Bret Dowell Knives

Got this one in the mail today and I'm thrilled beyond words. Fit and finish are perfect, zero gap around shield, spring is dead flush in all three positions, blade grind is perfect and razor sharp. Can't thank Bret Dowell enough. You're the man, Bret !!!!!

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Look what I picked up at customs today - my first but definitely not last knife from Bret :)
Outstanding design and F&F is just perfect. Period :eek:



Bret's pic - I'll try take some myself but right now it is buried deep in my pocket :D
 
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Very nice Peter! Looks great. Bret makes some outstanding knives, That etched A2 really makes
it pop. Congrats to you both...

Jason
 
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Thank you! Yes, it's 3-5/8 and there's a lot of blade in a very compact frame :thumbup:
 
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Just got my pic from Bret that my Barbwire Serpentine Trapper is done. Thought I'd share the pic here with my fellow knife nuts !!!! In keeping with my tradition of not leaving well enough alone, I asked Bret if he could do a saber grind on the ol blade profile.

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RDFinn said:
Just got my pic from Bret that my Barbwire Serpentine Trapper is done. Thought I'd share the pic here with my fellow knife nuts !!!! In keeping with my tradition of not leaving well enough alone, I asked Bret if he could do a saber grind on the ol blade profile.

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Wow, that grind is amazing.
 
Very nice, The 4" serpentine trapper is one of my favorite work knives. What is the closed length? Bret, what is the frame based on? It looks different than the one Rick uses. It also looks very "handy". Great Oklahoma cutter. -Izzy
 
Bret told me that it would be a hair over 4" closed. Basically I just told Bret that I wanted a Trapper that had a completely rounded back on it as I just don't care for the looks of the ones that have a slight point where the radius stops where the blade will sit when the knife is closed. I don't know what that's called so that's the best way I can describe it. I realize that a lot of patterns call for that so to speak. I attached a pic of what I was referring to and this is a beautiful knife regardless.

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Both of those look great, Bret does some mighty fine work! hard to beat
Congrats to you both...

Jason
 
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The serpentine is 4 1/16''. I really like this knife. Its just the second one I've built. Baker got the first. Might just have to put the next one in my pocket. haha
 
Bret,that saber grind looks fantastic! Nicely done my friend. The Serpentine Trapper feels great when cutting, fits perfect
in hand. It's the perfect size as well, big but not to darn big! Hard to beat... Thanks for mine buddy! and you need to make yourself one...lol

Jason
 
Dang...that 2 blade trapper with the etched blades looks like it should be in my pocket. :)
 
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Bret,that saber grind looks fantastic! Nicely done my friend. The Serpentine Trapper feels great when cutting, fits perfect
in hand. It's the perfect size as well, big but not to darn big! Hard to beat... Thanks for mine buddy! and you need to make yourself one...lol

Jason
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Jason, did Bret do a saber grind on yours too ?
 
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