That is a splendid little knife. I'm not certain, but it appears hollow ground. That isn't my preferred grind, but it does have an advantage in as much as it presents a very sharp edge that is good for shallow cuts, and with a hunting knife that is often an ideal trade off. D2 is an excellent steel, particularly for a knife like that. Although it will benefit from having the edge concluded at a fine finish when you sharpen it due to the size of the carbides. Dozier is somewhat of a legend at working with D2, for many he would be the first name that sprang to mind when working with that material. Pukka.
Don't allow yourself to get psyched out by steel fashion pundits. Although D2 is unlikely to get the accolades here that some of the carbons do, I suspect that has little to do with the properties of D2 and more to do with banging out blades in other steels allows hobby knife makers more elbow room [the material is dirt cheap and with something like 01 comparatively hard to louse up]. Thus, other steels get the limelight often I suspect because it allows new designs to be tried very cheaply, and gets the owner kudos of handmade. Whether a handmade knife in some of the popular steels you'll see get flagged up on this forum necessarily means better is certainly a contentious point for me. In truth, I often feel it is only the design that may be better and not necessarily the execution. If you find a design that works for you in a steel you like all that stuff is irrelevant. D2 is just about stainless, or semi-stainless, and if that little Dozier works well in your hand that's all you need to know.
Design wise it is a bit out of fashion here but I wouldn't let that bother you. For sure very vogue is the Scandi, but that is only because bushcrafters use their knives like chisels. If you don't intend to be dedicating your knife to working twigs like that then any advantage is lost. I largely ignore the Nessie thing, it's like a knife that has become it's own tribute band. Retro kitsch from a mythical golden age...yoofs don't know the half of. Nah, screw that, there's more to this than fuzz sticks in the garden or slicing little bits of tomato in the kitchen. If your knife works for you the use it and be damned. If at some later point you find that the hollow grind isn't working for you so well because you spend a lot of time carving on twigs then try something else. Similarly, if you find it is limited compared to other designs because although it makes very good cuts it is not as good as a different grind when you want to cut through something then think again, but in the mean time just use it and see how good you are with it. It may be just the very tool you are looking for for what you do.
