Now You've Done It !!!!!!!!!!!

[Buzzbait]

Thanks for getting me in trouble everybody!!!!! If you remember, I posted up a week or so ago asking for fixed blade recommendations. I implicitly said that I wanted a knife with a blade no shorter than 4", and it had to be in the $150.00 range. Then all of you starting yelling Dozier over and over and over and over……… It was like some sort of cult chant from a horror movie. Mesmerizing it was.

I took a week to think about it and decided that I could live with a smaller blade as long as the handle wasn’t too short. Short handles on fixed blades make me crazy. I did a little research the night before last, and figured that the Dozier K4 Straight Hunter would fit the bill quite nicely. My wife even liked the fact that I’d be sticking to my $150.00 price tag.

I just happened to stop at a local gun shop yesterday, as my father-in-law asked me to find him the same sized fixed blade. He’s a real Marbles fan from way back. The shop had a Marbles Woodcraft in stag for a discounted price, just because there were a couple scratches in the sheath. So I picked him up the Marbles, really wanting it for myself. My wife told me that I’d made up my mind on a Dozier and that the gorgeous (and perfectly ground) Marbles would be given to her father. This really bit me in the butt. I’m also a Marbles fan, and many of may know how crazy I am about stag. I live for stag. I’ve been shopping for my new knife to use in the Adirondacks, along with my stag Bulldog canoe slipjoint and stag handled Buck 110. I don’t have anything against Dozier micarta, but I have this natural outdoor theme going for myself. Anyways, the wife insists that her father gets the stag Marbles.

So I call up Dozier knives today, and talk to Bob’s especially helpful and kind wife, Linda. I ask her if they have any K4s in stock. She says no at first, but then goes in back to check anyway. Well…… she came back and bombed me with a nuclear sized selling attack. She does have one K4, but with stag handles. I almost fell out my chair!!!!! It was as if the planets had come into alignment!!!!! I heard an angelic voice from above telling at me to buy that knife!!!! That delicate balance of karma and luck in the world would utterly collapse on itself if I did not get this knife.

So I bought it. I had no choice. The fate of the world as we know it was at stake. The planet earth would have slipped out of orbit and crashed into the sun if I did not do what fate had thrown before me. So I now have a Dozier on the way. It’s smaller than I wanted. It’s also $100.00 more than I wanted to pay. And it’s all your fault!!!! You hypnotized me with that darned Dozier chanting!!!!

That’s the story I’m going to tell the wife. At least I’ll be putting that gorgeous Dozier to work when she kicks me out of the house and makes me sleep in the woods.

Anyways, thanks for all the great help and advice. You gave me a push in just the right direction, and I got a more perfect knife than I could have dreamt of. The knife will arrive on Saturday most likely. That’ll give me time to build a lean-to before the wife sees the credit card bill.

 

[Bastid]

Wait 'till you use that puppy. If you do not like it even more than you ever thought you would, let me know. I could use a new Dozier and I would not want you to lose any money for trying it out

I was married for a while. She really got upset when I air-conditioned the dog house and put a lamp and a comfortable chair in it.

 

[glockman99]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...GOOD LUCK, my friend! I have one of those wife thingys , and she also keeps a CLOSE eye on what I buy..
(By the way...Livin' in the woods ain't all THAT bad.....).

 

[knifenerd]

You won't regret the purchase. Your joy with that knife may even compensate for the anxiety of waiting for the credit card statement.

Good luck. Let us know your impressions.

 

[bigbore.45]

earnestly explain to your wife how happy she should be,
that her smart man recognized the big mistake with the BS-cheap knife
( hey nothing against Marbles, that`s what you tell her!)
bevore you bought this ..... and need 250$ ADDITIONALLY to buy the new MUCH BETTER knife!


Sorry doesn`t work AGAIN with my wife, but maybe ???

 

[Ebbtide]

Now for all you single guys...
This is why you don't skimp when it comes to buying a couch when you get married!
Bzbt, you'll think the Dozier is worth more than that after you use it
Good luck, at least it is still summer

 

[misque]

you'll think the Dozier is worth more than that after you use it.

I'll second that.

I bought a large Elk Hunter from Bob at the Guild Show and now I'm starting to think it's getting lonely for the company of another Dozier or three.

 

[Buzzbait]

Well, I fessed up to the wife. She took it pretty well once I mentioned the stag handle. She's a stag lover to. I may not be able to buy any knives for a while, but I get to sleep indoors until my next purchase. Who knows? Maybe the whole "planets coming into alignment" line worked!!!

Now I'm faced with the horrible two or three day wait. I know it isn't much, but it's killing me already. This is worse than my few days weight for my large Sebenza!!!

 

[Crayola]

Buzzbait, that was a heartfelt story. I went through a stack of Kleenexes, wiping away my tears. A knife knut lives happily ever after

Next stag purchase is for your wife then. heck, make it a Dozier as well! Get her hooked on good knives. I'm going to buy my girlfriend a SOG Sculptura and see if I can get her carrying a folder in her pocket instead of carrying her Ladybug on her keychain.