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I fell in love with my Dozier Little Workhorse. It's everything I've been looking for in an EDC folder: excellent slicer, fits my hand perfectly, incredibly light, and a pleasure to use.
I started a thread about it here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1475402-Dozier-Little-Workhorse-has-arrived!
The knife had such a huge impact on me that I decided to go all-in. I have been planning to use a large folder instead of a fixed blade for woods/hiking use (I know that's "a bad idea," but I have my reasons). Anyway, the Dozier Workhorse is now going to fill that role. She arrived today...and she's both beauty and beast!
Significantly larger and heavier than the Little Workhorse. Lots of differences: titanium scales instead of carbon fiber; thicker blade stock; no jimping; and it uses the Dozier "Tab-Lock" instead of a conventional liner-lock. The spine is sharp, which is great for striking ferro rods. I was surprised to see that it runs on bearings instead of phosphor bronze washers. Wasn't expecting that. Like I said, lots of little differences add up to a knife that feels like a different animal.
Both have flutes on the presentation scale, though they're hard to photograph against the textured carbon fiber:
Some size comparisons:
The Workhorse might look enormous, but I have very large hands. She fits me surprisingly well...
I had planned to custom order one, but I was lucky enough that this guy popped up on Dozier's website under Featured Inventory. I jumped on it with both feet
By way of comparison, here's the Dozier next to the largest folder I own: the Extrema Ratio *185 RAO:
The RAO was meant to be my "wilderness-survival" knife; a stout folder to do the job of a modestly sized fixed blade. But the RAO will probably be put up in the Exchange soon. I only have room for one monstrous folder in the arsenal!
I started a thread about it here: http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1475402-Dozier-Little-Workhorse-has-arrived!
The knife had such a huge impact on me that I decided to go all-in. I have been planning to use a large folder instead of a fixed blade for woods/hiking use (I know that's "a bad idea," but I have my reasons). Anyway, the Dozier Workhorse is now going to fill that role. She arrived today...and she's both beauty and beast!
Significantly larger and heavier than the Little Workhorse. Lots of differences: titanium scales instead of carbon fiber; thicker blade stock; no jimping; and it uses the Dozier "Tab-Lock" instead of a conventional liner-lock. The spine is sharp, which is great for striking ferro rods. I was surprised to see that it runs on bearings instead of phosphor bronze washers. Wasn't expecting that. Like I said, lots of little differences add up to a knife that feels like a different animal.
Both have flutes on the presentation scale, though they're hard to photograph against the textured carbon fiber:
Some size comparisons:
The Workhorse might look enormous, but I have very large hands. She fits me surprisingly well...
I had planned to custom order one, but I was lucky enough that this guy popped up on Dozier's website under Featured Inventory. I jumped on it with both feet
By way of comparison, here's the Dozier next to the largest folder I own: the Extrema Ratio *185 RAO:
The RAO was meant to be my "wilderness-survival" knife; a stout folder to do the job of a modestly sized fixed blade. But the RAO will probably be put up in the Exchange soon. I only have room for one monstrous folder in the arsenal!
