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PAST MASTERS | BY MIKE HASKEW BLADE FIELD EDITOR
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Ted Dowell popularized the integral knife
made from one piece of steel. The way
Ted made one-piece knives was known as
integral hilt and cap, with the guard/
hilt and cap/buttcap connected by
a tapered tang, with cutouts for
the pinned handle scales.
(SharpByCoop image)

TED DOWELL SCHOOLED Ted and Betty Dowell
hold Ted’s plaque for
AN INDUSTRY ON FINE winning the Red Watson
Memorial Friendship
Award at the 2005
KNIFE CRAFTSMANSHIP Guild Show in Orlando.

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