Davis Custom Knives Rod Chappel Bowie Knife Spokane WA USA W/ Scabbard. Custom Bowie Knife by Roderick "Rod" Caribou Chappel.
This knife is an early example of Rod's work and is marked "Davis Knives Spokane, Wa March 16th 1978" and is Signed Roderick Caribou Chappel.... Rod "Caribou" Chappel named his business, "Davis Custom Knives", after his grandfather Roderick Davis.
Rod began making knives around 1973, possibly earlier. Knife has brass hilt and brass pommel with beautiful contoured wood grips, appears to be Walnut. Knife is 13 inches in overall length. Blade is 7 1/2" long and is 1 3/4" wide and is sharp along the top curve. Scabbard is dark brown leather - has some beautiful tooling and is fitted to the knife, There is an area of gouges along top portion of grip and pommel and the brass is slightly tarnished (SEE PHOTOS). Blade is clean with no real signs of use. This is an excellent handcrafted USA made knife. Please check out my other Davis Knives listings as we have a matching Diana style knife that is also dated March 16th 1978! We Guarantee That The Item You See In The Pictures & Read About In Description Is The Exact Item You Will Receive. The item "Davis Custom Knives Rod Chappel Bowie Knife Spokane WA USA With Scabbard" is in sale since Tuesday, March 01, 2016. This item is in the category "Sporting Goods\Hunting\Knives & Tools\Fixed Blade". The seller is "dbleagle-11" and is located in Deer Park, Washington.This item can be shipped to United States.