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Dozier Wilderness Knife
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hope you could help, seems like theres not many reviews about this knife, i have one myself buthave not used it yet, have you?? any comments??? seems like you like it enough not to sell...I just cant seem to find any reviews...could you help????
Hey Daniel, I would be more than happy to give you a few impressions of the knife. First and foremost it is very well made as you well know. I find the handle to be very ergonomic offering plenty of control for a variety of tasks. The handle is also long enough to use in an "extended" grip for chopping.
The knife is fully hollow ground and extremely sharp. In my test cutting I used it to chop down small sabling and branchs, strip them down, sharpen a few points etc... through out the limited testing the edge held up very well..as I expected from D2.
I also used the Wilderness for some batoning through logs about 4" at there widest point. It performed very well w/ no edge deformation or excessive torqueing. To be fair these pieces of wood had a pretty straight grain...I'm not sure how much pounding a D2 blade of this length and thickness would endure in knoted or frozen wood, but it will at least put you well ahead of the "I use a Mora for everything" crowd (thats why they all carry hatchets too!).
I've cut a little bit of meat w/ it. It performed pretty well but wasn't the all out slicer I might have expected. It would still be fine to dress out a deer or something to that effect.
For a bit of comparison I tested this knife side by side to my Cold Steel SRK which I consider to be the gold standard of field knives. First of the Dozier piece is a little shorter and several ounces lighter than the CS while still staying in a very versatile size envelope. I find it perfect for light backpacking, hunting, etc. On all the cutting test the Dozier performed better than the CS on virtue of a thinner edge and hollow grind. For Batoning the CS has an advantage because it is slightly thicker. Edge retention was no contest, the Doziers D2 holds an edge much longer than the Carbon V or the CS.
That's about the best I can do for you as I have not used the knife extensively if you have any specific questions please feel free to let me know.
The knife is fully hollow ground and extremely sharp. In my test cutting I used it to chop down small sabling and branchs, strip them down, sharpen a few points etc... through out the limited testing the edge held up very well..as I expected from D2.
I also used the Wilderness for some batoning through logs about 4" at there widest point. It performed very well w/ no edge deformation or excessive torqueing. To be fair these pieces of wood had a pretty straight grain...I'm not sure how much pounding a D2 blade of this length and thickness would endure in knoted or frozen wood, but it will at least put you well ahead of the "I use a Mora for everything" crowd (thats why they all carry hatchets too!).
I've cut a little bit of meat w/ it. It performed pretty well but wasn't the all out slicer I might have expected. It would still be fine to dress out a deer or something to that effect.
For a bit of comparison I tested this knife side by side to my Cold Steel SRK which I consider to be the gold standard of field knives. First of the Dozier piece is a little shorter and several ounces lighter than the CS while still staying in a very versatile size envelope. I find it perfect for light backpacking, hunting, etc. On all the cutting test the Dozier performed better than the CS on virtue of a thinner edge and hollow grind. For Batoning the CS has an advantage because it is slightly thicker. Edge retention was no contest, the Doziers D2 holds an edge much longer than the Carbon V or the CS.
That's about the best I can do for you as I have not used the knife extensively if you have any specific questions please feel free to let me know.
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thanks so much for your response, it seems that not to many folks own a dozier wilderness cause its hard to find any feedback on this knife....thanks again and happy holidays.......
Happy holidays to you as well Daniel. My best suggestion to you, unless you plan to resell this knife....is go out and use it! I had the thought "man this knife is just too pretty to use...I just paid blah blah blah and now I'm going to scratch it up". The way I figure it though you at least partially paid for the knifes capablity..so you might as well you it for it's intended task. This is the kind of knife you could use for years and it's still going to look great....