I have owned several of Bob's pieces and currently have three. I was able to use them earlier in the week to skin and butcher up a WT deer.
I had the Pro Skinner, Pro Guide, and Elk Hunter (larger sized one) out for comparison tests. The Pro Skinner feels the best in my hands with the finger grooves. The Elk Hunter , I would rate the highest for general butchering uses. To my surprize it worked the best for filleting the white sheathing off of on the ends of large muscles.
Bob's D2 is great stuff. I touched them up lightly on the flat part of the white ceramic Sharpmaker 204 triangular stones and it was hair popping once again.
I perfer the vertical sheaths over the cross draw. I am lefthanded so I like to carry my fixed blades on the opposite side of my rifle (RH sheaths for fixed blades). Ony draw back is it can be difficult to sit down depending on the length of the FB. Thats why I like dangler sheaths which very FEW people make.
BTW, I didn't skin the deer with my Doz's, but my 4" D2 Mel Sorg/Madpoet w/ swinger sheath. I had vowed to break it in last year but got skunked....LOL. Desert ironwood scales with a oil finish never slipped in my hands and was very comfortable. A little hard to get more of the Sorg's. I hope Mel was smiling.
For the $, the Dozier knives are reasonable priced, great Kydex sheaths, and are ready to be used/abuse like ALL knives should be. Very good F&F as a general rule, grinds are pretty consistant, and edge geometry is fine for cutting meats. I have my eye on a few more of Bob's knives in the future.
Thanks for the thumbs above Brian, and 2d_edge (like I needed MORE temptations!).
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Ray 'md2020'
ATKI member #A001042
.know exactly what i wasnt,too.
