What about Dozier's blades

Buck really nailed it a few years ago with their "Edge 2000" sharpening. It really improved edge retention, basically thinning the edge out. For a while you had 420 HC outperforming other steels that it "shouldn't" have. But once you thin those steels out, ...

And so it goes. :D
 
sodak said:
Buck really nailed it a few years ago with their "Edge 2000" sharpening. It really improved edge retention, basically thinning the edge out. For a while you had 420 HC outperforming other steels that it "shouldn't" have. But once you thin those steels out, ...

And so it goes. :D
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Very true, once things get back to apples vs apples then it all comes right back into perspective.

I know that's not what some really want to hear or believe though. ;)
 
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Moosez45 said:
I managed to scratch a K11 Columbia River Skinner of my list of knives I've wanted this year, at Blade. Man, they are something else. Love the designs and the steel.
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Does your K-11 have D2 or S30V? I picked one up with S30V....

Chris D.:D
 
I remember reading the only book on knives in my high school library from cover to cover. There were three makers listed that I remember: Loveless, Dozier and D'Holder. I really wanted a Loveless, but that's not going to happen. Fast forward to a couple of years ago when I bought a Buffalo River Hunter from AG Russell. I actually used it to field dress and skin a couple of deer.

I managed to ding the edge a bit while disarticulating the front leg joints. It was very sharp, but I found that it didn't hold an edge any longer than the knives I already owned. I ended up selling it for about 75% of what I paid for it. Turns out it was just a knife...

Here's a thread I started about it last year http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/902415-It-s-not-a-safe-queen-anymore!
 
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The video was interesting. I didn't realize that AG Russell sold so many of the Dozier blades. Now I know why AG Russell and Bob Dozier's tables are very close together at Blade.
 
Feuer686 said:
As far as I have witnessed in both shops - Bob's Arkansas Made standard models have primarily been made by Dan in the Springdale shop for awhile now. The folders and his sole authorship knives are made by Bob himself in his new shop in St. Paul. With the exception of some finishing work on the guards and other minor contributions, Bob still does the primary and finishing work on all of his knives. Likewise Dan on the Arkansas Made line. Bob also does the leather work for the pouches, belts, and sheaths that his sole authorship knives often come in, and can be made for his Arkansas Mades.
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When did this start happening? I have a Dozier Yukon skinner I picked up from Bob at the NYC Knife show in 1998 or 1999 that's marked "Arkansas Made" and am curious.
 
22-rimfire said:
The video was interesting. I didn't realize that AG Russell sold so many of the Dozier blades. Now I know why AG Russell and Bob Dozier's tables are very close together at Blade.
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There shops are very close to each other as well, and is one reason A.G. Russell sells alot of Doziers. No shipping involved, the shop just drives them to A.G.
 
Bob finally opened the Springdale shop about a year ago (I believe he's been moving into it for about three years now) and makes all the folders and his higher end fixed blades there. Dan Crotts runs the other shop and puts out all the "Arkansas Made" knives (Bob once told me that anymore he couldn't tell the difference between a knife that was ground by him and ground by Dan). You get your money's worth with both - and you know the folder was made by Bob and pay more for that, as I think it should be.
 
Cyo said:
When did this start happening? I have a Dozier Yukon skinner I picked up from Bob at the NYC Knife show in 1998 or 1999 that's marked "Arkansas Made" and am curious.
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From Knives Illustrated - June 2007 - "The Next Generation of Dozier Knives" - Michael S. Black

"...About four years ago Dozier looked at a row of finished knives and commented that no one could tell which were his and which were Dan's. That was when Dan realized he had mastered what he had been taught to his teacher's satisfaction....Today Dozier (Bob) calls Dan Crotts his shop manager and the heart and soul of his knifemaking business. Dozier spends over half of each working day making folders and mirror-polished collector-grade knives with his own hands. The greatest part of the full-tang fixed-blade working knives produced at the Dozier Knives facilities each year are processed through the hands of Dan Crotts...."

That was well before Bob set up his own new shop in St. Paul, about a 45 min. drive from Springdale. He still does work at both, as when I visited in August of last year, he travels back and forth from both shops regularly.
 
Feuer686 said:
Ebbtide, love that pic, very classy.

I vaguely recall reading in an old thread that the Arkansas Mades stamped on the handle pin rather than the blade were A.G. Russell exclusives, but I am not certain on that. That may have been a discontinued practice or it could mean something else, can't remember.
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Thank you.
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This one is marked Arkansas Made on the pin.
I bought it off of the Dozier table here in NYC back in '00 or so.
(just to keep it interesting :) )
 
edit: turns out they're not an approved vendor so nevermind.
 
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swe said:
Like his folders a lot BUT the two liner locks I have from them have both been sent back because of bad locks. I got them back and the problem wasn´t solved. Maybe bad luck but no more Dozier liner locks for me. His tab lock is outstanding thought and his fixed bladers are top of the line.
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WOW, that's surprising.

I never have seen a Dozier Folder with any kind of lock issues.

Even more unusual that he could not make it right. :confused:


This one seen five years of use with no noticeable change in lock-up or blade play.

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Big Mike
 
I lucked out and picked up a gorgeous Dozier K1 General Utility with jigged bone handles about five years ago, down at Carroll's Gun Shop near Wharton, Texas. Spent a chunk of my first government pension cheque on it and never regretted it for a moment. The combination of design, execution, blade profile, grind, steel, and Bob Dozier's special magic whatever-it-is make this my favorite cutter. Other people, even those who know little/nothing about knives, invariably are drawn to that blade when they see it (no, I don't loan it:D).
 
Don't confuse 'fake' with authorized designs (Boker, Kabar, etc). They have Bob's design and grind style, just made with different materials. A Kabar Phat Bob is every bit a Dozier style, just not a custom. Still a great knife.
 
Just Tested a Dozier K2 for my steel ranking thread, it came in Category 5.

The knife is .025" behind the edge so it evens things out in an apples to apples comparison and compares to the typical production knife thickness of .025"-.030".

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...based-on-Edge-Retention-cutting-5-8-quot-rope

Contacted Bob a few years ago about a test knife giving him a shot to be involved in the testing, but got no response from him or anyone else at Dozier knives. ;)

Got a much better response from all of the others I contacted over the years about it, and some contacted me about it, at least I got a response as in they took the time to actually respond in the 1st place, just an interesting tidbit of info.

Anyway the K2 is a loaner and will go back to the owner soon and it was tested the same way as all of the others. :)
 
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