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Kabar Dozier
The Kabar Dozier line brings one of America's most respected custom makers to a production folder anyone can carry. Bob Dozier learned the trade as a boy, forging files and springs into working knives under his grandfather's eye, and spent decades building a custom reputation on clean, no-nonsense designs and a mastery of D2 steel that earned him the nickname "Dr. D2." When he brought KA-BAR a large folding prototype, it became the Dozier Thorn at the end of 2001, and the partnership has grown into one of the longest-running designer collaborations in production knives.
KA-BAR Dozier Folding Hunter
The Dozier Folding Hunter is the heart of the line, an award-winning lockback with a 3 inch hollow ground drop point, now running the D2 tool steel Dozier built his custom name on after earlier runs in AUS-8A. D2 holds an aggressive working edge well beyond ordinary stainless at this size, and the lockback works the same for right and left hands, a detail lefties notice immediately. Zytel handles keep it at 2.4 ounces, with a thumb stud and a clip that sets up for either side. Color options run from the subdued Foliage Green to the blue D2 edition that is easy to find in a pack.
Dozier S35VN and Mini Dozier
The Dozier S35VN keeps the same 3 inch drop point and Zytel frame but steps up to CPM-S35VN, a powder metallurgy stainless that adds corrosion resistance over D2, with a clip that swaps for tip up or tip down carry. At the other end of the range, the Mini Dozier shrinks the pattern to a 2.38 inch AUS-8A blade at 0.8 ounces, a true lightweight that disappears in a watch pocket while keeping the lockback security and drop point geometry of its bigger brothers. Our knife steel guide compares D2, S35VN, and AUS-8A side by side.
Bob Dozier Design Philosophy
Every knife in the family reflects the brief Dozier has worked from his whole career: simple lines, honest materials, and geometry that cuts. There are no gimmicks in a Dozier design, just a working knife refined by a maker who spent a lifetime learning what a blade needs and stripping away everything it doesn't. For more of the same no-nonsense lockback DNA, browse our folding knives, or step back to the fixed blades that built the KA-BAR knives name.