Joseph Rodgers Lambsfoot Stainless

This is a great lambsfoot! Especially for the cost. Fit and finish is excellent and the blade grind is spot on as well as being razor sharp. Buy one you won’t be disappointed.

I'm Sheffield born & bred so admit to being a bit biased when it comes to Sheffield made knives & I have many in my collection, some very old. This is a good EDC being Very light & robust enough to knock around. It can be made razor sharp but edge retention is not great. I wish quality assurance was better - mine had a grinder burn near the tiny 'choil' which would have ruined the heat treat if it was further along the blade; I managed to grind it out but it couldn't be done with an everyday sharpener. I still don't know how it's possible to make a knife in the UK to sell at such a low price but I'm glad they can!

Description says blade is 'carbon', Specification says it's 'stainless' (stainless also stamped on blade). If you want a very light, thin, small knife which will be kept sharp and used for nothing heavier than sharpening a pencil / cutting string / finely slicing a tomato - this will be ideal. If you plan to strip heavy armoured cable / sharpen or feather 1" sticks / carve and strip bark off hiking poles etc. - forget it. Handle is 4.5mm thick (not much thicker than most blades) so way too thin to be "clamped in your fist", but perfect for holding in your finger tips when doing very precise, gentle work. You do need a rather strong thumbnail to get the knife open, but after oiling and opening / closing about 30 times it is starting to improve - 'nail nick' being deeper would help of course. The only reason I went with 4* is that the edge was poorly ground - one side of the blade was fine, the other was atrocious. After an hour or so with my lansky kit,I got the edge 'almost right' but not perfect, due to the depth of around a third of the initial 'bad grind'. . . . .

It must be over 20 years since I purchased my Lambsfoot from Jo[[y's of Tiverton to replace a lost silver fruit knife. It is unobtrusive but always gets compliments if noticed. The blade is not marked as stainless tho' obviously is . I bought a couple from you last year and found them very hard to open - the thumb-nail slot is smaller which did not help. I am pleased to find that the new purchases open firmly but will not need 'breaking in' using mini-vices etc for 100's of cycles before becoming workable.

Nice and simple. Feels robust. Blade comes pretty blunt from the factory unfortunately

I purchased this knife several years ago from Heinnie Haynes. Though the description says the scales are stainless but the blade is C70 carbon steel, my blade is marked "RODGERS STAINLESS SHEFFIELD ENGLAND." First off, I love this knife! I bought this one because it is thin and fits in the 5th pocket of a pair of jeans. When I first got it, yes, it was hard to open; but I would rather have a tight knife that wears in, than a loose one that wears out. It was so tight that I clipped a pair of vise grips to the blade and opened and closed it 1000 times to wear it in. The back spring is still VERY strong, and I like that as the odds of it closing by accident are nil. This knife is very elegant; if you pull it out at a party to help someone open a blister pack, no one will freak out, not even non-knife people. For those who live in the UK, this meets the requirements there for pocket carry. Over here in the USA, this thing exudes coolness. Whenever I take it out of my pocket, my knife friends are like, "Whoa, what is that, and where did you get it?" When they find out the logo on the scales is over 300 years old, they are really impressed; it is a classic piece of British history. It is also easy to sharpen and takes a good edge; it cuts well, and even though I have large hands, I can get all my fingers on the scales for a good grip. In short, if you buy one you will not be disappointed; and if the knife is a bit hard to open at first, just use my vise grip method (and make sure to put tape on the jaws of the grips so you don't scratch the blade; but even if you do, you can polish the marks off; the cool thing about stainless is that it's stainless all the way through). One of my knife friends stopped by, saw this knife, saw the box, and that the trade mark goes back to 1682, checked the action out, and then asked me to send him the link from where I got it so he could get one. That pretty much says it all. I cannot say enough good things about this knife, as well as the great customer service from Heinnie Haynes. Thank you.

Very stiff near impossible opening, arrived sticky, fowl smelling and covered in scratches, it would be a good product based on the other reviews however mine is unusable without a vice to assist. I'd return it but i may canabalise the blade for another handle

A cool looking ,very stylish knife with the Rodgers logo on the side . Slim line and well made , mine was very sharp out of the box . Hardly notice its in the pocket . A good buy ,glad i bought it .

Other people have mentioned an overly-stiff spring, so I was reluctant to order but decided to chance it. I'm glad I did. The action on mine is firm and positive and by no means unpleasant, and the blade is very sharp. This is a replacement for my lost Spyderco Grasshopper. It has a friendlier appearance and it's nice to support our own craftsmen and a manufacturer which in this case - as the leaflet says - has been making "Star and Cross" trademarked knives for three centuries. Heinnie changed my order by phone as I had ordered another knife but changed my mind. Excellent service as usual, and the legendary quick dispatch - spoke to them yesterday and got it today.