Can you help identify these knives?

[abbydaddy]

The knives have been identified, they are Ted Dowell knives.

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I've been trying to help a friend identify the knives in the collection he inherited. There are some beauties, but none for sale. For the most part I was able to figure out who made the knives, but I cannot figure out who made these two.

They were made by the same knifemaker I believe. The only identifying mark on either knife is a livestock brand style mark a Slash M Conjoined D (or maybe TMD conjoined).

The fixed blade is a full tang drop point with bone handle scales and red liner/spacers. Brass and steel pins.

The really unusual folder has red micarta handle scales.

 

[Kai Winters]

Bill and Pete but Pete looks like he put on a few lb's...

 

[R.c.s]

Hi . their is an Italian company called Maserin they do similar styles . it mite be worth looking into .

 

[nwmetalbug]

The folder looks like the swing through Smith and Wesson from the 80's but they were all stainless.

 

[double man]

They both look like knives made by Ted Dowell back in the 70's. Very nice! The fixed blade looks like one of his integrals. A G russell sells a "funny folder" that is very similar to the one made by TMD.

 

[abbydaddy]

Bill and Pete but Pete looks like he put on a few lb's...

Well pete has put on a few pounds, but that's just because he's sad about Ted Dowell dying.

We figured out the slash was a T, and one google search later we found it. The knives are both Ted Dowell knives. He did some lovely work, very ahead of his time.