Bret Dowell Knives

[balor85]

New Dowell dogleg. Carpenter XHP steel and dark brown burlap micarta over white g10 liners. Very nice knife.

 

[dustinarai]

Ah you're the one that snagged it from Mark, good stuff

 

[balor85]

Yeah I got lucky, just happened to check Mark's site before I took a nap and he had just posted it.

 

[dustinarai]

Yeah Mark's a good guy, I got 2 of my Dowell's from him. Been stalking this thread for a while I should post mine soon.

 

[balor85]

Red jigged bone barlow with CPM-154 and a fixed blade with green linen micarta and D-2 steel.

 

[supratentorial]

Nice knives, Nate ! Good work, Bret !

 

[Jsega51]

Here's one I've been keeping secret. Not sure why but, what the heck, time to show it off. When this knife was in the planning stages, I asked if Bret could streamline the clip blade by extending the swedge further back than normal, making a sort of muskrat style blade.

I've been carrying this knife A TON. The size is perfect and it's nice and slim due to the thin scales. Has a good weight to it and the blade selection is perfect for everything. Once again, Bret has made a knife that I will use and never part with.

3-7/8" closed
ATS-34 steel
Jigged black paper micarta
Hammered pins (a nice little touch)

 

[chuko]

Agree, those hammered pins look great with that jigging. Great piece!
Charles

 

[Peregrin]

Great looking knife, Jake!

 

[Jsega51]

Thanks Charles and Gary. When wiped with oil, the scales have a nice gloss but after about 10 minutes in the pocket, it goes right back to that dry pocket worn look. I like that about this knife a lot, it gives it some good contrast.

 

[swaybacksteve]

Jsega51 Jake that is outstanding! the jigged micarta looks so good and has a vintage look to it somehow. Now what would you call the other blade, it that a drop point or a spear...love the long swedge with the nail nick!

 

[Jsega51]

Steve, sorry for the late reply here. The secondary is a Semi-Skinner blade. Bret makes a nice fixed blade with the same blade shape...

 

[Jsega51]

 

[Chui]

- real sweet knife Jsega51 ......you must have a quite a few gooduns from Bret

 

[Jsega51]

I know you have some as well Paul lol. But honestly, I feel they’re all good. You can see that Bret really puts a lot of effort into getting the nuances just right since it’s that combination of all the little things that make a great knife stand out.

 

[Ryouchijtx]

The first Bret Dowell version of the 'Native', a original pattern by Jared Oeser.
Bret knocked it out of the park with this one.

-Original Barbed-Wire Micarta
-3V
-Federal Shield / Fluted Bolster

 

[Gevonovich]

Here's one I've been keeping secret. Not sure why but, what the heck, time to show it off. When this knife was in the planning stages, I asked if Bret could streamline the clip blade by extending the swedge further back than normal, making a sort of muskrat style blade.

I've been carrying this knife A TON. The size is perfect and it's nice and slim due to the thin scales. Has a good weight to it and the blade selection is perfect for everything. Once again, Bret has made a knife that I will use and never part with.

3-7/8" closed
ATS-34 steel
Jigged black paper micarta
Hammered pins (a nice little touch)

What pattern name did you both decide on ? Sowbelly Trapper/ Skinner

 

[Ryouchijtx]

Some incredibly tight weave on this vintage Westinghouse micarta.
CPM154 on this one.

 

[Chui]

- ooooh, mighty sweet, Tim.......utterly gorgeous

Ryouchijtx

 

[JB in SC]

Ryouchijtx Tim, that is a great pattern