Recommend a hard use D2 fixed blade for me...

AntDog said:
Probably have a blade that ACTS like D2?
The general rule with anything is usually "you get what you pay for". There are some exceptions. Some great values, and some things that are not worth their price at all.
Sorry, but I wouldn't trust anything at all on that website. It is a minefield of fakes, knockoffs, pot metal BS. Can't trust anything on there at all. Whether it's 60 bucks, 30 bucks, or 1000.
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Eh. Personal preference. I've seen some great knives on there.
 
ron finkbeiner jr said:
About 10 years ago I gave my younger brother a pro guides knife from Mr. Dozier. Over the years he has had to sharpen it very little and he brings that knife to deer camp with him every year and skins all the deer in his camp(about 18-20 deer per season) for his whole camp. He tells me the knife takes a scary sharp edge and keeps it. He says it's almost like the blade is alive the way it cuts thru the hide. They don't call Mr. Dozier "Dr. D2" for nothing!
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Yeah. The Pro Guides and the Yukon Skinner are good ones too. I have the Pro Guides and like it a lot.
 
OilMan said:
If you can find one on the exchange with a sheath a Swamprat Vex would fit your criteria. Recurve or otherwize..
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Those are the new version of the Vex and are made of SR101. The D2 Vex is not coated and looks completely different.
 
You hear talk about D2 being prone to chips and so forth and not the best steel for a "survival" knife. I never had any real issues myself. But I don't really do much surviving in the woods or really beat up my better knives.

I like D2. I have a number of Doziers. My BK-24 is really hard to get sharper than "sharp enough" and that bothers me. I work at it and have problems with that particular knife. My guess it's the hardness and not the steel per se. So, my suggestion is if you get a knife in d2, don't just head out on a week long adventure without sharpening it first and getting a feel for how your sharpening talents work with that particular knife. I suspect it is more of a confidence thing.
 
julainzaidenfeild said:
People that will be mad on this forum or people who have bought knives from the site and posted reviews
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Good point! People writing "unsolicited testimonials" about knives they bought from a site that wallows in outright theft! I'm sure those are legitimate.

I guess that stuff works. I just assumed people saw right through that nonsense .
 
I like D2 but I am going to recommend you find a knife in CPM 3V steel. The performance difference is worth it. Bark River makes the Bravo 1, made for the Marines as a hard use knife. But they have other models. Cold Steel just released the AK-47 Field Knife in this steel, intended to be used hard.
 
Nick Allen of NWA knives. Makes some hard use knives, and use's D2 often.

He had a forum here(its still in the archives if you wish to look).

I own Dozier's, and he does make awesome cutter's, but his knives have thin edges and are very thin behind the edge. I don't consider them a "hard use" knife myself. I talked to him about making one of my orders with a thicker edge, but he talked me out of it. He wants his knives to cut like a laser, and they do. He will do a flat grind, but he talked me out of that too, lol. Good man that makes a great knife. He really knows what he's doing.

Gene Ingram and Charles May are also great with D2, and both make some of the best knives I've owned. Their knives are flat ground with a thicker edge than a Dozier. Though I still don't consider them to be classified as "hard use" knives. They both consider most of their models to be hunting knives. Plenty tough enough for my needs though.
 
Take a look at Knives of Alaska, they make a camp knife that sort of fits your description; I have seen them for sale on Cabela's website for under $100.

I own four KOA knives, all made of D2 steel and find them to be well made and worth the money.
 
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