Bret Dowell Knives

My pulls are usually the same and don't very much from knife to knife unless requested. I'd say there around a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10.
 
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Great looking knife, and as others have said, the stag is magnificent.

I am not one for shields, but just out of interest, is it harder to put a shield on stag(uneven surface) compared to micarta?
 
I wouldn't say its any harder but sometimes it sure is hard to grind that beautiful bark off to get a shield to look right. I laid out a few shields on this piece to see which would fit the best with the least amount of scale removal.
 
DOWELLKNIVES said:
I wouldn't say its any harder but sometimes it sure is hard to grind that beautiful bark off to get a shield to look right. I laid out a few shields on this piece to see which would fit the best with the least amount of scale removal.
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Thank you.
 
Recently picked this one up from Vince and am really impressed by it. Really a well built knife, super tight, great feel, it's really just dialed. This is actually the first knife I've ever owned with a wharncliffe blade. I really like how Bret shapes his swaybacks, the peaked rather than rounded top corner of the butt echos the lines of the main blade rather nicely I think.

Makes me happy to know I have my name on Bret's list.

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Bret's knives are great and the Wharncliffe blade is one of my favorite shapes. Terrific for opening mail and packages.

Jeff
 
Thanks guys! And I agree, Bret's knives can stand beside the very best out there I think...really impressive stuff that is an incredible value.
 
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Congratulations on owning a Dowell. IMO Bret makes one of the best knives going.
That is a superb looking knife.
 
Hey Dowell. Larry sent me the green slicer. What can I say? I'm a butcher and this style knife does all the work before steaking out with a 10". I rotate between a Bose, a couple Menefees, and this one will be put to work. Workin with these knives 40 plus hours a week is a lot of fun. Thank you Bret. This knife is OUTSTANDING. I cant say enough good things about it. Larry, thank you aswell for the best leather a man can have. Oklahoma does em best. -Izzy P.S. Is it 154cm? or?
 
Here is my knife from Bret, just arrive about an hour ago. This barehead half trapper is 3 5/8" closed with a 2 3/4" main blade. CPM154 blades, barbwire micarta covers and the gimp/yukon shield. Pull is a perfect 6.



 
That is a beautiful knife, congrats! Love the pattern and that micarta looks great on there. Brett puts together such a great knife, you can just see the impeccable fit and finish.
 
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