!
What is that gizmo you're working on??
Another exquisite ebony Guardians lambsfoot!
Fine photo, Chin!
My wee stag ,a generous giveaway by @JackBlack.Rarely leaves my pocket nowadays.
Classy stag model,
@bonzodog !
That is beautiful. Planning to get one soon. Despite my wife asking "What are you gonna do with so many knives?" last night.
At least my wife never asks me that, since she has so many rooms in our house filled with fabric, quilting stuff, sewing machines, sergers, embroidery machines, yarn, craft books, etc.
Say it ain't so, Dave!!
Man, your post was a real shock to my system!!
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LOL! Thanks GT
Thanks, you are having more luck with your pics than me
Oh no!
Hope you get your ACL OK today. Great pic of your Black Jack
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Thanks, Jack.
I was quite embarrassed that I'd sent you the wrong ZIP code at the end of my shipping address, but I later noticed you'd gotten into the spirit of mis-addressing: your return address on the package in which my Ashley's Choice eventually arrived ended with "USA" instead of the expected "England".
Continental drift, eh??
My Ashley’s Choice Lambsfoot arrived in today’s mail. All I can say is WOW!
The wait and anticipation of the arrival were rewarded with a beautiful knife. The F&F is on par with any knife I own. The Sambar, while different from mark to pile sides has very closely matched colors. Jack and Ashley are both to be commended for the resulting knives.
A truly heirloom quality Lambsfoot. The light and shadows are not as good in my typical outdoor photo location this time of day. I couldn’t wait so here are a couple of hastily taken photos. I think you can get the idea of how beautiful this knife is.
That looks definitely worth the wait, Ron; congrats!!
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Thought I'd give the pile side a little screen time today.
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Carrying it again today, along with my rosewood Big Un
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This is a knife I bought from Wright's a while back, after spotting it in the factory. It is their candle-end pattern, and the only one, of recent manufacture, I've seen with Sambar I think. The mark side stag is nice, but the stag on the pile side is even more impressive I think
The color and texture (reddish and gnarly) on all 3 pile side stag covers are sensational, Dylan & Jack!!
Jack, that straight-backed stag lambsfoot is always a treat to see.
Finally found a two blade version to add to my small collection of lamb foots. Built like a tank with smooth but solid walk and talk. By Taylor Eye Witness, Sheffield.
Untitled by
Blake Blade, on Flickr
Untitled by
Blake Blade, on Flickr
Congrats on the two-blade TEW, Blake!! That is a high quality quartet of lambsfoots you've put together!!
Yep a favourite of mine too...Wostenholm IXL. Its been up before but here's another look.
Untitled by
Blake Blade, on Flickr
Goodness gracious, that knife DOES excel, Blake; I can see why you gave it a solo star turn here!!
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Here's some examples from Thomas Turner (1902), I think look pretty good
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Those do look pretty good, Jack; I guess you've only scratched the surface of lambsfootdom!
The Encyclopedia of Knives.
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That red bone model is a honey, Dave!
It absolutely gleams!!
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Your to kind sir to kind
Thank you for the kind words but you have to admit the stag on the Ashley's Choice is absolutely sublime. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your new arrival
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As always these days this one, assisting me with pie duties. But I've just found out the tip is bent
and I've not a clue how it's happened...
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-David
The stag lambsfoots showing up here recently certainly are sublime, David; you'll get no argument from me!
But variety has its appeal too, and your horn lambsfoot certainly contributes to the intriguing variety of models.
Bad luck about the bent tip.
That’s a niceun Gary!
Thank you, sir.
Thanks for the comment, Jack.
That pair goes well together, and I can see why it shows up frequently!
(I'm familiar with the words "triumvirate" and "monarchy", but until your post had me running for an online dictionary, I'd never heard or read "duumvirate" or "diarchy".
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The Ashley's choice knives are sure looking great everyone!
Hopefully mine will arrive soon.
I hope so too, Rob; I'm sure you'll be very pleased when it's delivered!
Couple more pics of my recent stag arrival:
- GT